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Illi: BANK ,llVsrßH¥,
(From the Sunny South.)
I"iir u -.*** >ifl iuoiiitLf -jir ' *
One day the directors of tlie Bank of
England'were much puzzled, anil iiot a
flulo atniised When' the sfecretary read to
'them, at their usual sitting, the followinu
ill-spelt amfcttrlons tetter:
- 3rsk#Hl MStestgx?&*
setter, butt I knaw« t)«ftiir» i bfn hlssidf the
bank the last 2 ntte hand yoo
it. Bai i ain not a theaf, so liif reo wit rnett
mee in toee grei sipuu rooyi weaU orj tlic rnons
eiy is, at twelve 8 ulle I'll xtilaiu or! to yoew.
let only oue or too ciiun alo'vn, and say nofhiu 2
Uobody ' "JOHKSMIFF"
Tiie letter being real, was, as 1 might
be expected, tbe topic ol conversation
and suggestion for some little time,
ironic of tiie directors thought it a hoax.
Others thought that the appareutly
igiiorantly written letter a d%e|>er inys
tery was hidden; but all agreed that the.
ealest way was to put 'the letter, with
proper instructions in tlic hands ot the
detectives specially employed by the
liank. • '
The detectives looked grave. There}
was a plot at work, they saw ; aikt >. with
their usfia! ptoietral ion they aH»n«» pen«-
• rt rated the deepest depths ot.the iniquity
Every onp £now* tl»at a tiie ot so:-
dlers iaarch every night fKpm the tow
er tcrtl\e bank to keep ward
overtjj© vast treasures tfiero;-Jbut they
simply guard the outside from attack.
All within is calm aud sHll wheu busi
ness hours aro over.
There is a very largo room under*
ground, where the bugn wealth of the
bank it deposited—millions aud millions?
of English wverigiN, burs p£; gel* and 4
i hundred weights of silVer, with myriads
to Itn incalculable amount. The
Heteelives, ot course knew that tWs room
iiHift bo the great equate the
wrNpf ol the tetter designated'. .It was
lull of treasure. Its floor uk solid stone
l>avemeiitj-*iid its walls, roof and door
are of wrought iron. The door, the only
t means of access, is immensely thick, and
spared by the best of modern locks and
while a sentinel is stationed in
jVTdt'ofit 4U the night through. No one
lrpiU tbe outside dould enter: but ot
course-the police understood the tricks;
there inust be some confederacy within
! tile bank, and oue ot the conspirators be-
Sftg mdre cowardly than the rest, had re
solved to betray his fellows aud save
himself. The bad writing and spe'ling
were of course only feigued. Their plans
wCie taken accordingly.
All tbe uight long the detectives were
secreted In the rcoin; bat they saw noth
ing and heard nothing, with the excep
tion that some one said they beard, about
one or two o'clock, a strange sound
which they could not accoout tor. Tie
next uight was the same, aud the ucxt,
~ and next; and Tfhen the 'board Jay' of
tbe bauk came round, the wholo ot the
•, directors would have treated the aflat;
at an idle attempt to fright etj them, lutd
not their attention been more strongly
• called to the subject by the tallowing ins
cident.
A heavy chest had been forwarded by
■ tbe Panels peliveryOompaoy, wrected
' to the 'Directors of the baukotEuglaud.*
The chest was of course opened, before
them at oope——such a thing very
unusual —and lonud to coulaiu a large
packet of most valuable papers aud se
carttfes which hadbccn safely deposited
in tbe vault* With them the «4ollowing
rt.oftiie BanJk of Jf&jland:
h hi into tod, who k an honest
€' maa #>t('to you U»t week, aud told you that
» bChad fount!"a war which he believes is known
only of getting Into your strong
room: aaa flneral, it you. would meet him there
at uight, to explain the whole matter. lie ha*
never taken anything front that ruom except
the ead s d b >** You i-etdaioctivei npon hiin,
r and he took tbe box toabow that be could go.j
than, whoever might watch him, if be chose.
lie give* you anotiici chance. Let a tew gen
tlemen in tbe loom alome. Guard tbe door and
make everything secure, and my bosbaad will
meetjou there at midnight.
"Tours very respectfully,
"Ellm Smith."
