New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-09-04


examined strictly?"
+ Eyes, I read them all MYSELF 5ss4s
Find nothing ii .themY"ssS !
mighty little. Some are from home;
some from friends, and most of them
| from sweethearts," said Parker, twisting
his face into a grim smile, land rum
things they say in them"
''And the young mems letters. Are
they rum, too?'' C
'They are more careful like, as they
know am to see them; but, Lord save
you, sir, they are all stuff; not ha'porth
Of harm in them.'
! This matter must be seen to-" said my
uncle; II have had my own misgivings on
the same subject. Bring me all the letters
! which come to, and are sent by, the clerks
for the next week. There is no reason
why you should have all the rum things
to yourself. Is
| So my unclehad the letters for a week,
and found them very much as Parker had
described them. The suspicious sym ptoms
increased the Stock Exchange responded
more sensitively than ever; but not the
slightest ground tor suspecting any one
rranspired. My uncle was bew1ldered,
and Parker was rapidly verging to lnsan-
ity. ..--...-...
F. ut is certainly not tie clerks ',said my
uncle. ss"There is no treason there said
he, pushing back the, letters OF the day.
"By the way, how does young Beaumont
get on2 She seems nice. creature, that
sister of his, to judge by>her letters.''s5' I
4'sHe is the best hand in the Office a
long sight; and his sister IS very sweet,
ladylike creature. 7 They are orphans,
poor things, aud he supports her out Of
his salary. She called at the Office two
months go, and I gave him leave to see
her for q few minutes in my room. But
he knew it was against rules, and has not
seen her here again" ....4..
"But what are we to do?' said my
uncle. 81 think will speak to the First
Lord" 81. s..'-.5@ tslE. H..
50 lie spoke 70 the First Lord, who
thought the affair serious enough.
sit must be in the letters said be.
"It cannot be in the letters" said my
uncle. ie. g. -, Z r 80,
''As you please" said the chief; Shut
although you cannot find it there, per-
haps another, can. l would try. an ex-
pert .-..-~..s pr sg>s..s~ =
My uncle had no faith in experts, or
Bow Street runners, and mistrusted them
But he could not refuse to try the expert
ment suggested. So the most experienced
decipherer in London was summoned
into council, and to him the letters of the
day were secretly submitted.
He read them all very carefully, looked
at them in the light, and looked at the
light through them At last he put them
all aside, excepting one from Eliner Beau
mont.
"Who is the lady that writes this?" said
the taciturn man Of skill4at last. s.
"a very sweet young woman" said
Parker, smartly: SISTER. IF my private
secretary; 'S' s7
"Does she write often?'
eyes; she IS his only correspondent,
and writessabouttwice week.
"Where does she. liye?' ! u
''She lives in Jersey, Beaumont tolelme,
Their father was in the business there"
: s"And does she always write about the
same kind of things-aunt's rheumatism,
picnics, squ)re's tea parties, and the
like?'' q - . 80 h e. "
""Much the same, excepting when she
spoke of Beaumont himself" F..
HUMP said the expert. ..~.. .,,.. ,
swell, SIR" said my uncle who was
rather impatient of the man of skill s
pomposity, land what may Hum mean
Have the young woman and hers aunt's
rheumatism done the 1nischief%'*
"Hum!, She dates from Fleet Street,"
I "And why should she.snot date from
Fleet Street, sir?' ~ .'''i IL" 7.@' 49,
Il should be sorry to preYent her."
said the unmoved philosopher. HAS this
correspondence continued long?"
90, yes--a couple ofyears or so, but not
nearly so regularly as lately'Ss
"For how long regularly?'
| "About two months y "s&s&
drst suspected the betrayal of conf
dence?" ~ s%# ss
Real J my friend if you can't see furth-
er into amillstone than that, you may give
up the profession said my uncle
take nay word for it, the Beaumonts
have nothing to doswith It. RUBBISH
'."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 closcted with my uncle and
! Parker, with whom he had fallen into
great disfavor III
wants to make asjob,n said the latter
-"aregular humpug. 5 @s2. ~
-"'Sir George said the regular hum
bug, ''has Mr. Beaumont locked desk
in his room?'' No. .= Z, ;sz75zsS @ o. NJ ~ n
"Yes, sir said Parker, che has,. -. !. a }.