Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-07-21
HAROLD Classmates WINDFALL.

Harold Casemate sat in his dinoy lodg
fnes in back street off the Euston road
smoking what he intended to be the last
pipe he should ever smoke. Bankrupt in
purse. broken in health, abandoned by
his friends. in short, at the end of his
.ether he had made up his mind to get
quit of lt all that very night. 4 small
bottle Of iaudanum, on which he had in
vested his last shilling, repo-ed in his
pocket. ready, at any moment, to give
him easy and agectual release.
The young man had begun, indeed,
fairly veil, having got on to good
weekly paper But the private life into
which biz moral instability betrayed him
Ias not Of a character conducive to rcgu-
arity. punetuality OF sustained indus
try He fell into the hands Of the wrong
men. and worse than that-of the wrong
women. Worries, financial and other
supcrveued. He became more and more
distracted from his work Contribution
after contribution was returned to him
n useless. His health was getting rocky,
bis nerves ont Of order. He lost heart.
No money, no energy no heart for any
thing. He owed his Iandlady some Els;
she bad told him, in terms perhaps need
Iessly impontc, that unless his account
was settled by Saturday next out he
must CO. This vas Friday evening. To.
morrow would see him homeless and des-
titute. 1t must either tie the wOrkhouse
OF the laudanum lie preferred the lau.
danum.
Il. Its 4,..4.s, *. y.Fg., -.sfsot ,s-4 s,,ss
smoked out and, taking the little dark
BLUE bottle from his pocket, slowly ex
traeted the cork while he was in the
act of doing 80 there came a knock at
the door, and Polly, the lodging house
sageY, entered. with a registered letter
and It's accompanying slip Of green paper
in her hand
Caaemate hastily thrust the bottle bacI;
into his pocket. and taking the green
slip Of paper signed it az requested.
The registered letter he throw care
Icssly aside scarcely CHANGING at it.
Happening to look mp at the girl he
read her establishment, and was rather
amused by it..
"Ym we're wondering Why / didn't
open the letter at once ch 2" he re-
marked with q spiritless sort Of smile.
Well yuss sir! / was wondering
that confessed Polly puzzled to know
how hc had guessed her thoughts
Vow, I dare say he went on "you
arc under the impression Polly, that the
registered post is only made use Of by
ohlRinR persons when they want to send
you cash or checks, or bank notes, or
diamonds Ell? But if you had lived IA
long az [ have and had an equal expert
cncr al the ways of creditors you would
know that they have playful little
hnbt Of registering their duuning letters
and other such agreeable msSiycs, In
order to satisfy you that / am right in
my surmiae about this COMPOUNDED
thing went on Cascmatc, taking up The
registered letter, u win open it in your
presence Polly, and show you"
lie suited the action to the word. tore
the end OF the envelope, and shook iht
contents out on to the table, as though
tbey had been something poisonous.
There fell ont n letter aud from
the letter fell out what looked uncom.
monty like a bank note. Casemato m-
folded and examined it. 1t was bank
note for ESQ. At the moment he was
too much ustonished to speak.
/ "t.or'. sir" calculated Polly. her eyes
/ aNcd on the note Its money. mint itq"
Casemate nodded Then he took IN
the letter. II was from . Grn of soHc-
lturs the most agreeable solicitors let
ter he had ever received and read as fol
lowas
seos Lincolns loH F3clas Feb *. In
Dear sir w have HrHn instructed by il
client Of ours a constant reader Of Your
Articles, wbo has fer ~uiu. time fnlinyvr.f
Your career with Interest aud b..yt :