Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-05
soda and brandy"

Soda AMI brandy"
FFYes, sir"
The porter foragsi about in a mvsteriou.
corner aud produced the liquor. Needhan
drank it of at a drauEht.
Il was very thirsty" he said ''can you
give me anotherP
Eyes, sir"
"And a rair of slippersP
'1here they are, SIR said the porter.
placing a bootjack and a pair of slippers at
the guests feet, and then proceeding to
open another bottle Of sofa.
Neelham dragged off his boot with come
difficulty, and the porter assisted him to put
on the slippers.
"Any cigars"
eyes, sir"
Never mind; / think l have one"
He pulled out Joseph Norbury's cigar.
case, took out a cigar and lail the case on
the shelf OF the blr window. 1t was q
rather SLOWLY embroidered case-a present
from his sister He hoped the porter would
recognize it.
The porter gave him a light AMI then
han1ed him the case.
"A pretty thing, il it notg' said Needham.
That's jus6 what l was a-thinxing, sir"
"a present from my sister,"
Yes, sir, and it's very becoming, SNOWY,
but not gaudy, a they says
Needham drank his second brandy with
only a very small quantity of soda. and
then asked for a candle.
Taking it from the porter he hesitated
and then said: II always forget my nun.
Der; will you not show ma thu way?'
"Ol yes, sir, with pleasure: let me see
now, what is the number; sitting and bed
room, amt itg
Needbam dill not answer; he was busy re-
lighting his cigar.
you come in Thursday nights Midland.
of course; ] remember the overcoat, of
course, Mr.. Norbury, No. IL, seeing You in
evening dress didn't stril e me, and you
speaks G little different; got cold, that's
what you We got, sir; a wAlkin' in the wet,
stupid OF me to forget, and 1 prides myself
in my memory for customers, you goes to
Liverpool tomorrow morning, of course,
henroo5 for America, bog your pardon, sir,
I'm sure"
Don't mention it," sail Needham, fol-
lowing the porter, who led the way up two
Aio;,to of etai,, ord Io..
uishVs u stairs ana along a winding pas
the house V"
Then rausing tba MORTAR trrnad tbo
han1le of the door.
Locked, sir.
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Nv ~. 70 WI
eblas fbav rororaIlr - any 4o
bar "'
The mortar ,,,1o,,,o, ~, doou. N.oahm
followed him into Tho ronu 00'' 100unan
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toblo ~ tne0' '"oo H Vne ufe'Slng-
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Yes sf'
Hny In'le!
NV i' SLIT
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H. neioS s"oon tne SUING room mante'.'
nc opohel another door, and went int
'ne s!'Cllg room.
Llgn6 Them"
u I9,en'
- a 'om7 "rl'mg 10 10 Defore golDe
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..ri oil Win une Will you DO ca1et,
H''
my train goes at ten, lthinkf'
"Euston for Liverpool Yes, sir.n
nGali me at SEVEN"
d5S' SH'
, M . ge1 Inc observer here|'
me Nna'' SIR
me observer newspaper"
Inc sunday paperf Yes, sir"
'lsnali want something to read in the
IRAN. There's five shillings; get me all
the dlher3ht papers you can that come out
On 0unday'' Let me have them when l
calleu' oIal you call meF
1ea' SIT goes OH at eight
,T ma > al IlgnV,,
u InonAse' SIr' uool nlgnt, sir"
az aS'' Neeuham exclaimed, fllging
himself upon a couch, lat lastr'
- IpoAe ~? nioIe, nor spoke for a long
lo, u % mo d proIounu sleep--slept
as quleOly as an innocent, good man is sup
poSeu " sleep' ne was physically tagged
nhu Wcln OUT ana nature would no longer
Oe denled'
80 we're nearly burned out when
nUo,nS ~ ~ Td,uDo5d hls eyes ana looked
InI !nt Inen ne gov up n snlvered.
-L5 suniI5n' was struggling through the
why Dto"h plnds' he walked across the
ure" the Dllnd aside, and peorel
OUT.
res ! naYe oeen 10 Sleep be said; lit
n % ~ Ui'"lH, = nate uone IL au-aII What
Javna 81, H dio yIoashC l couId only lie
49, NC "naI crlme! thought
a. Ia I Iooyoi ~ a. - a. airgaly TO my very lips"
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