The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-04-11
BLOOMSBURY, Pa, FRIDAY. APRIL II. 1884 %MsS%&p

Braundspey, of Braundspey Hall, on
the North Tyne. The papers which he
had so fortunately recovered in his
trunk coupled with the mark on his
arm fully established his identity, and
his father welcomed him with unspeak.
able joy and affection. Twenty-three
years before, when Sir Thomas was re
turning from India with his wife and
child, the vessel fouudered at sea, and
wife and child were supposed to have
perished. The boy, then years old
had, however, been rescued by a
sailor, placed in one of the boats to
which the crew and passengers had
recourse, and brought up as the man
own child. The lion had been tattooed
on the chiId's arm when he was
years old by an old mao-of-warsman
whom Sir Thomas had in his employ,
and who for his unauthorized act had
been soundly thrashed by the irate
lather. Little did he think that this
mark would afterward enable him to
recover his only child. ..
Hugh Black, or Edward Brauudspey,
as he was now called, took up his
abode at Braundspey Hall with his
father. A year passed, and he paid a
visit to Hendon Now. There, to his
CONSERVATION, he met Cuthbert and the
woman to whom he had been married.
She asserted her claim to him and he
was helpless. Here, however, Ralph
came to his assistance, and gave him
such information as led him to believe
that the woman, when she married
him, had committed bigamy. He de
parted, and within a month he visited
the place once more with an attorney
and half dozen peace officers. .
Barbara was in dreadful state of
excitement. d Ralph had disappeared
and she had been subjected to cruel
treatment. The secret repositories in
the foundations of the old buildings
were searched, and Ralph was found
there, a miserable skeleton. His broth
er, as a punishment for giving infor.
nation to Edward Braundspey, had
incarcerated him, and had furnished
him with sufficient food to keep body
and soul together. Proper care was
taken of him, and his sister; and Cuth.
bert and his wife were arrested.
Subsequently Ralph made a state
ment with respect to the leathern belt
already mentioned. On the night OF
the shipwreck, he said, after bringing
the trunk to the house, he followed hie
brother on his return to the beach. An
old man, who seemed to be foreigner,
was struggling up the cliffs, and, in
answer to questions by Cuthbert, said
he had been saved from the wreck, and
wanted place of security.
81 have money" he said, "about me;
plenty Of money, with which can re.
pay you if you will give me shelter
and find me doctor, for my arm is
broken" 't
Ralph stood behind a rock and over
heard the conversation. He saw hi
brother strike down the old man with
the butt end of pistol and then search
his body for the money which he hac
said he possessed He saw his brother
rip the belt from the body and drag i
after him until he reached an old wei
into which he flung it,
This well was searched, and the re-
mains were found there Cuthbert com
mitted suicide in Durham Jail. Salli,
was convicted of bigamy and sent ou
of the country. Edward Braundspey
took care of Ralph and Barbara, ant
after his fathers death, which happen
ed within year, Barbara became Ed
wards wife. Their descendants or,
now living in one of the most splendic
mansions in the North of England, th'
original name having been somewha
changed in the last syllable. TIL,
family has furnished many heroes b,
food and field. Ralph HendoI
achieved honor in the navy and mar
ried into the Havelock family, sine
become famous.