The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-04-25

IdLul ulguC Ten years DelOfe. no moon
shone through a rift in the waving branches
of the chestnut trees, and Tristot felt sure
{ that he saw the white, upturned face of a
woman, and in that one brief moment he
thought it looked like that of the unhappy
woman whose death was so deplorable.
He did not believe in ghosts or the re-
embodiment of spirits, or he would have
been afraid; as it was he gave half articu-
late cry ami sprang through tho open win
dow and from there 10 The ground, some six
or seven feet, and in cn instant was speeding;
across the lawn tnat EoSCr had newly trim
med aud restored 10 its former beauty, for it
| grieved lin TO the heart to SEQ the place
| which WAS sacred to him by a thousand en-
| dearing iacncrics so neglected and forgotten.
| Tristot, IN few leaps, lad crossed the little
| space and with tho agi ity of a monkey lie
climbed up one of tho columns which sup
ported the balcony and when there lie found
the inanimate body OF the poor young wife
who had been supposed dead 20 many years.
| AS soon as he satisfied himself that Henri
cite was not dead he gave a peculiar whistle,
| which caused Pivolot to suddenly turn to the
| window, as ii it were q sign which he well
knew, and he answered it by jumping incon-
tinently out upon the sward and rushing to
| Tristot, who said in a whisper
AIRING the rest and lights quick and take
care Laroque is kept away from this woman
until give the signal If am not greatly
mistaken it il the lost wife"
| The three men who had remained by the
| side of the dead assassin heard Pivolot as he
| called, and he told them to bring lights ard
| come with all possible speed to Villa Mon
talais, where something remarkable had
| taken place, 1t was only then that they all
remembered the awful wailing cry they had
heard, and they looked at each other in hor-
! rified silence, but M. Lacroix seized lamp
and shading it with his hat ran down the
stairs, followed by Roger and M. De Ligne-
| ROLES, and they hurried across to the front
| door, which Roger opened with the key he
had obtained from the agent from whom he
| had rented his own house, as he had not dared
claim its possession in the name of Suzanne,
who was its ostensible owner.
They went up the stairs, Pivolot cautioning
them against making a noise, and when they
reached the parlor they found that Tristot
had already borne the body of Henriette to
her own room, with memory for places
that would have been remarkable in any one
but himself. As soon us he received the light
ne made sign for NJ. Lacroix to follow him.
and he only was permitted to enter the room.
Instantly he recognized the pale face lying
upon the pillows, apparently without life or
motion, as that of Nine. Laroque, whom he
had so numerically tortured, and whose pres
ence was mystery beyond his power to solve.
NJ. Lacroix went back again, and as he
tried to speak he burst into such passion Of
penitent tears that every one was moved.
Then he said, recovering himself:
"Pivolot you are something OF doctor.
For Gods sake do something for that poor
creature; and, Trstot, go for the doctor, and
if you see a woman anywhere bring her here.
II not, 60 for Mother Dondaine, and don't let
the grass grow till You bring some ope
IN De Lignerolles, you and l may have
reason to be thankful for this nights work,
which may enable,us to repair the greatest
wrong we have over done. Roger Laroque,
brace yourself for the greatest shock you
probably ever experienced The person who
lies insensible in your wife's bed is--courage--
none other than she herself, alive and hope
soon to be restored to you. Stay, do not so
in there yet. She has tainted, and it might
be dangerous for her to see you too suddenly.
Try to wait in patience until the arrival of
the doctor Come: you have been resigned
and patient under her supposed loss Now
that she is alive and found, have courage just
a little while longer"
Roger could not, dared not, believe them
when they told him this. and he sat like one
who has received a stunning blow upon the
head which had benumbed all his faculties.
He remembered afterward that he had
thought that sometimes he had heard of such
things-things fully as unexpected and re-
markable as this-and be tried to bring him
self to hope that no chance resemblance had
deceived these usually astute men. Then he
thought: ~ will not allow myself to even
hope until am sure. 1t is impossible"
~ beg of you, M. Laroque, do not look so
frightened or unhappy. ! assure you, on my
honor as man, and as one who has uncon-
sciously wronged both you and that poor
young lady lying within, that am not mis-
taken; that is your wife, beyond doubt. We
found body in the river, it is true, which
was supposed to be hers, but the river, you
know, is quite far from here, and it is very
certain now that it was that of some unfor-
tunate person not your wife. Where she has
been all these years, how she has returned
and entered here, is more than can tell, and
then, besides, her presence on that balcony
that strange cry we heard calling your name
Why, can you not sect Do you not feelF'
"AlasI' said Roger, in a husky whisper, II
have suffered SO much that dare not hope.
Let me be until there is no possibility Of
mistake. Oh, let me see herl'
"Wait-wait just one little minute till tho
doctor comes. But how is it that everything
is SO clean and in such perfect order herei
This house has been uninhabited ever since
your uncle took the little one away. She
may have been living here unknown to any
body all this while"
"No. for when returned to this country
one of my first visits was to this place, and
the neglected air was too painful to me, so
went as William Forney aud leased both
these places, and had Mother Dondaine put
both houses in order, and il what you think
could possibly be true, I shall be doubly glad
did So"
During this conversation Pivolot was doing
all no could to restore the poor young woman
to consciousness, but without avail She
breathed, however, regularly though family,
and knowing nothing better to do he retired
from sight Of her and stood waiting for Iris
lotto return.
Tristot had found and sent the doctor post
haste, without saying who he was to find at
the supposed deserted house. When he
reached there and found the two magistrates
and the American he was surprised but when
he saw his patient his astonishment turned to
absolute fear, so that it was with difficulty