The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-09-22

pileu, graYely. lou WeTc ouc Va tuO
passengers, take itr' glanclng at the
st lie and texture of his dress, which at
once forbade the idea of his beng one
OF the ships crew.
AZ was.''
"1here was a woman and child"
Eyes, l heard about it, he inter-
rupted, hastily. 1.-THE woman is dead,
understand
'.She died at sunrise this morning. at
my house."
Twas she conscious at allP' he
asked, quickly, faint color coming into
his pale, olive cheek.
II think she was consc ,us nearly all
the time. but she appeared too EXHAUST
ed to talk much. think she was in.
jured internally, as well as being chilled
and exhausted. Did you know her, sirP'.'
II saw her the day think 1t was
before the storm, he answered, careless
ly. IL believe she was an invalid-or
delicate, at least. 1don't remember the
name, if heard it,
As he said this lifted his eyes IN a
swift, stealthy way and dropped them
again instantly. There was something
peculiar in their expression and color,
but Anderson only thought of it indiffer-
entity; he was too much absorb in 9th
er thoughts.
81 am sorry you dom remember the
name. l hoped to learn something
about her; perhaps they may know"
Anderson said, glancing at the men in
the boat. who were just iu shore.
Then she didn't tell you anything
Something's faint shadow of exulta-
ton. it seemed, in the mans tone made
Anderson look up quickly. But there
was nothing but the kindest interest,
with perhaps touch of serious regret,
in the quiet, handsome face.
"Well, she had better not have said
anything; she only said their name was
not Mallard, but she left off before tell
ing what it was. Perhaps it was only
an insane vagary, but the child-she' s
an odd. fiery little thing-insists on
knowing WhO she is. There was a trunk
on board the vessel, belonging to the
woman, and she said it was all in there
all the story. But it, very doubtful
about the trunk being found. and it will
be likely to be broken up if it is"
Il should suppose so. am very
sorry am unable to give you any in
formation concerning her. Twill intro
duce you to the mate. Mr.. La Noir; per-
haps he can do so.
Mr.. Anderson thanked him warmly;
he was very kind and gentlemanly. and
he showed his goodness of heart by the
strong interest he evinced in this poor,
| unknown woman
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ing whatever of the unfortunate
woman; bu' he had seen the child,
often, and once she had told him that
her name was Vio.a Mallard. The man
who was with him --Dorrance, one of
the LIE Bruins crew-also remembered
the oh Id, but never saw the woman
but once, and that the day before the
storm, when she had come on deck for
a few moments. He had an impression
that she was ill, for she was very pale
when he no iced her. and trembled SO
that the Captain gave her his arm to
assist her below. He bel eyed there
was no one but himself and Mr.. De-
Vries on the deck at the time, as prob
ably the gentleman would remember.
He glanced up as he said this, and Mr..
De Vr.es-for that was the name Of the
very gent'emanly passenger-replied to
the look by saying:
| "Yes, Dorrance, | remember per-
fectly. l think mentioned to you that
l saw the lady and thought her ill. or
delicate" he added, turning to MIR. An
dersOn.
Again that faint chord of exultation
| in the smooth tone struck Anderson,
but he forgot it a moment after, or only
thought of it as a popularity of the
mans speech.
After little more inquiry concerning
| the wrecked vessel, the parties separ-
ated; MIR. DeVries going back to town.
as he wished to take an early train to
proceed to his destination, which, how
ever. he forgot to mention; and LaNoir
and Dorrance waiting little longer to
make arrangements for the burial OF
their three teliowSoyagers.
| The LIE Brun was a merchant vessel,
laden with laces and millinery goods
principally, carrying besides such pas
sengers as desired such accommodations
and fares as she offered. If the trip was
not as speedy or comfortable as one
could make on the steamers, it had at
least one merit, viz: economy. One
could hardly suppose, however, that the
elegantly-dreSsed MIR. DeVr'es came in
the LIE Brun for that reason. ifothers did.
Father" said Ralph. in low tone,
81 wish you would come down towards
the Point with me. There is a black
hair trunk there, and think it is the
one we want tc find"
.'How came you to find it so quickly?"
"Quickly! It's more than an hour
since we came down. l searched the
shore for nearly mile before l found
this, and, besides, wash looking for
the trunk when found it. You saw
that tall, handsome looking man who
went up in the first team? Well, it's
queer, anyway and perplexed look
clouded the eager, flushed face.
what is queer? l saw nothing
strange; and as for the gentleman-De
Vries is his name-he evinced warm
interest in the unknown lady, and was
very sorry he could give us no further
information concerning her name. or
history, or friends"
perhaps. yes, of course Ralph
said. absently, the puzzled look still on
his face.
They walked on in silence till they
came to little ledge Of broken rock