The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-03-20
again the tears came into her eyes.

you fell falnting into my arms, ana
| told me you were without friends and
without relatives, and l was your
cousin all the time"
care you really my cousin?"
"That is one of the things 1 am 60
| ing to explain to you, dear Katie. OH!
| if Tom Addison had only come home
with Harry MCLAUGHLIN"
"McLauchlin! That is the name of
the officer who was missing at the
same time.'
"Yes-he was only prisoner, and he
escaped. If Tom had only escaped
with him! Poor Katie! we lost our
lovers together. Oh! if we could find
! them together"
She stopped and listened. Outside
| there We're voices.
She ran out of the room. and Katie
heard her saying, earnestly: "NOt yet
oh! not yeti implore you-not yet
wait till call you" Then she returned
and shut the door carefully. ooh, l
have such a lot to tell you. First of
all, dear, you are my cousin. Do you
see this portrait?" 1t was miniature
representing an old lady, sweet of face
and beautiful. "That is your great
aunt and mine, Katharine Regina Will
loughby. Your name is the same, and
so is mine"
"But my name Is Capel."
"Nothing of the kind, my dear. Your
father called himself Capel because be
uuarreled with his relations-and-and
refused to speak to them any more, you
know" This was a kind way of put
| ting it, and the male members of the
| family reversed this statement.
"But his real name was Willoughby.
| Here is portrait of him in uniform
when he was in the army-there it is"
/ She brought a water-color portrait
showing a very gallant young hero in
scarlet. 'Tis color which sets off the
fire and masterfulness of the hero in
his youth.
"Oh! it is my father" cried Katie,
Though I cannot remember him so
young as this. But he kept his good
looks to the last"
"Yes-it is your father. 1t is all
proved now without the least doubt,
Katie" She lowered her voice as one
does when one is going to say disa-
greeable thing. 1--WE will not talk
| much about him, because he-he had
his faults, am afraid. But you should
keep this likeness. He was Miss Will
loughby's favorite nephew; she gave
him quantities of money; she forgave
him all extravagances;s she even placed
large sum in the hands of Mr.. Joseph
Addison, her solicitor, so that he might
enjoy an annuity of $500 year, which
was paid him regularly"
"Oh, in Mr.. Addison's hands? Toms
Uncle Joseph?"
"Yes, after his death the principal
was to be given to her niece-to you,
my dear"
"To me"
"Yes, to you. That trust, the discov-
cry of which sent Tom to Egypt. was
yours, Katie. And 1 am very much
afraid that Mr.. Rolfe, who seems to
have been person of no morals at all,
was actually going to cheat you out of
it. 1t is all yours, Katie; you are-not
rich, perhaps-but you have plenty. My
dear, if Tom had only escaped with
Harry!'
"Oh; but how did you find out all
this? Is it really true?''
you have lots of friends, Katie,
quantities of friends. There are both
friends and relations waiting for you.
TO think that did not know, and took
you to the Cooperative Work Girls!
But never mind. And now 1 am going
to bring in some of your friends" She
rang the bell, and the door was opened
with promptitude which proved that
| the man-it was a man-must have
beeu lurking outside in readiness.
"Katie," said the other Katie, "this is
Harry McLauchlin-my Harry-who
was in captivity among the Arabs for
six months with your Tom. Harry
made his escape, you know. If Tom
could only have escaped with himr'
The escaped prisoner, who showed no
traces of his long captivity, bowed and
took her hand, but said nothing and
looked embarrassed.
"It is like dream to me-" said Katie.
II cannot understand You were a
! prisoner with Tom-you were present
when he-was killed?"
Harry will tell you all, If you please
% ask him tomorrow; not to-day, dear.
He will tell you how it Jared with
hem in their long captivity. But per-
taps you will hear from another
.ource''
"Miss Nilloughby," said Captain Nc
Lauchlin, recovering from his con-
fusion, "we found out-Tom and lin
The talks which We had at night all
ibout each other. We guessed that
you could be none other than tLs
daughter of Harry Willoughby.'
did Tom send me no message wheI
you escaped-none at all?"
None" said the captain.
Captain MCLAUGHLIN, tell me"-she
caught his hand-"oh! tell me, once for
ALL how he died"
"Not now, not now. Ask me, if you
| like, tomorrow"
Ibid he suffer? Was he murdered
while he tried to escape with you:"
"He was not murdered, but he suf
fered-well, he suffered about as much
as 1 did. We had bad time Of it,
Miss Willoughby. He helped me to
bear it,"
ASK him no more questions, DEAR
said her cousin. Tomorrow, as many
as you please. There is another friend
who wants to see you"
Then there appeared-none other
than Dittmer Book.
At the sight of Katie he burst into
unfeigned weeping and sobbing, and
fell on his knees.
Zach. Himmel," he cried. 'It was
my fault. l ought never to have left
you alone. l was a DUNN KOpf.
lost my way in the fog. And it was
midnight when l got back to the Park,
and you We're gone-yOu We're gone,