The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-12-17

in England who would assist you in
gaining the ear of King Victor. / have
friends in Italy. Garibaldi, for in
stance, would vouch for the amount
paid into his hands by DR.. Ceneri."
His tale was plausible, and, after all,
his scheme was not altogether visionary.
Twas beginning to think he might
really be my wife's brother, and that
Ceneri had, for some purpose of his
own, concealed the relationship.
"But l have plenty of money" / said.
"But have not" he replied, with a
frank laugh. II think you ought for
the sake Of your wife to join me in the
matter"
~ must take time to consider It."
Certainly am in no hurry. will
in the meantime get my papers and pc
tition in order. And now may l see
my sisterP"
"She will be in very shortly il you
will watt
sis she better, Mr.. Vaughanp"
i shook my head sadly.
"Poor girl then l fear she will not
recognize me. We have spent very
few days together since we were chill
dren. am, of course much her senior;
and from the age of eighteen have been
plotting and fighting. Domestic ties
are forgotten under such circumstan-
ces."
l Twas still far from putting any faith
in the man; besides, there were his
words on q former occasion TO be ac-
counted for.
"Mr. Macari," / said.
"Excuse me-Nlarch is my name"
"Then, Mr.. March, | must ask you
now to tell me the particulars of the
shock which deprived my wife of her
full reason"
His face grew grave. 81 can not
now. Some day will do so."
"You will then, at least, explain your
words when we parted at Geneva?'
II will ask pardon for them and
apologize, as / know l spoke hastily
and thoughtlessly, but, having forgot
ten, am, of course, unable to explain
them.
l said nothing, feeling uncertain
whether he was playing q deep game
with me or not.
~ know" he continued, " that j
was furious at hearing of Pauline's
marriage. In her state of health Cen
eri should never have allowed it-and,
then, Mr.. Vaughan, l had set my heart
upon her marrying an Italian. Had
she recovered, my dream was that her
beauty would win her husband of the
highest rank"
Any reply should have made was
prevented by the entrance Of Pauline.
/ was intensely anxious to see what
effect the appearance of her so-called
brother would have upon her.
Macari rose and stepped toward her.
Pauline" he said, do you remem-
ber me?n
She looked at him with eyes full of
curious wonder, but shook her head as
one in doubt. He took her hand. l
noticed that she seemed to shrink from
him instinctively. .r
Poor girl, poor grip he said.
This is worse than / expected, Mr..
Vaughan. Pauline, IL is long since we
have met, but you can not have for
gotten mel"
Her large troubled eyes were riveted
on his face; but she made no sign Of
recognition.
"Try and think who it is, Pauline"
/ said. t.I ..t
She passed her hand across her fore
head, then once more shook her head.
" Non me ricordo," she murmured;
then, as II the mental effort had ex-
hausted her, sank, with weary sigh,
upon a chair. ,.
I" | was delighted TO hear her speak
in Italian. 1t was q tongue she seldom
used unless compelled to do so. That
she employed it now showed me she
must, in some dim way, connect the
visitor with Italy. 1t was TO me a new
gleam OF hope. -a' "tn
There was another thing noticed. /
have said how seldom il was that Paul
inc raised her eyes to any ones face;
but to-day, during the whole time
Macari was in the room, she never
looked away from him. He sat near
her, and after few more words to her,
addressed his remarks exclusively TO
me. All the while | could see my wife
watching him with an eager, troubled
look; several times, indeed, / almost
persuaded myself that there was an ex-
preston OF fear in her eyes. Let them
express fear, hate, trouble, even love,
so long rs / could see the dawn of re-
turning reason in theml | began to
think that il Pauline was 10 be restored,
II would be through my visitor
So when. he took his leave pressed
him, with no assumed manner, TO call
again very soon--to-morrow, II possible.
He readily promised to do so, and we
parted for the day.
i can only hope he was as satisfied
with the result Of our interview as |
was.
After his departure Pauline fell into q
restless state. Several times / saw her
pressing her hand TO her forehead. She
seemed unable 10 sit still. Now and
again she went TO the window and
looked up and down the street. l paid
no attention 10 her actions, although
once or twice | saw her turn her eyes
toward me with a piteous, imploring
glance. / believed that something
some old memory in connection with
Macari-was striving to force itself to
her clouded brain, and looked forward
with impatience to tomorrow, when he
would pay us another visit. The man
had something 10 get out OF me, so
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