The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-07-26
A Lost Recruit
BY Gilbert Stanhope.


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rondon save tb. crust, old bachelor
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inos ,,h.r, her nrettv face and win
ning manners insured y warm welcome
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d.. ma .,r ,;.,,. sbo Said vb,n
.....I ~ hr'.d ,,.naraI ,,r,ns Inn,
,,-r. ,,.s o. lacl of ambition 10 culti-
v,te her nevcbic force and a distaste
for some of our manifestations, which
] could NOT but deplore.
Still hoped that time would mend
these Deficiencies. when an unforeseen
event threatened 10 deprive me of my
mos, promising disciple.
rbr..t.r.d saw but I home the
l,nr.r ie NOW over and that when
tou Elfrida what 7 have learned about
Laurence Drummond. her love will bee
turned fo ,corn and loathinp.
How, 7 r.ore+ having onplied 10 him
for advice and thus thrown him i'm her
,vov bnt he was bioblv recommended
to me and be looked honest-yes. he
really did. though / know him now to
DE drccilful and double-facod.
II an came about through poor Miss
ctacl,erdale. who developed serious
moladvond died I'm our boarding house
rlfrida was very kind 10 her. and She
persuadcd me TO help her in looking
after the poor old lady. And when She
died. we found that she had made new
viii and left her little fortune between
us.
What q podscnd for the Cause.
tbouobt. But then the trouble began.
Her relations disputed the will and ac-
cused us of exercising undue influence.
and we had to- 20 TO law about it. and
was advised TO put the matter into Mr..
Drummond's hands.
noticed that he preferred 10 get his
Information from Flfrida rather than
from me. but he said She had a clear
bead f,r business and yyasnot SD much |
ahsorhed with the supernatural asL
Tnoticed TOO. that the dear girl was |
GROWING briobfer and. if possible. pret- /
Tier every dav.
p,+rn.y.r s,s,ectedanvtbinounti |
ono dovwben pnsbed omen the draw
irr.rocrr door which looked shut but |
was not and stood there transfxed .
,,.;th oetopisbment to see those two /
.,on5i,o f,cino one another at the
furtber end Of the room.
u.h.i5 ho,t,yo hands clasned in his
- IL ,,os lirbt ON bntb their
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