This letter was moro mysterious than
the last. Tbe only thing that was evi
dent waa that the writer, ..'Ellen Smith,'
waa a better scholar than her husband,
who styled himself 'Jon Smiff.' The de
tectives were shown the letter, andi acted
accordingly. Ot coarse they saw tlfroogh
'the dodge. * The cleverest IPCU were
posted in the room.
In the ineruiug they told a strange
•tory.
They said ther saw a light about twelve
o'clock. It seemed 10 come from a dark
lautern; bat directly they ran to the spot
from whence Uic light proceeded it weut
oat, and the strictest search had reveal
ed nothing. Ibe bank officials became
alarmed. Cvery uight the strides watch
was set bat uothiug turned ap until, 011
the morning when the next sitting of the
board m as to be held another letter was
lound on tint tabic in t!;u strong room.
rn A. • - /> • ' ■
THE ALAMANCE GLEANER,
-rv ■ •-■ , • n- t •' TT „i«. t \ .ykl W>l>||H rnf) mtm ******** mm*,
Uow it got there considering the room
was gnnrded day and night, was a mys
tery. Itstrt>itetUs were still more mys
terious. They were as follows:
,'lt was. for your two good that you are
warned that the strong room of the "bank is
no' entirely safe. At any time, anyone can en
ter it. If we wished to steal we certainly would
never havetoUl you about it, or returned the
box. ' You have barely set the prftice to see
what.ym uugiit to hav»- looked nfier yourself.
Ifithe police are there to night we will never
exptaiu the easy way of getting into your stfeng
rotjm, but most likely wnne one else will let
you fenow that we have told tjie truth, when
they hel|i them3fclvei to what Is there. We
are hnnwtiUarid-will wot steal,.but if the police
and nut yourselves, gentlemen are there to
night we will say nothing and do trithit g. It
a few gentlemen of the directors are there
aione fror- twelve to one, my husband wilt
meet you there.'as he said he would several
We. ago. ;
!. U. "E. S.
More and more astonished than ever
oil the receipt of this extraordinary let
ter, and more puzzled still at the strange
uuty in which ii Iml been delivered, after
a long constitution Ihey agreed upon u
plan ol tyttloup Xhifej.were things per
fectly evident: bnC tout the writer of the
letter really had access in some mysteri
ous way to the strong .room; and the
other, that he had discovered that the
police had been put o.i his truck, instead
of his suggestion being attended to. So
it was determined that some of the direc
tors who could conveniently do so .should
visit the strong room at the litiieitidicaled
by the letter. p--
This plan was carried Out. 3ut, as
might be expected, the directors were
uot alone.
The police had advised them too well
to>* that; atid halt a dczeti ot the best
English detectives were dressed tip fn the
garb ol gentlemen, and mingled in such
a way that any one would have suppos
ed that they formed 0110 group, anil wera
now at last literally tnlfillrfig the requisi
tions ot the mysterious letter.
' They waited emit ueariy twelve, and
then on£ of the directors, a little' impa
' dent, approocbing the table, saiflt'
1 ' WeJJ, if 8 a must extraordinary affair.
I'm not a coward, but i certainly should
be almost alrnid were 1 alone;but, Fel
den. you are used to these matters, and
you have examined the room. Where the
telfow can come Irom is to me a perlect
I mystery.'
Perhaps, if he h >d not used these words
moment, the •myfucrv,' us he call
ed kwioigbUiajrp ,bpen iustiyitly solved.
eveiy oyb was greeted to the
table where tiie letters In»d been placed;
bat though every precaution had been
taken, there was not-the least >tign Ot uny
one but themselves, or any voice save
their own in the room. They? waited
there the whole uight-long, but -pothiug
.was scert or liehrd. Their labor was in
vain. . About foar o'clock in the morn
ing—lt was mid-winter, and day was
scarcely breaking at eight—the detectives
whimpered'llu;* i. was needless for the
ger.ttemen'lo remain any longer; they
themselves would wait as long as ilmj
gcnjJgisen clxwa, Iktt dm hoar lor brcs.k :
fng-into that s.rOiigeSt of all strong rooms
—if it could be broken at all—was long
paat. The geutl>ineu, nothing loath, de
parted, alter "tipping*' their assist
ants liberally, bat vexed that their search
should end so, aud halt suspecting that
they had only beeu on a fool's errand.
The detectives also, convinced that their
work lor the night was dove, left the
room about six o'clock. At that time,
being winter, tbe whole building was
Enveloped in fog and darkness.
