Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-07-18
RURALv1LLE, O., Oct. 4.


RURALv1LLE, O., Oct. 4.
MY DEAR KENDALL-You can never
know with what joy I write these words.
Ifeel that + am once more restored to life,
and know that 1 can never repay you
and Cochrane for your brave fight
against public opinion and for the per-
sistent search that has finally resulted in
my discovery. In all probability after
the lapse of years I would have fully
recovered my memory, but l am none
the less grateful that you, my dear old
fellow, pushed the search, and that
Cochrane found me and brought me to
life E.
Rest assured it shall be my aim to see
that you and Anna are well repaid for
the great anxiety and trouble have
caused you. Most Of all, I regret the
imputations that have been cast on your
character, but now that I have been
discovered" they will vanish like
magic and you will hear those who were
foremost in directing suspicion against
you loudly declaring that they knew all
the time I would eventually be found.
Cochrane has left me one thing to tell
you, and only one. In my dream at
Kreeger's saw the face of girl, sew
eral years younger than I, who attended
the village school with me here 25 years
ago. I saw her as little schoolgirl
bright, pretty and interesting, and in
thinking it over remembered that as a
boy ii or Is years old had hoped some
time to marry her. It was this memory
that changed me from an unpleasant
cynic and induced me to make it posi-
BILE for you and Anna to marry. 1t
brought me to realization Of my self
ishness. 7 had known for some time
that you loved each other, and when I
recalled how shabbily had treated you
I was heartily ashamed Of myself.
But it is all right now, John. You
are happily married, and I-well, when
came here nearly recovered from my
accident I found the same girl, now
grown into mature womanhood- hand
some, intelligent, lovable woman, who
has travelled extensively and is possessed
Of many accomplishments. She spends
certain portion of each year at her old
home in this place think she took
pity on my condition, for she has not
been Indifferent to the little attentions
have found time to pay her. was not
very sure of my ground with strange
mystery hanging over my life. No one
knew, nor did I know myself, what had
happened during the vanished years. 1t
might be that I had a wife and children
somewhere, and I did not know that
had the right to even think of my old
schoolmate as lover.
Today after dinner called upon her
and told the whole story. I know
made botch of one part Of it, but she
understood me, and that. is all that is
necessary. We are to be married three
weeks from today at her home in Gin
cinnati.
Now, dear John, want you to shut
up the Office at once and with your wife
come here for q visit You will both en-
Joy this delightful spot and the beauti'
full weather. I cannot be contented till
you are here with me, and you must
certainly stay till after the wedding.
Cochrane has promised to be my grooms,
man. He has little affair of the same
nature on his own hands. 1t seems he
has been engaged about five years, wait
ing all the time till he should be able to
support a wife. The reward you offered
for my discovery, and which he has
more than earned, will enable him to
! venture the marriage. AS we return