Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1889-02-02
"Alas for the tenthi |" said Miss Frettlby.
She has to be the one exception to prove the

Alas for the tenthf said Miss FTetClDy.
"She has to be the one exception to prove the
rule"
She had in great measure recovered her
spirits aud seemed confident that she would
save her lover But Mr. Calton saw that her
nerves were strung up to the highest pitch,
and that it was only her strong will that kept
her from breaking down altogether
"By Jove." he muttered. in an admiring
tone. as he watched her, ''shes a plucky
girl, and Fitzgerald is lucky man to have q
woman like that in love with him +"
They soon arrived at Brian's lodgings. and
the door was opened 10y Mrs Sampson, who
locked very discoipsolate indeed The poor
cricket had been blaming herself severely for
the information she had given to the false
insurance agent. and the floods Of tears which
she had wept had apparently had en- effect
on hel physical condition. for she cracssled
less loudly than usual, though her yoics was
as shrili as ever
THAT sich thing should ave appened to
fni," sile waIed in her thlji. high voice
IAN me that proud Of i'm. not avn any
family of my own, except oiis as died an
went up 70 'eaving arter Il father. which
opes as they both are now angels an FRENZY.
as is nature ad not developed IN this valley
of the shadder to determine is feeiins TO
wards is father when Q died bein carried
off by chill. caused by the change from OF
to cold the weather beiu that contrary"
They had arrived at Bran's sitting room
by this time. and Madge sank INTO chair,
while Cation, anxious To begin the search.
said rather impatiently he opened the
door for her Leave us for a short time,
there's good soul. Miss Frettlby and want
to have u rest, and We will ring foi you when
we are gong
THANK you. sir said the lachrymose land
lady. an 'opes they won't an2 i'm. which
is such cholSy way of dyIn. but III life we
are IN DEATH" she went on. rather incohe
rently ''as is we'll known to them as as dis
eases. an may be corpsed at any minute.
and as"-
Here Cation unable to restrain his impa
thence any longer. shut the door, and they
heard Mrs San;,sons shrili voice and sub
dued cracklings die away In the distance.
"Now them" he said. now that we have
got r; = that woman and her tongue, where
are .,egeaf
an. q, X. replied Madge. going over tc
It ITS tn. ..,ost likely place"
The ietter however, was not to be found
In the des.;, Hor was il in the sitting room
they tried the bedroom, but with no better
result. Mndt,e was nearly giving up the
search in despair when suddenly Cations
eye tell on the waste paper basket, which, by
some unaccountable reason, they had over
looked ia their search The tiasket was nall
full. and. on looking at IL, sudden Thought
struck the lawyer tie rang the bell. and
suddenly Mrs Sampson made her appear
ance
'How long has that waste paper basket
been standing like thatf' he asked. pointing
to il.
at bein the only fault | ad to find with
i'm" said Mrs. Sampson, "'e bein that un
tidy that e never let me clean it out unit
e told me pussonly e sud as ow e throwec
things into it as e might ave to look uf
again, an aven't touched it for More mol
six weeks. 'opin' you won't think me a bad
OF litter an sich like.
"Siz weeks" repeated Calton, with a iooh
at Madge "Ah, and he got the letter fouI
weeks ago Depend upon it, we shall find il
there"
Madge gave cry, and. falling on heI
knees, emptied the basket out on the floor
and both she and Calton were soon as busy
among the fragments of paper az though they
were ragpickers.
"Upin' they amt orf their 'eads," mur
INJURED Mrs Sampson. as she went to the
door, 'but it looks like it, they bein' -
Suddenly cry broke from Madge, as she
drew out OF the mass of paper a half burn,
letter written on thick and creamy looking
paper