Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-08-22

eruelly7 Why did you encourage mo
"A YOU have done, when now yoa ten
me we must part forever!
Carrie (tearfully but hrmiy)-l can
not marry you. Mr.. Courtiand 'o'o0
from the tomb forbids It.
Frank-A voice, did you say7
C,rrie-Not precisely . voice, but q
letter. receive letters continually
4ron nv late husband
Frank Laughing grimly)-1 suppose
thew come from the dead letter office /
So he writes you letters and you
are correspondingly unhappy. What
| wrctched nonsense! Why trife with |
me In this way?
Carric-l am not trihing, FRANK.
Here is a letter in his handwriting
posted yesterday from the spirit world.
I have received them regularly ever
since you began visiting here. nave
had them examined by the oes' eSpe.Ss
in handwriting and compared with
letters Of nv late husband, and they
saw these ghostly letters are written
hv the same hand Besides, in some OF
the letters are secrets Known only by
nv late husband and myself.
Crank takes the letter and reads. u write
these lines from the spirit world to letyOo Know,
fnithless woman, that everything you oo' Say
~ thin. "a known to me. You want to marry
ovain. II you do someth:nz dreadful Will hap
pen. Bewarei Your late essoano ,.
c,rr;e-So Won see ] dare not marry
> again. There is no mistake about the
letter. There is the envelope with the
New York postmark, station d. dare
: sav he is in the room right now.
}. Frank with clinched teeth)-1 wish
= he was. I'd make him wish he was not
/ Carrie. is this the only obstacle to our
union?
e Carrie (blushing, with av.rted face;
p Yes.
r Fraul,-Then I'll clear this mystery
, up in short order. just let me nave
that letter and envelope. Ana no"
y farewell Exit Frank, after pro
st longed osculation.)
,e Scene III (privatc Office of lnspecto
,e Byrnes)-There are present the IN
spector. Frank CORTLAND and an Ems
~ lish-lool,inr servant in iveries wit
~ ,nut+oa chop whiskers. The latter
10 on his knees and weeps bitterly.
y. Inspector Byrncs tiSing his eaSi
ID. ewes on the wrctched culprit)-No'
t's make clean breast OF it or 1t Will
ne the worse for YOU
Mutton Chops (yvringiny IDS hands,
.es Indeed, sir, I'm hinnoccnt as bal
hunborn. I never saw old ShakesPea'
on Mt hall, ham no Frenchy 10. d
W. m Enplish1uan. never butcher'
ms hanybody.
rt. Inspector (sternly) I've learn
mt enough about that Nobody accus
Won of murder, but You had better q
it all about this letter from your Ia
ike master, Mr.. Van Slyck, which was
On. in the letter box by yourself Did y
you write it YOURSELF;
Mutton Chops-Mr. Van Slyck "r'
Irs. those letter hi;self, sir-hindeed he :
Inspector (still more ster1'y)- nc
~ Mutton Chops-Beforc he died, sir.
orr Franls-Ah! 1 suspected as much
loft Inspector (soothingly)-Con nc
rrn- lust tell us all about it.
and Mutton Chops lin confidential WI
hat ner)-Well, sir, for a month before
she died. Mr.. Van Slyck did nothing
bv write letters to his wife, threaten
nov. her hif she married again. lie sa'd
-;th me that he believed his WILDLY wo
the try to marry some young 1901, WhC
after her money. Drank squlrn
oht. Saws he to me, if you aee hany OF tn
aim. long cared doods ere .;ourtin my WI
told halter ham dead and gone, JUST
Old keep hon postin these letters I'LL
q his o,ts bafraid and d-tells i'm to stay a"
uilt- AS soon as tins young sts.AeA' 80.
:, set to the 'ouse l began postin the lett
was v:aS hafraid If my mistress mar
aely this young gcnt-and ! seed for my
so1ne she was lawfully gone on mi III
able. be discharged and lose my place.
his rot 'arf bushel more of the holo
and tlcman's letters in a box, sir
;tudv frank becomes delirious with
1ccpt shakes the inspectors hand and
come embraces Mutton Chops after ="
when he darts out Of the Office and Is los
n no. sight).
,appy The following item has since
neared in the society column OF
it has ing New York paper:
mo .,rhe rumor that tho beautiful ana We
Mrs Van S!yck has broken her ensas,
lsehC with that dashing society man. Mt.
,vcr l four,land is Row authoritatively deiile
cs for fact it Is generally understood that tae
:,nnot ding Will take place within snort 'li,t m
viii he one OF the most magnificent ana
' the kind New York has ever Witnessed
newly-mnrried couple will spend thelF
idea moon in Europe"
Alex E. Sweet, in n. y. herr
at she ------
,gincs Continual Source OF Income
prem A curious story is told OF the M
house in which the Eothschilds aided Ca