The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-06-10
"a REyERsIoS IT'S PRODUCT"

"Whnt do yon think Of that, RcggieP'
said u tail, dark youth 10 another Of the
ing gilded type, tossing him n letter,
sea's.hrow themselves into adjacent
hc'h. -king 0om Of the Blcn-
"A woman's. oVr.
swer, rs his friend glancesa. Ia tho nm.
he adds u moment later. ms he op,aAr
81 have had u few billets.doux, but
none quito Of this sort. What is the
little gnmcP"
Precisely the question | thought you
might answer me-
"Never did IN n%crostic in my life,
Tim. But let's see-huml The lights
are ~ puzzllng rs ever. When did you
get lhisP"
"Just now, ~ W. came In"
"0f course, you don't know the writ
Ing Of your anonymaPn
mo, II looks too straightforward TO
be icigncd."
"a maid might have done the need
full"
Hardly. II Is too much the hand Of
n lady"
II friendP'
81 don't think q girl would caro TO
give n such u possible whip"
"Sum total, Tim. This Is from n
young lady you don't know. She must
take a marvellous interest in you, II the
acquaintance be really so onc-sidcd."
Exactly; that puzzles me. Besides.
how could she know the very sum | lost
last night nj the PhmniSPh
That's easy enough. The Hebrew
has q tout wherever there's n flash
and such n hot thing ms you made Of Il
would be sent straight 10 him this morn
ing"
Even so. he Is not likely to have re-
tailed Il In Mayfair"
mo; but Mayfair. In the person Of
some hard-prcsscd dame, may have paid
him a visit"
"You're no good. Reg. Too much
Of the 'Leggity' has dullcd the finer
perceptions OF your youth"
81 bet you a flyer that II You 90 10
Sharp street you'll find Isaac knows
o Of this note than either Of u.s."
"'Twould be hardly fair on her to ask
him. II he did,
Theodore Inncs Montague. called from
early Eton days Tim. was the second
son of Lord Hcighlcigh. and had made
life so rapid thai his fourth ycar In IN,
Brigade found him In the black books oI
that irascible, wealthy. but somewhat
closc.isted peer. lilo had already goI
through a very tidy property which hi
mother had left him. Thrice had HI
father paid. under severe protest. whaI
other men would consider anything hui
small fortunes, all OF which had gone
into the gulf that Is surrounded by card,
and horses. On the last occasion he
had been warned that u his sufficient,
handsome allowance was exceeded h,
must get himself out OF the moss.
For n time the burned child had
dreaded the fire enough to keep In safe.
~; but a. with most men. the tcmpta
tlon coming suddenly and unexpectedly
all his resolution vanished, and. begin
ming with a delnsivc vein Of luck, he los
mor Mt M sitting than he could nov
hope 10 obtain anywhere. Il was nj
ready midnight Of Saturday. and tn,
following Monday he was compelled :,
produce n large sum or say "good.byo'
10 much that he found he could no
give up without making life a create
blink than he care Ia face.
The note that he and Temporary hal
been discussing was curt enough
al you wish TO avoid unplcasan
consequences, don't waste another day
but 20 straight To him who has hclpe
YOU before. The ten thousand will b
forthcoming
The envelope boru tho Western Di,
trict post-mak. IL came from a sts
toner In Mayfair. Other clue there wa
/. not
Several cigarettes and iced drinks In
been consumed since Tins last rcmar
OF the subject. when Reggie broke Ii
long silence. which may or may not b
taken as indicative Of deep thought. b
saying suddenlyi II tell you what. sh
means your Governor. Of course. IL
NJ clear ~ mud. Never mind who sh
Is. The tips straight enough. You z
on and make . clean breast Of u L
morrow, after luncheon, and III Law yu
apony 10 nothing you'll find yourse
treated. down 10 the last detail, like N
prodigAl SON."
But the other shook his head. IN,
Reg. Ms nasty enough 10 have broke