bookseller to get me a cheap
Leipsic edition of Augustine's "De Civitate Dei," as I wish to
polish up my patristic Latin, in spite of the trash written in it,
that still defiles our theological teaching. I have been visiting
Matilda Nagle, and even that old reprobate, Newcome, who got a
terrible shaking in his last nefarious adventure. Matilda is doing
remarkably well, and her boy is quite bright and intelligent. Half
a dozen cases of sickness in my two charges have kept me from
writing, especially as one was a case of infection. Haste ye back
to all your warm friends here.

Yours very faithfully,
HUGH ERROL.

The last was a stuffy envelope addressed correctly to Mister Eugene
Coristine, in the hand of a domestic, Tryphosa probably, and contained
some half dried flowers, among which a blue Lobelia and a Pentstemon
were recognizable, along with a scrap of a letter in large irregular
characters.

_Derest Eugene_--Wat makes you stay sew long a way. This is meter
as Pol sed to Petre put on the gridel and take of the heter. A lot
more flours are out in bloome like the ones I send with my love so
dear fete have been in the creke sints you went a way I think that
pig is sory she made you go now the chilren granpa sed to me to
rite you to come back for a smok. Dere mister Bigls has gone too
and no nice one is left give my love to Tyler and say he must let
you go for the house is sew quite their is no more fun in it. Feena
got a funy leter from old Sil with moste orfle speling the pusy is
well but pore Mug in ded. It was verry good of you to send me
candes but I like to have you beter Your litel love
MARJORIE.

The lawyer put this letter reverently away in a special drawer which
contained his peculiar treasures, but registered a vow to reprove his
little love for applying the word pig to a young lady. He did not know
whether to be glad or sorry that Miss Carmichael's case was left in his
hands. Of course he could not refuse it. If this man Douglas had to go
up to Bridesdale, he supposed he would have to introduce him, and watch
him on behalf of his client. A great heiress, perhaps with a title for
all he knew, would be very unlikely to take more than a passing interest
in