Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-02-14
PART II.

For the next few days Mr.. Pilgrim went
about like Il man who has seen "a gnosl;
To his wite's inquiries whether he was III
or not. he answered with n snappishnFss
which amounted almost to tcrocity. He
ate hardly cnnughto keep life in a sparrow,
and he seemed almost afraid to meet Tim
bury, scarcely exchanging three words with
that excellent servant IN so many days
"Oae morning after breakfast, llmbury
came in and said:
81 hope you'll exouse the hboity m
takin, Sir; but | yentured to ask Mro. Cam
pion to write to me for any information
she might rcquide, bein' as 1t were, lett IN
charge
well, and has she writteny said Mr..
Pilgrim. starting round OF his chair as II
he had been electrified.
Yes, Sir; | have u letter from her this
morning. aud she says she'll come down
the dsy after tomorrow if qlite convenient
The day after tomorrow Well, !
uppose you can tell her everything as you
did before; | have to 60 to London on that
day to see my doctor
beg pardon, Sir; but the lady writes
a. she could come any day this week, and
AZ she wants to see you, asks me TO fix a
dsy when che will be sure TO catch you.
ITO catch me- groaned Mr.. Pilgrim as
he turned aside, oh very we'll; write
back and say next Wednesday.
Nov Mr.. Pilgrim, when he fixed next
Wednesday, did so with guile in his heart.
He had already determined that on the
morning OF next Wednesday he would TAX
the train for London, Manchester, Bristol,
or anywhere, and be far out OF the reach
of Mrs. Campion when she should ring the
front door bell.
And sure enough off he went, much to
the discontinue Of Mrs. Pilgrim and Tim
bury,
"3Pm afraid the lady'll think it strange,
Sir, as she said she wanted to see you par
ricular. don't fancy the lady and her
'usband are living together just nov, Sir,
said iimbury, with what Mr.. Pilgrim
thought was a significant smile.
After that smile of Timbury'sth there was
no holding Mr.. Pilgrim back. He set Oft
TO the station on foot, and was there a
good halt hour before the train was due
He got out at Waterloo, and as he crossed
the bridge he looked over the parapet TO
see whether any ore taking a header there
from would fall clear of all piers, projec-
tions, and the like. He wandered aim
Iessly about the streets, and before long
found himself near Newgate. Here be
was half inclined to ring the Bell and ask
10 see what sort Of accommodation was
provided for people who got on the wrong
side OF the dock railing at the ~neighboring
Old Bailey; bat he had rot the courage.
Then, worn out by fatigue he turned into a
coffee shop in Holborn, where he ordered
and tried TO get through a chop; but his
mind was too full Of the terrors which op'
pressed him, and he left it on his plate
mangled and untssted.
Mr.. Pilgrim had made his money in
Jamaica. Nowadays we hear much about
money being lost there, and where SO
much 10 lost it is certain that some will
pick up a little out of their %neighbors' mis-
fortunes. Such a one was Mr.. Pilgrim.
He began life in a very small way, but be-
tore many years he was able to see the
possibility of retiring with q thousand y
year. He was a man Of modest ambitious,
and be had alread fixed his eye on that
house in the Chaplain Road, a house he
had made the object of his lfe's ambition
when he used, as o ANAL boy to pass along
that %throughfare on bis way to school. Ss
he sold eli he had, and struck his West
Indian tents. lie took a passage for his
wife and himself on board q sailing ship
bound for London direct; but just at the
last hour a complication with regard to the
transfer Ct the property arose aud Mr.,
Pilgrim was forced to remain some time
Mrs Pilgrim, like Mrs Gilpin, was
OF frugal mind, and resented the idea Of
sacrificing all the passage money, 20 it was
that she should proceed to England
in the sailing ship and her husband follow
in the next steamer.
"Mr. Pilgrim submitted to his tenn
Dorary bereavement with good grace. He
dispatched his business in time to catch the
next mail steamer, and had a very agree.
able voyage to Liverpool, sill the more
agreeable, perhaps, because he sat next to
certain Mrs. Sawyer, a very charming
al table, and chstted with her for
good portion Of the day on deck. When
hey landed at Liverpool Mrs. Sawyer gave
Mr.. Pilgrim her address in London, and
expressed a hope that their acquaintance
survive the termination of the voy-