The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1895-04-20
Srltrt StOrp.
AN AMANUENSIS.
Prom the o,mnd Magazine


Thank, lou' We said thar before.
though
Well, You need uo, be ~ disagrceable
really am ~nrry fer YEA aud would help
you If could
The speaker was an elderly man. with
an intellectual lar, and head oi tangled
gray hair. who >,o"d by couch ou which
lay young man with his head handag,-l
aud hi arm IN sling
You had better ,ry and put it ali out
1t Your mind tor a month he went on.
,,.url.slssiouately. You can work. -
What the -,-,d IT Worrying
The fact that tan work j. the rea-
-.,n shy | worry said Leigh IT /
bad only finished my hsok before this ac-
,idep, happened. ,houldut care But
publisher- arr Ike time aud tide. they
wait for me- man. A. you might know "ne
v.uId think
4 thought the d..e,or did NET want
yua 60 a>r yunr head at an said the
elder man
uh he do~cD mind u"w m al
rizht again rclliy nnly he say, be mu.t
ke,.p ny eyy-~ haudaer5i tor an.ther Er,
night, jaSt a. a I.r,,.u,siotar, mes,urr.
Precautionary humbug I yaH u
Wei then employ an aB,auueu~i,
said NorTi- lI"l, taking na a.sicr 81 she
ll.' FruiaFs
;" | vuuli If c,abd hnd ore worth
having. but hov can and une while | IA
stuck herr ru thi. -"lss And -,mch,w
when fellow J. III l-s1le -srm such a
}-ahsr
! have Young r,,st.ln whom think
lui.ht b.. ~aii Holt. 4 never thouzht
If SD ,bi, minute aluay- forget every
'bipz 4 ls,odon 4 \ Worked ia
the British museum Ail that -Ft ot
,biug TosT.,"r ,o ak high terms VERY
a,euraie and a pally z.-i ,sh"lsE
Well ths, praise means something
irssa rs,s -a,I l.siSh rather grudsiugls
Ws might hate an interview tasn"rF''v
aiters..a ANYWAY if yosi u arrange it ia
H,y.
Nj right u,usi b. - u.sw "uiy
uss-su. ta stas tw. minute, l.s,i ! hai n.
ilra yaa had becn =. III
Tie .hnok ,hc uuiujuFr.l hand and made
hi- way toward the d,ar trippIns sgain,,
q .to.l e. hc r-~r,l -h"J'-j-hte'ilv t"r the
handle.
\ .h,a' fr,m Leigh made bim paus,
ia,s a. hs uas ek~ing the ,t-f stop "a
minute Wha, name did yua -ayt
il,l;. sydney H"l, he said opening
tbc d,-ar an iurh or tsy and shutting II
again
P,or chap hc msi,er,-l =, hr made
b, NAV d.wu the .serp .tous -iair,ase -
lLs a., But i'. JUS the ihiag tor
sydney IN "a r,,unI there n,w
Nlugri, iiglt VA. une ot the u,,r,s ul.li,i.
a,is aud al.-rn;miusi,.i n,rn in the w"Fld
bg' be- had a fund II kiudlss-z within h;m
shea hs remembered iu ia, IL and ou thu.
r,ld wcs November rv,.pir,g be seu' nearly
a aiilr ur, 81 hi va, that be NIGH, c'n
ycy the news of rnpl.ymeni io hi, yo,lns
rrlatise At vnge
Il va dingy stree, iut" which he
turned and the house a. which hv stopped
was un,. os the diu.ie>i of the row An
un;idy servant sih admitted him and ,i,s-l
aside {" le. him - up to the hr,i ii'ur-
Nr Iloi, stumbled up the dark stair
gs,s.. aud knocked 81 the tir~; d.-or he came
g.
Tome ia cried a vince irnn the in
SIDE snl he turned the handle aud entered
The r-lm uas Ike hundreds ef uther, in
cheap London hedging houses The furui-
tnre wa worn and shabby the ceiling dis
e,lorei and the window pane- dirty, hut
there were a few tnuche- here aud there
which showed that the ,.e,,iJan; was per
>ou Of refinement
\ .iH whose curly hair va, cat short
o,er her head. aud whose pale face showed
the marx, Of oycrwcrk threw down her
pen and r,-e to greet him with a >mile
Why. Cousin Morris. she said /
have no; seen you for weeks.
M. my dear, said Mr. Holt sitting
down in ;he chair she pushed forward for
him / have been out Of town. | was
at the museum yesterday and to-day but |
did not see You. Sydney Where have
you BEEN
Vt home. said Sydney rather mourn
fully. Or. rather | tired myself out
yesterday going To three different schools
in want Of teacher, bat they We're all filled
up before got there
am sorry | have not been able to
help you more said Mr. Holt with Il
little remorse in his tone But it Is next
door "a impossible Everything l. :"
crowded However. am forgetting what
| came to tell YOU, aud must make haste,
because ! am going out of town again
tomorrow aud am very busy. \ friend
of mine who is writing a book has had an
accident and can Use his eyes for a time,
He i Worrying himself to death about it
and wants to get some one To help HIM
Ii must he some one up in the classics, be
cause there are a lot of Greeks quotations,
So | suggested YOU, and he would like yon
To 20 around tomorrow afternoon. There :
the address He threw a card "n the
table as he spoke and got up to 80.
But shall | be able to do what he
wants? said Sydney doubtfnlly,
oh, yes | told him all about You.
you know. and he thought You would do.
There were many other things that
Sydney wanted to ask, but her cousin was
in hurry to he off. and she could not
detain him. She stood for a long time
with the card in her hand after he had
gone, as though it could tell her all the
things that he had left unsaid
Oliver Leigh. i Lincoln Gardens.
That was all She had never heard the