The next morning the board held an
extraordiuary meeting, in order to dis
cuss the result of the gentlemen who had
been all night in the vault. They had
little or nothing to say ot any conse
quence; and after a long argument about
nothing, were about to separate, wheu a
porter entered with a letter, which he
slated had been found on the lablo in the
strong room, when the man whose busi
ness it was entered—about eight o'clock.
Every oue had left the room more than
au hour —pocbaps two—belore, and no
pne hadjbecu admitted in the ordinary
way. The mystery increased.- But ol
course the letter waa read, and it rau as
follows: f; !
"Xdb kia ass yam like. Lara nlvrlit I herd
someone speek to Mr. Feldin, who 1 know is an
liobaiferiirthe uvrUop, sow of cuurae 1 did not
come, hai 1 mraeavedan. 1 give yeo another
chiiuce. Coupie to nite. If two or three gen
tluuicn are tin-art atom hi Will be with uin. if
any Lrfhare M shelf give it op at Ist.
"Yo, mgyehooce as yoa wntl. J. 8."
This Extraordinary comiueniaatiou was
a source ot no small aukfety to the bank
directors. How it oouid have beeu left
ou the table iu the strung roon, guarded
,aa it was, no oue could imagine. They,
however, at last agreed to do what per
haps would have been, wiser it done at
first,, namely, to deputes few of their
number to visit alone. There was, they
concluded, but little danger in doing so,
as irom the strange letters which they
received, it would appear that the in
truders iu the secret precincts were ouly
oue man and his wife- probably the inau
alone. So it was arranged that three
gentlemen, who wCTo selected as the best
able to deal with such a case, ahuttld re
main all night in tbe strong room, aud
that no oue else sboald be bat
that the police should be within call, in
case they were Deeded.
Every suitable precaution was taken
when uight came.' The sentinel paced
up. and down outs.de; the detectives
were not far oil; ami alter the most rig
orous search had beeu instituted, tbegen
tletueu were locked iu. Uoar alter hsnr
passed oy, bat uotbing appeared. Sotae
limes for bait an hour ihtsy pietended, by
silence, that the room was empty, in or
der to tempt tbe depredator, if present,
from his hiding plai&. Then they would
move about, ana talk in such a way that
! any person who overheard them would
know that tuey were alone; hat uot a
| sound or whis|*r, save what they them«
■ seves tittered, was heard. At last one of
1 them, who paced the floor rather impat
tionlly, begiuniug to thiuk that perhaps
•>v , T
GRAHAM, N C-, WEDNESDAY JANUARY 28 1880
after all it was only a clever 1 trick, cried
out
•Yon glmf, you socret visitor, yon
midnight thief, come out! Thferc is no
one hero but two gent lemon and myself.
If yon are afra.il, 1 give you my word of
honor as a gentleman that (lie police are
not here—only we three of the directors
to whom you wrote. Coac out, I say!«
It was tno/e in jest than in earticst that
Major Clifford—ln- he was aiuftjlary
man—shouted out this absurd speech.
For as we said, he had beguu lo suspect
utter all snmn practicitl jok«» was being
adroitly carried on, as had more tlun
once been beiurc iwrpctrated, ai|d he did
not much like being victimized himself
His astonishment, however was great
when, in reply to wliat flu had said-, tie
ueard a strong voice Baying:
•If you have kept your word I will
keep mine. I'm oat your light, for I have
One, and tlien I*ll cotne.*
TUB Major and liU fellow directors Hid
not much like putting out'the lightj but
they were not cowards, and after some
demur it was done. Where the voice
came from was, however, a mystery, for
there were uo hiding places in the room,
every side being or thick, many-plutid
iron and steel; the ceiling was also of the
same material. When the light was out
they waited in silence, while the 'Major
grasped firmly in one hand a reVoUer,
aud in the eUier held the lantern and a
few matches. For a little while, a low,
grating sound was heard, and then a
voice, evidently that oi seine one in the
room, said:-'*' • r.+ --V d".;,ut, j.. ,
"Are you there alone, sure?"
