The Florida agriculturist., 1889-09-04

had called (iruSh laughed DuL maze no
reply. so that was his sister, was it?"
the other went on, muttering to himself;
''and she's married to the judge 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 calamity
that had never happened.
"Why did you never let us know that
you were alivey' she demanded.
II put it off from day to day." he said.
81 had not decided, at first, what to do.
l thought of coming home; then |
thought that since 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. l
knew that detectives would be after me,
and 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.
"Valentinel Why. Pauline. don't you
know don't you sect was Valentine
who was drownedi"
"Valentinel Oh. God forgive mel how
have wronged himI" She turned aside
and reste d her face against the side of
the carriage and sobbed for 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 nae alll'
''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 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.
''On the voyage he told me all his pri-
vate history; 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 / saw Of him. He must
have gone on deck-for what can't inn
agine-and been swept overheard No
one knew anything of it until the next
morning"
''Now ! know-now | knowl' mur-
INJURED Pauline, pressing her hands over
her heart. 1T was he-he did not for
get--I might have known it!''
"What might you have known?" asked