Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-05-18
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"Well, sir,''' said my uncle, who
was rather impatient Of the man
lof skilrs pornp'isity, "and what
may FHum!' mean. Have the
young womanand her aunt's rheu.
lnatism done the mischief?' -.
.si'"Huml! She dates fiom Fleet
street. g5al ~. gaiits.r. 4 Z.
Sand why should she not date
from Fleet Street, t,,.sir.22 ys7r
itl"I should be sorry TO prevent
her, "'said the unmoyed philoso-
pher. "Has this correspondence
continued Aong?r''saJM
"Oh, yes la couple of years or
sos but not nearly SO regular as
late, a.0,,..i.s,.sf = ,,a,,
Z"For bow long regularly p
II t" About tive months . ..sa5
"That is about the, time when
you first suspected the betrayal
of confidence q
Really. my friend, if you can't
see farther into a milestone than
that, you may give up the profes,
sion,'' said my uncle. "Take my
word for it, the Beaumonts have
nothing. to do with it. Rubbish"
sIIum ]" And with that the
man Of skill took his hat and de-
parted, saying he wonld return in
two days. The two days, howev-
er, were five before he came back;
and he was again .closeted with
my uncle and Parker, with whom
he'hadfallen into great disfavor.
ants~to=make=-a job, said
the latter-''aI regular 4humbug.''
"Sir George" said the regular
humbug, ''has Mr.. Beaumont a
locked desk IN bis room?"
eyes, sir said Parker she
lhas'p sss :
Have you a key which .will
openit?"
"Ishave=eand what of that 2
az wish TO have that desk
opened ) without his knowledge,
and the5contents brought to me" !"
TAnd on what .pretence," said
my uncle. .';do you propose to put
this insult-en a man against whom
there is no reasonable ground of
suspicion, and swho has notsbeen
allowedao speak,for himself"
"There.need be no insult, Tor he
will know nothing Of it t;;1zneither
will any one else. "
"ISwillsnet permit il, ,,siir.' -
"Hum Then | can do no more
in the business =
But, "ssaid Parker, whose of
fetal notions made him unwilling
to break. Oft the. negotiations IN
this manner ;;'''what pretence have
you foT doing this to Mr.. Beau
mont, and not to the other. .cierks?"
Stall / tell your There is no
such person as8Elinor Beaumont,
and the address In Fleet Street is
a notorious .hratpput3 hratppuut3 Of Of suspected
foreigners =, 80
ns9Geod gracious + said my un-
Gle, changing color; "you don't
say that 2 g. - TsT-I. rT7r-7
I sIt islthei fact ); but you will
see the necessity of being cautious
and silent in the matter. Detec-
ton hangs on athread, asit stands,
anda whisper will break it" "
"What do you mean" said Par
ker, gabout. Elinor Beaumont +? |
have seen her, ss.f IS B
"There is no Elinor Beaumont
Iin Jersey / semi, and have as
certained the fact i.4+
I,ss Il am sure there is some mis-.
take about all this, which Beau
mont can clear up. Let us send
for him. ''z KnT.l1g--9 .Es#s
~ 'If you do, the game is up /
truss,jA fact, he does not know Of
my visits. We.cannot be too eau
tious in these matters.
,s "Peaantic ASST muttered my
uncle; t.but | suppose we had bet
ter give him his own way. If you
meet Parker and me here at sew
en- tonight we shall have this
wonderful desk opened, and your
great discoveries shall be made"
They met again that evening.
The desk was opened by Parker,
and bundle of letters, carefully
packed up, all from EIinor Beau
mont, and a quantity of circulars,
play-biIls and shop receipts were
handed to the expert. e. 3.
ez That gentleman read through
the letters, and seemed much
struck by the last. "Read this"
said he, handing it to my uncle.
AS the letter is unimportant,, /
give it5entlre.; ;arh Yszkss
+ sisi 120 FLEET STREET, Sept. "a, 1903.
z nv Dear Charles Although we had
an adverse wind all the way, we made with
out difficulty the port We were bound for.
( Ny aunt, in spite of the weight of her fifty
years, enjoyed the trip much, and is ready
to sail again. hope you will think of
sending the line you promised on the 25th
and come Yourself, as our party is now much