Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1851-11-29

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That any of the holder vices wanted
Less impudence to gainsay what they did,
IMAM 10 perform at first.-Winter'S Tale.
CONTINUED.
"My money drawer !" replied Brookes
with a bitter smile
Where is the key of your money draw
er l suppose in your waistcoat pocket
Come, come. sir, don't put one TO the trou.
bic of looking fsF it,
'You will, in truth, find 1t in nv waist
coat pocket"
The robber easily discovered the kew.
He Ithen opened the great iron chest. He
rummaged through it, and could discover
nothing There was not even a single
sovereign there-not a solitary crown.
"Ths is scurvy joke" said he, after
having carefully examined all The drawers"
and it is one (which am determined not
to be the dupe. You will therefore at once
show me the secret drawer where YOU have
concealed your bills and bank notes. To.
morrow, | am aware, you have large paw
mens to make on Change"
sit is perfectly true that | have" said
Brookes.
Then you must have the money to meet
them"
:" have not" was the answer of Fred.
erlck. Il have u sister who believes herself
rich, because she thinks am so too. She
IS now talking with friend who believes
me TO be worth a million-with a Young
lady also who loves me, and that ] adore.
and that supposes we shall soon be married.
could, if | liked, easily deceive her, and
involve her in my embarrassments: but
this will not do"
"And this young lady is rich 2" asked
the robber.
Yes, very rich; but love her loo much
TO bring her TO ruin ?"
THAT is very silly. And your friend %
My friend is worth nearly a million of
money. But now, SIR" continued Brookes.
''you have made foolish attempt on nv
purse, and the sooner you leave the house
the better. Uuloose me, and go.'
but how" said the robber, "did YOU
mean TO get out of all your embarrass-
"Can you not guess, when you see that
these pistols were lying SO near to my
hand?"
SHOW is this? When surprised you on
the sofa, where you appeared to me to he
asleep, you were then meditating suicide"
yes and | was just thinking whether
| should finish the matter at once, willie
there was company in the house, or wait
until they had retired. | believe should
have done 1t at-once, in order that my poor
sister, surrounded as she is by friends at this
momeni,might be saved from contemplating
the horrId spectacle that am preparing for
her. 10, then, and give me back my ps-
tolls"
The tall, strong, and very fair young man
put into his pocket the pistol that up to this
time he had held in his hand.
"Ihey are of little WORTH" remarked
Frederick, "and trust you will not take
from me the only means possess Of escap-
aug from disgrace and dispar ?"
You are a good fool" said the
stranger, putting his hand into the pocket
of the helpless Brookes He was looking
for his gloves, which were pure, spolless.
and of the latest fashion. Ii must be said
of Mr.. key Samueis, that he had very
handsome face, a remarkably fine figure,
and that he was very neatly dressed, with
two exceptions-his shirt was not of the
whitest, aud he had no gloves. He RENE
died the first defect by buttoning his we'll
made coat up to the chin; and, for The
second, he avaiIed himself Of tile gloves
of Frederick, which fitted him precisely.
He also, il must be owned, took with him
the genileman's hat, and then arranging his
fair silky hair on his white forehead, he left
the room with the appearance, the bow.
and The manner of an exquisite.
"Where are you going" exclaimed Fred
erick. "My pistols, in the name of Heaven!
or, at least. unloose me-"
"You shall see me almost immediately
again." was the answer of key Samues, as
he closed the doors carefully behind him.
II would appear that, under his present
circumstances, all that Mr.. key Samuels
had TO do, was TO 90 out of the house as he
had entered it, and regretting that he had
tried to despoil his neighbor of his goods,
and failed in doing so. This would have
been the proceeding of a common, ordinary
and vulgar thief; but SamueIs was no such
thing for he Mas one ofthose extraordinary
beings, who thought as little Of doing bad
action as good one. He had not taken
pair of French gloves 10 exhibit them at The