The Major who oared for nothing in
bodily form, struck u match ami instant
ly a crash was heard, and a low, sutoiix'
er.d laugh. When the match was tight-'
sd, nothing could be detected —no one
WHS there. Agam the Major called updjl
the niystefious somebody to come
and ugtm a voice: waa heard saying.* ~
"How can I trust yon now?" ,
Thi JMnjor waa angry, and his com
panions alarmed; and after trying in vara
to trace the point/ from which tha voice
proceeded, he exclaimed;
We will put out the light again only
come quickly and make an end of tltis
bother. , ,i,.»■ ;> ~• •••»*,w 1/ j
Ho saying, he put out tho light- again.
A moment, or so after) 1 the same gfaUn^
soimd was heard, then tbt*-AtlUiig ef sotuu
heavy body, and the ifeifc instant a man
wfis visible standing in the miadit? Of the
vault, v-J.li u lark lantern iu his hand.
Of course be oatne Iro.ui somewhere,
the puzzle was—how? A ghosfl could k)Mt
have entered more mysteriously, for thuv
already knew that the walla and' ceiling
had been roosi. carefully examined,' and
there was uo poasible way of ingres*.
the mau, .however, soon spoko fpr hini*
sell; and the Directors, who were atill at
a Itss to explain his presence them, lis*
tened in astonish men?.
it appears that he was a poor man,nnd
obtained a precarious living in a strange,
way. When the tide was low, it ia the
custom of a certain clasa of |ieople, un
knowa to refined society, to enter the
sewers', to search for any article of value
which may have been accidentally w«ah
ed down into them. It i« a Very danger
ous task, and, of course, revolting in the
extreme, but thoy cot unfrequently find
very precious thing? Ridden iu filth.
Tim man wtu one of-those strange ad
venturers. One night he hart discovered
an opening leading to some place above.
There was a Urge tenure atone which he
ioand could be easily ruiced. He listened
for some time, and finding all was silent,
lifted uj» the atoue without much difli
culty, and loand, after some little inves
tigation by the light of bia lantern, that
he was iu the strocg room of* bank.
These men, like mincers, can readily
determine the exact aj»ot of ground under
which they he soon had a clue
to the whole myst&ry. He told hta wife,
who was a woman of much superioredu
cation to bia, of the wnole affair; and
he then wrote, as we have seen, to tbi
directors. Alter that bia wile wrote until
the laat letter, as the spelling shows.
I>own in the sewer he wasabl* to bear
all their movements as well a» if ahove
ground; and thus was not only able to
know their plana, but to frustrate then,
and of course could watch iu time to re
move the small but valuable box pbich
we aaw waa afterward* returned; to leavu
the letters on the table, aud to iy>|>e«r
so mysteriously.
Of course, no one ever thooght of look
ing to thi stoue pavement, which waa
supposed to jie solid and immovable, aa
it waa known there were not vaults be
low, altboagb the iron walla and door
Lad been most carefully tested.
The mystery waa now cleared up, and
the directors calling for other lights, ex.
aiuiued lhe place carefully and iully verU
6ed the statements.
He was then liberated at the nsnul en
trance, after his address had been taken,
aiul a time had been appointed when be
should appear Itefore the to«rd.
The whole a (fair, which caused a great
sensation at the time was duly inquired
into, aud such precautions taken that a
repetition of the adventure would hence
forth be impossible.
Tiie directors felt that they owed the
strange man a debt of gratitude.
Although gold and silver were now
l ving iu heu(»& upon the cellar floor, there
wait wealth hidden there, in
the shape not only of note* aud the moat
valuable securities, bnt also in solid bul
lion and'hard cash. it is impossible to
Ray what a a clever burglar might, if lie
onlv knew of the secret entrauce, have
taken away undetected, and until beyond
possible detection, as mouey is alwaya
mailable, and leaves oo trace UeUind; in
fact, a perfectly fabulous amount might
have beeu stolen, so thick were the wi\l|s
and so aeut>re was the room considered.
The very strictest anarch proved tljatj
nothing bud, been taken tx-sices the l>ox
which was returned intact. Wiiep this
point was tujly settled, it was agreed by
the directors (hat fhe'myMenO'nS Visitor
to tlii'ir strong room slioald be resided
for liis honesty, and it was eurrtsntly re*
ported that thijr nettled upon him h lib*
eral annuity, sufficient to support hitfe
i a comfort for tlw rent of bis uays. ,»-t:
Pr»f»rr Swtariag.
