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

Then he rested the whole Of his arm upon
he table and began afr9ih.
"Yes, that is better"
He tried again and again, writing the
uame more quickly each time, and at last
dashing it of easily.
THAI will do
Then be tore up his failures, and leaving
his last effort upon the table, went to the
freplaca, removed tho paper ornament,
tried the damper to seq If it was down,
foun1 it up, and lighting the bits OF paper
WATCHED tlsm blaz,. Next he took OIL his
coat AMI washed AMI shaved himself.
"My travelling clothes are laid outready."
Then he repeated ''lald out" and paused to
say "a grim phrase"
H. changed his dress clothes, packed
them away, examined the dispatch box
thoroughly, investigated the dressing case,
which contained several rings, a few SOW
ereigns, some silver, and a miniature por-
trait OF a lady in a lcck9t, and a letter
bearing yesterdays LONDON postmark,
"Wh0 IS this froml My sister, Yes
Kate N%orbury.' He real 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 you? If ever you
are tempted to run any risks, think of me.
and Aunt Dorothy, and Dick, and alway g
remember that we are thinking Of yod.
Aunt Dorothy arrived two hours ago, and
Is full Of good spirits, AMI she insists that
Dick is to come AMI spend Saturday and
Sunday as usual, whereby / am writing tc
him now to say that Aunt Dorothy insists,
and that he can come if he likes. Do you
know, Joe, my dear, Think Dick i; as fond
of you as he is Ct me, only tfat l am a
woman you know AM you are not, and if
you were l should be jealous of you, for, if
| don't tell Dick that Hove him very much
there is no harm in my telling you, is there3
Because you know what love is, and you
know how much | love you; so much, that
| will v marry Dick without your con-
sent, though Aunt Dorothy says that is
nonsense, but she is very much prejldiced
in my favor. The g%reyhounds missed you
yesterday, AMI the old cob seemed to ask
for you when | gave him some oats, and in
the village they are all talking of you and
wishing you a good voyage and a safe re-
turn. shall expect to hear from you in
the morning, and you will send me a tele-
graphic message from Liverpool, won't
you' Take care of yourself, AMI write to
me the moment you arrive, AMI always feel
that you are in all our thoughts, and es-
pecially in mine. Your most loving and
III 9ctionata sister, KATE"
''Ah," he said, pondering the character Of
the writing, ''she is a woman of moro
determination than her brother; she writei
a firmer hand, makes no flourishes; it is 4
pretty style, too, jaunty; wonder what le
sail in replyi Wonder what he wrote in
the letter that probably crossed this! Dill
he mention me? And ii 50, how? DID be
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, toll him
to leave the hot water AMI his Loots al the
door.
"Aud the newspapers" said the porter,
''two, SIR
IAN right" said Needham; AMI as he
quietly unlocked the door when the porter
had gone away, he said TO himse [, Moose
papers, indeed! Not il l know it. If dis.
covery is possible they will never get ny
head into a noosel'
lie 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
fall; but that did not disturb HIM.
By half.past nine o'clock he had brea2-
tasted, paid his bill, received the parcel
money that had been deposited at the
bar, and was being driven TO Euston, the
I'm shining on him as freely as if he were
not the least saint-liks of the thousands of
worshippers for whose behoof many church.
bells wee already beginning to chime for
Sabbath rites and sermons.