Year: 1864

your experience has been with the Wes-


ley's, my task may be ightened."


I then put up series of questions, and
learned that she was fifteen years old
that she had lived with Mrs. Wesley, who
had been married about eight years; that
she had lived with kind old gentleman
named Gregory, who had taught her to
call him grandpa that Mrs. Wesley, who
was then called Miss Naesmith. lived with
Mr.. Gregory, also that he seemed afraid of
Miss Naesmith; that Miss Naesmith in
herited all his property, and married Mr.


Wesley about a month after he died; that
she told her never to call him grandpa any
more, that he wasn't any relation of her /;
that the day on which old Gregory died
he gave her sealed package, and told her
not to let Eunice see it, but to give it to
a certain lawyer when he returned to town.
for it would make her rich young lady !;
and then he cried that he had left Eunice
have her own way too much; that she fell
asleep with the packet in her lap, and she
never dared to ask any questions about it !;
that Mrs. Wesley hated her and beat her
like a slave, and that she sometimes
thought of drowning herself, she was so
miserable, that Mr. Wesley said improper
things to her; that he was a bad man, but
weak and under his wife's control; that
on the day on which her trunk was search
cd, she was sent on an errand to the min
isters; was gone about an hour and half,
and on her return was taken up stairs to
see her trunk. opened, before she had pull
ed off her bonnet and shawl; she was sure
Mrs. Wesley hadput the things in her
trunk while she was out, because she
(Helcn) had ovcrhaulcd it that morning,
and they were not in it then; but whether
Mr. Wesley knew about it or not she
could not say, although she rather thought
he did, because he looked guilty when his
wife was opening her trunk.


Telling the poor girl to cheer up, went
to the Sherihs sitting room, where found
Mrs. Mace. I at once informed her that
in my opinion Miss Montressor was a per-
secuted girl, and hoped she would cheer
her up, 50 that she could enter the court
room with good hea t, on the morrow !;
this the kind hearted woman promised to
do, and hasteued tomy Office My brain
was in whirl. Gregory-grandpa-the
package which was to make her a rich
yortng lady-its mysterious disappear
ance? Was old Mr.. Gregory. really Hell
ems grandfather? Was the packet the
last will and testament, bequeathing his
property to her? And had Eunce stolen
it from the child as she slept, that she
might clutch the property by virtue Of a
former viii which had been forced from
the old man? He cried and said he left
Eunice have her own way too much. p
Her own way about what? | felt certain
that had got on the track of great vii
Amy, and thought could understand the
reason for Eunice Wesley's hatred of Hell
en-, and her desire to blast the poor girls
character. After spending half hour in
arranging my plans, I ordered carriage
and drove to Bedford.


1t was two when | reached the village.
l wished first to see Hannegan, Wesley's
serving man. BY making a few cautious
inquiries at the tavern, and disbursing a
half dollar to the hostler, Hannegan was
soon in my room. lie was pleased to ind
that | was Helens friend, and on my
promising him never to let what he said
go to Mrs. Wesley's ear, he told me that
she had treated the poor girl like dog.
that he had seen her strike Helen, and
heard her threaten to kill her aud ruin
her reputation: and that he believed the
breastpin and money had been put into
the trunk by the old catamaran herself


He stated what Helen's behavior was
when the articles were found in her trunk,
and described the breastpin and money
The latter consisting of four half eagles,
one of which had hole in it, that had
been made by Mureh, the jeweler, so
Mrs, Wesley could string on ribbon for
birthday present for the minister's little
boy, and that was one way how Mrs. Wes-
ley knew the money was hers. He also
gave me letter signed " Eunice Gr3-
ry," he had found in the yard that day,
and which he maintained was in Mrs
Wesley's handwriting. That made him
suspect that her name wasn't Naesmith
before she was married to Wesley he
thought THAT she might have been some
relation to old Mr.. Gregory, who died,
and there must have been something bad
to make her change her name.


This information had dead impression
on my mind, taken in connection with
what Helen had told me; besides the