Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-02-27

temper cMAAa4 10 you mean 70 &c
cuse me of temper? When did you ever
know me IN temper? never was
calmer in my life, and-I should just
like to box that woman's ears. Tell me
one thing-do you wish to act with the
spirit of independence that Sir Harry
would approve of? You do? Then
send that letter
So the check was inclosed and the let
ter mailed.
But there was another letter to dis
cuss-the one from India.
81 do not like to pry into your affairs,
my love-" the schoolmistress said; s'but
did you not receive communication
from India to-day?"
"Ah, yesl here it is. And to think
that the hand which wrote it is cold in
death. 1t is from him, dear friend, and
comes to me as voice from the grave.
VIII you read it, too?"
What charming epistle it is! Oh,
Kate, you have indeed lost friend in
this man. Miss Balderstone CALCULATED,
as her eye ran hastily over graphic de-
scriptiops of life in an Indian village,
amusing gossip concerning mutual ac-
quaintances, and occasional words of
tender solicitude and gentle admoni-
tions. with here and there clever pen
and-ink sketch of some grotesque figure.
But in the very midst of reading,
Miss Balderstone made a dead pause,
looked for moment with puzzled ex-
preston at the page before her, and
burst out with a little cry of surprise.
"Why, Kate, child, the date! Quick,
give me Honoria Grahame's first letter to
you. All, thought so. This is indeed
the strangest thing ever saw"
''Oh, what is it?'' Kate cried, with
feverish anxiety, as the schoolmistress
paused in her hurried CALCULATIONS and
sat gazing with a blank look at the
two letters before her.
Gam 1 out of my senses, Kate
Grahame, or does that woman really
write that Sir Harry died at Kistmun
on the 9th of january"
''She certainly does say, So" the girl
replied, with round, wondering eyes.
"And this letter of his is dated the
tenth of the same month. Give me the
envelope that may see the postmark.
Thank you, my love; but 1 am afraid
this is not of much help to us, for the
earliest stamp upon it is that of the
post office at Hyderabad, dated January
21, and we must make allowance for its
coming down the mountains probably
by native carrier"
Perhaps he misdated his letter,
K.tte said, white with suppressed ex.
element, "or, Miss Grahame may have
made mistake"
HE may; but the letter could not
have been written long before his death,
and you see that he says nothing about
his illness. Do you know if jungle
fever is protracted or quickly con.
Stunning disease, Kate?"
''Oh, yes; it prostrates men very sud
denly and they often die in few days
but if they manage to get to the pure
air of the mountains they generally re-
| cover.'
(Which Sir Harry did; that is con
fessed fact. AS for Honoria Grahame
making mistake, we can soon set that
at rest, for the Illustrated London News
has a long obituary notice and there
would be no b1under there"
And the ladies found in the columns
of that popular journal a full corrobora
| ton of Miss Grahame's statement thai
this distinguished officer breathed his
last at Kistmun on the 9th of January
MY dear" said Miss Balderstone, 81
do not think shall go to Brighton to
day."