The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-20

-hief sat tapping the arm Of the edi-
torial chair with his pencil and his
eyes fixed refiectingly upon his as
sistant- Can you make me an adj
vance Of s5o2 I'll get Meigs to take
ny place and fee to the Adirondaclzs
3r some painless wilderness for a
while until this infatuated foreigner
recovers his reason
Fred, me boy said the editor.
sagely. 4 know q trick worth two OF
that Write me a touching obituary
notice OF Miss Nellie Jardine's very
sudden demise A congestive chill,
spinal meningitis; anything OF that
sort viii do Wen just insert that
little notice, and have one copy struck
Of
Have it marked. and sent to that
poor fool Of a Cuban. together with
the jewelry he has sent. and. presto.
ne boy. you are out Of the whole af-
fair "a no time. We won't need Meigs
then; he's a dunderhead; and You can
still go on with your work"
The announcement beginning sud
den death Of an estimable young lady"
was quite pathetic, and so tickled
Fred's fancy that his nervousness
vanished as Wednesday and Thursday
passed He became so bsor bed in
OLICL LA-4&c that " mel on El4Ats u
vild-eyed. haggard foreign
man of thirty FIVE burst into the sane
tum, with a paper in his hand, Fred
looked up serenely. then recognised.
with an appalling thrill, that it was
the Cuban. from the photograph the
latter had sent.
.'Rossville News ees it hereP'
asked the stranger, IN a somber tone
He pointed to the notice in the pa
per he held, and watched Fred anx-
iously.
'.Zat-zat-" his voice was pro-
foundry melancholy. "Oh. senior. I
am desolate - am incOnsola BILE
no one know I here VIII you-so
kindly-to take me to the grave2 Her
last resting place. senor?"
Fred here suddenly felt an inspira-
ton. that lent him little glimpse Of
rescue Only two days before. in the
little village cemetery, a new grave
had been made. A member of fami-
" little known. and rece ntly arrived
at Rossville, had died and been buried
there
Certainly, sir he said. reaching
for his hat Come with me. 1t is q
most melancholy event. and, as you
seem interested I see no harm in
showing you the grave Of our es-
teemed young neiRhbor lovely
girl she was, too"
The stranger grasped Fred's hand.
wrung it feverishlv. and prepared to
follow him Fred did not wish
to meet acquaintances just then
After a while they came out on a
pleasant road. that lead to the GENE
terry. Arriving there. he pointed out
the way to the grave.
No trouble in finding il. sir; its the
only new one. You will want to be
alone, and should you wish to leave a
place connected with such sad mem
cries at once, there's New. York train
at four-fifteen- Good day
Fred was of like a rocket. half de-
termined to pack his worldly goods
and go to see his mother. whom he
had not visited for two years But
on his return to the Office, the editor
was awaiting him with = telegra N
in hand
Look here" said his chief. 1--WE
got to leave you in i've minutes 1
have urgent business in Washington.
to use my influence in securing an
appointment ia the treasury depart
ment for my friend Dunleary, aud ne
and / have to GO there at once and
see about il. I'll be back in two days;
not a word now [ trust Won as 1 do
myself Won can RIM things
So the editor departed with a rush.
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