The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1880-10-28
The Best Revenge.
HAPPIER i

The Best Revenge
CHAPTER l.
we were all 50 happy and cheerful in
our little cottage when Aunt Buchan's
letter came and told us that Fred Bras
tome had '.iilted" my sister Agnes. We
were thunderstruck. Agnes herself re-
fused to credit the report They had
only been engaged a few months, and the
arrangement was Il secret. My aunt was
Ignorant Of the actual engagement, but
when She wrote and told lis that Bras
tome was engaged to somebody Some
things daughter. and had Just inherited
his uncie's property, quite unexpectedly.
1t Was terrible blow to us at home. Yet
here was his letters full OF affection.
Agnes bore up wonderfully, but at
length even She succumbed We had
heard nothing from Fred very lately, and
my inquiries only elected the statement
that he had gone abroad suddenly. Even
our neighborS, the Pendrcwitts, at whose
house Agnes had first met him, were
away Yachting, and We could not get at
The truth. | wrote To his bankers and
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'UMt'l 'eIi7t%lIIo '7'liiSt lAt man ana
ness When DAZZLING Agnes life was almost
trembling in the balance, rushed out to
do something, ready to encounter amy
danger III search of torgettulneSs OF our
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yo9d ii, better bide day or two there's a
iooh 3oou' ,'C -" Ild' 4lSiihe.
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N-I""'' lI"pPeA PPose y snip
suppose Iou SlNe up cIo"hlhE, BOP
NuII" III |Al" oc"I . n"ll'' WIN 'he ooa'.
MI"pie" up ~! PURCHASE anu Went out.
ne eSI'ollue' " iVfi di1CllIE ana SAD no
more >oiiieA'" ms taClt opedlence mn
P'cS9e" me NOR" i'FcipIy IMAM ms Well
'''9"HI M NdII'IIi2 ~.
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al iaSl.
Aailh >"G' k"o. ny III YOU take the
lllitf- please knew tile coast almost
,'s VIZ g ne, all'l Att | "oulo hol nay {
lolo lie'' tllc 'lllcl II was tlIoute u MS
superior SIKH ana TO my inolnef le'fS.
We Idil "uI quIthlH, "nu III ABOUT an
Iio"I were cioS' 70 tle il9hlhouSe' a.
SllluI5dIleouS ,.1 IoaI ga! 81 AhoI' mere
Drought my oId lllehd Dobson to the gal
lell, ~,
hodi "loy rs Master EherV,
nc Always insisted upon ealing me
Emery.
"AcNcr Well and what brings We
mere III llllS Vllhe hgnt; SIT
want TO come III, D"pSon, To stay The
H'GIl' 7II NilI you let me come up
hele dS PduSc' dlC' aI last ne sald,
as VS. IS, tossed upon the rlainS sea
J., y come GOWN Slf \ II ols-cehd, slr'
YOU please
ne 3lSappeafed, and must have de-
scthqeu @ very raPldIy' lor IN a moment or
TWO ne appeared al small door opening
juSt ABOVE Tue rock on Wiilch the Ilght-
mouse was eIecIeo lnefe he parleyed:
See SIi' tlila Is quite OUT OF regular
oFIefS darSen iet you IN, not now
heeP ileI oh' hoo Murray, NeW ; Nc Il
nave h@f stove N 'three threes so ye
See' III
CouSoIl' lIeplleu lifllilV, II no use,
regulations OF no regulations, ] want TO
SPeilo '9e lllSht III the lighthouse. Here
am -. ! ou can, OF course. keep me mere
you IKE put snl not gong pack now.
DopSoh paused lrresolutely, but Mur-
IlN Sdltl
to-morrow a3d taI'a Nm ~, 1o'i'o ~ '''''i
"Ah !" resnonGed Dnhson uro-mor-
ro,,.o V1,arn I,n .1,i,,a o,."D1 y ~ i,lol
lad lad ov '''' y ~ '''''i' y Co. ''0' NJ III "'
Nnrrav n,do no rorhal ronl, 11o inn
neIIed the hoot taward ii, fha s1;yno,r ,nn- n.ii
Tha tidn vas ont welI eiiN lddnd 1,,PpoI ~,
rs the MAT rose - tbo Tnro J,'uG1 nI EimI 10"
ed safeIv on thc granito WAN e,1 ,'rnu
ronnd nai NJ NI,5r' ll9l ~ ~.
from ,' lT ,' nnrh N . = iie''S S'A ieeV
HGoodfn;ght Rol CANA h.oI, -
morrow Teii fbam In, nn,n;,,r % p'aM Sn',n "a 4
thnv ask for me- Tm a1I III rinht ,i,i' ) '0'''' II
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