Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-09-28


put her identity beyond doubt. The
moment she got her foot on to the plat
form the crowd saw her, and there arose
such tremendous shout of welcome that
she very nearly took refuge again in tho
carriage. For moment sho stood hesi-
tating, and the crowd, seeing how sweet
and beautiful sho was (for tho three
motnhs of sea air had made her stoutcr and
even moro lovely, chcered again with
peculiar enthusiasm which n discerning
public always shows for n pretty face.
But even while she stood bewldered on
the platform sho heard loud Make
way-male way thcrel" and saw the
multitude being divided by II little knot
of officials who wcrc Cscorting somebody
dressed in widows seeds.
In another second there was a cry Of
joy, and a sweet, palcfaced little lady had
run at the child Dick and was hugging
him against her heart, and sobbing and
laughing both at once.
"Ohl my boyl my boyp cried Lady
Holmhurst, for II was she, Il thoush at
you were Gcad-long ago dcad"
And then she turned, and before all the
people there, chung about Augustus neck
and kissed her and blessed her, because
sho had saved her only child and half re-
moved The dead weight of her desolation.
Whcrcat tho crowd chcered, and wept,
and yelled, and sw orc With excitement,
and blessed their stars chat they were
there 10 see.
And then. i'll haze of noise ard excite
ment, they were led through the cheering
mob to where q carriage and pair were
standing and were helped into it, Mrs
Thomas being placed On th9 front seat
and Lady Iiolnhurst and augusta Gu tho
back, the former with the 0Gsping Dick
upon her lmcc.
Aud now little Dick is out of The story.
Then another event occurred, which We
must go b&Cl. I. little way TO explain.
When EustGco McecoI lad come to
town, after being formally disinherited,
he had managed o get 1 billet as Latin,
French and old English reader in pub
fishing house Of reputc. as it happened,
OIL this very afternoon lie Vas sJpolling
down the Strand, having finished rather
stiff days work, and with mind filed
witt those idle and s2mcwhat confused
odds and ends of speculation with which
most BRAN workers will be acquainted.
He looked Older and paler than when we
last met him, for sorrow and misfortune
had laid their heavy hands upon him.
When Augusta had departed he had dis
covered that he was hSld over heels in
love with her in that unfortunate way
for ninety -nino times out Of n hundred
it is unfortunate--in which many men of
susceptibility do occasionally fall in lovo
in their youth-a way that brands the
heart Tor life in a fashion that can no
moro be efiacod than the stamp of II hot
iron can be cliaccd from the physical body.
Eustace had never seen Augusta but
twice in his life; but then passion does
not necessarily depend upon constant pre-
vious intercourse with its object. Love
at first sight is common enough, and in
this instance Eustacc was not altogether
dependent upon the spoken words of his
adored, or ON Lis recollection of her very
palpablc beauty, for he had her books.
Thus it seemed to Eustacc, who knew
Terminals Vow" and also her previous
abortive work, almost by heart, that he
was very intimately acquainted with
Augusta, and as he was walking homo
that May evening he was rejecting sadly
enough of all that lie had lost through that
cruel shipwreck lie had lost Augusta,
and, what was more, he had lost his uncle
and his unClc's vast fortune. For hc too,
had reen the report Of tho application re
Mccson in Tho Times, and though he
knew that he was disinhcritcd, it was a
little crushing. He had lost the fortune
for Augustus sake, and now he had lost
Augusta ALSO and he reflected, not with
out dismay, on the long drcarv existence
that stretched away before him, filled up
as it were with prospective piles Of Lain
proofs With a sigh he halted at the
Wellington street crossing in he Strand,
which, owing to the constant stream Of
traffic at this point, is one of the worst in
London. There was block at the mo-
ment, as there generally is and he stood
for some minutes watching the frantic
dashes of an old woman, who always tried
to cross at the wrong time, not without
somc amusement. Presently, however,
a boy with bundle of mfoldcd Globes
under his arm came rushing along, making
tho place hidcous with his bowls.
"Wonderiul escape of n lady and han
Infant" he roared. Account Of the
survivors of the Kangaroo-wondcrful
escapc-dcscrt ialand-arrival of tho
Magnolia with tho criminals"
Eustace jumped and instantly bought
a copy of the paper, stepping into the
doorway of shop whore they sold Ma
sonic jewels of every size and hue in order
to read it, The very first thing that his
eye fell on was an editorial paragraph.
Il another column, ran the paragraph,
will be found a short account, tele-
graphed to us from southampton just as
we are going to press, of the most re-
markable tale Of the sea that we are ac-
quainted with The escape of Miss Au-
gusta Smithers and of the little Lord
Holmhurst-as we suppose that we must
now call him-from the i'll fated Kan
CARGO, and their subsequent rescue on
Kerguclcn Land, by the American whalcr,
will certainly take rank as the most
rDnant IL incident of If kind i'm no rocpDt