The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-05-30

twenty-five. were seated III private room
1t an inn. known as the Hotel Bellevue.
1t lie Nocq. drcary fishing town with
good though small harbor, a dozen miles
vest Of HavTc.
Down below the cliff on which the inn
stood, the port was visible, an! IN the
Dort was 10 Ice seen an English cutter, the
Electra. in which the friends had run for
Lc Nocq when the storm. that had now
been raging for twenty-four hours, broke
Ipon them.
The first night in the inn. to which they
lad come up after seeing the yacht made
snug and comfortable in the harbor below.
and the sailors left in charge Of her also
provided for passed easily enough.
They had stood al the morning looking
Dut Of the window d.sconSolatc.y. lad
smoked pipes and cigarettes iunumcrab.c.
ana had yawned a good deal.
What are We to do to prevent our
selves from dying of cnnu, Phiiip:' the
one asked the other.
Jerry" the other answered Solcmnly.
I know no more than you 10. There IS
nothing left to read. and soou-very soon.
llas,-there will be nothing left 10
smoke"
The one called Philip began looking
tbout the salon that was at their dis
posaL whistling p,aintively. and peering
into the cupboards, Of which there We're
two.
''Hullo"" he suddenly exclaimed. here
is a great mental treat for us-a lot Of old
books; and precious big ones, too, Won
der what they are? All. old registers Of
bygone years"
Nevertheless, lot us see them" the
other answered; lat any rate we shall
learn what ki,i Of company the house
has kept"
So, obeying his behest, Philip brought
them out and they sat down ito begin Mt
the beginning" as they said laughingIy:
and each took n volume and commenced
to peruse it.
Every now and then they told one an
other Of some name they had come across,
the owner of which was known 10 them
by hearsay. and they agreed that the
Hotel Bellevue" had in its day, had
some very good people for its guests.
They found several titles Engish-in-
sCribed in the pages of the register, and
also many prominent names belonging to
the same nationality.
"Probah(y half these people have OCcu-
pied this very sitting room at some time
or other" Philip said to Gervase. Il
only wish some of them were here now,
and that
He stopped at sudden exclamation of
his friend. who was gazing tiXedly at the
page before him.
What kind Of find is it now, Jerry"
he asked. ANY one very wonderfully"
1T must be mistake" the other said
in low voice. and yet how could such
mistake happen? Look at this and he
pointed with his finger to a line in the
book
Why" the other exclaimed as he read.
"Aout II. 1854, L'EIon. Gervase deceive
and wife" Then he said. Your father.
of course. before he inherited his title"
"Of course. There never was any
other Gervase Occleve in existence. cx-
cept myself. while he was alive. But
what can it mean?"
1t means that your father knew this
place many years ago. and came here:
that Is all. l should say. 1t is Coinci-
dence. but after all it is no more strange
that he should know lie Vocq than that
you should"
But you don't see the curious part Of
it. Philip, Ny father had no wife in
1854. He never had q wife until he mar
ried my mother, and then he was Lord
Penlyn and no longer known as Gervase
Occleve."
And then followed the conversation
with which this story opens
at is strange thing" Philip said. but
it must be a mistake"
After a few moments spent in thought
Gervase turned to his friend and said
The landlord. the man who stared 50
hard ut me yesterday when we came in.
was an elderly person. He may have had
the hotel in "a. might even remember this
mysterious namesake of mine. | think |
will ask him to come up"
In a few minutes the landlord tappcd
at the door When he had received an
invitation to enter. he came into the room
and bowed respectfully, but, as he did so
Lord Penlyn again noticed that his eyes
were fixed upon him with n wondering
stare; a stare exactly the same as he had
received on the previous day when they
entered the hotel
W. found these registers in your cup
board, and, for want of anything else To
read, we took them down and have been
amusing ourselves with them hope
We did not take a liberty" began Ger
vase. In going through this book-the
one of 1S54-I have come upon name 50
familiar to me, the name of Gervase DC
Cleve, that
But before he could finish his sentence
the landlord jumped up from his chair.
and was speaking rapidly while he ges-
ticulated in thorough French fashion.
"Occleve-of course" he cried. Thar
is the face. Sir, Milor. | salute Won,
When you entered my house yesterday. |
said 10 myself. But where have I seen
him? Or Is it but the spirit Of some dead
one looking at me ont of his eyes? And
now that YOU mention 10 me the name Of
OCcleve. then in a moment he comes back
to me and | see him once again. All,
Milor. but when l regard you. then in
verify he returns to me, and | recall him
as he used to sit in this very room-in
that very chair in which you now sit"
The young men had both stared at him
with some amazement as he spoke hur-
rledly and excitedly. repeating himself in
his earnestness, and now as he ceased
Gervase said:
DO | understand You to say, then. that
| bear such a likeness TO this man. whose
name is inscribed here, as TO recall him
wildly to yOu?"
Yes. you are his son, 1t must be so.
There is only one thing that l do not
comprehend. You bear different name"
He became Lord Penlyn later in life,
and at his death that title came to me"
And 50 he is dead. He can scarcely
have lived the full space of mans years.
And Madame your mother? She is wel?''
For moment the young man hesitated.
Then he said:
she is dead, too
"Pauvre dame" the landlord said, and
As he spoke il seemed a though he was
talking To himself she was bright and