Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-01-05

your me- her." he observed. at was
written to Ora Buck and the ending was
torn Off See, this scrap exactly fits, and
the writing is the same. 1t makes our
case all the stronger,
"W hen your mother ran off she changed
her name from Ora to Honora and came
back to The home of her fathers. When
was sent over by the government OF Hol-
land to see il | could disentangle the state
of affairs that my great great uncle, John
Christian Weber, had put matters into by
disn heriing his heir until his third gen
Grafton, and the disappearance of Ora
Buck Wheatly had intensified, hunted
up the family of karlsoh Wheatly and
found it to consist of one maiden aunt,
since dead, who had an old bundle OF love
letters that your mott her had left behind
in her flight, and a miniature Set in u
rocket made out OF two OF his regiment
buttons. These Ksrlson had left in her
possession at his DEATH which had &C.
Cured a few years previous. The old lady
was positive that you were both alive;
and 1t was from her that learned OF the
origin OF the Bucks up here in Hancock
county, at Bucksport.
$50 ! came to Bucksport. But Ora
Buck Wneatiy had not been heard OF
there. Feelings are no guide to a lawyer,
still l felt that Ora Buck was in that
neig hborhood. 1t was about six years
ago when | was driving along the North
Bend road one late night from Surry that
| anna Hrafr ln rjy i,,u
slowly, when heard voices to my right.
1t was dark and there was no moon.
This together with the time, should have
made me hasten by instead of stopping to
investigate.
"But did stop. l led my horse aud
followed the voices into the woods.
came upon group Of men who were as
rough and ugly-looking characters rs you
would wish to see.
owe got nary a thing said one. Just
bundle OF old papers that the rats
wouldn't even make nests Of
=" Let's open them suggested another.
zone OF the men drew package from his
pocket and cIumsily undid ribbon
fastening.
Nothing but old love-letters,' he
said. We've been sold
II saw that some one had been robbed,
possibly injured. But l could not expect
to capture single handed SO many desper-
ADDE'S. Still l knew that often when
robbers are suddenly surprised, they will
take to flight heller skelter, and leave
their booty behind them. am some
thing of shot, | drew my brace of
pistols, and started to firing all at once
with both hands. Well, you never saw
such scattering! and as | expected, they
left the letters spread about ON the
ground.
81 followed the thieves short distance,
still firing heartily, and then | returned
and picked up the letters. They proved
to be collection of old sonnets written
in florid style to one Ora. | drew deep
breath. The name of ora always had an
attraction for me.
But there was something else in the
package. sort of II will, or direction
as to where to find a will
|; ~ shild constantly asks who am. have
tell her When she is eighteen. But
il al t.s happens to prevent me from doing
so, - yssiind a written document Of our his
tory III the custody of Mr.. and Mrs. jim
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim!' interrupted Jeane
springing impetuously to her feet.
YES, Mr.. and Mrs. JIM" reiterated
the Buttercup man. That puzzled me.
She had evidently madea confident of II
couple named Mr.. and Mrs. jim. Now
Jim is no common cognomen; still IL
would have simplified matters if the
paper had also given some preceding
appellation.
The next morning | easily learned that
house belonging to Mrs. Agghaccus
Carter and which had been once occupied
by Mrs. Honora Godfrey had been
broken into, etc.-details which you al
ready know. Then | gathered from the
neig bors all that was known OF Mrs.
Godfrey and her daughter Jeane. Had
you not been married, | should have made
my presence and suspicious acquainted to
you at once. But as you were, and SEEM
ingly comfortably located, | judged a
little delay would do no harm. | wished
to find his exceiency, Mr.. Jim and his
spouse. But it was not so easy to take
this tangled thread and wind it to a clue. ,
Mr.. Jim could not be found. No one
seemed to have ever heard Of him.
II saw your advert easements in the papers
for any relatives or friends OF Mrs.
Honora Godfrey, and smiled, for your
mothers name was not Honora Godfrey,
but Ora Buck Wheatly, and she was
Weber, the Weber that we had been
searching for. But as she was dead, you
were now the sole heir.
81 often saw you, but you bore no re-
semblance to your mother. You were a
Wheatly. One day l came across your
little girl She looked decidedly like the
miniature that had Of Ora Buck. Aud
I hox, lat I