The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-05
CHAPTER XIV,

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CHAPTER XIV.
well boys, Two secn the lad, and IT'S
4 Bobs sure enough. He 4 Is unconscious,
as yet, though tho Doctor says that that
IL Il ali probability only Temporary.
How can we hnow anything about
s hIs So' .aId R.d ;sSua nk' h'a IRON
the farm UP In Vermont Z London wink.
cd and smiled at the othersiff'
How arc you going to got the let-}
ters iT9 4. RI
20, that's Ell right. I have 4 friend.
up Near Burlington. and I shall write
tors thnt&he my get
that's dat." Reddie looked vory deter Letter
mined. and moro or loss ugly. q "
4 pttal discharges him. 30 that settles that,
old man. Mr fvnn Nostrand Is going to
j look after him, they say. Perhaps no
will take Bhino to tho boy and then,
whore viii 70 Be. yo oii can't claim him e.
,u, i BOT BOT your you, II iite' u i a ~
well good day to you all. I'm glad
70 800 such devotion on tho part Of an
4 uncle. It's very touching.
With this parting shot no left the
room and taking the first cab that came
In his way he drove to the nearest
newspaper stand. whore he purchased
magazine like tho one that Reddie
4 mad takon from Bobs' hands the day In
tho inner room.
his coat and lighting a pipe he sat down
In comfortable chair and opened h's
book. # i!
''Now let mo see IL can nnd what
Z my dear friend Reddie objected to-" He
4 turned over page after page, but moth
his sense Of the necessity on Reddes
+ pa IT fof prob lbiting Bobs' reading It.
Il We'll, T am blessed X I can see any
thing hero that the boy should not have
read. Come to think OF It., no wasn't
reading. was he. no was staring at q
picture. Let me look at this stuff again."
u Suddenly his eye lit on the picture OF
K child holding hoop and looking at
a large dog. Ete read tho name with q
3 start and then looked at the opposite
\ English homo. rs It possible7 Why,
& OF course. now I SEQ tho resemblance:
Reddie my lad, you will never see your
young nephew again Il can keep him
out Of your Way 4 :.
He closed tho magazine and threw y
4 on to the table. then knocking the ashes
oit OF his Pipe no rose and went Into
his bedroom. as
CHAPTER XIV.
..h1r. carilngtord. am delighted TO SEQ
you, but you have been very rernlss.
expected that you would come soon =, at.er
the dinner to have that chat with mo
about India. Surely you were not fright
ened by the burglars 7"
Z "No. Miss Van Nostrand, but was
called away from the city and did not
think It would make enough impression
i ~ - r mr.
neglected to send card regretted
Il very much to hear OF your fathers loss
h OF his gems. It must have been great
blow to him. I.
owing to his carelessness. also, and that
= doaa NOT mend matters or make It any
81 easier to bear
mo, suppose not.
Y 1--WE have had many excltemcnts IN
our family OF late. You have heard "a! OF
my sisters experience. have s9u no, ~ 10, r,er
4 mai was sent me, I hope that she was
q s,No. indeed, thanks to that plucky boy
that was go badly hurt, PHI II
i"How ia the young chapT
10 he is doing very well now Out
the doctor says II begins to look rs
"a though he would never remember any OF
4 his past. He cannot recall q thing that
formerly pertained to his daily life IN
INV wny. shape or manner. He does not
remember his father who came down from
Vermont, He did not see him Mt the
time no came but he does not know
that he had one, and tho ola man mas IS
+ not sent any word to tho DOCTOR though
0 he has been written to.
n '.That seems odd "
~ have an idea that as he found that
papa was going to take care OF the BOY
no thought he would step aside and let
y him do It," 5r5 5f
I "shrewd old Yankee. fancy"
: At thisN point AR, Van Nostrand en-
= tered the room.
Q "Ah, carlingford, am glad to see
: YOU. You see that your warning came
!, true, butwas too late, a
ayes, and I regret to hear It very much
lndeod"
"Well that which Is done cannot pc
undone. Nellie, there is something ODD
: about this boy at the hospital. sent O
q q messenger to Vermont with the propo-
the young chap In charge and pc respon-
slble for him. No such man can be
a found and there Is no such farm as ne
: said no owned. 1t is very ODD"
u 'rWhat will you do, napn2 @
d ~ shall do as I intended after con.
0 sidering the matter, am going TO pu'
. him into vanbrugh. the arch!tects OF.
l.
j. would liko to learn that profession ant
appears to have some taste In that line line,
/. OF course, 1t Is an experiment. but
:, . think that Will try It,"
y y ut will BIO very interesting II success
% % full Mr.. Van Nostrand
!. 'Tn my opinion, II boy OF that az
: has a bent It Is best to push him righ1
at It and let him work out his saliva
Q tion. It is much better than putting
y him into business office and :, oha s.'nnI
IS q failure. like the boy. ne IS pri sai
! and intelligent, and yet he can roca4
II nothing. 1t Is very odd, -
Y "Not half as odd, papa, a. , tnas ,ha
y mans coming to see him ana saytns ~, ,.a
9 he nv was his father. I don't believe ne wa
10 his father at all. y, 9 - ,,,th
s 1Perhaps.' said carlngfo re- y VIZ aom,
It smile, "you are on the track 9, SOM Hn'
g great and exciting mystery ! envy ~
a tne oppo'.u .,o,, have no mystery ex