The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-12-28 00:00:00

THE WAITER'S STORY.

We Innen sometimas sem rem Wimp and rum la,
too. I notembor =MY Cal ago
gen,
i. day,
witen lWan
tire • gre.n 'arty and said for • vats ne law
I
showed him tint° Ilse, sad Ise locked time
door. Ha had • Imp black bag with Wm. which he
p ascal on • chair, stad, turning soddenly epos tom imttli
• Oan you keep • secret. waiter r "Ti., sir," I said,
think I ran.' Ha put a sovereign in my 'sad sad
"NOW, what to_you r "Now" I sad, "Tut quite
we I can," "Then," maw be," clench the Isaiah at
"sad he gave sae another Gomel". I think I was
sever store astonished in ell my life. He this pointed to
um muck bag sad asid, "ICy malt is locked in that beg,
and hires the key ; but before I eve it to you Hates to
what I have to my. I wag the heir to • Dokedon and a
Daly one," said I. "No." said he, "both, sad
also to lausteese estates and large soma ef mosey,
thousands of acres sad toes of thoomada of pounds. The
mly swing Wag that stood between me mid my largo
lalteritasos I. !walk here," and he pointed to the black bag.
I theniat I Would have fainted with 'war. "
said,"'ow can • human Ir. isug be peaked la so mall •
maw f" "It ls," mkt he, only • child, eve years old,
with beautiful fair, soft bait, and such sweet, sod woe.
Did you ever hear ot • child's 'air turning white with fear
In • single hoer I Look hare and me," end °peeing the
sclit: Wowed me • lock elf porfectly white 'air I Ho thee
We beg again, and, turning to ega, said, "You
mum cagey this beg with me to the ralllwapshatioa, and if
/ maps undlocovered, I will give you sateld gold if you
betray sms, this alzwbot revolver, loaded to the mom*
Mal pumas\ your wilful lie."
Pestles sow sure that I was Is the promos either of
• murderer og • madame, I knew eat what elm earth to do.
However, he didn't give me mach time to think, but,
idmissetr me arty the beg Ware him, we went out,
Directly we get into the he said, "There la • short
um, this way across lb. river." Tea, mid I; "bet
thon'a no.bridge." "What of th tt." said he. " will
swim I can't mist" says I. "Cloward !" says he;
" than we'll catch the enema as it wakes along, sad kam
ssa ks this parrs van " I emit be dour," mays
cimaiff," my. bib "ii. 'you one of De oourcy's
*thereat' I' "No, said Tut only the waiter st th•
Black Swan, and I Woks to that" " Whatever," able Ilk
"pus have been offered to betray me, I will double it you
will be tree. Hundreds for falsehoods, tboweada tor
truth. Can you hesitate Let us go to some retired spot,
and this mfo from interruption, I will relate my sad
Gum madam how frightened I was I I know it was ao
ea shouting for the polio., bemuse then ain't none there.
Tha. on. good tides in Loedevr—savintate_detectlve's
which I'm glad to me his fast you maw,
Pemrdirelm. kr a poliatose ; you're sure to MIMI MN 111 •
Mill ens. Well, just as we were tsraiag round the
cower by the churchyard, four aten rushed out upon us,
knocked the pistol out of the Autism,,,,'. hand, 'sad.
cuffed him lot.. than no time, and, esisiag the black hug
from my moat hands, opened it, and, to my intim.
satouialunont and &slight, took out • fine white rabbit
ph• poor 1115111• C looked sit it with 'orror and despair ; sad
mu keepers pawing him In • carriess they had in wallies,
they drove sway, giving mil eve shillings, as they said, for
my trouble. well, if MT trollb4.l .1111 worth en
ukas was my fright worth? 'Deem, I was astragal
and overcome that I quite forgot to return e two
sovereigns **poor goat bad so paerowly erre me. Two
pound. eye Arnim la • lot ol money to receive all at ate%
sad for about may twenty minute.: w . • bii! I Wirth,
up= the whets, Td nth*: not earn it &ea. f 1, the
lime way, not even to be aa alderman and live on ''rut-.