Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-01-12
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CHAPTER XXXII-(Continued.)

sIhat'S 1t exactly, SAID quincy, on
ly | wish receipt from you for the
document"
Certainly" replied Curtis. As. he
raised the lid of his old-fashioned desk
the letter fell to the floor. The enve'
lope had received rough treatment in
its progress from hand to hand, and 1t
was not strange that when it struck
the floor one corner was split open by
fall.
AS Quincy stopped to pick it UP, he
noticed that something that resembled
a small piece of white cloth dropped
from the broken corner of the enve-
lope. When he picked it up to replace
it, he saw that it was small piece of
white cotton cloth, and his quick eye
caught the name Linda Peterborough
stamped thereon with indelible ink. He
said nothing, but replacing the piece OF
cloth passed the package to Curtis,
who enclosed, sealed, and endorsed it,
and gave receipt therefor to Quincy.
II will put this in my big steel
vault" said he, as he went into anoth-
er room.
Quincy knew that Curtis would ac-
cept no fee for such slight service,
so placing SIS greenback under a pap
erweight, he quietly left the Office and
was out OF slgnt !ong before Cullls'
with the Dill IN MS manu-, ran uo"1 II
stairs bareheaded, and looked up and
down the street in search of him:
Five minutes later Quincy reached
his aunt's house. A Buttons" dress
ed in blue livery, opened the door, and
Quincy was ushered into the long par
ior which ran the full depth of the
mouse, some Sixty 1eet, IN winch ne
mad passed many pleasant evenings.
He sent up his card, and IN a rev mo,
ments Buttons returned and delivered
the speech Whlch Mrs. Chessman nad
taught him and which ne mad Learned
by heart: Mrs. Chessman desires
Quincy bounded upstairs, TO the cyl,
dent establishment OF Buttons, : and
made his way 10 me front champer'
whlcn ne knew was ms auh. y ,lDom l.
she loved tne Ssunllgnt' ana II was
constant visitor IN that room, summer
and winter. HIS aunt dld not greet
him with chow do you do?" and a
hand-shake. instead OF sucn Iormal
reception, she gave MN nearly nus
and Kissed aim lnree times, one q me
Iorenead, tnen on me cheek, anu maj
~ on tne llps, IN Whlcn lateef oscuia-
uon. quincy TOOK part.
His aunt led him to an easy-chair'
then threw hersel1 upon a lounge oppo-
SITE 70 MN. sne eyed MIN attentlVeiy
ZOE moment.
quincy, sald sne, you are pstter
looking tnan. ever, you re ailnoss as
good LOOKING as ROBERT was, anu. ne
was tne hana as man ! ever saw.
HOW many oiHerenl country glIls5n Ia,
you Kissed since you saw me lasI: !,
Kept the count sala quincy QUINCY, w "
went TO surprise party a a week age
Monuay, ana Sthe e 4 = LOST ". ELL
Of all tnefklsases tn MAJ you nave e, e
nau. whose 90 p7l you prize Ine most 81, !,
inose rom my peioVea 5A y mt. flia
replied Quincy.
aunt Elia smiled llea ana SAID, you
Know noWsIo Keep On tne rignt sac OF
an old woman VINO %, mas got money a.
&. cidnt think OF that Until you call
ca my att9ee an 70 IL sald quincy
GTavely. :.
ana; oian ssp pen ~ Wnen s sac e
~, ad dl Aunt unit Ella ELI A rev moments
later she rang ana oroereo a-ilgh
!unch: Wnen4 this wal. over e, sne wen
% an soia secrstary Win Iprass nan
nies. opeHsc q ufaWer' anu tooh ou u
cigar pox.
4 -, nave le" VI hoperts eisars
aeiI, she sala.
quincy look one ana resum med MI
sal - the eass.chalr
Aunt Eiia openea announcer drawer Y
tne secretary ana tooK out a pouch o
topacco, a Eschage OF rice paper any
Do1 Oh wax taieIs. one put ines
artlcles on snlaii oiamond-snapee
thDie ana placed the taple oeeWeel
QUINCY ana hefseiI. ohe aanoea gun
cy tne malcn-boA. theh ueltiy loiilns
clgaretle, she Hsnte9 y, teamed paci
upon the lounge anu Prev rings
smoke ~ INC ail' WHICH sue "alene'
unill .ney DIoke.
70 you tnlnh us az morIloiy uh9eco con
ins lor ne 70 SMOKE: she asked, looh
1hg ~ quincy.
Io Jom W'sn lne 20 express my Iea
tnoughts! replies quincy OF o,, natte
you because you nave money:
Aunt Ella feuueneu HUE, ,Inel
salo, goou siot, quincy put ue
serve y. 20 on.
wen, EunI Ella SAD ne, you ar
the only woman Whom ! eTcr 9fs say
smoke, VINO, IN my oplnion' knew. nov
70 DC II gra ;eIui!g
mink you arc sincere. she Ie9ofn