Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1879-02-15

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that the one was not averse to brandy
and water, OF the other to gossip and
filtration. They never quarreletl out.
wardly, but werp hardly ever to-
gether. '-'' .- .-1t4s r.,5. Il. -.
So stood the domestic circle, if such
it could be called, of Capt. Donnelly,
when he was ordered on Gen. Elph-
instone's expedition. His wife would
fain have remained at Calcutta, but
as all the wives we're going to Agra,
she for very shame was obliged to go
there Also On the first rumor Of the
disaster she was very ndifferent-said
she was very sure jerry would turn
up at the most .'--.-1 s' VEN
If he vas hsEtpy.ss wan W hen,
however, The tidings we're confirmed,
and it was certain that Jerry had per-
ished With his comrades, Il great
change came over her. She shut her.
self up for months, saw no one, and
went nowhere. And when, at the
end of nearly year, she was grave,
thoughtful, softencd woman, she
went up to Calcutta after that, and l
never saw her again until l came Oh
f,rlough in ls47. She was then
living in IL pretty place in Somerset
shire, and was known as Mrs. Court
nay, of Branley Hall.
Imet her accidentally, but she was
very glad to see me, and explained to
me what had not heard, that when
she arrived at Calcutta she found that
| poor jerry had, four months before
he left Agra, succeeded to this place
of Branley Hall by the death of a dis
tant relation. He had previously
made IL will, leaving her all his
worldly goods, then slender enough,
so that i'll the end this fine estate had
come to her, and q new name with it.
She asked me to come down and see
her, which did, and learned more of
her history,
Sorrow and prosperity greatly
changed her for the better. Even her
looks had improved and she was 4
pleasant, thoughtful, agreeable wo-
man. She had remained four years
! Ill NdlCuCtSt DSlOlC SllC 1SSuAA~N3 'o&
had at once assumed the name OF
Courtney, which was one of the condi-
tons on which the bequest was made.
"You know, Col. Hastings, I could
not have lost the estate, for what
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came back"
/ thought the wom:ln's head mus,
have been affected by her troubles
and said nothing.
~ see you think NC derangcd, but
knew he was alive all the time"
"Why, what could have induced
YOU to think SO 2"
81 saw him, Col. Hastings. IT wa
in your old bungalow at Calcutta
about two years after 1 had gon'
back. Late in the evening l hear'
q footstcp outside which stangel'
affected me. l was lying half ASLEEP
and, starting up in Il drowsy state,
heard IL voice at the veranda, and, a
l thought, inqliring of my stupid OF
servant whether I lived there. III
steps then turned away. dirted
the easement, and although the hg"'
- was clad in the most cNtraorttnal
" compound of European and Aslat
Il garments, am sure it was Jerry.
dartcd down stairs and rushed GU
If but the man had disappeared. III
j. servant said he WASH bad faklr, III
y wished to get in the bungalow, %
y could or would tell me nothing
IL what he had said. But l am gul
rs sure it was Jerry. SO L am qu'
l. certain he will come back-but "
ii remember he was never Punctu''
+ she added, with IL faint SMILE
r. I did not say that if jerry
IL alive she must have heard OF him
some other way; but took leave
I'd her, and shortly afterward return
IL to India.
II, In 1883 I was appointed to an e
tie bassy to Nepanl, q Sscx striking cou
,st try, governed by powerful, war1l
tn race. The first minister or vlzler
as the country met us, as is the Nepa
nd csc fashion, outside the capital a
n we had Il very courteous and gratl
id ing reception. He was tall, hal
lat some man, with flowing black bca
Or and conversed with me in Persi
she which I spoke fluently. After
interview, one of the attendants
the formed me that the vlzler wished
vas see me alone, and he accordingly c
he Quoted me to an inner apartm'
uld He ordered the attendant to ;"
nd draw and then. III tones only
ply familiar, he exclaimed:
eli "Well, Hastings, my boy no"
"a on the Plungerse''
f in 1t was Jerry Donneny, by all
her was miraculous. l had observed
,me s+oriuv earuestlv 1T me during