The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-30
CHAPTER Xxx.

CHAPTER Xxx.
Mrs. Smith had not retired. She was
sitting gazing dumbly into the fast-expi-
| ring embers.
'Is-she-gone2" was her startling
| question, as Mark re-entered the kitchen.
] Gone my dear Grannie, what a very
/ singular way you have of putting things.
! Mrs Barry, despite my commands, has
! chosen TO follow out her physicians pre-
scriptiOn, and has fallen into dOze.
! Perhaps it would have been better in the
cause of longevity if she had once obeyed
me- If i'll happens TO her it is all her own
doing"
There's a mon bin knocking at t'door,"
announced Mrs. Smith abruptly. He'd a
spade in his hand, and he said he'd rather
| not COON I'M"
ooh, a iobbing gardner whom I told to
call"
Strange time TO COON gardenin',
close on midnight" said Mrs. Smith,
| gruf1y.
That is all a matter of opinion" de-
clared Mark, loosely. What difference
can it make TO you or me if he prefers to
work in the darkI'
Mrs. Smith made noise between a
sniff and groan.
He telled me to give this to 20" SHOW
ing piece of blue paper straight under
| Marks nose.
1t was a certificate of death
"Have you read it," he asked shortly.
I'm nOw't of scholard, but l know
those papers by sight. Oh, yes, | know
what it means, though 'ow yO' could pro
cure it afore sh-"
"That's my business. l win read this
! TO you. Ii may be an enlightenment, be-
/ sides in the days to come If anybody
should ever come here to inquire about
about Mrs. Barry, which is not likely
| but if they should do so you never heard
of any one of that name. The person
who died here was poor unfortunate re-
lation of yours who died aged q from
| let me see, ~ reading it.
Maria Johnson, single woman, %, died
this 18th day of October. Cause Of
death, primarily-ca
This is the 18th. Cancer. sir-whyit's
wrong altogether, ." exclaimed Mrs. Smith
with slow triumph
ut is right in every iota Maria John
son died here on the 18th. She looked
| well to nearly the last, though long suffer
ing from internal cancer. That's your
| story, here's the certificate, you keep it
| for appliCation-if any is ever madei"
They'll want it at the cemetery"
"You can 20 to bed and get your tale off
| by heart. Take the certificate with you.
! Let's see, I've paid you up 10 the end Of
| the week, and there's So note over
This house is paid for till March quarter
and you are welcome to occupy it free of
charge till then. After that the sooner
you and your furniture can clear out the
better. Now, no complaint, / have done
well for you. | hope your next master
will prove as liberal"
He put an end to further discussion by
going out and closing the door after him.
Mrs. Smith was in a smouldering rage,
her eyes starting out of her head. She
looked as if she were going to have fit.
But the attack passed. She would have
followed Mark then, but she knew she
had lost her chance. 1t was pitch dark
outside, and she had no idea that jacob
had brought a lantern with him. If she
had ventured out and followed the drive
for sixteen yards she would have seen a
sight that would have amazed even her.
1t was Mark and Jacob quarreling over
the dimensions of a grave.
1T I'D be a large dawg, measter, that
could not be got in here"
DOG, who mentioned a dog; it's fav
orite horse that has died suddenly from
some infectious disease, and l shall have
the corporation down on me for a heavy
fine if the matter leaks out"
"A horse be it: well now! !" muttered
jacob, that alters the case; | could a
vowed as you said dog this mornin. -
| Mrs Smith, unconscious of all that was
going on SO close outside, mustered up in
terest TO go and see Nelly. She gathered
her skirts gingerly as she passed the
coffin. 1t was one of the commOnest-
such as some paupers are treated to, and
was gruesOme sight.
why she seems dead already. Well,
well death amt so bad arter all, " com
mented Mrs. Smith, morosely, as she
took a silent sullen look at Nely's silent
| figure. There's no breath TO hear, and /
cont feel a ttutter in the pulse. She S
lifeless, but warm. Unfortunate lass
they've killed thee, sum on emf"
IL would have been impossible for the
grim woman to have betrayed less feeling
+ Had she, indeed, been looking at the
horse which Mark had told Jacob he
was prepa ring for, she could not have been
less moved. Many horses have been more
lamented.
Unconscious that any other scrutiny
save his own had interviewed Nelly. Mark
went 10 satisfy himself that Reve stoke S
extra drops were doing their work He
had no doubt on the matter, only it was
reassuring to be quite convinced
NollN's hfeleSS appearance satisfied
: even him. She was all ready for her cot
, fin. He leant forward with the intention
, of carrying her down into it, Second
thoughts altered his decision He would
, come for her body after his work was done
down stairs where the colin was
Bruce will be expecting TO hear Itll
sting hin too. I'll write him letter
Dear DR. HenstOck, l have it in my
, power now TO repay the thrashing YOU
gave me as a boy for cheating and telling
a lie about it afterwards"
He took a seat ominously near the cof-
fin. 1t had no terror for hm-rathcr did
he view it with satisfaction Dipping
his pen in the ink he wrote;
} Dear DR. Henstocl1 If you are
{ still alive it may be satisfactory
l TO YOU to know that 1, through
the cleverness of a friend of mine-a med.
zeal student as myself-had the sad pleas
t ure of coming across your dying daughter
Ia the wards of our hospital and Of re-
eelying her last message She was al
most gone when l got there, but she
/ made an effort TO beg that l would give
: you her dearest love, and say that she