Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-12-18

troductionl Wonder if / should keep tieln
Yes. He may have shown them to his so
licitor, the family lawyer who arrived S,
, opportun on Saturday. Saturday Las
nighta Why, it seems an agel All! letter
OF credit. e3,000-good! Portraits! NJ,
Wlfes Yes, no doubt. Ny sisaers o.
course. And her lovers Certainly. a
| check book! What this-a memorandum
On the cover. $500 banknotes, in charge
of landlord and the date.-yesterday
Good. Shall have to sign my names Let
+ me see."
He took up tie letters of credit, went to a
| writing table, upoa which th ore were pens
| ink and paper, and an ornamental pad with
| ). N. worked upon the corner
An elsy sig lature," he said. sitting
| down. II have found much more difficula
ones easy before now -o-s-e pin Nor.
bury"
He wrote each letter carefully and slowl,
My hand trembles, ehs Net is .i4
position of the elbown
men ne rested the whole OF his arm upon
the table and began afresh.
YES, that is better
He tried again and again. writing tile
name more quickly each time, and at last
dashing it off easily.
''Tha5 will do"
Then he tore up his failures, and leaving
his last effort upon the table, went to the
fireplace removed the paper ornament,
tried the dampar to see if it was down,
found it up and lighting the bits of paper
WATCHED them blaze. Next he took off his
coat AMI washed and shaved himself.
MY travelling clothes are laid out ready"
Then he repeated "Iald out" and paused to
say "a grim phrase"
He changed his Hracr olotbac ,oal,ad
them away, examined the dispatch box
thoroughly, investigated the dressing case,
which contained several rings few SOW
erelgns, some silver, and miniature poF.
trait OF lady in a locket, and letter
bearing yesterdays London postmark
Who is this froms My sisters Yes
Kate Norbury." He read as follows:
my DEAR JOE: Good by again, my dear.
1t is already very, very lonely without YOU,
but can bear it for your sake, and as the
days go on there will@be the looking for
ward to your coming back and that will
make the time fly. AMI you will take great
care of yourself, won't you9 If ever you
ara tempted to run any risks, think of me.
ana Aunt Dorothy, and Dick, and always
remember that we are thinking of YOU.
Aunt Dorothy arrived two hours ago, and
is full of good spirits, AMI she insists that
Dick is to come and spend Saturday and
Sunday as usual, whereby [ am writing to
him now to say that Aunt Dorothy insists,
and that he can come if he likes. Do you
know, Joe, my dear, Think Dick is as fond
OF you as he is of me, only that I am
woman you know and you are not and if
you were I should be jealous of you, for, if
| don't tell Dick that | love him very much
there is no harm in my telling you, is theres
Because you know what love is, and you
know how much love you; so much, that
will never marry Dick without your con-
sent, though Aunt Dorothy says that is
nonsense, but she is very much prejudiced
IN my favor. The greyhounds missed you
yesterday, and the old cob seemed to ask
for you when 1 gave him some oats, and in
the village they are all talking of you and
wishing you good voyage and safe re-
turn. shall expect to hear from you in
the morning, and you will send me tele-
graphic message from Liverpool, won't
yous Take care of yourself, and write to
me the moment y on arrive, and always feel
that you are in all our thoughts, and es-
pecially in mine. Your most loving and
afectionate sister, KATE"
"Ah," he said, bordering the character of
the writing, ''she is woman of more
deter mination than her brother; she writes
firmer hand, makes no flourishes; it is a
preCty sGyle, 100, JaunGy; wonder what ne
said in reply? Wonder what he wrote in
the letter that probably crossed this2 Did
he mention mes And if so, how? Did he
say l was like him in appearance Or he like
meg'
He waited to be called, pretended he was
in bed when the porter knocked, told him
to leave the hot water and his boots at the
door.
"And the noosepapers" said the porter.
''two, SIR"
'.An right" said Needham; and as he
quietly unlocked the door when the porter
had gone away, he said to himself, Moose
papers, indeed Not if 1 know it. If dis
covery is possible they will never get my
head into noose!'
He locked the door and eagerly scanned
the two papers. They contained no refer
ence to last nights dark work. One of
them had an on dit respecting his coming
financial fall but that did not disturb him.
By half-past nine clock he had break
tasted, paid his bill, received the parcel
OF money that had been deposited at the
bar, and was being driven to Euston, the
sun shining on him as freely as if he were
not the least saint-like of the thousands of
worshippers for whose behoof many church.
bells were already beginning to chime for
Sabbath rites and sermons.