The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-03-11

The thread Of her narrative.
81 was adopted by the woman with
whom / lodged, whose husband was 4
miner. Originally they had belonged
20 this part Of lancashire, and Wnen
they returned 70 their native place ]
came with them. Before coming 10
Marsh Green / had worked in the mill,
bat ! disliked the work, 30 ! went 10
work on the pit brow. that Is al !
have 70 tell yoG, Paul
You must have 4 remarkable mem
DRY, he laid, when she had finished,
TO remember all those incidents"
Probably / should have FORGOTTEN
many Ehises had not AFz. Hill refreshed
my memory nov aud again. She knew
my mothers siraHgs story and We have
talked over il frequently"
Did you never discover anything OF
your father, SalameF' he asked, mooii-
IL. Did You never discover where he
had gone 70, or what had become OF
him2'
She shook her dark head in silence.
"It ia siTanee-yeTy strange, ne went
on. 81 suppose be must have died after
leaving youT mother. Tnat seems the
only sensible soluHon ol his absence
and unbroken silence during al! these
years"
"That is the only explanation l could
think Of, she answered. surely ii he
had no! died he would not have desert
ed her. Ny mother was very beautiful
much more handsome than AN,
Paul and Mrs. Hill says she could have
married well afterwards had she cared
10 do so. but she rejected every offer
ami died faithful 10 the man who had
first won her heart. Even 10 the day OF
her death she believed that my father
would turn up some day, and her conf
deucs in him never waysTed."
Il suppose you have not got a por-
trait Of your father Salome?
No, but / have got 4 OF my mother
which / viii show 10 you some day II
You care 10 see IT,"
"Where were your p%arsnts married 2"
"In the village church at MARI
combe."
"What was your mothers name-her
maiden name, ! mean"
"Salome Ve!azo."
"And your fathers was sydney Bar
ringham7"
"Yes."
~ should like to ge! at the bottom OF
all this myslsry," he said, with a
thoughtful and wrinkled brow, "but l
suppose it would take q very genius in
the detective line 10 solve the riddle"
ut would, Paul, and / fear the mys-
terry surrounding my fathers strange
Disappearance will never be cleared up
now"
"Who can tell" he replied, more
cheerily. riddles as strange as this
one have been solved often enough be-
fore by smart, determined men; and it
lie quite possible that your fathers rela-
tiyes may be discovered, even II he him
sell, and the cause OF his desertlon OF
your mother, be not revealed"
She shook her head in I doubtingway,
and he added,
Have you ever visited Marlcombe,
salome, since you left 1t as a child?"
Never" she answered. 'lhaye often
thought of doing 60, but have always
been prevented from carrying out my
wish owing to one reason or another"
Some day we will journey there to-
gether. ! should like to see the cottage
wherein you were born, and in which
your father and mother spent the first
few months Of their welded lives. You
cannot imagine, dear, what q deep i'm
preston this story Of yours has made
upon me. But / will not agttatc you
further by talking about the matter any
more just now"
She gave him q pleased look in an.
swer, and Their continued their walk
along the lane. Suddenly, Paul broke
the silence by remarking,
$40 you know, Salome, dear, that
there is one thing which L have told
you, and which in honesty to you, !
think | ought 10 confess
"What is that, Paul?'
"You know Miss C~arsland?"
"Yes, / know h-r. met her at the
concert one evening"
"Well, at one time, l made myself be-
lievo that 1 was in love with COrdeliG,
and was almost on tho point Of formally
proposing to her"
"lhere was some truth then in that
rumor as to your engagement" she
asked, quietly.
mot a word, l assure you, dear. l
might have committed myself mad sha
not restrained me from speaking, for
she is very handsome, and | admired
her greatly. Fortunately, the words on
my tongue were never uttered. and you
cannot fancy how glad l am nov. But
! you must remember that | had not seen
you then. Had we never met, dear one,
there is no telling what / should have
done"
"Miss Carsland knows OF our engage
ment, / suppose, Paul?"
"she must know, when it is the com
mon talk oil all the villages round about
here"
a am sorry for her, Paul, il she loved
you as | do salome whi'pered, sym
thetically. "Do you think she cared
for your"
would not have stopped me from speak.
ing. Cordelia is rather cold-blooded
and" he added with a laugh, "hel
health does not appear to be al
ieCted by the knowledge that Pm 90
ing to marry you"
She made no reply and they crossed
the wide white space in front Of the
White Grow to rundown Spenser'slane
towards the girls home. Ashley passed
under the gas lamps salomo tugged a
her lovers arm, saying:
"see, Pautt Isn't that Sir Sydney
Carsland coming towards usY"
lie glanced ahead and there in the
clear moonlight, not more than a score
Of yards away no perceived a figure
walking slowly in their direction which
he easily identified as that Of his
guardian.
by Jove, you're right, salome
Who'd havo thought Of meeting hin
horo?' no cried. "Im glad, though.
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