Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1892-11-25

week. Tho sixth c~J came and the |
poor girl was trembling with excite
ment; the seventh. and she could i
scarcely keep still for moment
But the post came-and no letter. At
first feeling OF numblng despair |,
seized on her. but she Immediately
rallied.
How stupid am! There may not
have been time to catch tho mail or
George may have been out shooting"
So TO make sure and leave enough
margin she begged her father for
three days grace for she never
doubted George. But three days
passed and there was no sign.
Lucy was married to McAllister
! fortnight afterward.
"A very short engagement my
dear" said the major's wife to her
bosom friend. but you see the poor
dear colonel must DO OFT at once; can't
wait any longer the doctors say and
it is everything to have Lucy settled
before he goes. | wrote and told
George Fairleigh it was coming off
an awful blow for him, poor follow.
unless he has forgotten all about her.
which is probable.
But he had not forgotten all about
her. and for hours after receiving the
good lady's information he sat like
one in dream Then he shook him
self together and in due course read
the domestic occurrence in the paper
quite calmly. The McAllistcrs and
George Fairleigh never met for he
went into the political line and went
from one native state TO another with
out once returning to his former res
idency. But he now and again heard
OF them-how they led an apparently
happy life in quiet way, no particu-
lar love perhaps OH her part but Il
sincere Alta hment TO her husband.
And presently McAllister retired and
settled in England
1t was just fourteen years since
George left his regiment He had
got on well. and was now resident al
the court of an imbecile prince with
, an unpronounceable name. 1t was
hot night and his solitary dinner wa:
scarcely over when the days pos
came in-thc English mail with 1t
!, SO he lighted a cigar and left the Ia
, ble for II long armchair in the We
, randa. The bearer placed the lamI
. conveniently. and retired to dose
, The first letter that caught his ey,
, was from the postmaster general
and. wondering what that exalted
T. functionary could want with him. h,
opened it before looking at the En-
! glish letters aud newspapers. Tn
q following is what he said:
Sir; | have the honor to inform you tia
an old man died recently at the village o
Y Sreepore, in The state of Archinabld, VIII
: was formerly tappal runner in that state
D On his deathbad he confessed to havin
" stolen one of the letter bags many year
' ago, under the belief tn there was none
i in it; but that he then became frightene
n and hid the letters in a box without oper
o ing them This box he buried, but afte
some trouble il has been found, and tn
contents are row being distributed so fi
as the addresses can be traced The il
u closed is apparently for YOU as on iuqui
q it has been ascertained that it is you WIZ
were at the tine in Archinabad / hay
the honor, &C.
q George knew the writing on tn
in losure at once, it was Lucy's. Tn
faithful bearer wondered why tn
:. Sahib was so long in coming to bed
:. also he did not seem TO be reading
~ for there was no rustic OF paper s
= ;. with catlike tread he crept to tn
y veranda. Tho Sahib was lying bac
y y in the chair with his hand over h
:, face. Three and four times the ma
', returned. and always to find his mas
- ter in the same position.
1t was not till the gray dawn mad
the lamp light pale that George rou!
s. ell himself from II long dream of VIII,
" might have been and what had beer
!, and even then he did not feel in th
- least sleepy. so for sheer lack OF som'
~ thing TO do he took up an English pa
~ per that had just arrived. and chan,
:" ing TO open it at the deaths. read:
. April 10th. at 10i Greenfair Gal
~ -, dens Chcllenham John McAll.ste
W fsq. late OF the Indian Civil Scrvic
: Indian papers please copy "
~ Next month George Fairleigh star
y, ed for England on urgent private a
- fairs. Million