The advocate., 1895-07-10

seized the opportunity to remark with sneer GnaC
Mrs. StilWell had mutiated the paper for the sake
of "Some verses" and to observe, also that young
women, you know, are sentimental" Partly be-
cause she wished to see them, partly because she
wished to read the missing part of her article but
chiefly because she wished to annoy Stilwell, Ger
trude begged her mother to be allowed to read the
verses. That lady showed considerable embsrass-
ment at this simple request which Stiwel supposed
was because she was ashamed Of her folly,-the
shreWd, practical man that he Wasand said they
were 'put away now" she would show them some
other time Somehow, this impractical girl sus
pected some connection between the missing
''Verses" and the condition Of her mothers eyes,
and also suspected that her mother did not wish
anyone to know what those oversees" were. But
Gertrude knew that a friend living near also re-
ceiVed the same paper; and, after awhile, the un-
practical girl went to borrow it on the pretext that
her father had put his somewhere and she had been
unable to find it, Taking both papers to her room,
she found not only the remainder of the article she
wished to read, but, the other side and exactly
filing the vacant space, she discovered ''sOme
verses" but this item of news:
''THE WRECK OF THE AURORA REVIVED.
"Some persons in England have sad reason to
remember the wreck of the ill-fated Aurora. The
frigate, Captain Lee, sailed from England Septem-
Der go 1769 to carry out to India Henry Vansitart
Esq, and other officers in the service Of the East
India company, but was never seen nor heard Of
after touching at Cape of Good Hope the 9th of
December following. A survivor of the wreck
lately arrived from India says that the frigate was
cast away on a reef of rocks off Maeo, and that he,
DIR. Evelyn Wimmarleigh and four others, including
q black escaped and reached island where all but
our informant and DIR. Wimmereigh sucCumbed
during the succeeding year two. AT last, in the
autumn of 1772, a British ship chanced for some
reason to touch at the island and the two survivors
were taken on board, clad, and carried to India
whence the ship was bound. Soon after they
reached Calcutta, friend recently from home in
formed DIR. Wimmarleigh that he had been given up
for dead and that his wife had married again and
gone to America to live; whereupOn Wimmsreigh
desired that his rescue and continued existence
might not be made known; and broken-hearted and
desperate he Immediately set off for the interior,
declaring his intention to reach a region so remote
that he would never be heard of more. But he was
sfterWsrd heard of again the chief or prince of
native tribe which was overcome after most des-
perate battle with the forces of the East India COM
pany, during which Wimmsrleigh displayed mill
tsry ssgacity and bravery which won the admirs-
tion of the company's forces. He however, escaped
with the remnant of the tribe and has not been heard
of SINCE"
Gertrude was perplexed. What could there be in
that item to so effect her motherP If relative had
been on board the wrecked frigate, why did she
avoid all mention of the fact and seek to conceal
the itemp From whom did she wish to conceal it ?
from StilwelP Some one on board musthsve been her
mothers lover, concluded Gertrude, and of course,
she would not wish to speak of him to her husband
Could it have been that Dr. Wimmarleighg At any
rate it would not be right to be curOusand give her
mother more pain; so Gertrude made up her mind
to remain silent about her discovery of the secret
unless her mother should speak of the matter of her
own accord, AS Mrs. Stllwell did not speak of it
nor sllude to "the verses" Gertrude said nothing,
but she noticed now and then look of ineffable
Yearnng come into her mothers face. and mentally