Beautiful Rienzi; or, The Secret Vendetta — page 128: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

BEAUTIFUL RIENZI. 121 the end of November; and Harrison gaye me a letter which he had written and his photograph, to assist our society in finding him.” ‘« Did your society search for him?” cos.” “With what success?” ‘“* He was traced to the cars which left for New York on the 29th of November, and ran off the track at Greely’s Mills. Undoubtedly he perished in the explosion.” ‘Is this the photograph Charles Harrison gave you?” A photograph was handed to me which I examined. ‘** This is the same photograph.” ‘Ts this the letter?” I scanned it carefully. ** Yes,” I said again. *“Now,” said Mr. Speingle, producing his pocket-book, while the most thrilling silence prevailed, ‘‘is this a photo- graph of the same person, and is this- strip of paper written by the same hand that wrote that letter? Look carefully, madam.” Again a photograph was put in my hands; it was much defaced and twisted, but it was a fac-simile of the original one; then a strip of paper was submitted to my inspection. It was quite clean, though the ink was somewhat dim, and these were the words: ‘« Leander Rosecraft, Private, Newark Road, Jersey City.’ On the other side was printed: «© C©. C., No. 4827. ‘To be worn round the neck over the shirt. In battle, under. Fight the good fight of faith.” It was an ‘‘ identifier,” given by a certain benevolent association of Christian men, to enable them to trace dead soldiers, and send their effects to their friends. In bewil- dered surprise I deposed to the genuineness of both these articles, and returned them. «This photograph, and this ‘identifier,’” said Mr. Speingle, and his voice rose clear and loud in the breathless silence, J ‘was found in a lead box hung around the neck, and under - the shirt of the body which is buried in Cecil Beaumont’s grave. Considering all that has transpired concerning this strange body, which one says was mutilated and another says was not, may we not venture to say that Leander Rose- craft, the missing soldier, has been found * - But here he was compelled to pause, while the excited Eomichbooks