The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-29
CHAPTER XIX
RISEN FROM TIE DEAD.

she ordinarily received. She had some tea.
and then went up to the nursery to see her
bow, and found his father there before her.
Lord Ennismore indeed absolutely wor-
SHIPPED this beautiful child, who was the
pride and darling OF his heart, and the heir
to his name.
"You spoil him, Ennismore," sometimes
Lady Ennismore would say with a smile.
but she also loved little Pat with an excel
ing love. and watched over his welfare with
unceasing care.
The husband and wife were TO dine at
Cabinet minister's in the evening, and re-
main to q reception afterward, therefore
presently Lady Ennsmore went TO dress,
promising as she did so that the children
should see her before she left, as she was go
ing TO wear her diamonds A fair, smiling,
stately ma,ron she looked when she de-
scended and went into the small drawing
room ITO be admired, as Eunismore told
her, for the two girls and Pat and Miss Sin
clair were sill there awaiting her. She al
ways dressed with great taste and looked
wonderfully handsome with the glittering
circets round her throat and arms, and
cleaning in her hair.
You look quite beautiful, mother" said
Julia Bingham, fixing her soy, soft eyes on
her mothers face.
What a swell you arew exclaimed Mas
ter Pat
coniiug,n said Miss Sinclair, suDpressing
sigh of envy. Why had she not been born 4,
she was thinking, to wear precious stones
and rich garmenjsl She would have looked
as handsome as this proud lady, if she had
been arrayed as she was. she also reflected.
Miss SlnclaiT's great hope in life indeed
was to become rich. To be poor was sbhor-
eat to her narrow soul, and of Lady Ennis
more's seemingly happy lot she always felt
envious.
"She has everything" she often thought
bitterly; sit is not fair
Then the woman who had everything"
stopped down and kissed her handsome boy,
and her two girls, and went away in her
wellappointed carriage, with the husband
who thought she had no equal on earth, and
whom he most truly loved. She went to lie
admired and courted, filing her position
with the gracious, graceful ease which was
one Of her many charms. Men who rarely
cared to talk 70 ordinary women always
gathered round Lady Ennismore. She
never tried to attract attention. but &C,
cepted homage as if IL were her right, and
gave in return her rare gift of true, sweet
sympathy, and genuine appreciation Of the
good qualities of those around her.
1t was late before she returned home, aud
the next morning she felt little weary, and
had her breakfast before she rose; her maid
bringing up several letters on a saIver,
which bad arrived by the early post, while
she was drinking her tea.
She glazed at them care.essly. and left
them lying unopened until she had finished
breakfast. Then she began isisaTely to look
over their contents. They were mostly in
u. ~.
great and famous, for Lady Ennismore was
universally popular and much sought after
IL society. At last she raised one written
on more common paper than the rest, and
was about to leave it unopened, as she
thought it was merely some circular, when
something in the popularity of the hand
writing attracted her attention.
she opened it, and the instant after she
had done 50, her face grew absolutely
white she stared at the lines it contained
with eyes diated with sudden horror and
drea /, and cold dew broke out on her pale
brow.
sit cannot, cannot be-" at last she muir
INJURED, latter all these years-it is some
falsehood, some inventiUn-and yet none
knew, none knewp
They were strange words that she had
read, which had driven the blood from her
face. and seemed almost to have stopped the
beatings of her heart. Words, purporting
to have been written by one she had
deemed dead for more than twenty years! IL
seemed impoS IDLE, yet there in a few
cremped lines tale was told which to her,
if true, was bitterer than death.
Dear Katherine" she read again, with
shudderlng courage. This letter will, |
know, be great surprise to you, and fear
an unwelcome one. 1t will seem almost to
you as if one risen from the dead was your
correspondent. But the truth is, ] did not
dia uhan tina uood shin GEu1 sattlad
down with her living freight in the blue
waters all those long years ago. Another
young fellow and | were lucky enough to
get into the one boat that lived through the
tremendous storm breaking round the ship,
and after going through incredible suffer-
ings were picked up by vessel bound for
Adelaide.
HE also was under cloud and we
agreed to drop our old names and take new
ones in the new country. Thus il happened
that the names OF Arthur Selby and George
Roche appeared among the passengers lost
in the sinking of the ''Endymion" during a
gale. The rest of the poor fellows in the
boat succumbed to the hardships we went
through, and we twO-Arthur SelbY and |
were the. only survivors OF all the passen-
gers and crew of the Inflated ship We
read our names as those of dead men in the
English papers long afterward, aud until
now have never made any effort to estab-
nsn my real Identify. But things did not
prosper with me in Australia; aud the man
whose name l was foolish enough to sign is
dead. l was free, therefore, to return to
England, and came back poor.
II am in very low water indeed, RATHER
inc, and have learned it is exactly opposite
with you. That you are married to Lord
Ennismore; that you have succeeded to all
the wealth of your family through your
brothers death; and now | am going to ask
you what you will do for me! Do not for
get my claims, however irksome they NAV
be to you. A word from me and Lady
Ennismore would disappear, and Mrs
George Roche appear in her stead. A ter
rible come-down wouldn't it be, to such a
grand lady as yoursefl l saw you to-day
in the park, and recognized you, for you
have worn well, whereas am a broken
down, battered poor devil. with scarcely a
coat to my back, or a shilling to bless my
self with. hear my brother, the colonel,
is still living, but suppose he would cut me
dead if | tried to in rude myself in his
mightinessl But on you have a real claim,
and you must not ignore it. Did the child
live, katherine, or did your proud mother
wiring its neck to save your reputation She
was quite capable of it; a dreadful old
woman. but she, of course, will have gone
the way of all flesh. Fix a place to meet
me, and keep your secret if you like, il you
will pay for 1t; otherwise I shall prove a