Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-01-22
From the L,perpooi Albion.
CONCEALMENT OF A LOVER IN A
WINE CELLAR. 4.
SINGULAR CASE.

1900 AooISu MT. t[ouOequc, little
''erman gentleman, from the landing o,
MRS collins second story, in Bold street
between the hours Of eight. and nine o.
CLOCK on Saturday week. mrs collins
Keeps an extensive and very fashionable
millinery and dress making establish
ment mt No 80, in that street, and hear.
ing the usual taciturnity Of the house
broken IN upon by her lodger at that
early hour o! the morning. she went to
inquire what was the matter. IVY vat
de devil should be de natter replied
MI collosque, standing in his dressing
gown aud striking the corner OF the
banister tap with the end Of his
shaving brush 10 imply the extent Of
passion. Vat de devil should be the
matter. said he, bu' dc old complaint, de
want OF water in my vashanl basin. |
nave spoken once, twice. twenty time to
your servant not 10 neglect putting va
ter IN my room, and yet she has left it
DIS morning wldout as much as one
drop Vest MISTRESS collins, widout as
much rs would drown little ny; bu,
I'll bear it no longer. iii shut myself
up, and you'd r,never see me again
WIN the rapidity Of Iighiaine, after
having delivered himself Of the cause OF
his Torment, Mr. collosqus fed back to
his room, the door Of which he closed
with n bang and double locked. VIVA,
was 10 be done! To send the water to
him ut such a moment would he 10 in .
crease his rage; besides his room door
fastened, and he was never, never to be
seen again Under such circumstances
1t was deemed The more prudent course
10 allow him 10 remain in his solitude, in
the hope, that with calmor moments re-
Election would come. Saturday, how
ever passed over, and Mr. collosque did
MOI make his appearance. Sunday MRS
collins spent in The country; and upon
coming home in the evening. the ever
recurring subject OF her lodger's mys,er,
'ous absence dashed again and again :
cross her mind lie had lodged with
her many years, and had never before
been seen in passion. Twas strange
that for so seemingly sIigh,.a reason. he
shou'd have lost temper all Of sudden:
ont sii'l more strange was the mrnnef
OF his disappearance and his voluntary
abstraction from all the comforts of so
cini iile What had he 10 eat! wha,
had he TO drinkf was he as eep9or was
he dead? all these thoughts came in ra
p'd succession and demanded an immed.
late solution. Mrs. collins accordingly
proceeded 10 his room, and found tb.
door not locked, but latched. She en-.
tered, she looked about. The room wa :
untehanted. There lay the bed. but
MT collosque was neither in il nor under
IT. There stood his char, but il was
empty. There were his trunks, port.
manieaus, carput bags, and hat boxes,
out MT coilosque. small as he was (ouly
iour ieet nine in his dancing pumps
was nevertheless TOO tall to conceal him
self in any Of his travelling accompan,-
nents. After an Intellectual search
through the house it became but TOO
manifest that the bird had flown, TO
what point oil the compass nobody knew
Sunday night was night Of alarm aud
apprehension 10 Mrs collins. She fan
cied thousand horrid caIami,ies must
have owe rtakon her lodger, and would
have given any consideration to ascer
tain what had become Of him About
noon on Monday ray of hope was com
municated 10 her; for about that hour
MISS caPPa. one Of MRS. Collins's German
assistants, ran down to Bold street, in
GREATNESS haste, and declared upon her
honor, that she had just seen the skirts
oil Mr. colIosque's cos, in Miss Ann Ovens
sililngroom in Bedford street. Now
MISS Ann Owen was another Of MRS
collins assistants in the millinary line
and occupied a sitting room and a
s1eeplng apartment in a house in Bed.
lord street, which MRS. collins rents for
The accommodation of score or two of
the numerous young ladies' to whom she
gives employment in the various Bran
ches OF her establishment. MISS Owen
had only been acting as her assistant for
about two months: but short as the time
was, had experienced many nets Of
kln1ness on the part OF Mrs collins.
shortly after she came, for instance
she was attacked with typhus fever. and
MRS collins had not only sent hcr ramily
physician, Mr. Bickersleth, to attend upon
hsr professionally, but she had also sent
a variety OF lntIe niceties 10 strengthen
her as she became convalescent. and. TO
prove the confidence Of which she con-
sIdered her worthy, she moreover, en-
trusted her with one oil the keys Of the
wine cellar, keeping The second key
herself.
When, therefore, Kiss eappa made the
unexpected disclosure that Mr.. c,llosone
must have been in Miss Owens sitting a.
Parimen', because she had caught a
glimpse OF the Tail Of his coat mrs. COL
Inns could scarcely credit the story; bu,
when Miss capPa over and over again re-
asserted that there could have been no
mistake, mrs. collins could only excIaim
against inc perfdy and ingrdti,ude Of the
seN' ana resolved upon Immediately put
'ng Inc ruin OF Miss caPpa's story to the
'es'I accompanied by MISS Cappa she &C.
cordingly proceeded to the house in Bed.
ford street and asked Miss Owen if she had
seen Hr. collosque Miss Owen wss per
iectly astonished af bo;nc aoLoJ - y