' A tew years since l.waa a passenger
ib aSbiitwes'.erft railway, and found u»y».
seffift the conipuiiy of liiiliop Quintard,
of Tennessee. A more Accomplished
Christian pentlemtui, a utoie kind' and
genial companion,*l hava seldom met
wHh. We wtere passing Ihmagh Beti
ford, in this State, and I pmunt the
ttHtliir orthe IlerttiJ, and! lie pastoral in
cumbent df Urace Street Jhoroh, would
have no-reason to intorpoee spocial ob
jection if 1 should think It proper to aav
that thit'te a oonnii'f famed for tkeunm*
bor of distinguished men it haa furnished
Hie Christianinbilstiy of tliflureut? do>
nominations, anion? whom wm tliU la v
menfed Nicholas 11. fare. Bish
op of Alabsma. As we com* ia fall view,
of tho tumous peaks ot Otter,. Bishop
obsdrvud.to me that he never
pMwd-lhe Peak* ia rectfut daya witluut
' boin» reminded ol oa anecdote, in con*
nection wifrtt theiMuuoiy of Our tt>Bu:il
I tViond, Bishop (Jobbs, 'who,' Iw said,
'seemed id bo ttiecbartuoleverjr, so
cial dirutc bo happened to-cuter' Bishop.
I Qiiimard went on to say that Bishop
Jotitis and be were ouo evening in coin
pany Willi several other Bishops of their
church, all ui pleasant social couver ati Jl.
and •one 01-ilicia trjucsted Mr. ,'obbs to
tell I hem how lie brokeithc turn iu .Bod?,
foril from swearing—Blsiiop Cobb* - star
L ted.lliht he waa patting along. tho public
road one moriJng in l)ed!ord„i»ud af ll»*
toot ot o-heavv hill he cauin up to a man
Willi A Joadod
setnnad iuclii*od-t».bfHr« Jo»i{gd. mi
uijpji irffcdoaovurwlwidiCdowWkl Lb*
! lilß\ with little pregreaa, ho wo* in A lor
rilde passion,and swearing uion pruliuw*
i-fasii I ' |. .H .. • ,
i Mm Bishop said ho redo gently up to
ifcftianii, ami in a kind and respectful
taaeAdd-, ■■
•My frieiuHxm you pot drive yoor
team IH» the hill wilhotH. Bwearjng n>
dre«ri:u|lyi' , w
»ir. neither (liMMB,' said tho mat*
aiid if yoa think )o%3g A got down ai*t
The "Isfcop raid
thfi unexpected rtpfy; but »s
--suining a more actions air, ne said to the
may: 'I could never be indnced to pros
fail iny Master** name ou account of a
hoi so * Where do you live,- sir?
•Jltrt over there, at tbe foot of the
rilks of Otter, wln*re I bare lived near>
ly all uiy.litc,' ajtld tlie man.
op? 4 Wit*HWr wottder to toe is Ibis, that
von slaMild have' S|»eut (lie larger portion
of yomr lile at the loot ot tboee tail peaks
whose a«ceudiiig Mimmits are always
pointing up to the throne of hiiu who has
said, 'Tho ebalt not take the uahie of tbo
Ldttl thy (*od in vain,' aud yet profane
th*f uatne so awfully!'
The man let the reins attached to bla
teftm dangle a little loosly Irypr hi* hand
looked at the bishop with w> «pnj-e»«loii
of torionsuesa ami «urpfk» at W own
- tolly, and said: *lt doea aeem a little
«t»ngo indeed I' ... . ,
'/MA a llltlo strange, merely/ said the
Bqjipp. 'hut awfully wicked, my friend.
iiin Bishop said lie the man turn
pidfcfrlib Uicnghls of own wicked
ntsS, and tbop said: /'I presume you
htfllf idea qf vumber of wicked
uuUbfou have ailcred iu timer
■b, i havu not, said the oiau. '1
coi|i many.'
'Never saiif the man.
'But tho day ol final account will show
thalj ou are a learful debtor; it doea not
pay, ami you bad better quit.' said the
Bishop.
'1 believe I will,' said tbe man.
T.e'Buhop said, so tar af bo oeafcl
"earn, the man never tittered another
otlp.—l&litjiom JJtraXd.
