A Final Triumph; or, A Lady Bachelor — page 133: what you’re looking at

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RIFTINGS. 131 ** Where was your friend George Edicott born?’’ He looked at me in a perplexed manner, but answered: ** Tn the town of ——, Massachusetts. ”” ** What do you know concerning his past history?’’ ** Nothing.’’ ** Did you ever meet any of his family?’’ ** T never did.’’ f ** Did he ever tell you anything of his early history?’ ‘* Never. He was singularly reticent. ”’ That same evening I took the Fall River boat, and the next morning I was in the town where George Hdicott was born. 1 found the old Edicott homestead. I introduced myself to the family occupying the house. ‘They were strangers; they knew nothing about the family of the owners of the house, but told me there was an old widow lady, living on the outskirts of the town, who could prob- ably tell me all about the Edicotts. I found the old lady; she was very old, Dut bright and intelligent, and retained an excellent memory of past events; and I, by skill- ful management, succeeded in getting her to talk, and learned that Isabel Edicott had met a young Southern gentleman who had been a student at Yale Coliege; she married him; they went South to live, and at the end of three years Mrs. Everest returned, bringing with her a baby boy. She resumed her maiden name, and her son was always known as George Edicott, but his real name was George Edicott Everest. The old iady could not tell me why Mrs. Everest had returned and assumed her maiden name; it was known that she was a widow, and she always wore black. She Gomichbooks com