"Is that you, George?"
[Illustration: But the bride still stands under the lamp on the portico, statuesque as Zenobia or Medea.]
"I have come, my love. What has happened?"
"Listen!" she commands, and reads by the portico light:
Thursday Afternoon, Nov. 30.
ESTHER, MY WIFE AND WIDOW:
It is absolutely necessary that you should come at once to the drug store formerly kept by Dr. Floddin, at 803 State street.
Bring an escort.