The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-02-19

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-CAam.bsvss Journal.
,sl WHISPER IN THE WOOD.
u haas.
poxALp MORRIs and his young wife
:. Gt,ing in the snug parlor of AN inn
!. ~ little town u Oakhampt0n, on
:. confines Of DartmOor. The season
: sn,ump, and the time evening. Lamp
"a 6relish, combine with the homely
.srs,udlnss of the remote hostely In
$40 a sense Of CHEEKY comfort. lie
E ZINC. broad houldered, strong Of limb
!sd iirm Of countenance, blue-eyed and
scsp.hsired-is poring over . map. |
-. rather younger, pale-faced but
s,.sty. dark.haired and with eyes to
r.,ch. and with . delicate yet well.
.u.Ged figure-she Is idly glancing
trough the pages Of . book. Presently
Il wsuks, half to himself:
AYES, l must have . look at that
Ne: /, promises well as background
~ story. have often heard Of H."
she, somewhat alphabetically, in
ssome expedition you are contsm-
ylnMg''
ns;ts make out how far II Is, but trace
vay, and IL must DO within IN easy
valk, six or seven miles; yes, ! thought
= eoiug tomorrow, II you will not be
~ mach bored, dear little woman, BY
hi1c left alone for few hours"
~Oh, no, I shall manage to amuse
uyseN; beside, it Is necessary you
siculd see what You want. II was to
~ some local color, IS you call II, that
= came down to these wills, and there
4 NO reason because we are out on our
loneymoon that you should not do some
work"
.You are the most sensible little wife
1 believe, SOphy, that man was evel
Nossed WITH" he says, looking up o.
lsr witissdmiring attention, Sand wa
ssyer 20 happy in my life!"
A knock at the rOOm.dOOr precede
- entrance Of the landlord with two o
)hree letters. :,
"The Lunuon post, EUR, just in" b
MA in his strong Devonshire dialect
"Ah, Of course; you do not get you
london letters here until very late" N
i ooads Ronald, taking the missives. q
suppose when the railway il open
nymouth it will make some diheren(
hthis part Of the world"
NJ should gay t'uld be likely tn. N
saaI zee it'll be o. much use tn We in tn
phce: we han t much doin' with Lunno
ikouch make no doubt it'll be q "a
ohance for gentlemen like you that
Il jumping the country" and after fe
1ore words the man civily retires.
s.--- Suddenly Ronald utters an exclam
bn Of surprise, startling his wife fro
y placidity with which she is regardi1
I'm while he is looking over his lette1
"My word" he goes on; ''the pc
q gentleman died suddenly the d
laluee Yesterday! Bless my heart!
~ very grieved. How strange 1t sho!
IN happened just now, 50 soon at
Mis kindness to me-tO US"
~yAat-not your uncle?" exclai
tAotife. '.
a,srYes, indeed it Is; here is the let
rrpnDmcing the fact, from BaStOn,
hsyer. l shall have to 90 to tov
n il what he says, Sophy:
alt is with tho deepest regret l b
Assh inform you Of the sudden death
sssooue uncle, Mr.. Matthew Morris.
s-suof found dead in bis bed, and 1t
sssthasfore be necessary for you, As
y - executor and lega&se, to come
s1slDwA and produce his will, that We =
+ IKE out letters Of administration pr
- - will at Doctors Commons, you
sa11stsnd, and establish your right,
This would have been requisite In
.eae, but it Is The more imperative, sil
aathaough Mr.. Norris eccentric views,
y listed ON intrusting the will to
shDeping. 'no3, "a ..slu
she"Ah! l never told you, Soph,
think. al about that" said the rea
breaking of. "Strange old boy!
SSknow how good and kind he has be.
ne. and how but for him We could
haye married for years; and you rem
q lsr told you that the day before
ess Wedding he made his viii in my Il
aaving me nearly everything. /
n "a not tell you Of his funny fancy q
u document. He drew it himself
oAset Of note-paper, and brought It
IN the day on which he met me at
s,1Das Office (the day before We
III uarried). Wal, then, when the 10
y denounced ths will to be thorou
So hal, and said that it only req,
ning and Witnessing, he signed 1t
SIS q there In the presence Of Bastor
eleoi his clerks; and when they
:. lly signed it, each being in the
! 80 Il the other, ETC., ~ the fga
|. ma goes, he took the paper, and !
= |. ~ + 10 me, said: There, Rom,
= = ~, q this concerns you, and no
: lyon. desire that you should
!. 81 poeossion of it, Then, with some
! 5ored joke at the lawyers EXP
!. Insisted that l should put the '
/. ~ pocket. sBasaon may keep .
+ added my uncle, II It u {
4 1t % him. but You must ke(
!: ial and mind you don't 10
n .' A. ,e}<v ~, l.