The Washington times., 1917-11-05
DRACULA,
OR
THE VAMPIRE
By BRAN STOKER.


and comfortable. and We dined together.
After dinner Mr.. Hawkins said:-
A HAPPY TURN OF EVENTS
FOR THE LOVERS.
my dears, / want to drink your
health and prosperity; and may every
blessing attend you both. i know you
both from children, and have. with love
and pride, seen you grow up. Now Z
want you TO make your home hero with
me I have LEFT 10 me neither chick
nor child all are gone, and In my
viii have left you everything 1 CRIED
Lsey dear, as Jonathan and the old
man clasped hands. Our evening was
a very, very happy one.
80 here we are, installed In this beau
tIful old house. and from both my bed
room and the drawing-room can see
the great eims Of the cathedral close
with their great black stems standing
out against the old yellow stone OF tne
cathedral and I can hear the ROCKS
overhead eawinE and cnwing and
chatterinE and gossiping all day'
after the manner OF rooks-and hu-
mans. 1 am busy, need not tell you,
arranging things and housekeeping.
Jonathan and Mr.. Hawkins are busy
all day; for, now that Jonathan Is a
partner, Mr.. Hawkins wants to tell
him all about the clients.
How is your dear mother getting
on? I wish / could run up to town
fer Q day or two to see you, dear,
but dare not go yet with so
much on my shouldersl and Jonathan
wants looking after stiff. He is be-
ginning to put some flesh on his bones
again, but he was terribly weakened
by the long illness; even now he some
times starts out of his sleep In a sud-
den way and awakes all trembling un-
tIi can coax him back to his usual
plaeidity. However, thank God, these
occasions grow less as the days go
on, and they will In time pass away
altogether, I trust.
nAnd now I have told you my news,
let me ask yours When are you to
be married, and where, and who Is
to perform the ceremony and what
are you to wear, and Is II to be
public or private wedding? Tell me
a.. about 1t, deRri tell me all about
everything. for there Is nothing which
Ierests you which will not be dear
20 me.
jonathan asks me to send his re
spectful duty but / do not think
that Is good enough from the Junior
partner Of the importation arm Haw-
kins & Harkeri and SO, as you love
me, and he loves me and love you
with all the moeas and lenses OF the
verb, send you simply his love In
stead. Qood-by, my dearest Lucy,
and all blessings on you. II
Yours,
NINA HARKER:"
Report from Patrick HeTnessey, N. D.,
N. r. C. s. L. 4. Q. C. p. T. steJ
etc, to JohB sstDcrd, n. d.
"p0 September.
tin accordance with your wishes,
enclose report Of the conditions of
everything left in my charge.
With regard to patient, Renfield,
there Is more to say. He has had an
other outbreak which might have had
q dreadful ending, but which, as II
fortunately happened, was unattended
with any unhappy results. This aft
ernoon a carriers cart with two men
made a call at the empty house whose
grounds abut on ours-the house to
which, you will remember. the patient
twice ran away"
The men stopped at our gate to
ask the porter their way, as they
were strangers. l was myself looking
out OF the study window, having a
smoke after dinner, and saw one OF
them come up to the house. As he
passed the window OF Renheld's room,
the patient began to rate him from
within, and called him all the foul
names he could lay his tongue to.
The man, who seemed a>decent fellow
enough, contented himself by telling
him to shut up for a fOul-mouthed
beggar," whereupOn our man accused
him OF robbing and wanting to mur-
der him and said that he would hin
der him II he were 10 swing for It.
CTO BE Continued TOn0rroUD
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