The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1884-08-16
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cred vhsrs - lady dr,vs %. Her 20 ON
house. evidently She appeared TO q
IN excelaent pceiiou, and to b quits.
wealthy. = ~. . - .
1 was not deterred by this discovery.
for l fe.t IcOuld not he nistaken slDont
face which, thorgh had er@inly no
tlced 1t only in casual way At tive time,
had nevertheless been stAmped upon
my mind and connected in ssch man
ner with the loss to me- Of several thou
sands Of lonuds. T5f
1 went to the police station, told them
what had seen and what my suspicions
were. They listened attentively 70 what
! said. aud told me that must be mis-
taken; that the lady in question vas
we'll known, tho widow Of an officer who
had died just after coming into large
property in the county. She had had
two sOns. One hal been in the navy.
aud bad lost his life in the wreck Of the
Royal Charter about year previously.
The other wns expected home every
day, and had been away almost ever
since the end o9 Last Oeeobef. sE&
It WAS impossible, they said, to make
inquiries IN such direction nl-sAtis-
fed and disappointed, found myself
compelled to lave uatters as they we're:
but On my return to London I wrote to
the head Of the police ence more, and
reiterated my convictions 70 forcibly
that he evidently vas Impressed by what
said. Tha result of my letter came.
after brief acknowledgement from the
Inspector, in the visit 0 gentleman
tour days aftsrwazd ss SO
was standing In my shop; 1t was .
dull morning in Noyemhsr, and NJ
visitor who came ii spoke mt to my
assistant, Who rsearrod him 70 ma. and
Een in . momsnt I recognized my
fellow w-passenger. Not wishing 20 make
sverythiAg quite publiA I led ~ WY.
to the inner room I reserved 10 myss1t
md handed the gentleman chair. He
was TOO excited to ut down, but beeaa
his story = onoA b
You remember ths day I travsled
with you from Holyhead, ar :" said ha.
"Perfectly," I replisd II, hsvs too
good reason to rememb@ Il
$50 haye Z. ! Aa1 lssq ea th1 1Ana1e
eea cont oil the night before, searching
4or soma relic, perhsps TIM body, Of my
drowned brothef. had. ouly. tveptY.
four hours, and xas obliged 70 hurry
back, with only fsw tits q ~edd nd
RON gathered from the ~seckage whlch
strewe9 the beach thsse 1s put into =
sanau black bag"
"a 6isds bse r said 1; shsd sodu u I !
slack tag?" tls.s., Av<u4.tns
"Lis,sn," said the gentleman. at
|sssw that you had one, and I remarked
hat Il WIS Exc tninhses. 30 much 70 chat
1T Chester. where you got out and I did
not, You may remember you took my
bag with you instead Of your own. /
pit sure you were coming back, for you
had left yQut pet I'D unbrsnI. i Aa
carriage. SO did not follow you"
Yes, said L getting excited ssbut
that does not account"
"Wait ; 1no1n>ht RI said tie geatle-
nan. II know perfectly what you
would say !: it does not account for my
not advertising your hn6 for making some
sort Of Q Sign I'll this tne-qniaa nbs--
you will understand presently how it
has happened" s.y Yt.14 .<.ygl
sat down, and begged him to do the
same. .gh@uh 4T99,a ,aMA1t
"When I, got out q Crews, I took -
! supposed my bag When / reached
home I found that my poor mother.
whom I had LETT in the mose utter Rriel.
and proshation at my hrother's death.
had not rallied at all I had told our
doctor, who was there, that ~ ssGeA
for any personal rsaiooi ny hso1l.sDhad
been fruitless, but that I had . few bits
of iron and wood from the wreck
"The doctor advised me to say moth
ing to her about 81; noted taA hSr exon
that I had these aad. relics, / put the.
bag just Is itswal: iut6 q cupbo6fd IN
my own room room end locked il nR That
very day 1had TO leave England 1shad
business engaesment which took me
to Australia. If I broke the engage
ament it would have involved my mother
~ considerable pecani6xyc o l6ss.v HA6
knew I had to 60 and IS she. dd.nnt
ur9e me to stay, and as my eister and
hueband veto Vith heS aA6 1buj6sxk6.
ole of her, I left the hpsee A),At very
day, and journeyed back to Liverpool,
iust in time to catch my steamer bound.
lDr Melbourne. "% -" - f''''p'''
Z 81 only returned yesfHadny morning.
The first thing I heard after greeting
my mother wds,! Where is the bag you
brought with You from M0alfra p ~
"' In my ROOM ! said. - -. =.
Get it for me, she said.
Without another word, though I
wondered how she had heard q. &
went to my room, unlocked tho cap.