"
"Was that call, when she did not see him, all she ever heard of
him?"
"All! except that he left a fragment of paper with the servant, with
the one pencil scrawl, 'A Dieu!'--a capital D to mark the full
meaning. She once showed it to me--folded so as to fit into the
back of a locket with his photograph."
"Dear Jenny! And had you traced him on board this ship?"
"No, but his name was in the list; and we knew he had strong fancy
for South Africa, whither the Hippolyta was bound. In fact he ought
to have been a sailor, and only yielded to his mother's wishes."
"We knew a Mr. Archibald Douglas once," said Anne; "he came and
outspanned by us when he was going north after elephants. He stayed
a fortnight, because his wagon had to be mended."
"O, Julius! if we could but find him for her again!" cried Rosamond.
"I am afraid Archibald Douglas is not much more individual a name
than John Smith," said Julius, sadly.
"That tells as much against the Hippolyta man," said Rosamond.
"Poor Archie would not be difficult to identify," said Julius; "for
his hair was like mine, though his eyes were blue, and not short-
sighted.
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