The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-04-10

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Hfs sof0e broke down, and be sank In
10 chair by the table.
The questioner,s face grew deAth1y
pale; he seemed 81 5 los ~ words With
which 70 reply, Just 1t that juncturs =
man who seemed 10 be = lawyer pushed
himself hurriedly into the rircl&
Touching the young man % M Shout
der he said:
..foeAsn, ~re9memhes M dyicst sDen't
10 fxsn: you are IN nc position 70 speak
TO him. Let me speak Then 10
Hardy, with certain professional ~
perity Ia his tohes he asked
sssviil gen TELL ME your name, STRIP
rHaf,iy Telford, !" was the answer.
Where do You liver
- AL Melrose. y
The lawyer paused On TIE see1hiaf
verge Of further iisanirs. ~ il reminded
BY the curiosity af the surging on-Iook-
err " the Appropriateness Of the place
Tor such colloquE He turned and spoke
a few words in an undertone Va CbNdon,
whose pallor still liherftA on his face;
then he turned b Hardy, and informed
him that he had room Ia thu hotel,
and asked him IL ~ Would accompany
him and hix client Condor thfther.
Hardy consented, and followed them
In dazed sort Of way, hardly esns
scious Of what he was doing. IN 1 few
seconds they reached Mr.. Browns apart
ment He politely gave Hardy a, seat
near him. Condor took chair near the
door. The lawyer heFaf to question
Hardy, until his bewildered brain was
an intricate web Of doubts, fears and
superstitious fancies, the like Of which
had never before entered Mis- brain.
Now and then ca,ae a dazzling blaze Of
hope that he had indeed found his dead
brother, which was quickly extinguished
BY the vivid memory Of seeing his dead
brothers face in the churcbyafd. Then
Hardy would wonder why Mr.. Brown
should take such marked interest in
his life, and why Condor should seem SO
disturbed,
Brown adroitly drew the conversation
to a close by proposing 10 accompany
Condor and him TO Melrose the next
morning, II agreeable to Hardy. The
latter gladly consented. Nothing could
have suited his desires better lie felt
that there was an important and mex
plicable responsibility resting on him,
and was anxious to see Condor in the
birthplace Of his brother, and before his
mothers eyes.
When the trio arrived at Melrose the
next morning, the news ran through the
hamlet like sudden chill wind. -Ex-
citement was most intense in the crowd
round them, while they were waiting
for messenger to. bear the tidings to
Mrs feff0rd Of the strange resemblance
of Condor 10 her dead son. The vii
layers, for the most part, were ready to
swear that Condor was Washington Tel
ford.
Brown was very uncommunicative,
though most observing; Condor was
very silent and apparently embarrassed
under the gaze of tho assembly.
The crowd increased as it went toward
the Telford cottage. Mrs. Telford was
in the door, highly excited and pale.
With startled cry she ran toward them
as they entered the gate and threw her
arms around Condon's neck, enchanting:
My boy, my sont-I knew it, / knew
it!'
Condon's features were study in per-
plexity. he seemed to be in direst strug-
gle with his memory.
II am afraid you are mistaken, good
woman" he faltered; II don't remember
you'll can't remember any OF you, look
ing around at the faces. 81 can't be
your son-there must be some mistake
The old woman chung to him with
fierce, desperate embrace. ''You are
my SOM she cried; do you think
could be mistaken in my own child? /
have felt all these years that you were
not dead"
Condor, obeying signal from his
lawyers eyes, released himself from her
arms, kindly but firmly telling her that
he would return to see her soon. He
lett the cottage yard, and followed Brown
down the street. gy9''''sae'
The surging, murmuring wave of hui
manity rolled after them. As the news
spread wider, the excitement waved
greater. Then some one suggested the
opening of the grave where Washington
Telford had been buried. 1t was the
spark 70 the power OF suspense. Ihey
rusnea maoly toward the graveyard
men anu boys Win rigld countenances,
IN the lead; whispering women and
children fringing the human billow.-
Naught could have stayed them. The
grave ralone could solve the mystery.
They had seen the young man placed
there VINO now STOOD before their eyes;
they would know II the grave had given
up ies contents.
oonuon anu MS lawyer were IN tne
Grove q, When tne grave was reached.
! ne marble neao ana iootstones were
TORN from tnelr places picks ana snoveis