Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-03-02

them she regularly drew the small PIT
,anee the ehild's labor commanded. Fan
nj. stood her 10, brsvely until . eoupl'
Of year. ago. when she got place t'
learn dre.,making. She then left th'
control Of Mrs. Davis and became hel
own mistress.
Mrs. Davis made an effort 10 establish
her guardianship over the girl. but ss !
va. impossible for her TO prove tha, hel
foster child W. no, Of age. she gave ~
the idea. After that Miss Pnee remained
with her friend the dresmaker until q
short time prior TO las, Christmas. when
another startling ehsp,er vi. added ie
the tale Of her strange life. Re,rospec.
ton again becomes necessary.
A, the time Of the finding Of the infant
upon the raj, by Captain Price, there
lived In New york city drussi', whose
mans was onee familiar to patrons OF
pa,sn, medicines lie was Dr.. ID. w.
Aver. the pa,en,ee Of ayers Cons,i,u.
ton Water" Above his own life there
were t-o things he priIed-his young
wife and brish,.eyed infan, girl. one
night, when be returned TO bic house.
both were absent. and one b, never saw
ssain. The stricken husband Was no,
long In becoming satisfied ,ha, his wife
had wronged him. bu, he Immediately
took step. TO over,ske her. AL hh ef.
fort. we're futile. aud though he loosened
hi. pure.strings for detective assistance.
hi. unfai,hful spouee was never heard Of
After ,ha, the life Of the wronged hus.
band va, a gloomy one, and he had but
two object. in living-,o sec bis child
again and to avense himself upon the
man who had betrayed him.
For . number Of years Aver spent hi'
time and much of bis money In travelling.
lie wen, 10 Europe on various OCCASIONS.
aud he visited Florida regularly every
winter until ,hi. one. In December las,
he took q notion 10 see California. On
the 18th Of ,ha, month he arrived In San
Fnneisoo. In one OF hi, ',rolls he stop
ped in from, Of a Keinsy stree, pawn
shop. I, va, the one where year, before
Fnnk silva had ob,sinsd business
stake. The same box WAS 10 the same
window yet. A Goa, Of vanish had rs.
moved the stains on i,' exterior aud q
new plush lining had been added TO II.
but il was no, otherwise altered in Ap.
pearAnee. The object ,ha, startled the
two ",hell gA,hsrsr" when they first
Cared upon |, under the rays Of the Ian.
tern was in /, too brooch Of quain,
make. ihA, sli,,srsd As brightly ',ill.
The appearance Of handsomely AZ
rayed man a, hi, window a,,ite,ed my
unele'." attention. and |, was With con.
siderable pleasure ,hA, he .a~ him come
10. I, va. with even more pleasure ,ha,
he heard him inquire sbou, the brooch.
for IL had lain 80 long on bis hands tha,
be considered be bad "lo., money on the
goods" There va, nothing in the hard
line, Of the Strangers face to cause the
.hrewd Jew to think he had more than =
passing interest in IL. Thi, being the
case. be disposed Of |, for small Ad.
vance on the original price. and volan-
,eered a history Of how he came by !, to
boot. Af,sr securing the jewel DR.. Aver
los, no time In hun,ing for SILVA. To
fnd him va, no, 20 easy. lie dlscov-
cred that the lucky Frank had lef, the
city. bu, be found 4 friend Of bis who
described the discovery Of the box. and
sub,eqaen, events. DR.. Aver then told
hi, informant abou, the los, Of his wife
and child .nd added among other things,
the wayw.rd woman had carried ,hA,
brooch away with her. Ba. this did no,
1id the knowledge OF Silya's friend. and
IL only led him TO sugge., that !, might
have survived from some 'hipwreek.
Then Ayers awakened hopes lsf, him
gloomier than before.
Two days before Christmas he W. IN
q re,,auran, when two young ladies en-
tered and took table near him. One
Of them va. Miss Price. His eyes sought
her face when she entered the door. and
were scarcely removed until she departed
from the restaurant. Then be followed
her, and when she entered the dres,mak-
ing parlor be was behind her IL ".
with difficulty ,ha, Aver hnally e',Ab.
li.hed hi. identity. and secured hearing.
lie then told Miss Price Of the golden
haired infant ,ha, Was torn from him by
q wife ,ha, looked the picture OF the now
Interested milliner. lie produced an
aged photograph tha, might have been
Mi. Pree's lineaments reflected. and
the re,ul, was thA, Mi. Price Was con-
vineed ,ha, DR.. Aver Was her father. In
a few weeks the reunited father and
child departed for New York.
Ba, one conjecture Is left to seeoun,
for the presence Of the infan, on the raft
and the jewel case in the bay. Ayers
wife no doub, took passage from the
Atlantic seaboard upon some vessel.
which was wrecked At sea. To save the
infan, it wa, fastened to the raft. When
the vessel wen, to pieces. the jewel box
aoa,ed. until |, finally came to light at