Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-11-21
A MYSTERY REVEALED.

old man 1OGS IN q HAPPY huntOT.
In compliance with the old detectives
request, Dorison appeared in the evening.
A single glance informed him that the
old man was in happy humor.
~ received a note from you in the
early afternoon" said Dorison, "but all
of it could understand was that you
desired to see me this evening. And
here l am"
"You are not quick of comprehension.
meant your case is as plain As pike
staff. You had, or have, a brother-the
latter 1 think"
Dorison stared in establishment at the
detective, his anger rising at the same
time. However much he had in his own
heart condemned his father for the
charge which for eight years had en-
FILTERED his life, he was not willing
others should cast reflections upon him.
But Cathcart was not man to regard
the emotions Of others, and though,
doubtless, he quickly enough perceived
the anger Of the young man, without
preface, apology or effort to soften the
news he had given him, he went directly
at the statement.
Very soon Dorison's anger was lost in
the establishment the story gave rise to,
and when he learned that all this had
been obtained from Mr.. Eustace, he
could not deny that it was conclusive.
"Now," continued Cathcart, Gas say,
it is as plain as pikestaf. l have rea-
soned the whole thing out to a certain
conclusion, my reasoning being based
upon information obtained from Mr..
Eustace, papers Of your father l have
had access to, confirming them by public
records and the examination of books OF
private institutions, and that unfinished
letter. 1 shall not waste time by going
over the processes, but will give you my
conclusions in the shape Of a statement:
when your father was twenty-one OF
twenty three he met Emma Ludlow, q
very pretty girl, daughter of q costune1
of Chatham street. Ludlow was an Eng
lishman who had in his own country
been connected with family Of prom
inence. There drifted to this country
; one of the younger members Of thai
family, named Parish, who also saw the
, girl Emma, and desired to marry her
The father felt honored that one Of the
family he had been a servant in desired
/ to marry his daughter, and, having tn
notions Of parental authority English
men entertain and overlooking the fault
i of the man Parish, which were so gTea
8 he was compelled to leave England, op
g posed your father and forced the mar
3 rage with Parish Subsequently you
a father yielded to the wishes of his fam
n lily and married Mary Clavering, you
a mother. That marriage was an exceed
n ingly happy one, notwithstanding tn
e previous romance.
" Your father and mother had bee
Il married twelve years when you wer
born, the youngest Of family of five
g the elder of whom had all died. Vine
is you were four your mother died !
)" year later your father met Mrs. FarisI
h then, as he understood and as she be
lieved, childless widow. His love re
20 turned for her and he secretly marie
her. Why, does not yet appear, but his 81
is cuse was that he was retiring from bus
ness and did not want to announce hi
second marriage until that project wa
fully accomplished. After two years {
n this sort Of life, during which two chi
y dren, boy and girl, were born, Ann
a and Harold Parish, the husband turne
to up on the scene, to separate your fathe
Of and the woman. Mrs. Parish was
N good woman, a4nd although Parish, VIII