The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-08-02

| not seen her mere again.
..But what are we do r. said my uncle
81 think will speak to the First Lord
| SO he spoke to the First Lord, who
thought the affair serious enough
! "It must be in the. letters" said he.
ut cannot be in the letters,' said my
uncle.
'As you please" said the chef; sal
though you cannot find it there, perhaps
another can. will try an expert"
My uncle had no faith in experts ol
Bow street runners, and mistrusted them
But lie could not refuse to try the exper
iment suggested. SO the most expert
enced decipherer in London was sum
mohed into council, and to him the let
ters of the day were secretly Submitted
! He read them all very carefully, Hooked
at them in. the light, anu looked at the
light through them. At last he put then
all aside, excepting one from Elinol
Beaumont. "a 1m
.Who is the lady who writes. this p
said the taciturn man of skill at last ,ef
"A very sweet young w9man,'' said
Parker, smartly; sister Of my private
secretary. { { .
| "Does she write often p 2 = - S.
"Yes; she is his only correspondent
and writes about twicc.a week.
"Where does she live ?"
ssShe lives in Jersey, Beaumont tolc
me. Their fatheiswas in business sthsre.'
l"And does she always write abont tht
same sort of things-apnt's rheumatism
picnics, sqpire's tea-parties, aud tlls
like % f. ta'
iaMnch the. same, excepting when she
speaks of Beauinonthimself I e4l
"Humw said the expert. !.
"Well, SIR said my uncle who was
rather impatient of the man of skilI's
pomposity, ''and what may eiltim' mean
Have the young woman and her aunt's
rheumatism done the misehief2''
"Humls She dates from Fleet street 2,
"And why should she not date from
Fleet street ?'' - = 'sss's =
~ should be sorry to prevent herr
said the unlnoved Philosopher Has
this correspondence continued long r.
"Oh, Ies-a couple of years or So, ,but
not nearly SC regularly as lately"
"For how long regularly p aS
"Xbout two months" ans
s.That is,aDout the time when you first
suspected the betrayal of confidence 2,
''Really, my friend. if you can't see
further into milestone than that you
| may give up the profession said my
uncle. .sssTGke my word for it, the Beau
monts have nothing to do with it. Rub
bish !r''ssas - @
|. "Hum = and with that the man OF
skill took his hat and departed, saying
he would return in two days. The two
days, however, were five before he came
back, and was again closeted with my
uncle and Parker, with whom he had fall
len in great disfayor.
"Wants to makeSa job," said the lat
ter; ga regular humbug."
"Sir George" said the regular hum
bug, "has Beaumont a locked desk In his
room I"
"Yes, sir" said Parker, che has"
Have you a key which will open it p
II have-and what of that p
"I wish TO have that desk opened
without his knowledge, and the contents
brought to me.
"And on what pretence," said my un.;
Gle, 'sdo you propose to put this insult
on man against whom there is no rea.
souable ground Of suspicion, and who
has not been allowed to speak for him
self?" ~ as
"There need be no insult-for he will
know nothing Of it; neither win any one
else.n g :
81 viii not permit it, sir" ~
"Hum! Then I can do no more in
1.-THE business" g
"But," said Parker, whose official no.
tons made him unwilling to break off
the negotiations in this manner, "what
pretense have you for doing this to
Beaumont and not to the other clerks?o
"Shall / tell you? There is no such
person, as Elinor Beaumont, aud the adj
dress III Fleet street is anotoriohs haunt
of suspected foreigners 4 .issai
Good graciodsp' said my, uncle,
changing color; .syou don't say that f'''''
at is the fact but you will see tie
necessity Of being cautious and silent in
the matter" Detection hangs on thread,
as it Stands, and q whisper win break il,
s..What do, YOU mean said Parker,
...about Eiinor Bealmont !? I have seen
her" ~ = - rs ss''s - ssisss 7 = !
...Therc is no Elinor Beaumont in Jer-
sey. l sent and have ascertained the
.fact,p n
II am sure there is some mistaEe
about all this, which Beaumont can char
up. Let us send for him y
If you do the game issup. I rust,
in fact, he does not know of my flsits
We cannot be toos cautious in ths asl mat ''l
ter" ~ 80,
"Pedantic ass muttered M uncle
sbut | suppose we, had bettergiye him
his own way. Ii you meet Iarker and
me here at seven to night Ns shall lrlyc
uho HohuStfui ucohs ~ R<t3tf3 ztss.NNsi SsAA
great,discoyeries shall be nude.
They met again that 6eping, The
desk was opened by Parler, and a bun
die Of letters, carefully packed up, all
from Elinor Beaumont and q quantity
of circulars, ,playbills, ;nd shop receipts,
were handed to the expert.
That gentleman red through the let
tiers, aud seemed ndch struck by the
last. ~ !.
'Read that sid he, handing it to
my uncle.
As the letter isimportant,I give it en-,
tire:
l20 FLEET STREET,
Sept. "a, 1903.
MY DEAR CHARLES: Although we had
an adverse wind all the way, we made
without ditculty the port we were bound
for. Myaunt. in spite Of the weight of
her fifty years, enjoyed the trip much,