Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-22

etter about soma property in New York,
which, gong for years without a rightful
owner, is now trace1 as belonging TO the
Norburys, Of Derbyshire, and as we appear
to be the Oldest family Of that name, Mr..
Wood says it must be ours, and that ought
to go and sea ABOUT it. DR.. Ware, I dar5
say, has stimulated Woods desire for ms to
travel by Insisting that | want change, that
Unjust have change, and taat if l don't tlke
a sea voyage 1 shall become either a drlvel-
ing idiot or peg out And l wouldn'G mind
It'll Kate would go, or, better, if you"
IN go II Kate will" exclaimed Dick.
But Ware says why not take an entire
change on my own account, and to 60 alone
would indeed be an out-and-out change, and
lsupposa, az everybody says l ought to do
it, iough. and must.n
sand / repeat, what is to become of Kate
and me when you ara Comet There is moth
ing else for it but to get married and go
with YOU
Don't talk nonsense, Dick" said Kate.
Il am moi talking nonsense, but good,
sound common sense. When Jos has gone
/ cannot come here, you know. It would
never do for me to come down here from
Saturday to Monday, as 1 have done for the
paSG SIX MONTHS, WOul1 luz
Certainly not" said Kate.
"Well, Idon't know, why not, if your
aunt Dorothy comes to stay with you,
Kate" said the host.
"For my Fart, Idon't see why it cannot
be as l suggest. Now don't go, Kate,
there's a dear girl
Kate was slipping away again, to be
gently detained as before.
1T is not as if l were an asa, and a penni-
less one, too, is it JoeN
The hest drank another gY.ss Of wine, AMI
the first CLEAN Of the suns45 came stream,
ing into thu room,
"Ah, you n3vcr help me-" said Dick, ''and
here we are nearing on the end Of another
day. and"
believe ne, old fellow" said the hos,
interruptiny him, these days that eni liks
this are your happiest days, and Hates
happiest. You will never be so happy
again as you ara now. Ask any man or
woman who has passel through the same
kind of dream. Ask the poet, the philoso-
pher. Be content, Dick! Be content, Kate!n
That's the kind Of sentiment Kate is be-
ginning to fir9 off at me. Now l sea where
she gets her fanciful pellets"
do you think l am too stupid to make
them for myself, them Oh, very well, l
will go AMI talk to my pigeons; they never
question what l say, or pry into the source
of my inspiration"
Nay don't 60"
Tmust."
"Whyr
81 am going to feed Tho pigeons.
mo, not yet" answered Dick, going TO
the door and standing with his back to 1t;
feed joe and |; we have far more apTre-
citation Of your wit han your pigeon,
have
Indeed" she said. "you are not half as
pretty conf and sea-"
He cla5ped her waist as they travprsei
the passage 10 the hall. and out into the
little courtyard. She did not resist. They
walked in silence for a little while, hnger-
ING by tho way.
why VIII you 10 SO unkindF' said Dick,
presently. .
i cannot leave him." she sighed.
But it will not be leaving him alto.
gather; we shall visit him; he will visit u.s.
Yes, know, but it ,OiH be leaving him,
and know he breads IT," =
Has he said soF'
Eyes, often"
Poor dear fellow" said Dick, forget.
ing himself at once in the lows of his
friend.
"lkDewyo you would be sorry" said Kate.
"Iknew you would be reasonable
Eyes, DEAR" he answered., very gently
''but don't you think he might be talked
into a different opinion witch a little
pressure?n
Not at present" she said; the has been
very wIetcaed lately, and the other night
he said no hal a strange presentiment Of
soma calamity happening to U.s. Dr.. Ware
says it Is tho coming o n of ~melancholia, and
that he must go away from here-far away.
the sea would do him a world of good, buS
go he must, and with an object. And right
upon this opinion comes LAWYER Woods
news from New York. H. won't listen 20
the idea Of me going with him, and DR..
Ware has advised him TO go alone. My
companiouship recalls the past too much, he
says; and he declares that if he will go eff
at once and see about this Norbury prop
erty, the occupation and change will make
anew ma of him.
II wish could gel DR.. Ware to advise
Joe that to complete the cura be should on
his return find cake and cards from Mr..
and Mr.. Richard Woodville. Would YOU
consent to positively fix the DAY, AMI CEASE
to think about Ii, if Joe asked you9'
Eyes, il he was II earnest she said.
And will you not settle it, il he does NOT
ask you to do so, Or say you mayP'
Twill think about it," sha sail, slipping
away from his embrace to be almost sur.
ROUNDED the next moment by a flock of COO
ing pigeons.
1t wOll1 have done you cool to have seen
that Arcadlan picture in the little court
yard Of Brambling house. Think Of all the
tall, sbapely, graceful women you have
ever seen in paintings, old masters and
modern, with heads well poised on dainty
shoulders, from which fall limp, grace
full robes, and all around pigeons flying
in wauton sport. Then concentrate the
beauties OF them all into one figure,
and fancy it Is Kate Norbury, a flock OF
doves at her feet one upon her finger, AMI
agroup of other Tutoring round in hope
Of similar recognition Of favor. The scene
a courtyard, with an old stone fountain.
Finally, put into the picture which your
mlnds eye contrlves, a young Englishman
of 25, stalwart as a Brltisher, dark as an
Italian, in an oll-fashioned dress; suit. with
high collar and dangling watch seals.
What a picture Of peace AMI innocence
and love, to BE- broken in upon by the croak
Of the raven and the shadow OF a violent
DEATH
CHAPTER III.
COMPLETES HI TOR OF JOIN NEEDHAMs
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