The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-08

telling him that he would prosecute him for attempting murder. Two days afterward the papers announced that Sir Henry de Clare had committed sui eide. Following this came a letter from Lady de Clare to Japhet. It said:
 "'FIeta Is the daughter of Sir William de Clare The girl found drowned was merely dressed In her clothes. Dearly has my husband paid for his act of folly and wickedness. to which was never a party.
 The letter was signed "Nattee" and Japhet learned that she had left the castle after the funeral and had been seen later travelling south with band of gypsies.
 Lord Windermear and Mir. Masterton sought out Sir Williams widow, who was living in London, and Japhet re- stored her daughter to her. She rec ognized the gold and coral necklace al once as being the one that little Ce- cllia had worn when she disappeared. There had been wonder at the time when the unrecognizable body was found because the necklace was not on it.
 Japhet. having thus made his beloved little Fleta happy and found a mother for her, thought to return to fashion able society and pursue his own search for father. But the news of his true position and, worse than all, of his lack of wealth, had spread while he was in Ireland. He was cut in the street and Tn the clubs, those who had borrowed from him failed to see him. and those who had fawned on him sneered at him.
 l For time he tried to brave 1t out |. Then he became discouraged and re- solved to gain wealth by one desperate | effort. He sought the gambling hells. In three nights he had lost all he own ed even the house that had been be- queathed to him.
 Poor Japhet now saw himself just where he had started--penniless and an outcast. Too proud to appeal to the only friends he hal left Lord I Windermear or MT. Masterton, he re- solved to turn his back on society Leaving a note for Timothy, in which he begged him to forgive him for run ming away and asked him to sell what was left and keep the money, he de parted from London on foot, exchang cd his fine clothes at the first village for smock frock and corduroy trous ers and with nothing but twenty pounds In his pocket, set forth on hli second pilgrimage, with no very cleal Idea in his mind except that he despis ed the world
 His scorn was increased as he wan dered for he was robbed right ant left. till even the bundle in which h. carried his scanty spare clothing wa stolen. Bitterly he reflected that s' long as he remained an imposter h. had been treated by the world to 1t best, admired, flattered and beloved while now that he was honest, he wa met with contempt, cruelty and treach cry wherever he turned.
 The cup of his sorrows was not full As he wandered aimlessly along
 country road after his bundle had bee stolen he was seized by constables an charged with having attempted high way robbery.
 Circumstantial evidence was stron against him. The case was aggravat ed by his determination not to glv his name. After a short trial he wa sentenced summarily to death.
 A few days afterward the real crim inals were taken and confessed Japhet was discharged. None notice that he paid no attention to what wa said to him. They ascribed his whit face and his wild glance to the or , deal he had undergone; but in realit he had lost his mind.
 How long he wandered or where h went he never knew. In after day he could remember only that he ra , at times and seized people by the armi , crying: Are you my father?" an that at other times he tottered along sobbing like child. At last all con sciousness left him.
 When he came back to life he wa in bed, his head shaved and his arr bound up after repeated bleeding Beside him sat a young girl in
 Quaker's dress.
 He felt as if he could have gaze at her forever. Her clear and trans parent complexion was the most beat tiful he had ever seen. Her gloriou eyes were arched by eyebrows reguls as If drawn with compasses. Her nos was very straight, but not large. H. mouth was perfection. Under h' prim. chaste Quoker's cap wonderf' auburn hair showed curls that cou
 not be restrained.
 She told Japhet that he had bee found on the road and taken by
 Quaker gentleman, who, she sal recognized him as one he kneN Japhet cried out in astonishment whe he learned that his rescuer was NJ Cophagus.
 brought him back as in a preOr jains circle.
 MT cophagus soon hustled in. lit changed except for his Quaker gar and explained that he had married
 quaker lady. the sister of Japhet beautiful nurse. Under their care recovered fast. As soon as he wa quite restored MT. .Cophagus propose to him that he stay in Reading (whie was the town in which he found hin self) and open an apothecary's sho with money which he would loan hin
 Japhet assented. and presently th young buck of the London drawin rooms. frequenter of gambling hell and Iounger in clubs stood behind counter in Quaker garb dispensin drugs and feeling happier than he ha ever felt before.
 It was sometime before Japhet real ized that his happiness was due no to his prosperity in tha hnRinA3A- a