The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1882-09-06

believe So"
"No-thst is, I do not know" said
the old lady. "He left me to travel for
the firm he was connected with in busi-
ness, and went ont West. A month
after he had gone I received intelli.
gence that he was thought to be dead.
They said he was in q train which had
been wrecked by falling through q
bridge. 1t was frightful accident, and
the papers we're full of the news at the
time. Mamie was little child then,
about three years old. They did not
find his body, nor have ] ever heard
from him since, and it was supposed
that his corpse was carried away by the
river. To-day was the fifteenth anni-
versary of the frightful event, and
bearing on my mind so all day it has
made me exceedingly peevish and disa-
| greeable."
1t was late that night when the Rev.
Benjamin Ray returned home, and he
rushed off to his library in great haste,
and sat there nearly the whole night
through, smiling benignly, and polish
ing his bald head with his handkerchief
until it shone again. No one in the
house knew the occasion of his Joy, nor
did he divulge it until the succeeding
day.
"Oarrie," said he, at the breakfast
table, "did you send Mr.. Covert nap
kinful OF biscuits yesterdayT
The girl blushingly admitted that she
had done SO.
"Well, my DEAR" said the old gentle
man, 81 am glad you did, for it has al
most cured him of his illness, and he is
coming here to-day to thank you for
them; you know called on him."
Carrie looked at Aunt Sadie in per-
plexity, and the old lady returned her a
glance of the same sort.
"But papa" she stammered, "Mary
delivered them to some one else, and
the old madman who got them chased
Mamie last night, giving us all such
scare that we did not know what to
do"
"EhP" said her father, glancing over
his spectacles at her. "The wrong
party got them. did hep Oh, guess
notp
Carrie and Aunt Sadie gazed at him,
moro bewildered now than before.
"But Mary said so," began Carrie.
Before she finished speaking there
came "bang!" at the door; it few
back on its hinges, and in rushed the
old fellow who had pursued Mamie.
They all started to their feet and the
ladies would have fled had he not
barred their exit by standing in the
doorway. Then there sauntered other
footsteps in the hall, and before Aunt
Sadie could resist the stranger had her
in his arms and was crying:
"Sadiel Sadiei At last have you
again ~
"My husbandl" she cried. ooh,
thank Godp
Yes, it was Aunt Sadie's husband and
the old lady clung to him, weeping for
joy.
"And, William, here is your little
Mamie"
There was no fear of the supposed
madman now, and Mamie fou=d herself
clasped in a loving pair of arms and
felt her fathers tender kisses with hap
piness indescribable, while Carrie
looked on in astonishment.
$50 you thought me dead, eh ?" said
Mr.. Hall. "Well, it was all a mistake.
I received severe I'M uries in that rail
road accident, but soon recovered,
owing to the good care received at the
hands of the miners wives to whom 1
was carried. They persuaded me to
stake out a claim in their mining re-
gions, and did so. l was not rich,
you know, Sadie, and saw prospects
of sudden wealth in mining, aud my
hope was realized after years of work.
Once the gold fever was on me 1 could
not leave there until accomplished
what l meant to do. l would have
written you, but resolved not to dc 80
until could return and say lam rich, ;
or am beggar.' The surprise to you
now is more delightful, isn't it. my
dearp'
But the suspense You kept me in ?"
she demonstrated.
81 thought that, too-but I knew
you would not remarry during my alb
sence."
"But that isn't what I mean," she
expostulated.
He laughed and kissed her, saying he
knew it was not.
4" I was at the gate of my new house,
and was making up my mind to come
after you," he continued; for learned
your place of residence by seeing Ben
here at his church, and inviting him to
call on me, and he not knowing me the
while, either, when Mamie passed by.
l knew who she was, despite her growth
into young ladyhood while was away
for she is the image of you-snd 1 ran
after her-with what result you know"
At this iuncture Mr.. Covert W. liked
In. He was young and handsome, but
somewhat pale.
"Ah Covert" cried Mr.. Ray, "you
are up?"
"Yes, Carries bis cults half cured
me-" he said, laughing.
"This, then, is the gentleman" said
Mr.. Hall, "for whom the biscuits were
intended? You see, si-, your name was
written in pencil on Che napkin, with