It seemed that Major Lackland got so close track of him that he was able to describe his personal appearance and learn his name.
But the letter containing these particulars was lost.

Once he heard of him at a hotel in Washington; but the man departed, leaving an empty trunk, the day before the major went there.

There was something very mysterious in all his movements.
Col.

Sellers, continuing his testimony, said that he saw this lost letter, but could not now recall the name.

Search for the supposed father had been continued by Lackland, Hawkins and himself for several years, but Laura was not informed of it till after the death of Hawkins, for fear of raising false hopes in her mind.
Here the Distract Attorney arose and said, "Your Honor, I must positively object to letting the witness wander off into all these irrelevant details." Mr.Braham.