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

IL suppose It's lCcFed, ne SAID, mt
ing the lite fall of wet leather. To his
surprise the lid lifted, the lock was
broken short of. "Ah, l wouldn't
have thought it would have kept togeth-
er like this. with the lock broken" he
said, glancing i-s.de and see ng con-
fused mass OF clothing in hall wet and
very mixed condition. II think you
must be mistaken about the exact place
the gentleman was" he added. ''there
is no. hing in trunk of child's clothing.
tum led and wet like this. to attract a
mans atten ion par .icularly."
But it did. anyway. Why. father.
don't l know every inch of the beach
BY heart? and I saw him every time ]
looked up. and always in this one spot, !"
he SAID, positively.
II presume your every time all
came within less than five m'nu es,"
MIR. Anderson said, smiling at his earn
eStness. 1.-THE gentleman did not hurt
The trunk by looking at it, even if it was
for the length of time you fancy. Now
let us take it up to the house"
The child stood on the doorstep AZ
they came up the sand, grass-bordered
path. her great eyes shin NC like stars,
and her coral lips parted and eager.
20, l am so glad!'' she cried, clap
ping her hands, and then growing sud-
denly grave as she remembered about
her mo her-her pa beautiful mother,
lying so fearfully S raight and sill in the
darkened front room.'
She followed them in and knelt down
on the floor by the trunk, while Mrs.
Anderson took out the garments one BY
one and shook and folded them. There
was few articles of wOman's under
clothing. book of engravings and ,
small volume OF Scott Poems, with
"Genevieve pencilled in a clear, ele-
giant, masculine hand, on the fly leaf.
The remainder OF the con ents consisted
o. a child's clothing. which Viola readi.
ly recognized. The book of poems,
too, she said her mo her had told her
once was to be hers some day, because
her papa had bought it.
But thou III they looked long and care
fully, going over every article three OF
four times. there was not scrap of pa
per or line written anywhere among
them all that they could find. And SO
bilc CIl!lu udiIlc IcIIdilCo SoiiA a sCCiot
for aught the little trunk revealed. Only
one thing they found. beside, bit Of
knife blade about an inch long, broken
short oil.
Viola cried bitterly and would not be
comforted. What most children would
scarcely have noticed was something
dark and terrible to her; the more so,
doubtless, from the circumstances under
which it had been made known to her.
Death, so fearful and repellant to every
child. was made more dreadful still to
her, for it had taken away at the same
time her mothers life, and her own
name, leaving her doubly orphaned.
When Mr.. Anderson told her of the men
whom he had met on the shore, she
stopped crying and looked up, her eyes
flashing through her tears.
IF had seen them they should have
told me about my mothcr;' she cried,
vehcmently.
but they did not know, DEAR" Mrs.
Anderson said, gently.
"They did!-he did, anyway. know;
because when we went out en- deck, and
she saw h m she grew, o, so white! and
CAPITA Waite led her back to our cabin
again, and she sa d something about his
being there, and then she cried and the
pretty color never came into her cheeks
again"
"But who was it that she SAW" per.
sisted Ralph.
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