The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-06-16

face was OF much coarser cast; his
clothes were new, but fitted him i'll, and
he wore o fashy necktie and watch
chain. His small gray eyes had noted
the little occurrence above described
and as the carriage rolled away be
nudged his friend with his elbow.
/, "Well. what now?' said the latter.
"Did you see that?"
What"
'Well, your wits are wool gathering
it seems. Did you see that fellow gel
into that car-ia ge?"
"Wh2t carriaGe:"
THAT carriage that 1as st2nding here
just now with tie Lady in it. Why
what's got into You, Hor;ie? Don't yOu
know who she was:?"
mo, don't. How should z"
We'll, you might find it money in
your pocket some day, that's al. Swell
women like that don't drive out alone In
the park for nothing. I reckon! And
may be, rather than haze their husbands
k>ow what they're after, they might see
their way TO paying an obliginS person
- consideration TO keep his mouth shut. ;
''Oh, stuff! That business IS played
out. The sweIls ere on to it, and the
first word that's said they ring the bell
fo- the police. don't want any OF that
il mine, thank you! And if you want
any one to believe you know all the ladies
that drive in the park in their OWL
bror9hams, you must find some greener
hand than l am"
Il know who she was, Just the same"
retorted the other "She's the girl that
married that fellow Ketelle, month
ago."
"She?-the sister of that He stop
ped.
1.-The sister of Jerrold Nolen! You re-
member him, if 1 amt mistaken" said
the short man, with chuckle.
Eyes, 1 remember him; and when the
accounts are evened up I'll remember
you too, Jack Crush, and don't you for
get itr' exclaimed the black haired man,
with a sullen fierceness. The fellow he
had called Crush laughed but made no
reply. $50 that was his sister, was it,"
the other went on, muttering to himself;
land she's married to the judge a month
ago, and taking fellows to drive in her
broughamr He twisted the ends of his
mustache, and switched the toe of his
boot, as he sauntered along, with the
light cane he carried.
Let us follow Mrs. Ketelle's carriage.
After the first few minutes of speech
less and wild emotion were passed, Pau
line relinquished her brothers hand, and
shrank away from him to her side of the
carriage. A reaction of feeling had
come over her. She felt sort of indig-
nation that she should have been all
these months grieving for a calamity
that had never happened.
"Why did you never let us know that
you were aGve?" she demanded.
Il put it off from day to day." he said.
| 81 had not decided, at first, what to do.
thought Of coming home; then l
thought that since l had been reported
dead it was better to let it be believed so
for time, until the truth about the rob-
berry should be discovered. Besides,
knew that detectives would be after me,
and 1 feared that letter addressed to
you or to the judge might betray me.
/ At last when found something to do |
| decided to wait until | was certain of
success before communicating with you.
| And finally, circumstances led to my
/ coming back here unexpectedly myself"
But Valentine might have written, if
you could not"
valentine! Why, Pauline, don't you
know-don't you sect was Valentine
who was drowned"
valentine! Oh, God forgive me! how
| l have wronged him" She turned aside
and rested her face against the side of
the carriage and sobbed for a few mo-
ments passionately. But she was never
one to be long mastered by emotion. She
forced back her tears, and said: "Tell
me, tell me all!''
1.-THE whole affair came about by an
accident, without any Encouragement
at all. When went down to the pier
of the steamship, Val had suggested my
making one or two alterations in my
dress and appearance, so that if any one
were on the lookout for me 1 should pass
for Valentine. Afterwards, on the
steamer, we found that people were Civ
ing us each others names, and we let it
be so. We occupied the same state room
and used his things-I had brought
very little of my own with me.
Son the voyage he told me all his pri-
vate history; I afterwards thought that
if he had been consciously training me
to personate him he could not have done
it more effectually. Then came the day
of the hurricane. We were close to-
gether all the time until within few
minutes of the time the wind changed.
We were In the cabin; there was a Ian
tern buring, but it was almost quite
dark. Val left me and went to our room.
could see him there; he seemed to be
writing on something that he held up
before him. Afterwards he went towards
the stewards room, holding on by the
iron pillars of the cabin as he went. That
was the last l saw CT him. He must
have gone on decE-for what can't i'm
agine-and been swept overheard. No
one knew anything of it until the next
morning"
''Now 1 know-now 1 know" muir
INJURED Pauline, pressing her hands over
her heart. sit was he-he did not for
get-I might have known itw
''What might you have known?" asked
her brother.
Nothing; go on. When you found
! L.