Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1889-03-14

4 - taAN MA@N@t3M f@f&f
la ths matter Of Janet CAmpeellg'
Yea
Tan you give me ANY information
about herr" inquired Brief. with sud
den interest
u tAink so.- answered Gregory,
cautiously.
''fhink soi Dont you know sol
Excuse my mode Of speaking. bat you
are awarr that We require something
deanite
Thea. sir, said the visitor. q ma,
say unequivooally aud positively that
tHew where Janet Campbell is 10 II
found
Thea you wilI have the roodno-. q
Inform me
Yes, but not to-day. Two aAy,
hence ! viii hriag the person her-elI
here. meanwhile. ~ appear A. hes
representative. shall hr glad To know
oi shat nature the advantage you
speak ~ q.
II will I'LL yoa" answered Brief
apparently satisfied Of the guod faith Of
bis visitor
You will agree that hayent ex,
agTcrat"d tho character ~ the advan-
tage. when tell you that Il &. la ths
iorm. and amounts 10 Hve thousand
pounds.
Dive Thousand poand.'' repeated
"r"gory, hardly bolieying hi. car~
'lcs ~ twcuty ave thousand dol.
Lars la our currency
hut hos did Il come aboutP Mho
left the money, and how did you hap
pen Ia b. connected with the aHalr."
A. Tar ~ ! can understand. this was
the way Il occurred Al uncle al
Janet ~ name Robert. wandered %
b. the EA@t Indies. and there. happen.
Ing Into q profitable occupation. con-
tinuod "a accumulate the sum men
toned. H. returned 10 scotland. hut.
hoing ~ an Irritable disposition. man.
aged 10 Evt cot with bis relatives Al
homo and In = ~ u pique. probably
made = Will dcvising his property 70
his niece, Janet H. -oon afterwards
died. and the will came IN iorce The
business ~ finding oui the helress. Who
Wa known % h.. o. 10 have h-en. IN
this ncighborhood. vas intrustad "a
me. In order the better a. succr.d. /
caused thc advertisement which At
tract"d your motto, o. ho inserted In
The paPcrs That is all know about
the matter
II avn much obliged 20 you Zoe your
I INFORMATION. sir. aid John Grrrary
IN regard ~ tho hnding ~ the per.
snn YOU have advertised for. you may
set your mind entirely ~ re-t nay
after tomorrow ! will cali with her IN
| pvrsun.
- saying. Mr.. Gregory bowed. and
I lrh the Office
"five Thousand pounds Twcuty Eve
thousand dullar-" b. muttercd ~ him.
self Who would have thought that
Janet would ever hc - richP / sup
po-g that she won't b. willing b. ~
main a. my hou-rke-p~r any longer.
Cant blame her Mouldnt II we're
she Bu' hos am ! going 10 ct along
without herr Nobody knows exactly
how q suit me N every respect ~ shs
does
John Gregory walked on awhile. "a
thouVhtiul silence
'.Iwcuty ave thousand dollars l. a
roud deal ~ money. thought he "A
wonder v hat she'il DO wtth itp ItwouId
h. a go1d deal ~ service 10 me Win
the help 81 H. could double my bu.i.
nee.
john Gregory thought aw bile longer.
and a new aud happy idea flashed upou
him
There 4 one say - accomplishing
both thc-s desirable objerts retaining
Janet in my family and obtaining pus
session Of this money aud that i. 4
marry her
John vas Al first quite startled nj
this thought bot the longer hr har
bored u the m0rc REASONABLE. Il ssgtned
To D. SURE, she isn't handsome. NO.
4 she very young, for that matter
How~ycr. she must b. some frw YEAR
young~F than myseli. and when a mae
rraehe- forty -cight he cant AFFORD /,
D. very particular On that point
POUNDS I'm hali-dctermin"d yes;
will propose. aud that without vast,
81 time
John Gregory vent home b. dinner
little earlier than usual
Il ~ hAppcuod that Janet. for a won
der had not succv-d.d 80 well a. usun
with her dinner. and thi. know Ing a.
che did. hos particular h. was. mad,
her iocl little nervous and hdgrty
However. To her surprise, he ate BIZ
dianoF without appearing 70 remark
that any thing wa- out ~ the way n,
seemed unusually ab-trartcd A. II h.
were intontly thinking 81 something
Al length he said, abruptly:
Janet. did you come 70 this countFJ
IN the year 1902"
Yes, sir," answered Janet. Ia sur
prise. hut how did you know
4 holicye you told me once, Janet :
Another silence
How long have you been with me
JanetP'
Eight years, sir
You have h-en very faithful
have been very sell satisfied with your
services
i am sure ] am glad Of a. sir, " SAID
Janet. In increased surprise Il am
sorry the diaper isn't better cookec
to-day. bat things seemed 70 wort
contrary"
The dinner l. excellent" said John
Gregory. III couldn't bo better"
We'll. declare, " thought Janet a
wonder whats come over him Iex
Pectod a soolding"
Il hope you'll alsAys stay with me
Janet
I'm sure. sir. said the asionished
housekceper. Il shall b. happy 10 d
40; that h, II you are satisfied with
me"
Satisfied with youi Perfectly. Bu