X (Jcrman doctor declares that "early
tqrbctl aiul early to rite" Is a delusion
ajd a share. He has discovered that those
who Itidilge hi late bonrs and lie abed
tbe longest In the morning are the
healthiest and live longer than those who
•get up with the lark.' German doctors
Lave made some very rotuarkablo ii«cor
, erics jf laie, ami it Mill he surprising if
one ot tbeaj doesn't soon announce tbst
the best way to care a heavy cold is lo
, yet iuto a perspiration and then throw
oft some ot your clothimc aud sit iu a
' draught with your leet iu a pail of cold
! water.
A woman sold her baby In * bar-room
in Horshaai, England, for $4*34 to a
man who bad taken a fancy lo the child.
He left the place with his purchase, bit
the woman followed him, snatched the
infant out of bis arms flapped his face
and ran away. ~
A man who had SGS stolen from kirn ,
received a UOUJ with. #25, saying: I
•i to led your money. Remorse nawa my
ciuacieoce, and I send it hack. When
remorse naws again I'll send you some
more,"
' lundnriß P«ri»
( ; (From the Telegraph.)
Sunday in Paris seems to lie becoming
in one ro-pect at least, more like Sunday
in London limn was the caso formerly,
Nearly all the reaped able shops are clos
ed, and .the business trade in the •(reel*
is small, ,'i'lie streets and boulevards,
withflljgfafesihid restnraijjs, Are, liow.
ever farOrom being d«-.scrfcd, Soswtaf'
is n holiday Tor the sehoel/ boys.Ewho,
sjKijid the day with (heir parents or
friends of their parents, and do nqi
return to their dismal •rollegre
initory~uuiil tiigJU. It Is largely tor thll
benefit of this public of school bovs bud
.aiid'Mioir parents, thai mocidu* perform
aiiQQ# lake place at the theaters. Wier
ilay I Tie re were matinees at tiiirt ecu ol
lite I'm if theaters, and there is no exagg
eration in saying that llicy wera 'aH well
I attended. The performances vsp* ftoOi>
tlulSo of the cluwicaj work* of ILkduft'
Uirneillu and Bio Here. down to.lhe mod
ern melodrama and ojSerctn; "t»iki«g iu,'
on the way, Victor lingo's' Herman i' a
somedy of LaMclio* and a scapo* bytlie
conjurer lien man. Tbeu lor the lpvora.
ofuiusic there aro the Couaervalujrts aix!
I Pasodoup Coircerts; and fWrtia lovers
of | »nl pit oratory'! lie tectum of Pens Di
don. tin ifen.iuican pneacJser,. the mam
censor and. rival of Lacordairs, and tfef
sermon ol faliicj HVaciiithe—or rather.l
should say of M. LoVfeoft—both 6f#lmin
leuittred om the sohjxiA Of Divorio.' VM'
tiier Dittoii ia ciitirvly'Oppesed to Übe in
stitution, otdworcc, lyliiJs M, Lojmoii
thinks that it ought to be admitted ouiy
in Very grave h&s»! ' ' "
Sunday being a holiday, not only for
the hoys and girls win* ho 41 seoool, bni
alitor the many families diile
out*and all the resturants are conse*
fnlfer and gaver on SnndaytliM
anvoihei* day ofthe week.' Thee' after
dinner, if yon li*so not had, enough
aiuu«sn|ei»l, ot
theaters, from the humble sua>«U or. La
VrjiettQ to tho,stUl fumble the
drama >io«t
something attractive. .The are
open hb uauoj, tku cue uses are Qtte&witb.
a succlal .Sunday atuUpnca, and atL.ytff**
vcyors of amusement (t|Q bit
Sarjpd t i>t JH J|© th«
a mwjt w, iiiatlijr oLwm a fMWMWy l*»
may i,« o* wbju rw&
uo iliflicully in pa4M|iu&iMida.y iirßiiin.
