Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-16
AN IDYL OF HONOLULU.
A Bold Stroke for Husband Written for
This Paper
BY LEON LEWIS.
CHAPTER discontinued.

II Will now tCll you VINO inc young
man Is, said Bullet, drawing his chair
nearer to his daughter. "His name is
Ralph Kemplin,"
Ralph Kemplin? Any relation to
the Kemplins in whose ship you used
to eail?"
eyes, the only son of that Kemplin,
see that have not talked to you in
vain about my old employer and his
family. This youth Is now on his way
around the world. Here Is a great
bundle OF papers by which his identity
Is perfectly established. / do not know
exactly how he got into his present fix,
but am going to town soon to make
Inquiries and in the meantime | can
guess about how it was"
'In what kind of fix Is he?"
''He has been waylaid-probably
with an eye to robbery, as his pocket
book Is gone, his watch, and so on-and
in the struggle he has received blow
on the head that has utterly destroyed
his memory. You've heard Of similar
cases; at least the medical books are
full OF them. He don't know anything
about himself and his history, It's
all blank to him-his past who he Is
and where he Is. He don't even know
his own namem
Alma looked shocked.
''He's an idiot, then?" she MUIR
INJURED.
"No, nothing of the kind. He has
simply lost his memory, forgotten how
TO read forgotten his friends-even his
sweetheart, II he happens to have
any He has the same tastes and pas
sions, however, as before his injury.
He is, in fact, the same man as before,
except in so far as regards memory
and It's various offices and connec-
tions."
"How odd" calculated Alma. "He
must be sort Of grown-up baby"
"The very thingw returned Bullet
"That expression describes him per-
fectly. Yet he still has the airs and
manners Of cultivated gentleman,
doing from habit and instinct what he
has been accustomed to do by reason"
He narrated briefly how Kulu had
fallen in with Ralph, and all the cir
cnmstances-so far as known-under
which the sufferer had come into his
keeping.
"And, now that he Is here" concluded
Bullet, what field of action Is opened
TO you'll In three or four days the poor
fellow will be physically we'll, but in all
probability his past will continue a
blank to him. We will give him new
name, and you must teach him his let
ters, and get him to reading again, and
study geography and history with him
In word, make u man Of him upon
his new basis. And, while you are
thus engaged, II you are as able as l
think you are, you will at least win tho
his affection, and so become his wife
And once you are his wife, | will speed
lily make apretense Of discovering who
and where his father Is, and restore
them to each other. AS you and your
husband will be the sole heirs of the
merchants vast wealth, you become
great lady at one jump. Now, what do
you say to the project?"
Il think 1t can be carried out, an
Bwered Alma, as look Of eager reso-
luton mantled her face. AT least, l
will do all | can to make success Of
IL"
A few details established full UNI
Outstanding and harmony between the
father and daughter, and they awaited
with impatience the moment OF Ralph's
awakening to enter upon their nefari-
GUS conspiracy.
At the end of two or three hours
stir in the little bedroom announced
that the sufferer was awake, and In an
instant Bullet was lowering over him,
"You feel better now, sir?"
HtOh, so much better"
"Do you feel we'll enough to see my
daughter? She's to help me take care
Of you"
Ralph assented, and Alma at once
entered. Bullet introduced her to the
patient, who greeted her with mechan-
ical politeness.
"You can't recall your name yet, can
you?" asked Bullet,
The sufferer contracted his brows
painfully few moments, and shook his
head sadly.
1--WE shall have to give you a new
name, sir" pursued Bullet. Suppose
we call you Ashley Benning, after an
old friend of mine?"
Ralph nodded q weary assent.
ashley Benning 1t is, then"
A few minutes the father and daugh-
ter conversed with their patient, and
then they proceeded to their little
kitchen, intent upon making him a
nice broth and Cruel.
"You see that he is started upon his
new life, muttered Bullet, rubbing his
hands gleefully together. "All trace
OF Ralph Kemplin is lost until we
choose to find it. This young man is
simply Ashley Benning, and his life
dates from the present. He is, in fact,
an entirely new creation. All we have
to do is to be secret and cautious, and
keep all knowledge Of him from every
body until you are his wife, and we
shall then find ourselves on the very
pinnacle of happiness and fortunel The
first great step Is takenp
It was, indeed. It only remained to
be seen what would come Of 1t.
CHAPTER Nv.
RALPH IN HIS NEW CHARACTER