hope to send you as much
more by the next mail. I regret to say that for the last six
months my husband has utterly refused to allow me one cent
for what he calls disloyal purposes. I consequently have to
practise some finesse in getting what I do. The money he
gives us for dresses and for charity is all saved up for
you; and then I manage to make our grocer's and butcher's
bills appear twice as large as they really are, and thus add
to our savings. It is mortifying to have to resort to these
shifts; but when I reflect on what it is all for, I feel
abundantly justified. Mr. Dinwiddie's income the last two
years has been enormous. He is taxed for upwards of a
million. A good part of this, my dear Charlie, shall be
yours as soon as you change the title of friend for the
nearer one of son-in-law. You complain that Barbara wouldn't
engage herself the last time you met. Her refusal was merely
an act of maiden coyness, and only meant, 'I want to be won,
but not too easily.' She sees no young men, and I watch her
closely; for I am resolved that your interests shall be as
well looked after as if you were on the spot."

As Captain Penrose finished reading the letter, Mr. Dinwiddie walked in,
and it was handed to him for perusal. That worthy merchant glanced
through it rapidly, and a grim smile overspread his features. "We shall
see, Madam," he said, folding up the letter, and handing it to Detective
Wilkins for filing. Then, turning to the Captain, he remarked,--

"You are from Maine, I believe, Captain Penrose?"

"Yes, Mr. Dinwiddie,--from the very extremity of Yankeedom."

"Well, Captain, I have this morning seen a friend of your father's, who
bade me say to you he is in the city for a day or two, and hopes to see
you before he leaves."

"To whom do you refer?"

"To Mr. Calvin Carver, of Montreal."

"Oh, yes; I've often heard my father speak of him as one of the best men
in the world."

"A man, Captain Penrose, of whom you may truly say, 'His word is as good
as his bond.' I never knew him to overstate a fact, and that is saying a
great deal of an active business man. I have not seen him before to-day
since my marriage."

"I shall take an early opportunity of calling on him, Mr. Dinwiddie."

"He told me, Captain, of your gallant conduct the other day at
Nashville, during Hood's attack. He said I ought to give Stanton no