The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-05-22

match to the chandelier-"there Is
| not a more cheerful one in Cam
bridge, though I say it who shouldn't
say it,"
cit strikes me as a little bare"
$50 it does, sir. But a good deal
of new furniture will be coming in.
Mr.. ,Perry's father disposed of all
that belonged to the poor young gen.
tleman to a dealer, which, to my
mind, was not a pretty thing'to do
Nor to mine. I hope he left you
a memento or two, however,
mot a stick, sir; the least said
about that the better
Quite true; 1 knew your late LODI
ger myself, and I fancy his father
and he did not pull very we'll togeth-
err. There are debts and things
$50 there might have been, but,
still, ones flesh and blood should go
for something. A father might sure
ly have left something to mis- sons
landlady."
The reason seemed a little indi-
rect, but Adair admitted it with SYM
pathetic fervor. II am sorry" he
added, "for both our sakes, since 1
should have liked to have purchased
some little thing that belonged to
poor Perry if you could have spared
it. That's the bedroom, is it? Very
comfortable, I'm sure, and the terms
seem reasonable enough. OF course,
I can't say yes on behalf of my young
friend, but 1 will recommend the
rooms with pleasure, and in case OF
approval I will let you know. What
is this stuck in the looking glass? A
note of the bumps made on the
river
Eyes, sir, a memorandum Of poor
MIR. Perry's. You know how wrapped
up he was in boating matters"
"Just so; it's very characteristic.
Perhaps you would allow me to pur'
chase it,"
"You can have it with all my
heart, sir. Little he thought when
he jotted down those few lines they
would be the last, poor fellow, he
would ever write; leastwise, except
perhaps that letter as was never
found"
What letter."
WELL, sir. a letter as he wrote to
his father on the very day Of his
death. 1t was on his desk-that I'll
swear to-and Liza took it to the
post; at least that's my belief still,
though the girl stuck to it as she
never meddled with it, But when /
happened to mention it to his father
the old gentleman said he never re.
ceived the letter."
Gould any one else have taken
it,"
why, no, sir; why should they,
except to post it? Unless, indeed, it
was mere curiosity, which I should
be loath to think Of anybody, though
the men as brought the poor young
gentleman home were anything but
we'll behaved, and spoiled the stair
carpet with their wetboots and want
ing gin ad libitum because of their
SAD Grand"
And nobody but those men en-
tered the room?"
mo, sir, nobody, except, indeed, a
young woman from Canon Aldred's.
Miss Aldred, his sister, had known
poor Mr.. Perry, it seems, and sent
some flowers. No, no; it was Liza,
no doubt. She took the letter from
the desk to put it in the post, and
then dropped it into the kennel, care
less girl"
Il dare say that was it, Mrs. Aye
lett. Here is something in exchange
for the memorandum"
ooh, sir, five shillings is too
much"
mot at all. Such things are not
to be estimated by what they will
fetch. 1 wish you goodnight and a
good let"
Thank you, sir, thank you. l
wish it was yourself as was coming
to occupy your poor friends rooms.
I'm sure he will be pleased up yon-
der if he is permitted to know the in
terest you take in him."
Adair walked away without reply.
Speculations upon a future state,
since they could be verified,
had generally no interest for him,
but he did experience a twinge at
those last words of Mrs. Aylett's. He
thought it very unlikely that his pur-
chase of that memorandum of the
bumps" upon the river would be
known to Mr.. Perry's departed spirit,
but if it was known, he felt that it
would by no means afford him salts
faction.
To be Continued.