May Tomalin matriculated at London three years ago.

I could find no further record of her, but inquiries were easy, and they guided me to Northampton.

There I made the acquaintance of a Mr.Rooke, a manufacturer, in whose house Miss Tomalin is resident, and has been for a good many years; to be precise, since she was nine years old.
Without trouble I discovered the girl's history.

Her grandfather, Joseph Tomalin, died in Canada forty-seven years ago--" "How do you know it was Jo--my brother ?" asked the listener, sharply.
"All these things you can follow out for yourself in detail in the papers I will leave with you.

This Joseph had a brother Thomas, and his age corresponds very well with that of your own brother Joseph.