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"The young husband imposed silence until after he had attained his majority There was a vast fortune at stake In plain words, his father had forbidden the e He had selected another one to be the wife of his son Jane was born in the second year of their wedded life It was, of course, i a slip of paper containing the names of the minister, the doctor and the nurse who afterwards attended her, together with the record of death It is more convenient to handle than this bulky letter--which I trust you will destroy You will also find the name of the hospital in which Jane was born and where her mother died, ten days later I may say, in this connection, that not one of the personsmother, nor were they sure of the fact that she was a wife Her gravestone in the old cemetery bears the name of the maiden, not the wife Her father never knew the truth

"What I did in the premises need not be told That is a part of lad to be out of the affair so easily, hired the nurse to leave the baby on the doorstep Then I went to the banker whose son he was I had absolute proof of thethe public The son hisked abroad and he afterwards irl of his father's choice I do not believe that he has ever given a thought to the whereabouts or welfare of his child It was her heritage of caste!

"If Jane cares to claihter, proof is areater joy as the daughter of David Cable Her own father has less of a heart than yours, for, after all, my son, I love you because you areelse left that I care for Re father, JAMES BANSEMER"