Dear Mrs. Smith,—I am glad to say that yore int’rust ’cumulated faster than usu’l, so I kan inklose you heerwith $15. I am sorry I shall not see you again, az I am kalled away on bizness.
Very respectably yores,
S. Ruggles.
The men looked at each other in surprise, and then they began to disperse. Some one said: “I reckon he mus’ be all right, aftah all. Aunt Mandy got huh div’den’.”
“I reckon he’s comin’ back all right,” said another.
But Mr. Ruggles did not come back.