The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-09-15
"Icut them letters there fifteen years ago.

AS"' '"e" Ae'tof0 tnefe nrteen years ago" !"
have known the number of those lost
and would surely be able to tell II one
were missing. as must have been the
case II the gipsies had carried of
Anitra before the fiye."
II don't know about that" objected
the stone-cutter. There was, In those
days. q little orphan girl. almost an
idiot, who wandered about this town.
staying now In one house and now in
another as folks took compassion on
her. She was never seen agin after
that fire. II she was in the school.
house that day, as she sometimes was,
the number would be made up. No
one was left to tell US. It was an aw-
ful time, sir. The village hasn't got
over 1t yet"
Mr.. Ransom made some sympathetic
rejoinder and withdrew towards the
gateway. but soon came strolling back.
The man had arranged his tools and
was preparing to go to work.
1T seems as II the family was pret.
ty well represented here" remarked
Ransom. us it the girl herself, Ami
ira. I believe you called her.-who has
ordered this record Of her death re-
moved!"
"Oh, no. you don't know them Has.
ems. There's one of 'em who has quite
. story; the twin Of this Anitra. She
lived to grow up and have . lot of
money left her. II you lived in Sit
ford. or lived in New York, you'd
know all about her; for her names
been In the papers . lot this wsek.
She's the great lady who married and
left her husband all in one day; and
Tor what reason DO you think? We
know, because she don't keep no Sc
crets from her old friends. She's
found this sister. and it's her as has
ordered me to chip away this name.
She wants 1t done to-day. because
she's coming here with this gal she's
found. Folks say she ran across her
in the street and knew her at once.
Can you guess how?"
From her manner"
Lord, no; from what l hear, she
harn't any name. From her looks!
She saw her own self when she look.
ed at her. d,
How interesting, how very interest
Ing" stammered Mr.. Ransom, feeling
his newly won convictions shaken
again. Quite remarkable the whole
story. And so is this inscription" he
added. pointing to the words Georgian
Toritti, etc. did the woman have
two husbands. and was the Alfred
Hazen, whose death at sea is com.
memorated here, the son Of Toritti or
Of Hazen?"
"Of Toritti." grumbled the man, evi.
IDENTITY displeased at the question. "A
black-browed devil who It won't do to
talk about here. Mrs. Hazen Was only
q slip Of gal when she married him,
and as he. didn't live but ascouple of
months folks have sort o. forgiven her
and forgotten him. To us Mrs. HaZen
was always Mrs. Hazen: and ALI
we'll, he was just All Hazen too; a lad
with too much good in him to perish
In them murderous waters a thousand
miles from home" :
So they still believed Hazen dead!
No intimation Of his return had as
yet reached Sitford. This was what
Ransom wanted to know. But there
was still much to learn. Should he
venture an additional question? No,
that would show more than a stran.
gers interest in topic so purely 10.
cal. Better leave we'll enough alone
AID quit the spot before he commit.
ted himself He nodded a friendly
good-by and made for the entrance.