Litchfield enquirer., 1881-04-21
and were sent of ip bis boat, and that was to grant receiDt for them '' '"e+ '''

ana were sent of ln, his boat, and that l was ! to grant receipt for them. -, ..,.-..-.r For some lime | racked my brain iH a' vain attempt 10 guess at some clue to this extraror-
 dinary Lirc4nstance7gI3 then took the spys! glass, and looking toward the shore, saw liar
 Icy coming of to the ship in another boat. In few minutes more he sprang over the sle,s looking like a man bereft of his senses
 Throwing 8 number of small silver coins into
 the boat he just looked at me wildly for an instant, saying: "Get nndertweigli as soon $ you can, lngram;p and hurried down the
 companion stairway. s5sas aaE .aa. e.. followed. to tell him to go into my cabin,
 as the one he had occupied was filled with cargo; but he had already gone into mine
 and bolted the door; and in answer to any
 knock only replied t' Come down after you have got good Offing."
 AS soon as had got the ship well outside, which was quite two hours during which ! time could not leave the deck, I went down again and after knocking two or three times, Harley unbolted the door, He was pacing up | and down just three steps each way. His face 1 was deadly pale, with an occasional flushing over for minute or so, as he clenched his | hands and seemed almost in a convulsion. I | did not speak. 1 knew not what to say. I
 took hls hand for an instant and pressed it. 1 He drew his away hastily, and continued his walk to and fro. Then he spoke ''They
 tell us there is a God How could He in
 mercy allow this?" He struck his forehead,
 and sank on to the little sofa. szls.sr--t .aI,f Again l took his hand. Calm yourself,
 Harley. Whatever may have happened, bear it like 8 like the man know you to be-" t...t. .. T. .,f l...- .ae
 Ingram" he said, II came out of the house with you to see you off do day, when you left Mrs. Van Dusen; and if you remem-
 Der, after you bid Susette good bye she went up stairs. l have not seen her since. 1 shall l never see her again77I never can see her again!"
 He paused; and it flashed across me that he
 had made some discovery as to his wifes con duct or character which had at once made him deter nine to leave her. Possibly the expres. sion of my tell tale cOuntenance indicated something of this, for he looked up at me sud denly. -.'- .j} }a 44'. ''1'.fo Hf t' -e- s. Poor, poor Susette! how can she bear 1 this! She will think me a scoundrel; and oh.
 that is hard to bear. But better even that, | than that she should know what know; that which her mother dare. not cannot tell her r.-T
 lngram!" said he starting up; II have mar
 ried my sister my own mothers child!"
 Good heavcnsl Harley do not say that
 It cannot be. Some misconception of solne-
 thing you have heard" There is no misconception. made the discovery ten minutes after you quilted Mrs
 Van Dusen's. 1 am her son. though she
 knew it not, till showed her a miniature of
 my father when he was youug." . Thank God for his mercy. Harley;
 that you were not later in making the discov
 cry" " -'i 's.
 He paused for some seconds, and then re
 piled; That is true. It was wicked to doubt His mercy" .... He seemed calmer now and gradually gathered from him all the attendant circuIn l stances. Intimate as I had been with Harley, l merely knew from him that he did net re-
 member his mother, as she had dled when he was an infant; and that he had been brought l up by another lady till he went to school On
 hls family matters he had always been some | what reticent. II had letter from my
 father, or. '1 must write to my father by
 this nail, was generally all the reference he ! made to the subject of ms home belongings l 90 that was as totally nnprepared for the in-4 formation he gave me now of his antecedents | as had bt en for that connected with the un-
 happy. miserable events of the day. .,. CHAPTER II. .... ...... :. Immediately after had left Mrs. Van Du- sens the rest of the company had also depart | ed, with the exception of one or two bosom l friends of. Susettes, who intended remaining | wuh her till the newly married pair started in the evening Harley was then in the room alone with Mrs. Van Dusen. and turning oyer he contents of desk which he had forgotten I in his hurry in leaving the ship, and which l | sent on shore after him. he took out minia. nre of his father, taken some twenty five years before. This he handed to Mrs. Van Dusen, saying: ''There IS my father at the age of twenty" .-.... "Why, this is likeness of Charles Smith, ,,f ,f va,r fot hor Whora did vr,,Y ,vof h exclaimed Mrs Van Dusen excitedIy.
 Il got i; from my father himself. He was Charles Smith when it was painted; but some three or four years afterward he unexpectedly i inherited a large estate, and with it took the l name of Harley. But how strange all this is! Did you know him. that you recognise the miniature ?" ... ''Oh, do not ask me" cried Mrs. Van Du
 sen with much agitation Il can hardly bear Have you always been called John Harley?" No. Til was nearly ten years old was
 called Johnny Harrison" "Fasteu the dosr! Call nobody. Water,
 water!" gasped Mrs Van Dusen in hoarse
 whisper, as she dropped on to the sofa close to which she was standing In a few minutes
 sne burst into sobs; and as he was pressing the tumbler of water to her lips, she clasped him
 round the neck, crying My boy, my boy My son, my son." ........ ''Yes, dear mother your son now and nope to be a loving one But why does the
 fact of your having known my father excite you so terribly ?" replied Harley gently, as he l returned her caress.
 My sonny own son. tell you! And
 am indeed and truly your mother. Your fathers father wrote to me that you had died
 when six months old and some months before
 that your father-lny husband -had died
 in India of sunstroke. o wicked, wicked,
 thus to deceive me, as he must also have de-
 ceived your father."i -'sea ."'@- z le| It was Harley now, according to the poor
 fellows piteous narrative, that was the most
 overcome He stood over his mother in speechless amaZement, while the horror of his
 position gradually unfolded itself to him. .'@ At this moment Susette came to the door: and finding it bolted, Knocked and called him
 by name. Harley could not speak But now
 Mrs. Van Dusen showed for a time the strong CT nerve of the two. Controlling her feelings
 wonderfully. she rose. went to the door and calmly said: 'John and l, dear have some
 business to arrange connected with your mar
 riage. Leave us an hour or two for we have
 much to do. Now, do go when ask you, for our time is but short"5 anf " haf h.'~. h
 Answered, but far from satisfied, the young
 bride went reluctantly from the door; and
 Mrs. Van Duseu returned to the sofa, and
 asked Harley to give an account of his early
 youth. 70
 He told her that his first recollection was
 when, about five years old. he was at the sea-
 side with lady, Mrs Jones, with whom he
 remained till put to a boarding school. She was very kind to him and loved him exceed. ingly, and often spoke to him of her own little
 boy. who was dead, and would appear vexed that he did not remember him, which he could not say he did At seven years of age he was sent to day school and two years later d gentleman who had often come to see him took him away and put him to another school at the same time telling him that he was his father, and that his proper name was John Smith Harley. 'H53.7e'F- EIiE7Aa%7 7n'fa
 Further explanations between Mrs. Van Dusen and Harley only served to confirm the | astounding intelligence that he was her son. whom she had hitherto believed to have died