Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-06-24

after little while and found they were


alone.
Mrs. Hall had, unobseved, glided out
to the kitchen and was busying herself
starting fire to make coffee for an early
breakfast, in which John Of course had
to participate, and very happy little
family group they made when gathered
about the table
Notwithstanding the delay thus &C.
casioned-and it was long one, fos
John had much to tell, and the ladies
had much to say, and in the meal itself
there was much to enjoy-Mr. Latham
reached his lodging at about the hour
when he usually awoke and commenced
to take languid interest in the days
weather.
While throwing of his overcoat in
his room he crossed to Chesrer's door,
knocked, and receiving no answer flung
it open. The apartment was in disorder
and empty.
"Ah," he murmured to himself, turn
ing back, II might have thought Of it
He probably spent last evening with
Ema, consoling> her, and remained as
one of the watchers with her father
body all night He will most likely
come in soon. Hellol What's this?'
The shutters of his windows were
closed and the heavy curtains down, 30
that although the daylight was bright
outside, little Of it entered the room,
and it was not strange that in the pre-
vailing gloom he should have failed to
observe at first an imposing erection in
the center Of the floor, which, once seen,
seemed to dominate and dwarf every
thing else in the big apartment When
he had let in the light, he saw that two
great easy chairs made the foundation
Of the pile; light stand constituted it's
second tier; the two valises he had sent
home were upon the stand, and together
with green footbath supported upright
an umbrella A light cane had been tied
firmly to the straight handle Of the um-
brella at right angles with it. and from
the head of the cane, depended by q
broad red ribbon, letter addressed to
"Mr. Latham. The attention compel
ling construction had amply served the
purpose Of its architect, Miss Lottie
Belden, in bringing to his notice the
note which she deemed it important he
should have Immediately upon his re-
turn. He opened the missive and read !:
DEAR Mr.. LATHAM-Your friend. Mr.. Sew
all. is In hole. he is looked up, and two po-
licemen have been going through his room.
The big bottle nosed one told me that Mr.. Sew.
all had been "giving his finger to a hash butch
or who wouldn't have 1t. the general drift
Of which think catch, though don't right
ly know exactly what 1t means I thought you
might like to know about 1t. Yours respect
fully, LoTTIE BELDRH.
P. SITS the headquarters jug they've got
him In.
John could not but feel just little
shade Of annoyance. He was cold, very
tired. aud had hoped to get couple Of
hours Of sleep before going down town.
But he was altogether too good fellow
to let considerations Of his personal
comfort stand in the way Of service to
friend in need So, with patient sigh,
he donned his overcoat again and stsrt-
ed out, saying to himself that Of course
it could only be some trivial scrape
Chet had got into, one that might
doubtless be Squared with the COM
plainant" easily after he had taken the
lad out on bail and given him break
fast Had John Latham been more
than half awake it would probably have
occurred to him that prisoners ON trivial
charges are not customsrily confined at
headquarters, nor are officers sent to
search their rooms. But in his condition
those significant facts were naturally
unthought of.
TO BE CONTINUED.