New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-06

notes on some Of the leading citizens Of Edmonton
That hardly nCtlOn al all she ieleCIcu' Nt'-
The v6ung woman behind the desk looked little
puzzled. But nobody in Edmonton, she SAID has
had his biography written.
perhaps the newspaper would help, Said fdileld'
Have YOU a complete file Of It
"Since 1881" the librarian told her.
1891 will be early enough for me, said Pamela and
then she changed her mind NO, III begin at 1870.
And with that she took her place at the table IN the
little reading room and presently attacked the dusty
heap Of volumes that the librarian brought her.
She found herself getting little excited, and had 70
take moment TO steady down. The thing was begin
ming 10 form into pattern. What looked at Irst IKE
loose ends were meeting and knottng themselves up
But it wouldn't do 10 60 too fast She must begin al
the beginning That why She checked her trS IDEA
to start her search in 1894 Il during the summer
Of that year. if the theory she and John had worked out
together correct that She herself VINO kne" heiSel
now only by the name of Pamela Harris had been stolen
away from the town Of Edmonton. dressed in the little
clothes she had found preserved carefully IN one OF
her fathers trunks But If the haltbi that seemed 70
have puzzled Hiram had come 70 HIM from OLD Peter
Darvel and if it was indeed the half that her bill
matched then her own possible connection with the old
man was worth looking into.
Hiram Williams had married daughter OF old Oar
yels There might have been another daughter. But
if Hiram had married a widow. if Peter Dayels daugh-
ter had married another man first and had child by
him
CHE was brought up sharp there by the reflection that
~ her mother couldn't have been widow Tered Harris
had told her that she his daughter and he had ded
less than two months ago. But mlghtnt there have
been divorce? Mghtn't II have been grass widow
that Hiram married. And mightn't that second mar
rage have been the justification her father spoke OF for
having stolen her away and changed their names and
started life on fresh page:
1t was slow going She would turn dozen pages,
sometimes without getting single crumO OF intoI't-
ton to reward her labor One thing, though that came
through almost at once was the overwhelming DON'T
nance in the communitys affairs of old Peter Darye.
He had daughter ane, II appeared, and no other Chd
and in her sphere Jane seemed as important as ne.
All the social life of the place revolved around her IS
far the dusty files furnished food Tor the lagnao
Pamela filled i'll the father a hot-tempered. tyrannl-
CAL Selfwilled sort OF man, formidable no doubt 70 ms
enemies, but pasSlonately devoted, she guessed 70 his
daughter. As for Jane she must have been pretty a"
the extravagant compliments that were layshed on he
every time she went 10 party or appeared as Orlie
maid at a wedding would have been beyond the courage
Of village reporter And the accounts OF her coingS
made her out to Pamela a little frivolous and not
little spoiled. The description OF team Of maicnei
sorel Morgans that her father gave her for birthday
present provided her with hint for that conclusion
And then Pamela turned the pages she became
suddenly aware that Jane had disappeared from them
as completely as if she had never existed. She turned
back, thinking she must have overlooked some item
that would account for It, but she hadn't Jane was
mentioned one of a wedding party that went ioi a
picnic supper Round Lake. but in the account OF me
wedding itself, which took place two days later her
name did not appear among the bridesmaids. Ana II
didn't appear again.
If she had fallen i'll. if she had left town visit
anything serious had happened to her, the fact would
surely have been Chroncled. Peter DarvelS name APP
peared as often as ever There was no cessation OF his
activities evidently. But he might have had
daughter The explanation didn't appear for SIX
months.
Then Pamela found short paragraph stating thas
Mrs Jane Darve Scott had returned TO Edmonton anu
living the house of her father. Mr.. Peter Darve
And four months SO later, birth notice appeareu
Born to Jane Darve Scott. on June 9TH, daughter
To be continued next Sunday
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