Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1890-12-25

u yoaa just pat a lit q a pa.t hat
a. y1u eall it' be said. coloring like
,fho1. giF..
-Postscr.ptg- I suggested Certain
h."
Tell mother" he said. as took up
ny pea again. that I wish she'd re-
member me ma. not that wotd give
MY love "a ~ my littls Riri out there -
" she isn't married. iie ierked out
these words. and turaed his flashed face
aeA9 ffem me.
Nv heart beat palntully Was this 20
b. The realization ~ my presentimea
! could srarooly trace the words u this
cruel postscript T1r ny band tremblei
yiolently. | tried 10 move the pen me
chanically. a. I Noaid strike the keys
uf the aBmb typewriter, but the words
sero srarcely leRlhle Ne took the lat
Ter again. and pored over The last lines
~ seemed puzzled ile held II In dlf-
forout Positions and hnaily said
- can just make 10 Out Ia doesn't
look pretty, Like the ether part ~ the
letter Tiant much better than my
leithanied scraWl, be laughed, look
Ing up on beg pardon, Miss be-
exclaimed. a. BE- looked into my painei
eyes u s'pose you're tired Heen
work ing tno hard I'm brute. Ten
DO very we'll ! guess lie bad seea
the black rinr- under my eyes toll
marks and tears In them, wbica would
mot b. repressed
"NoN Miss be- said. iu gentle tones,
'if youll direct % for ne IN 10
obliged
That voice, softenel 90 this pitch. vas
no. unkhown to me and yet neFveA ny.
self 10 difect that letter with his love
conveyed In it-hy my hand, Too - an
other he had b. repeat the request
however, before ! could rouse myself
lie was looking eompassionatoly AZ no
and holding the sealed letter toward ne.
please direct 10 20 Mrs Jane stan
ley, a. naYton, n ~ = he said. slowlY
Ny hand that held the pen rose sud.
donly ia the air like the arm of one hrst
stFickeh with tha palsy A sease %
dlzsin.ss seized me and ! frll baek-
ward, but not far A strong arm held
me up A glass % water revived me,
and | heard him say. Poor child'
shes Nora out"
Are gsa John stanleyy' I asked. a.
be raised me 10 Asittiag posture
OF course rn Johh stanley said
b., regarding me with surprise.
Nas shaking with the violenee u an
agus and my face barned a. though all
my hot blood had oshtercd there -
said. Il am Annie >inolalr"
something betNeen a Rruan aud .
miners shoat ~ iOF at the discovery %
rich lead 81 silver escaped him a. |
as saceremoaioasly gathered tightly
into the grizzly beArmkin coat of this
terrible stFanRer. What u IL wero q
mistaken There might BE- other Iohn
stanleya ca. yes. there might be
other Annie slnsiaiFm who worked ten
hours q day ON typewriterA ! might
not be myselL and John might not
Ny eva little girl To think I've
got yoa % write a letter 10 mother and
% give my love 70 yoar~alf'' be en-
claimed And forEetful how tired l
waa he hawgea me 70 his breast agAia
aud again. u vas like being squeezed
by . beaF. | think. made feeble
struggles 10 release myself bat eoaid
not make this mineF relinqaish hi.
claim. which Ne haA staked cut ten
years ago. | tried - eonyinee him that
he had forfeited this claiu by neElects
that Il was iong siRee outlawed By lapse
~ TINE. u vas no use 10 argue vita
hin AZ all I think ID vas John who
hr.t discovered the presence % my en-
/ ployer In tbs oifice ne had witnessed
part Of the wild scene Hts coaateaAnee
was a staay. snrprlss. amasemeat and
dispieasure hlended there
It's all righ1 Mr. -. Thls IL my
little girl left her about ten years
awo NY claim is good yet"
II mnst congratulate yoa upon yooi
good fortune. thea" saia Mr. iirunsley.
takiag bis hand.
= waat 10 pay yoa. Annie, for writ
Ing my letter. said Johm. tarning - me.
Il am already paid. said. blushing
ltarnea nv haek on the hatefai typo
writer TIE followiaR week ani accom-.
panied John home - Edward A. Isoyden.
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