Chapter 10 of 36
CHAPTER X.
The queen of the isle · May Agnes Fleming
CHAPTER X.
ONE OF FORTUNE'S SMILES.
"Fortune is merry, And in this mood will give us anything."--JULIUS CÆSAR.
Captain Guy Campbell sat in the parlor of the Westport House, as the flaming gilt signboard announced, his heels elevated on the window-sill, his chair tipped back, a cigar in his mouth, and a newspaper in his hand. Many people were passing in and out, some of whom he greeted with a nod, others with a brief salutation, while he still went on with his reading and smoking. There seemed to be nothing very exciting in the paper, judging by Captain Campbell's suppressed yawns; and he was about to throw it aside as worthless, when a paragraph caught his eye, that brought him to his feet, as suddenly as though those members were furnished with steel springs.
The paragraph was brief, and ran thus:
"If Mark Campbell, Esq., of Campbell's Isle, be still alive, he is earnestly requested to call immediately at the office of C. Ringdon, Attorney-at-Law, No 16 ---- street, Westport. In case of his death, his heirs should apply.