The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1869-12-02

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"Felicita !" cried the Don, bowing.
"Ideas are valuable properties. Yours
especially, my dear friend. Virginia
mines you don't work 'em hall
enough. l. suppose you want a part
ner. What are the terms p
Il want you to go ..dowp..tO Charles
ton" 4. ..f
I. at 10 out Of my way"
Expenses paid"
"And from there to Texas7" @t -
"And from there TO- Texas" ,sg uo
Business at Char lesion likely to last
longr ...l
81 "A month at longest. Possibly
less" .r a-a,.
"Say a month, then. Charleston's a
dear city. Months board, lodging,
carriage hire small pleasures"
"Paid-" aat
"For a foreign gentleman of dis
tinction. Living twice as dear for for
eigners as for natives. Risk paid, too.
Risks everything in the calculation,
you know. May be heavy. Haven't
heard what it is yet" ....
"None in the world. But / must
think the matter over. Meet me here
Tomorrow night at the. same hour
II we agree as, to terms, can you start
at once Z" aa
d. . H . .
"The sooner the better, my dear
friend" ,ta
"Then tomorrow night"
II shall await you here"
"And now," said Cartwright, "to
get out Of this cursed den without be-
ing seen. Don't forget tomorrow
nj ght." lt not
So the tw gentlemen parted for
that evening. ... -. .,
They met again on the following day
according to appointment. On each
occasion the conversation between them
was carried on in spanish, the only Ian
guage VIII iCh Don Ramon spoke fluent
ly. In the interval between their first
and; second interview, Cartwright was
busily eng aged all day and great part
of the light, too, in his own room at
the hotel, probably in some occupa-
tion of a literary nature; for before he
began it he had purchased great guam
tity of writing NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
kinds of inks various kinds ofpens,
various kinds of paper, and when he
had finished it he left behind him, as be
unlocked the door and went to keep
his appointment with Don Ramon, not
even a pen or scrap of paper. The
work on which he had been 80 assidu-
ously mployed must have absorbed all
these materials, and perhaps spoiled
many of them for in the room, as he
left it, there was strong smell OF
burnt paper. .''" ... .''...'
On the morrow of that night Don
Ramon left Richmond, not by the or
dinary conveyance but by horse and
buggy, which he had purchased for
the purpose, since, he said, he was trav-
elling for his :pleasure. And gentle
man who could afford to pay for his
pleasure, nothing was less pleasant
than to be booked from place to place
like a parcel. The same day Philip
Cartwright returned to Glenoak.
CHAPTER v. .,--.,.. i,f-
Mr.. Cartwright had not forgotten,
before returning to Glenoak, to write
to Mr.. Ackland's cousin at Boston, as
he had promised Judge Griffin. That
letter informed Tom Ackland of his
cousins sudden impatience to leave
Glenoak, in consequence Of an unfortu-
nate incident having reference TO the
name of lady at Boston, with whom
the writer believed that Mr.. John AGk-
land had been acquainted previous to
her marriage, II narrated the circum-
stances already known to the reader, of
the departure from Glehoak, the mys-
terious return of the horse, and the
failure of Mr.. Cartwright, assisted by
his friend, Judge Griffin and by the
Richmond police, to discover any It'd
ings of his late guest
On the evening of his return to Glen
oak, M. Cartwright was in excellent
spirits. He kissed his little daughter
with more than usual paternal JUNCTION,
when she bade him good night that
evening, u.
He was pleasantly awakened next
morning, bya despatch from the inn at
the coach's hating town, informing
him that Mr., Ackland had just sent to
fetch away his luggage which had been
lying there, in charge of the landlord,
ever since the day on which John Ack-
lane left Glenoak. The landlord had
delivered the luggage to Mr.. Ackland's
messenger, on receipt Of an order
from Mr.. Ackland which the mes
senger had produced authorizing
him to receive it on Mr.. Ackland's
behalf This order the landlord now
forwarded to Mr.. Cartwright, in conse-
quence of the inquiries which that gen.
tleman had been making with reference
to Mr.. Ackland. The messenger who
called for the luggage had informed the
landlord that he had come from Peters
burgh, where Mr., Ackland had been
laid up by the effects of bad
accident; from which, however, he
was now so far recovered that he in
tended to leaye Petersburg early next
morning accompanied by 3 gentleman
with whom be had been staying there,