The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1880-01-07

Auo u"uio VI tno lOSt cutlu, SAID sue.
twas Ella. | have heard Mrs. Noble and
the judge speak of her many times"
My DEAR" said the old gentleman to the
young lady, /" am afraid shall have to give
you up at last" Then turning to Mr.. RAN
kin, he said shes@ xI
"When this young lady was apparently
about three years of age, she was found with
a family of Indians in Central New York,
whore L then resided. The Indians claimed
to have found her in the woods lost and near
ly famished, many days journey, as they said,
to the westward. They professed to be will
ing to give her up to any white person who
would take her and take care of her. They
had plenty Of children Of their own, SO they
said, and no occasion to steal other peoples
Having 20 children of our own, my wife and
I were glad to adopt the little stranger. When
she was about twelve years, old my wife died,
and since then she and have got along to-
gether as well as we could. Her clothing.
when she came to.us, was marked Ella NJ
i'm several places lit was badly worn and
soiled but my wife carefully preserved it,
/ thinking It might lead to her identification. -
You have it with you, have you not. Ella :"
Yes, sir" said the young lady, retreating
to her room, with evident emotion.
There were about dozen people at the Ia
BILE, most of them Regular boarders and resi-
dents of the.city. When the strange young
lady made her appearance among them, they
had all supposed that she was Harry Rankin's
bride, andswere on the qpi vive to account for
her appearance there and then with strange
old gentleman. OF course they were listeners
to The CONVERSATION, and of course the news
of the probable discovery of Judge Mobiles
long-lost daughter,and her marvellous like
ness to her SUPPOSED sister, traveled fast. The
lady who had volunteered toNgive the first
name of-the lost child was at Judge Mobiles
house at the earliest possible moment, and
the judge and his lady were-at-tlie hotel 10
less than half an hour from the time when
Mr.. Rankin sat down to breakfast. The
young .lady's history, and her marvellous like
ness TO theirsremainng daughter, would have
satisfied them that she was their child, IL the
| little garments in which she had been found
had not been preserved. These, Mrs. Noble
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and her husband and the strange old gentle
man smiled and exchanged glances when they
heard the mother apologizing to tho daughter
| for the coarseness of her infant wardrobe.
s"You see, my daughter" said the good
lady, the country was new then, and the
ways of the the people very plain and primi-
tive. There was but one store here, and that
was very small affair-no dressmakers, no
miIliners, no nothing. Your father was not
rich. We kept no servants. / was young
mother with no experience and with double
portion of work and care-that is, understand
you and your sister we're twins. You and
she could spoil more good clothes than any
one woman could make and keep in order
That's why you happened to have on such
coarse little things when you were lost"
"This Western world has changed good
deal since that time" said the old gentleman
Such loss and finding would be simply inn
possible now. The newspapers would herald
the child's disappearance, in all its known
particulars, from one end of the land to the
other. Now about these clothes. My wife
was greatly impressed with their original ele-
gance, though they came to her hands badly
soed and tattered. She was especially struck
with the fact that each article was marked as
it was.
"Tbe little ones clothing was marked with
her first name in full at my suggestion" ex-
planned the judge. 'You see, sir, the two
children we're so exactly alike that nobody but
their mother could distinguish them-and it
Is my belief that she was sometimes mistaken.
SO we had everything belonging to them
marked with their first names in full to avoid
confusion"
"May I inquire" continued the judge.
the name of the gentleman to wlomTwe are
SO deeply indebted?"
81 am Jonas Cummings, the originator of
the railroad which first brought your city into
notice, as am vain enough to believe. You
and have beeh occasional oofrespondents
THESE many years, though we now hectic
the first time"
"And father" said Che young lady, now
for the first time takingan animated part in
the conversation, and bldshing and stammer-
ing over her difficulty in calling strange
gentleman father "if you only knew how
kind he has been to me, you wouldn't blame
me, even now that have found my true faith
er and mother. He has spoiled me with his
Indulgence as you will fefs : am afrid 0
will try to be agood daughter to you, and all
ways call you father if you please, sir But
won't you let me continue to call him papa
as Lrhsye dope so many years ~ YtEE
g Ny daughter" said the judge, with emo
ton, 9 | shall value you in proportion to your
gratitude and affection for your benefactor.--
If be has spoiled you with indulgence, as you
say he has-and as can easily believe from
what know of him, though we now, meet
for the first time--t is we'll that your sister
was married and gone before you came, for it
would be inconvenent to have two spoiled
girls, two only daughters, in the family. Be-
sides, If your sister had not secured husband
before you came don't believe she or you
ever could have got one. What man would
be bold enough to make love to one Of two
girls that he couldn't tell apart? don't see
for my part, haw be could possibly make up
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