60 DEATH. 



"I have been waiting to see you, 

 Sir." 



" Me ? " I exclaimed. " For what ? " 



The man hesitated for a minute, and 

 walked out of the office. I followed him, 

 and asked 



" What have you got to say to me ? " 



"Very bad news indeed, Sir." 



"What about?" said I, growing impa- 

 tient. 



"Your intended Father-in-law is dead." 



" It cannot be ! " I replied. 



" Yes, Sir, it is too true : he dropped 

 down dead yesterday in church time." 



Struck dumb almost with this sad in- 

 telligence a little annoyed, too, at what 

 I thought presumption on his part 

 scarcely knowing how to contain myself, 

 I stammered out, " Who told you to tell 

 me?" when he mentioned the name of a 

 friend who was the first cause of my in- 

 troduction to the family. 



It would be impossible for me to de- 



