Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-08-20

she stOuj in need of indulgence, which even
so good a Ut II might hesitate to grant. Ben
nydeck's Ilrst words told the tTendlesS girl
that her fears had wronged hir
NY dear how like your tatl you are!
You have his eyes and his smile; can't tell
you how pleasantly you remind me of my
dear old friend" He took her hand and
kissed her as he might have kissed daugh-
ter of his own. DO you remember Inc at
home, Sydney. when you were child? No;
you must have been too young for that"
She was deeply touched. In faint trem-
bling tones she said: Il remember your
name; my poor father often spoke or you"
A man of true sympathy is never in dam
ger of mistaking his way to awoman's heart
when that woman has suffered. Bennydeck
cnnsoled, interested, charmed Sydney, by
still speaking of the bygone days at home.
Il well remember how fond your father
was of you, and what bright little girl yos
WERE" the captain went On "fnu have
forgotten. dare say, the old-fashioned sea-
songs that he used to be so fond of teaching
you. 1t was the strangest and prettiest con-
trast to hear your small, piping child's voice
singing of storms and shipwrecks, and
thunder and lightning, and reefing sails IN
cold and darkness, without the least idea OF
what it all meant. Your mother was strict
in those days; you never amused her as you
used to amuse your father and me. When
she caught you searching my pockets for
sweetmeats, she accused me of destroying
your digestion before you were 3 years old.
went on spelling it, for all that. Ire last
time | saw you, my child, your father was
singing The Mariners of England and you
were on his knee trying to sing with him.
hnyv ..+tn " Tll
never saw anything more of me. Did you
think | had forgotten yOu?'
Il am quite sure | never thought that"
you see | was in the navy yard at the
time" the captain resumed; land we were
ordered away to foreign station. When /
got back to England miserable news was
waiting for me. | heard of your fathers
death and of that shameful trial. Poor fell
low. He was as innocent, Sydney, as you
are OF the ofIenSe which he was accused of
committing. The first thing | did was to set
inquiries on foot after your mother and her
children. 1t was some consolation to me to
feel that was rich enough TO make your
life easy and agreeable to YOU. / thought
money could do anything. A serious mis-
take my dcar-moncy couldn't find the
widow and her children. We supposed you
were somewhere in London: and there, to
my great grief, it ended. From time to time
long aiterward, when we thought we had
got the clew in our own hands, continued
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met with him
..Tb.rc WAS nothing at all romantic in nv
first discovery of him. | was reading the
police rep IT'S in a newspaper The poor
w.rtch was brought before a magistrate,
charged with breaking a window. His one
last chance of escaping starvation in the
streets was to get sent to prison. The magis-
trate questioned him ami brought to lizht a
really notwithstanding account of misfortune.
| emblttrrrd bv neglect on the part of people.
| in authority who " ere bound to help him.
lie was remanded, so that inquiries might
| no u,d, | attended the court on the day
when he appeared there again and heard his
| statement confirmed. | paid his fine and
| contrivrd to put HIM in way of earning a
! little money. lie was very grateful and
| came now and then to thank me. In that
way heard how his troubles had begun.
| He had asked for a small advance on the
wretchcd WAGES that he received Can YOU
| guess how the schooImiStrcss answered
| him?'
al know hat too vvaI how sha answered.
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one 'oIu me Oh your hlother Secohu mar
rage OF her miserable death, OF the poor
boy, your brother, missing, and never heard
OF since But when asked wh're you mad
| gone she llad nothing more 10 say. one
| knew nothing and cared nothing, about
| you. II HAD not become acquainted with
/
OF you again. We VIII say no more OF that
ana no more OF ANYTHING that has happened
IN the past time. From to-day, my dear, we
DeEih new me ana lpleaSe God) happier
| me iiaNG you any pf'hS Oh your own loi
'"e l"',le'
ietHapS' II couio ma heip' 0ldney
Sal"' ieSIEhedIy. might emiSrate. fflde
WouIdh stand IN my way; no honest EN-
p'oy ihent WUliu De H2n2ath NV ''"'' x"
sues IL went TO America, l might meet
WIN my p'o'neI.
MY GEAR cuiiu, alter the time that has
PaSSe"' ''lefe Is no imaginable chance OF
your meeting win your brothcr-and you
"oulul | Know cach other again II you did
meet "Nn up lhat Nalh nope ana stay here
WIN me be uSeiui ana be happy III your
! own country.
oSeluL. sydney repeated sadly. ~ oul
| own KIND heart Capt. BcnnydCck, is deceiv.
| help others. Who will accent helm from