Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-23

"that this girl was my sister. Don't do 1t unless you're sure. l am very much alone in the world. A sister would mean to newell, perhaps rath. CT more than you could easily believe"
 He took some sheets of paper from his pocket. They were folded and fas- tened together at a corner.
 There's list" said he, "of every human being on the Delphic l told you that nearly all the original pas sengers were transferred to another vessel. What resulted? Why, just this-there was only one girl baby on the ship"
 The simplicity and force of this statement staggered me. There re- malned, of course. many questions, but was unable for the moment to frame one.
 Let me tell you,' said he, "how l first got on the track of this. It was through Mrs. Gilbert She is interested in the Woman's Exchange, as you're aware, and thus she came to know a very beautiful and charming girl who brought embrolderies to the exchange to be sold. This girl fell iii. and-well she was pretty hard up; that's the fact about it."
 The tears rushed to my eyes. III and destitute, my sister, and I so rich that people pointed me out in public places as the Golden Bush man.
 Mrs Gilbert was very good to her." continued Connor, but I guess the best thing she did for her was to tell me that the young lady was a survivor of the Delphic and had been brought up by foster parents at a place in Newfoundland. l thought I saw story, and l telegraphed to our corre- spondent in Newfoundland on my own 1 account When l got his answer 1 which was a peach, as you'll sec-I made some investigation here through | the agents of the line to which the Delphlc belonged and had the luck to tumble straight on one old fellow who knew everything and had records and all that. Then l went to Mrs. Gilbert and told her what I had learned. You may imagine her surprise in view of ! her acquaintance with you and the fact that she didn't know that you were the original Delphic survivor"
 T never told her. said l, but sup 1 posed she knew. It has been printed often enough"
 Mrs. Gilbert says she never reads the papers" replied Connor. There i was only one kink In the story, and that was the reason why the rescue of your sister was kept so extraor- dlnarily quiet Why didn't your uncle hear of it? I don't know yet, but that cant alter the fact AS to her being survivor of the Delphic, my man in Newfoundland says there is no shadow of doubt whatever. You will see In his story
 He was interrupted by a ring at my telephone. I heard the voice of Mrs. i Gilbert:
 "Oh, Mir. Owen, is that you2 Has he told you;"
 Yes" l answered.
 '1snt it wonderful? Isn't 1t beauti- ful? I've told her! You must come up-you must come right up. Take an electric, you and Mir. Connor I'll wait for you right here. The doctor Is with her now"
 This overwhelmed me, accustomed as l was to Mrs. Gilbert's exuberant style of conversation. could only gasp, Where are you"
 At the drug store on the corner" she replied. MT. Connor will know. Hurryw
 It appeared that MT. Connor really did know. and we obeyed instructions and hurried We found Mrs. Gilbert, and she led us a little way along a rather poor street. but not sQualid, and into bleak hall bedroom in lodging house.
 That was the room my sister had used before Mrs Gilbert had trans terred her to better one. It was a shall room." somewhat larger than a prison cell, sparely but neatly furnish ed unprovided with any means for heating except wretched apparatus 6tted to the gas fixture. My sister had lived there. She had lain i'll in that narrow bed without care. without at tendance, doubtless poorly fed thought of 1t. and l remembered that evenings extravagant dinner with nau- sea.
 l am not ashamed to say that my knees shook under me when I was summoned to the larger room. There was a bed with its head against the wall opposite the door. l saw only q part of 1t. just whiteness of piled illlows, a background for a girls face, end with sort of undirected vision. more like feeling than seeing, I per ceiyed the doctor in the shadows be- yond the bed, watching.
 The girls eyes were blue. They seemed very large in her pale and thin face. They spoke to me in silent lan- guaGe that knew. They reached out to my soul with natural, deep long, ing
 extended my hand to her, and she grasped it with quick. childish clutch.
 My brother!" said she, and the tears rushed from her eyes.
 have since been inforIped that I acquitted myself admiralty. Three witnesses have testified in my favor ] fnrIr indand if I inpIuda my SiSfar