Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-01-14

into the street
The weather was superb. the sea 4
son being what Americans call their
Indian summer The excessive heat
OF summer had passed away. bat its
briIliancc remained. and there was n
delightful GOODNESS I'm the air. The
foliage had pct on a golden tint Of ex- i
IRENE beauty. the sky was cloudiess.
and all external conditions OF n sort 20
sxhilerats humanity. But the gloom
which had taken possession or me
when I embarked at Liverpool had
steadily increased during the voyage.
and at times I had hardly been able +
70 endure my own communings. AT f
ter the exhaustive consideration OF my F.
position and prospects engendcred by .
eight days OF selfsoucht isolation In
my cabin. the vista before me did not
appear nearly so rosy as had at FIRST
pictured II. Thoughts OF the death OF
Adams now tormented me move than
was the case Immediately after that
/ tragic event, Though ] could not IN
/ Justice reproach myself with having
killed the old man. and was comfor,cd
T 10y the positiv, evidence or Dr. Thur
I low 20 that eject. yet | wei knew that
az hest NV act had hastencd the old
mans decease. snd who could say 10y
how rn,,cb2 As reflected how deli
cato was the distinction between my
ac- and u,ansfaurhto~ suffered usngs
of rsmo~se. Consideration. TOO. ot nay
other Affairs was not calculated 10 ac-
ford me much relief Here was n
vounc. Fnriishnau with ultlc or no cx-
p-n.ence az fhe world. homeless. heir
20 small impoverished estate which
o. yv1ild probably nos inherit fov thir-
Is years. ownc- OF 300 pounds and a
handbar. come 10 Ncw Work. to marry
n youn~ lady worth millions OF dol
Iarst why. the ilcl seemed 600 pre-
Dosterous FOR anyone bus a dreamer
sd entertain But the die was cast
asa the course entered upon must be-
Z po-ssvc-ed IN 90 tlc end. Had IL been
= possible Cor IRE 90 live my days over
again I should probably have made
other and equally disastrous errors
Though it was Sunday. and the great
stores We're closed. Broadway wa.
> throngcd with wen-drssscd. prosperous
: looking people. not much unlike sccl
= as one secs In the principal thorough
fares OF European capitals. After
. long sea voyage walk - essential u
- most people for adjusting the paysica
g equilibrium which has been 80 fudep
= disturbed l found IL So. and grasp
7 ing my hand sacAel bent my steps W
= town as had done on the occasion
d my first coming 20 New York. No
" long afterward / paused before my w
- cle's house. and was s'TucA win coz
- sternatiOn when / observed mat IN
y blinds were all drawn down and ID
&c shutters closed.
Sounds OF much unooluns anu VI
barring reached me before the doc
y was opened in response 10 my sun
= mons. and then l was INFORMED oy-
- enaE serVant. whose face remen
y bered. thar Mr.. Truman was stay pa
az the Windsor Hotel and haa LEI
= word that he would Ike ne 10 ca
- upon Aim there
- Are MIS-. truman anu MISS MNr'
N with him. inquired. greatly 81
= prised az this intelligence
- / believe not tepieo 'he ma
- looking aside IN strange way q"
discouraged Iur'her questioning t'o'
~, ever. I inquired OF him the wher
AZ aoouts OF the W'hosor ho'ei' al
-, being lhIorneu that Il WAS close
$40 mana on fiith avenue went 'ne'e
'.1 aulcAly rs could more per'u'o
than ever Nheh preseh1eu my ca
=, 70 Tle CLERK VINO haC CnaEee OF the &