The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-05-28

fashionsd courage and sslf.relisncs,
engaged her forthwith-aWaiting
my Indefinitely determined marriaes
END treasurs she has PROVED hsr.
SELF ~ M
"Hcw old 4 she, Mr.. fiatraine,S ]
asked.
mot more than twelve"
"Now ! had a reason for putting
these questions. q reason why my
patient evidently did not fathom.
But whatever 1t was, his answers
satisfied me. l.prescribcd' what Iim-
agined would combst the mysterious
physical emaciatiop, and, promising
to call again, took my leave OF the
worthy gentleman. v
Next morning W A. someN hat start
led by a second vifat from John, the
manservant. 1 tonjectmed at first
that his master lad grown feebler,
and when learned the real motive OF
his coming, i could almost have wish
ed that such only had been the case
Il "Something very strange happened
last night Mt Our hotcl, DOCTOR" he
said. you heard ex-governor speak
OF little Maria; she nurses him, you
know, and gives him his medicine.
Well, about mid sight, thinking heard
him call, ran 10 his bedroom. He
was asleep, however, and did not
hear me enter; but little Maria, who
was kneeling down by the cupboard
IN which the draughts are kept sud-
denly started to her feet, and, in evil
dent excitement, dropped and smashed
to atoms, a phial no longer than my
little finger When asked what it
was, she told ne it was one OF the bot
ties purchased yesterday on your per-
cription. But, doctor"-and the man
drew significantly near me, II saw the
medicines you ordered as they were
brought in, hnd that phial was not
amongst thhm." 8t
opened my eyes at this. There
certainly should have been no phail
Mind you, SIR" he continued,
should have seen'nothing in her &C.
ton IL she hadn't told me a lie. But
those Ital ians! You never know what
they're ur,to. There's enough mys-
stery abont Mr.. Roland's illness with
out having children OF twelve handling
queer pitfalls at midnight. l didn't
tell the master what ! saw, for Maria
is SO much in his favor he might have
pood-poohed my storyga and imagined
| was getting jealous OF her influence.
But determined on telling you"
The honest fellows manner was
very impressive. Clearly he did
not speak all he thought, nor did /
press him to. We talked the matter
over a little longer, and Us icould not
go Immediately to the hotel wrote
note to Mr.. Latraine, in which, on the
simple plea that the nature of the
medicines made it dangerous to in
trust their administration to o. child,
] enjoined him strictly to give sole
charge OF the cupboard TO his manser-
want
That very day was unexpectedly
called out OF the city, and therefore
could not see my patient Until about
the close OF the weak When eventu-
ally visited the Hotel de Londres, |
found him sitting up and in such good
health, comparatively that / could
not but congratulate myself on the
success ofmy prescription. l took
this opport unity of advising Mr.. La
traine to leave Genoa and return for
the summer to England, mentioning
as arguments the certain intense heat
and the probable prevalence OF
cholera. RS
"My dear doctor" was his reply,
"you advise that which to me is inn
possible. have mission in Italy,
and cannot find it in my heart to
leave without having performed it.
had very dear brother, Melville, who
was what we call man of the world.
This brother and myself were exactly
alike in apprenticeship fact, we were
twins. Stop! Here is my album, and
here is his Likeness and mine. You can
hardly tell the difference.
Suiting the action to the word, Mr..
Latraine showed me the photographs.
l was indeed struck by the resem b.
ance OF the brothers. They, seemed
to be OF the same height, same build,
and same expression; and yet, with
al. sufficient disparity obtained to
nave enabled acquaintances easily to
distinguish them. Ny patient 'contin-
ued:-- vHs EctYSffI
.'At Melville's death, some twelve
months back, ] took possession of the
estates. We had always believed him
q bachelor, but on looking over his
private papers ! found, to my great |
surprise, that he had, in early days,
married an Italian woman OF the
low er class, and that he had, for some
sta ange, unexplained reason, married
hr. in my naine. One child--a girl
WAS the issue OF their union. which.
proving shortly afterwards awretched |
one, appears to have made Melville
desert his wife under circumstances
for which, however much love his
memory, can find no Justification"
"But have you any reason to
suppose her /. tienoa?" | asked.
Every rcaSon," answered Mr..
Latraine. "Though my brother de-
serted thus his wife and daughter, he
kept an eye upon their movements;
and In this way know that q twelve
month ago they lived here Having
come hither to seek them. am de- |
termined not to return until ascer.
tain their present whereabouts. / |
look upon The Ratification OF my
brothers wrongsdoing as a solemn
duty. Oh, here's Maria!"
The little Italian girl'of whom had
heard SO much now entered the room.
She was pretty, diminutive maid,
r.. ..,...- -, ka, N ,~v.ao rna nntbiny ~ i