Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-02-09

and was ushered into the same library
that had left the evening before, and
found Sir Gerald waiting to receive me.
he greeted me with smile of pleasure
and hearty English hand shake. After
| assuring me of a marked improvement
In my interesting patients condition, he
| begged me to state the object of my de-
sired interview. [ merely placed my
little packet in his hand, saying: "This
will explain all, Sir Gerald. But if you
wish more conclusive evidence than
that which the beloved touch of the dead
has hallowed, can easily furnish it,
He had opened the bundle, and the
sweet face of my mother was the first
object upon which his glance rested.
Addie-my dear little cousin Addie !!
And my picture, too!-the very same I
| gave to Addie on her seventeenth birth
day. In the name of all that is wonder
full and incomprehensible, who are you?
How did these things come into your
possession?''
6 Simply from my mother, Sir Ger
aid, for am Addie Treherne's only son
and Wilfred Treherne Radcliffe,
| otherwise Lansdowne''
How is that possible? Here is Guy
Radcliffe, who claims the same relation
ship to Addie Treherne. He certainly
brought no proofs; but I, anxious to
find my Cousins child, believed all he
told me. If you are Adde'S son, why
are you called Lansdowne, and not Rad
cliffe?"
s'That is long story said. "My
mothers marriage was one of affection,
but not of prosperity; and the circum-
stances under which my fathers career
came to an end-and of which | may
tell you more at leisure-led us to drop
the name of Radcliffe and adopt that
which | bear. 1t served the double
purpose of screening us from the prying
eyes of the world, and the scorn of my
mothers richer friends.''
For few minutes the Baronet sat in
moody silence, as if rejecting on the
past, when all at once he said: elf all
this be true-and [ do not doubt it
who is this Guy Radcliffe?''
edo you remember Hugo Ras-
cellip"
"To be sure I do. He was valet of
mine many years ago.
"Well, this man is none other than
Tn of that valet of yours
Now that think of it, remember
who it is was trying to discover he re-
sembled. And to think received the
son of a servant l had to discharge for
dishonesty as my heir and the prospec-
tive husband of my daughter!"
It was some minutes before the wrath
of the Baronet spent itself Presently,
however, he began to speak of my moth
err and his early connections with her
He was thoroughly persuaded that I
was the person | represented myself to
be, but I was anxious that my motives
should not be misunderstood. I" Sir
Gerald,' said I, sI wish you to I'M
derstand clearly that / have discovered
myself to you with no other motive
than to benefit your daughter -
81 do not doubt it, said the baronet.
s'Yet it is my earnest desire that Lu-
ellie should marry my prospective heir;
and as my cousin Adde'S son shall in
herit my property, it would add double
weight of gratitude in my obligations
to you should you succeed not only in
restoring her to health, but in winning
her affections. [ must tell her of the
changed circumstances, and"-
T>>.,Not so fast, Sir Gerald, if you please.
,H d .hese changes take place at once,
it will be too great a shock for your
daughter. / would advise you to exam
inc this Guy Radcliffe, as he calls HIM
self, and dismiss him privately. You
can easily keep the matter quiet. Then
tell Lucille that you have been too harsh
with her, and you will not compel her
to marry man she does not love. That
news, | think, will do more toward
raising her up than any medicine might
prescribe for her. AS for myself, I hope
/ have clearer idea of honor than to
present myself as sutton for q lady's
hand under such circumstances. freely
confess that have seen your daughter
before, and by some mystery, unknown
even to lovers themselves, have fallen
very much in love. But in order to
leave my cousins mind entirely I'M
BIASED, would like to win her love
simply as DR.. Wilfred Lansdowne, in
stead of the long-lost cousin her father
wishes her to marry. Does this plan
meet with your APPROVAL"
'sEatirely, although it is young
mans romantic idea. But meanwhile,
shall say nothing of all this to Lu-
cille.''
[ found my patient reclining before
the open window of her room, while
her sister was sitting on a footstool at
her feet What beautiful picture the
two made! Jessie was the first to no.
tice my entrance; and as she rose, with
q slight blush tingling her checks, l had
to acknowledge that my friend Horace
was happy man in having won the
heart of so lovely a creature. And as
for her sister-was it my Imagination
that made me perceive glad light
spring up in those changeful eyes that l
had learned to love so we'll? certainly
thought / detected as much.
As Lucille's disorder was merely
nervous attack that knew would soon
pass over, had no difficulty in assur-
ing her that exercise was the best medi-
cine L could prescribe, but she must
keep perfectly quiet for the remainder
of the day.
Days and weeks passed by, and 1 saw
that could no longer find any profess
sional excuse for repeating my dearly