Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-05-18

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! had redoubleds his precautions /;
but more than ever confirmed
in his suspicious was q entirely
baffled in his endeavors tosdetect
the calprit. CfyI pT9Hn
."But, Parker, said my uncle,
chow do you come TO be- 50 sure
that your secrets have Transparent
'By the funds, Sir GEORGE
They answer to the news as sure
ny as the bell downstairs does to
the bell-rope. I find them going
up and down as if they were sit.
ting In the Office" said PARKER,
persohifying the stock exchange
for the moment 2eivaa oes ,sfRs {
Y,s.Havel all the letters to- the
clerks been examined strictly Pa
"Yes; / read them myself"
"Find anything in them %
"Mighty little, Some are from
home eand some from friends, and
most of them from sweethearts, I"
said Parker, twisting his face INTO
q, grim smiles; sand rum things
they say in them ~ sss,@.e.
''Apd the young mems letters,
are they rum, too?" -
= ""They are most carefnl-like, as
they know,l am to see them; but,
Lord save you, sir, they are all
stuff; not a hapPorth Of harm in
them. Us =. =, - ~
"This matter must be seen to-
said my, uncle 81 have had my
own misgivings on the same sub
jecty Bring me, all the letters
which come to and are sent by the.
clerks for the next week. There
is no reason why yon should have
all The rum things to YOURSELF
So my uncle had the letters for
week, and found them very
much as Parker had described
them. ass ''s's 'ta
The suspicious symptoms 'iin1 IN
creased; the stock exchange re-
sponded more sensitively than ev-
er; but not.the slightest ground
for suspecting any one transpifed.
My uncle was bewildered,. and
Parker was rapidly verging to in
sanity. tzr szr
at is certainly not the clerks,
said my uncle. ''There lis no
treason there's said he, pushing
back the letters of the day. "ByI
the way, how does young Beau
mount get on. She, seems a nice
creature, that sister Of his, to
judge by her letters"
"He is the best hand in the
office, a long sight; and his, sister
Is very sweet, lady-llke creature.
They are orphans, poor things ];
and he supports her out of his
salarys,aShe called at the Office
two months ago, and I gave him
leave to see her for few minutes
in my room. But he knewit was
against the rules, and has not seen
her here again. y XIX
"But what are we to do?" said
my uncle. 81 think I will speak
to the First Lord" a5.t1atz u
Sohe spoke to the First Lord,
who. thought the affair serious
enough. sassass8 isaii.'K
I ''Itrmust be in the letters be
said Ii tEIslltIA YlIUB |
"It cannot be in the letters
said my uncle. ] ! TgrTIYKH
"As you please" said the chief;1
"but although you cannot find il
there, A perhaps another cam |.
would try an expert"
My uncle had no faith in ex-F
perts, or raBow Street runners, and
mistrusted them. But be could
not refuse to try the experiment
suggested. So. the, most, expert
enced decipherer in London was
summoned Unto council and to
him the letters. ofIthe day were
secretly submitted.
He read them all very carefully,
lookedat them in the light and
looked at the light through them.
At last he put them all aside, ex-i
cepting one : from Elinor Beau
mont. 49,.
ssWho is the lady who writes
this T'f said the man of skill, at
last. - I
11lA yer y sweet young. ]weman,"
said Parker, ,smartly; sister of
my private secretary" s'st4 sa !
"Does she write often p i
~ Yes she issshis only cores.
poudent, and writes about twice a
week.YH 9iinu9 Fpa0g
"Where does she live?H
"She lives in Jersey, Beaumont
told me. There father was N bu--
siness there"
2"And, does. she always write
about the same kind of things
aunt;srheumatisn, picnics, squires'
tear-parties and the like 2" i.ss :
"Much the same, excepting
z,ha,ss cha sneeixs of Reaumonr