Octavia's Pride; or, The Missing Witness — page 56: what you’re looking at

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46 OCTAVIA’S PRIDE. would some time discover it to me! And yet I am contin- ually bafiled. He stopped abruptly, and put | his hand under. the collar around his neck. An exclamation of dismay and grief announced the dis- covery of some great loss. : ‘They have taken off the chain! ‘hey have stolen mz chain and locket! Oh, I have lost the only clew to my true name and parentage!” he cried, and then fell to examining anew, shaking every article, exploring the pockets, turning out the contents of every box. In vain! ‘The mutilated Bible was the only link left him to prove anything concerning his past life. He thrust back the contents of the trunk, closed the hd hastily, and pushed it back into the locker. Then he went out into the cabin, and sitting down by the table, he laid his head down upon his extended arms. His cheek was very pale, his eyes troubled, and his voice trembled as he murmured : | ‘“T am indeed a lonely, helpless wail, drifting out upon an unknown ocean, without chart or compass of my own.” Poor Will Yarrel! And he did not guess the solution which weighed so heavily on Captain Lo’s mind. He had not the faintest presentiment of the lonely, deserted ocean isle. oS EE eee CHAPTER V. ‘““DEATH EVERYWHERE !” ‘‘ Letters, Felix? Anything from Screw & Scattergood’s office? My father was just. asking. DERE: them here, if you please. I will look at them before I go.” -— Miss Wainwright stood at the drawing-room door, i) comicbooks.co