The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1901-09-26

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gtsph vss q % ebili lhsy ksew.
Maiss locked 81 IL sssla Sod made
aote Of TIE psotssraphfrs CAGE. shiet
vas pfielei 90 tho bach. l. bore the ID
dress oi q small tosn, shd b. isovnsd |
little ss he locked a. II Whn bsd Fred
Enborsor, lliei. 10 a. siih iitil,
cbiidf
BE shut Bis poektlbcok slth . snal
srd gave 1nsl look sroaad.
He vas last iorains sssy vher bis usr
came bsok from the station With the Ia
iormstiop thsi Ember.on bed been ssan
taking . ticket mot 10 L,ndou. % they
bad expected. bnt 10 little place called
Stay bridge, ball wsy dosn the line. II
s.s trick. OF course. he ~osld 90 90
10 Easton aud rsy eIesss isre. and b. lost
At once 10 the London crowd,
Still Msrlow cent bis msp 10 telegraph
to ths station 81 Stsybfidse, spd wsi;ed.
s.ill imps.ien,ly. searching the room. for
ihs reply.
II came prenp,iy. Oniy tna ps,4aa
hsd come by that train on the day before.
and that YES . mecbspi, in . working
suit apparently on the LOOKOUT for work.
Evidently 1t vas not Emberson. spd Mar
low decided that his only chance nov was
to 90 TO Topping, where the photograph
had been taken.
He started Immediately, sending bis
man on TO London to try to get some 10
formation there. snd meaning 10 wsit Tor
him ut Topping. He got out ct little
quiet country station. The towL lay be
hind i.-s sleepy market town full oi
sheep aud cattle and farmers gigs, aud
bright with the spfing sunshine,
He found the photographers easily
enough, and there q copy Of the photo
graph be hsd brought from Enberson's
rooms, II hsd been taken Just sbout 9
year ago. The photographer remembered
il distinctly, because the woman who
brought the child broke down. crying at
the fnish for 90 reason at oil thst be could
make ont
/ suppose you know nothing OF her, do
you? asked the detective. snd the photos
rspher shook his head
MOI but she came from place not far
hasa /
the proofs ih re to place called Stay
bridge. about five miles away.
Detective MARROW started a little. Stay
bridget He ives on the rcsi at last. surs
ly Stay bridge was place to which Fred
Embeison had booked the place at which
the workingmsn bad got ouil Detec
tive Msrlow's pulse quisk ned. and ten
minutes later he was walking away from
toward the distant vill,ge.
II vas hot walk that day. The roads
we're dusty. and be was tired when be
reached it ut last
lie made his wsy sloely through the
'trsggliug houses and quiet shops toward
IN inn. He vnria h.sa ..a atop, si as.ssei
perhaps for some days, certAinly for one
light.
He went 10 and had some tea, aud then |
et ont to loook around He vas oil impa
ience. The thought OF the ESQ stirred
lin.
He was remembering With q beating
lesrt the girl he mesnt to marry think
ng that il would not be long now : when
bend in the road brought him suddenly
Ipon small cottage.
II lay close 10 the road, low wall hem
ming 10 its little square patch Of gsrdeo,
nd little wooden gate leading to the
Iagged path, bordered With wsIIaowers
md lupins and lavender.
He looked up half carelsssiy. wondering
Emberson was living 10 cottage like
haiti be was In Stsyblijge at all
hen the sight OF little child sitting 90
be wall brought him to Q stsndstill.
Something about her vas familiar At
ret be could not tell what, AMI then he
emem bered the braid on her irock snd
be braid on the child 10 the photogrspb
WAS the same drese, the same child,
nly now she was older and prsttior
He stopped and vent toward her. She
'ss such little. thin child and her face
ss pale and delicate in spite Of the ooun
y cir. She looked up st lin with
right eyes and smiled. and somehow be
ut oddly uncomfortable before her.
BE hssitstsd before be spoke, snd then
is question came with ssruf, sharp jstk.
Whst is your namei be asked.
Her round eyes searched his face. 1t
oked stern enesgh iust then, bot 1t did .
Of irighten her. She slipped down from I
ie wall and held out her hand.
Ips May. che said. /,
And = what is your fathers nsnie7 /
In spite Of himself Msrlow hesltA.ed. b
Fathers osiled F'd darling. she replied. Q
os mother ssii 80. An he's been waJ [
Ich long time, and l don't fox he'd ev /
come back.
The detective looked down st her. 2
red. dsrIinel
When did be come bsoks be ssked. ab d
Ibtly. In
The child. oil unconscious, took ber :
ther another step resrer prison. Il
Ooly the day before this day. che said, o
"a l vas s'prissd. / Just couldn't fox b
BIO IL vas. Bot mother knew, and she a
led and II made her iller. and the doc Q
. sss very sns',:
Where is your fatber7 1ked Mstlow. e
The ctild's eyes diisted little. .
He mustn't be sturbed, she said. Hes II
I mother and mothers du fal III. That's e
By be came back oil 10 such . hurry.
She stopped, Iooiige np st the dttec