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,*HV MAJOR tollHaiOOK WfLt Jct V
V IMIlt OP SlllUM* KOU ItU EX- '•
H. V >•*( CMBIVK trsit. 1 >?,:>. «'
»",!« . . • II 1 —* * ? ./0() j! -iff
(hnaitk«Dtß4llfcw
Mrs. Wnjor" Whoelock, wife ol' (bat old,
pioneer and cinfucittly "rctjxjcted ottteeft
jj\ ihit name, leaned over the batilst&UM>
tether ruoridog tfud *os«reieit
7 "the ifcey Wrlrti,
ddwu there somewhere. 1 was' nsiirg
flnAn not ftte uiinutes *go.' •
' The Major wantrd iliein to trhn off ft
horse at the born, and lie. match
ed into the silting room and tip to the
family worti hnsket. Ol c«arse they wefe
there. lie tumbled a ball ol yarn, a paper
of i>ins, & half made garment, a batton
box and a pin eiuhiou off on Hie flour,
made a dive among bodkins, worsted,
threads and darning needles, and the
shears didn't lOTp up. He stood lite
work basket on its head, bat 'it was uo
good. Theu lie weiH over to the what
not and hiked oft three or four photo*
giaptis, rallied down a lot ol shells and
knocked oft two books, bnt the shear's
were not then*. lie wsia red in the fa*4
as he went into the hall aiid called out:
*1 can't and hide or tiair of *eni, kuQ 1
don't believe you ever had any P
• a Now look again—that's a food man,'
she replied. '1 know they are right
there.'
The Major got down on his hands and
knees (ipd lookod iUe
shears. w l*hen he stood up aiyi looked on
Ih9 mantel. The ifrarrst approach to
shears there was a bent hair pin. Th«m
be wslkol aronnd and surveyed .each
window silllaud gave «bf won baskef
auoiher rarfcet.
•I tell von (here alnt fftJWeiHir hece^
iiadgfr? 1 thTXp
tree a looking bver. ,
•Wh>', Major, how impatient you are!'
•There's u« iioratlei it t I tell
yod the sheara ain't heiW 7 Wo One oeu
ever And anything in thi« iMtrte! ' I bad
to kiok a straight boar day to
find a gimlet V
•It you dou f t see tbettt In (ho bod room
111 come down,' ■ ' ,
He entered the bed ifoom, glanced over
Iho bureau ami stand, pulled the shams
off the pillows aud whirled the pillows
around and then took down a' hair oil
bottle from a bracket and looked into it.
Tbe f hears were nut iu the bottle nor
any wbero else. Stay! They might hare
been cariied under the bed hy that mys
terious household tide which carries ar*
licle* from room to room in an invisible
manner. He crawled under, bumped hi*
held on tbe slats, got dust iu hts throat,
and was backing out with blood iu bis
eye wlieu his wife called out;
'Why, what on earth are you after?
•After! Alter!'h6 shouted, as lio al
most coughed his bead oft—'l'm afte:
them iidcrnal shears!'
'Why, here they are! They are lyinj
In my sewing chair, right iu plain sight.
s_. *1 dou't beTiart) it—-fll never beKe\6it,
looked iulo that chair over leu thousand
lines!'
•W#H, there fhey arp.'
•U'» no such thing! You've lost 'ensoi
pawned 'em or traded 'em for gnm
You've no more order iu your house thai
au old cooper shop!'
He walked i>a»t the thalf into Hie lial
and wa» going out when siio called:
'Dear, arcnt you gotug to take tin
to -vtolsM
slieais?' ■ h-n-wfrtm
'Wilrt? Wlnityii««lH? l%ir|N>iwlover .
■■ to the rftdre and : bny iwawipeir.nf) abear*
andnf any hnifian being
ever pots a finger on 'em tlieyTl snfler
' for ft. I'll see if I can't base a pair «»f
j slinwam my house alter bfeiu* married
r for^upw^^^^y^^reog^irs
' weiic out  ~ 0 ° r W ' •' 11 m **
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don is incix-asftVJpfqklt. . "A ' ««cr^a
' there' St more
at tlie prnsßsrt has been Use
' case since pubKc gaming tables Were pat
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a
a »ariK—i .ggbww HM/trf* of
ml
life. .iHHi-rfto adt
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ingstan,o#
. Dr. K A.rSeuM's
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New Goods.
- ... * ■ un* «-• otvsrf%ani
Artch UHI twuttfatßaeorMte drtNKMi
i • Wit' t • ,tyt>:! .'JI Wit
Cfefck* 83.75 to $17.00.
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SUITS FliOM *4,00- to 37.00
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G'RAjH AM
High School,
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Paints, Glass,
, I h*re to the bnslneM of ft. W,
Olenn A Sou.WiToWltiigla# M Mm thou
wholesale or retail.
My stock UTarfe, tod toy aiwortwent con.
View, and they will be kept Mali tie (iiae.
Pier ve ttwintercst ol Umm* 'teTOrt^^wi^wiul
MM
buUdiug, dn the xanotWK wham I aboil be
to upon either b|
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