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46 THE WRONG MAN. “ And how did that appear to please him ?” asked Dudley, with a smile. “T shall never forget, to my dying day, the dark look which he bent upon me when I said that. I felt sorry immediately that I had been so imprudent.” “ You did perfectly right. Did he say nothing more ?” “ He left me shortly after, muttering something that I did not understand. He appeared to be in an ill-humor.” “You say you have not seen him since ?” “ No.” “T ask you these questions, dearest Lucy, not out of idle or jealous curiosity, but that I may learn all shat I can of this man, so that, if he really does intend any tumg, I shall be prepared for it.” : A black boy now entered, bearing in the breakfast from the kitchen, while Lucy arose and artanged the dishes upon a spread in the midst of the apartment. And, before further with our narrative, we deem it our duty to acquaint the reader with by-gone events,a knowledge of which is necessary to a correct understanding of this history. But these @atters are of sufficient importance to require a new chapter. ; CHAPTER YV. THE FOREST HOME AND ITS DRAMA. Urtvarp of fifteen years had now elapsed since Enoch Bedley emigrated to the wilds of the Ohio. He was accom- panied by a son, a stout youth, just entering the verge of man- hood; and a sister, a matron some few years junior to him- ‘ self, bearing in her arms an infant searce two years old. The conmiclooks.conn