Daily globe., 1880-05-09

note which | had received from Your
Friend" and on comparing the note with
the piece in the album, signed Cornelia
Smith, not shadow of doubt remained that
both pieces were written by the same han|.
l had found out my anonymous cores
pondent at last, but (was it possibleO that
correspondent was Cornelia Smith. She had
warned me that my life was in danger, and
had hidden me fly hence. What could have
been her motive? | was a perfect stranger
to her. Why should she seek to annoy and
lerrify me in that manner unless she had
discovered that my life really was ta.eat-
ened =? But was it probable that that young
girl could make any such discovery? Still
less probable was it that Cornelia should
have written the note through sheer wanton-
ness. o, no; she could not be capable of
so cruel, so miserable hoax.
At any rate the partition wall was broken
down; there was no longer any reason that
should hesitate to address Cornelia Smith;
for, if she had gone so far as to send me
note before she had been introduced to me,
[ might we'll claim acquaintanceship with
her and seek for an explanation to that
note.
Glad was 1 of the excuse to open cor
respondence with Cornelia.
wrote her note Immediately, in which
[ mentioned the discovery which | had made,
and begged her to inform me whether my
life was really in danger.
On the same day received the following
answer
"SIR Your note is just received. I
would give you full and satisfactory an
swer if possible, but that my duty to third
party forbids. 1 cannot speak the whole
truth am not at liberty to tell why /
wrote that note; but of one thing rest as
sured, you life is not in danger. That was
false statement. Nobody has threatened
you. l am not at liberty to say any more
at present. Your obedient servant
"CoRNELIA SMITH"
Now this 1 deemed great conquest, to
receive a communication from Cornelia and
to be set at ease in regard to that warning
note; but how strange that Cornelia should
have written it, and Tin heavens pure name y
who was the third party of whom Cornelia
spoke and who was doubtless the prime
mover in the disreputable affair? But it
seemed very strange to me that somebody
should have taken the pains to tell me that
my life was in danger when no danger
threatened, and that young lady should
be mixed up in the affair.
Sauntering through the principal street of
the village shortly after receiving Cornelia's
note, I passed an apothecary shop and noticed
the name on the door, "Caleb Smith"
Now, had always known that my rival
in business was one Smith, but, till now,
had never perceived that he bore the same
name as the girl whom loved. and now l
recollected that had heard Cornelia spoken
of as the daughter of "Doctor Smith"
This apothecary must, then, be the father
of Cornelia. This seemed to account for the
fact that the young girl had always avoided
me and had treated me in so cold and dis
tant manner. She had in all probability
heard her father speak of me as an inter-
loper who had set up shop in the village to
get away his customers.
Peeping in at the front door, I saw Cor
nelia behind the counter. In I popped, and
found that the young girl was alone in the
shop.
AS we had been introduced to each other.
we entered into conversation and thus
commenced an acquaintance which ripened
fast. In three months the town clerk pub
blished our banns.
After our marriage Cornelia let out the
whole truth in regard to the note which had
given me so much trouble.
1t seems that her father was very wroth
when came into the village and set up my
shop. He declared that one apothecary shop
was enough for Greenmount: and that |
ought to be tarred and feathered and ridden
upon q rail.
Time wore on and DR.. Smith complained
that got away his best customers About
that time, Smith wrote the words of that
warning note ON slip Of paper and told his
daughter Cornelia to copy them off on
sheet Of letter-press. Cornelia knew no
more than the dead what use her father was
going to make Of the letter after she had writ
ten it; and it was not until wrote demand
ing an explanation that she discovered l was
the person whom her father intended to
warn.
1t will be seen, therefore, that the note
was sent to me by rival apothecary in orde.
to frighten me out of the village AS for
the big head which opened one night at my
window, it stood on the round shoulders of
one Buttrick, man Of all work who had
been employed by Doctor Smith to back up
his terrible warning by sticking his head
into my window in the dead of night
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