The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-02-24

had {n1I resumed from Along Tip ID
<E1 United st1I<s and uns Iltin1 In my
c<nubers IN Broad street. Aberdeen.
Smoking tho pipe Of peace and feeling
f11 Of omity 70 al mankind Il wasin
a. month Of Novcmber, IN the year
1870 Twas very glad 70 get back TO the
der nnld Grnnite City. for / had not
been ct home for three years. was
lDDking forward toresumiDg AL my old
4fendships and wondering where !
should begin. Fate settled the question
for me. The double rat-tat-tat Of the
postman sounded on my front door, and
my good old housekeeper, Mrs Duthil,
brought me letter in well known
handwriting. It was from my next best
friend, Alec Disney.
II have inst heard Of your arrival,
dear old fellow" 1t read, land shall be
deeply offended il you don't come to see
me first. am in charge Of the Inch
Lunatic asylum Things have prospered
with me, you see. Work, however, is
very slack. have only some twenty In
mates at present, 10 come out and spend
4 few days with me, and we'll try to
have d good time together. BY the way,
/ have my old Irish servant, Mike brady,
with me still have installed him as
head warden. and barring an occasional
mistake or two he accomplishes his du-
ties in mastery fashion and looks
after my welfare as Of yore at the same
time We might put up an old time
joke upon him. It would be fun. Twill
meet you in the gig at Inch station to-
morrow evening at ~. Don't fail. You
need not reply to this, but just come.
Yours AZ in the old days, Alec"
or course wouldn't fail, and it was
too late to reply anyway, for here ii was
3 o'clock in the afternoon and he ex-
pected me by 7. The letter Of course
was written the day before, and ito
morrow meant today.
Mike Brady was a great, brawny Irish
man, devoted to Alec, who had found
him poor, starving waif, had taken
him In, fed and clothed him and made
him his body servant, valet, secretary
and general factotum. The great heart
Of the Irishman had warmed to his bene-
factor, and be loved Alec As j. dog loves
his master. He had grown 30 with
.Alec's life that neither could do without
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