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by unknown Hands, hidden away where
no search could find him. Two years
of anxious seeking, and the poor
mother nearly frantic all this time!
Then an anonymous letter was re-
CeiVed, stating that the child had died
month after it was stolen. AS time
wore on and no trace of the child
could be found all but the mother
gave up. Meanwhile, Mr.. Hamilton,
the father lost the greater part of his
property, and after a time, as | have
said, the search for the child was
given up as unavailing. An the
mother at last acquesced. But on
her deathbed she solemnly charged
her son to seek for his brother. Take
two weeks of every year said she,
you will then have fifty left for your
self He promised. She gave him a
ring with the words in trust engraved
inside. Many people have seen the
ring. 1t is now worn by the defendant,
whom we claim is Victor Hamilton.
If so, the ring belongs to him.
Nov for the proof of the plaintiff S
statement in the deposition of the
nurse Hannah Sargent, who confess
ed that it was she who wrote the
anonymous letter saying that the child
had died soon after being stolen, for
the purpose of easing the mind of her
former mistress, whom she had often
heard say that she should feel better
to know her son was dead than living
in the midst of evil associates. She
was sure that he must be dead, or
that trace would have been found of
him. And so she wrote that letter.
did an evil that good might come.
Only weak and foolish people dare
to lay their feeble hands on the wheel
of human events. But she did it, and
from a good motive, she says. Her
written evidence will be submitted in
due order of the trial.
After his mothers death, Nane Ham
ilton, the plaintiff, set out on his sacred
F., quest. 1t was in the month of May,
the time set by his dying mother. Seven
periods of search followed the plain
tiff in the last two getting upon the
track of his long-lost brother He was
| led into strange places and haunts, il
I not of crime, of bad reputation until
, by degrees he become convinced that
/ his brother was no other than Ashley,
the notorious bank defaulter, at this
time a fugitive from justice. He also
learned that this man had wife
named Lenora, or Nora. Thus far his
! knowledge advanced up to the period
of his seventh journey Mrs. Hamil-
ton would testify that her husband
was greatly disturbed in his mind
previous to going away; so much that
I
thin his weight was twenty pounds
less than usual; he had little appetite,
and was exceedingly nervous.
THE result of all this overwork and
mental disturbance was soon to mani
fest itself But first he was met and
| accosted by a young and handsome
woman, who came out of the Essex
House to speak to him. She had curl
Gus colored hair, more green than any
thing else, and by this the plaintiff
recognized her as Lenora, his
brothers wife, who was described by
the papers to have such hair. So when
she spoke to him as if she knew him,
he at once concluded that she took
him for his brother, her husband. You
here! she said. The plaintiff assured
her that he did not know her, when
she said, oh, forgot Mrs. Fry, who
was passing at the time of the con-
versation occurred, will testify to this
fact, and Miss Chase to the woman's
surprised manner when she saw him