BILLY SENDS A TELEGRAM James Harding's letter very promptly followed Billy's, though it was not like Billy's at all.

It told something of Billy's property, and mentioned that, according to Mrs.Neilson's will, Billy would not come into control of her fortune until the age of twenty-one years was reached.

It dwelt at some length upon the fact of Billy's loneliness in the world, and expressed the hope that her father's friend could find it in his heart to welcome the orphan into his home.

It mentioned Ned, and the old college friendship, and it closed by saying that the writer, James Harding, was glad to renew his acquaintance with the good old Henshaw family that he had known long years ago; and that he hoped soon to hear from William Henshaw himself.
It was a good letter--but it was not well written.

James Harding's handwriting was not distinguished for its legibility, and his correspondents rejoiced that the most of his letters were dictated to his stenographer.