Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-10-10

Of suppressed emotion stronger than :,
had given human nature credit for.
Then she gave a little sob and tr~,
away. Oh, unspeakable mercy; should -.
she give thanks and praise in her ~.
even before she asked a single question:,
Dick could not have made a long stor,,,
it then, though he did afterward
eve tracked him-the fellow-at last. 3.
maison de sante outside Paris, and tbs.'
he is-ill, rather; he has been verv IN
that's only natural The scoundreI plscss
him there as an insane relative, and gos,
to see him, believe, for the sake Of stu5r
ing his part. You must come and sws:,
to his identity, and then we viii teler-srs
for the father
She could not see him till the next "A,
when she and Dick went together ana
found the dear Septimus Perkins waitins
for them, because he would not tbrusi
himself upon her sooner.
Got him safe. ma'am," he whispered
jerkily, but you mustn't expect to fnS
his hair curled and his handkerchief scent.
ed" This with great earnestness.
The door opened, French doctor witba
room and invited Anastasia TO follow him
into the inner room.
If the doctor was so moved that he cOnld
only shed tears copiously into a large cam.
brio handkerchief; if Septimus Perkins was
stamping and coughing in the other room
to keep his sympathy within bounds:
Dick had a mist before his eyes, then
should not the curtain fall over that won.
derful reunion? All, dear love and IN
failing truth, what matters pale, sunkeD
face and lean, trembling figure2 1t was
Osmund himself though a wreck
"Oh, sweetheart; oh, my own"-heaH
to heart spake what lips could not utter.
The only disappointment was to the doc
tor. "These Englsh-they speak 50 little.
they throw away situations the most raw.
ishing" 50 he meditated.
They all thought themselves very clever.
excepting Tasia, who thought of nothing
but how TO pet and comfort her found.
ling as Mr. Perkins called him, and to
bring him back to health; but they had to
deal with wits as sharp as their own.
When they marched forth armed with the
law to arrest the pseudo Osmund Questin,
all trace of him had vanished; but brief
letter addressed to Mr.. Questin, ST., which
came by post, threw much light upon the
past.
"DEAR UNCLE.--As impairment persons
have upset my arrangements, and Will ere
this have surprised you by an exchange Of
sons, / think it eXpedient to run down into
Spain. Now, don't trouble to seek for me.
for Spain is not accommodating in these
matters, and as | am positively your near
est relative, after my cousin Osmuud (wh0
holds to life with the most unaCcountable
tenaCity, see what poor idea he has Of en-.
iOying it), you will, ] presume, let the at
fair drop. / saw your son first in Rome
when his extraordinary resemblance 10
myself-his double first COusin-put a It,
tie scheme into my head. We Travelled
alone together from Bedford, and | give
you my word | could as easily have dis
missed him from a world of disappoint
meuts, as reduce him to a state Of partial
insensibility, in which | conveyed him
with all tenderness to the admirable inst
tuition wherein he has been ever since
Should YOU ever require an establishment
of this kind, ] can most heartily recon.
mend it, and have given DR.. s. full!
authority to use my name. After all l
was right-nothing but insanity could
have inuuCed Osmund to help nurse cholera
pat Is at Naples with whom he had no
more to do than with the man who picks
up sticks in the moon, as l now lind he
Now, when you are disposed to reflect
upon that part Of my conduct which affects
yourself, pray bear in mind two things
firstly, that my grandfather left all his
wealth to you, for the mean reason that
my father knew how to spend il; and, sec
ondly that you were so pleased at what
You TOOK for your sons submission to your
viii, that you received me with what /
must describe as foolish impetuosity, and
without the slightest conjunction for the