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CHAPTER XXXV.

SOME OLD ACQUAINTANCES.

We will now return to America, and for the benefit of those readers who are
not familiar with Harry's early adventures, as narrated in the story of

"Facing the World," I will give a brief account of his story before setting
out on the voyage to Australia.

Left an orphan, with a scanty patrimony amounting to three hundred
dollars, Harry left it all in the hands of his father's friend, Mr. Benjamin

Howard of Ferguson, and set out, not in quest of a fortune, but of a
livelihood. He had been recommended by his father to seek a cousin of his,

John Fox of Colebrook, and place himself under his guardianship. He
visited Mr. Fox, but found him so mean and grasping that he left him after a
brief stay, preparing to face the world without assistance. Mr. Fox, who had

two children, Joel and Sally, was greatly disappointed, as he bad hoped to
get control of the boy's slender property, and convert it to his own use. He

pursued Harry, but was unable to overtake and capture him.

Months passed, and John Fox heard nothing of his wandering relative.

One day, however, he came home triumphant.

"Well, Maria," he said, addressing his wife, "I've heard of Harry Vane."

"You don't say!" ejaculated Joel, his face screwed up into an expression of
curiosity. "What did you hear? Where is he?"

"Joel," answered his father, with an attempt at solemnity, "the judgments of
the Lord have fallen upon your unhappy cousin."

"What do you mean, Mr. Fox?" asked his wife, showing curiosity in turn.

"I mean that he is lying dead at the bottom of the sea."