Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-12-17

dollar note, clipped It in two with his
pocket scissors. and handed one half
to the auctioneer.
This half is now useless TO me-
he said. 'but It will be worth $40 70
you when you discover who sold you,
the mirror"
Some weeks passed and Caveriey
studied the mirror In a practical way
He noted that It was Of unusual thick
ness. and this aroused his suspicious.
I'm take It to pieces" said he. and
this he proceeded to do. It took con-
siderable time and patience to work
the back loose without damaging the
glass, but, by dint Of perseverance,.
he managed It. Back Of the glass. he
found a shallow metal PAN He at
tackled this, and In q few moments had
separated It from the mirror proper
The pan removed, the whole matter
was plain. Set slantwise beneath the
beveling on the righthand side was
an ambrotype Of the face he knew
50 well. The picture extended per
haps a third Of the distance across the
mirror, and was covered with thick
plate Of glass. so that looking squarely
into the mirror, reflection was nor
NAL. but by sloping It to the right
until the ambrotype was horizontal,
the face with the scars appeared
Caverley took the ambrotype to the
light and stood looking at II for some
time.
Whoever you are" said he, you're
not an attractive chap, but Id double
that twenty to find out about you"
The matter was rapidly slipping
/ from his mind when one day the man.
ager of the auction-room called on
him and brought with him an elderly
gentleman whom Caverley judged
rightly to be a lawyer.
THAT mirror" the elderly gentle
man said, when the matter on which
they had called was preached. "waf
the property OF a client OF mine, 8
Miss Damon. It was sold. after hel
death, with a lot Of other personal
property not disposed Of in her viii
There's a queer story about it. bui
/ don't know that can tell it correct
ly, for 1t was told to me in fragments
whenever my client cared to mention
the subject, which, assure you. sir
was seldom indeed. AS wen as ! cal
piece these bits together 1t was some
thing like this:
Many years ago her family i've
In the south and there she met |
young physician, who became great.
attached to her. II seems an epidemi
OF smallpox broke out, and the docto
risked his professional reputation Il
getting the Damons away and through
the lines OF the shotgun quarantine
which had been established He r.
NAMED there and eventually cam
down with the disease. which left hir
with horrible scars. Upon his II
covery, he wrote Miss Damon tellin
her OF this and she replied IN lette
filled with expressions OF deepest syn
could not mar the soul, and babe hiI
come to her, but, somehow, the lette
3 miscarried and he never received
He waited for the answer throug
e several trying months and then wrol
: her saying he should SO abroad
+ bury himself somewhere In Europ
: She was right. he said. to consid'
e him as one dead. He sent the mirrS
at the same time. There wasn't muc
q to tell, and fear have hardly dor
z It justice" the lawyer concluded
o Caverley, with great patience, d
y the mirror together again, and tn
e evening he took II to the lady Il
d whom he had bought it, and told h
e the story. And she. being a symp
n thetic little woman, wept.
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