Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-02-16

drop OF gin and water hot, and felt compare
lively happy.
When the head chambermaid came, it turr
ell out, as good luck would have it, that NJ,
Dayager had offended her. no sooner mer
toned him than she flew into passion; an
when added, by way Of clinchng the mat
ter, that was retained to defend the inter
ests of a very beautiful and deserving youn
lady (name not referred to, of course) agains
the most cruel undcrhand treachery on tn
part Of Mr.. Davager, the head chambermai
was ready to go any lengths that she coul
safely to serve my cause. Iu few words,
discovered that Boots was to call Mr.. Dava
ger ut eight the next morning, and was t.
! take his clothes down stairs to brush rs usual
It Mr.. d. had not empticd his own pocket
overnight, we arranged that Boots was t.
forget to empty them for him, and was t,
bring the clothes downstairs just as he fpunt
them If MIR. d.. pockets were empted
then, Of course, it would be necessary t.
transfer the searching process to Mr.. D.,
room. Under any circum stances, | WAS Ger.
tain Of the head chambermaid 4; and under
any circumstances also, the head chamber
mal was certain of Boots.
waited till Tom came home, looking very
puffy and bilious about the face; hut as to
his in,ellects. ifanything. rather sharper than
ever. His report was uncommonly short and
pleasant. The inn was shutting up Mr.. D.
was going to bed in rather drunken condi-
tion Mr., Davager's friend had never ap-
peared. sent Tom (properly instructed
about keeping our man in view all the next
morning) to his shake-Gown behind the Office
desk. where heard him hiccupping half the
night, as boys will, when over-excted and too
full of tarts.
At halEpast seven next morning, slipped
quietly into Boots pantry. Down came the
clothes No pockets in trousers. Waist
coat pockets empty. Coat pockets with some
thing in them. First, handkerchief, secondly,
bunch of keys thirdly, cigar-case; fourth
ly, pocket-book. of course | wasn't such n
fool as to expect to find the letter there but
| opened the pocket-kook with u certain Gu
rioslty, notwithstanding.
Nothing in the two pockets of the book but
some old advertisements cut out of newspa-
pers. a lock of hair tied round with dirty
bit of ribbon, q circular letter about n loan
and some copies of verses not likely
to suit any company that was not of an cx-
tremely wicked description. On the leaves of
the pocket book, peoples addresses scrawled
in pencil. and bets jotted down in red ink
On one leaf, by itself, this queer inscription
"MEM. 5 ALONG. 4 Across" | under
stOou everything put thosc "oius a'u ieuiiW ,iWnn
hook. 'rIhHen IVA I waited in the pantry, till
Boots had brushed the clothes and had taken
them up stairs. His report, when he came
down was, that Mr.. d. had asked if it was a
ine morning. Being told that it was, he had
ordered breakfast ut nine, and II saddlc-horse
to be at the door ut ten. to take him to Grim
with Abbey-One of the sights in our neigh
borhood which had told him of the evening
before.
'I'll be here, coming in by the back way
1t half-past ten, says | to the head cham
bermaid, "to take the responsibility of
making Mr.. Davager's bed off your hands for
this morning only. | want to hire Sam for
the morning Put it down in the order book
that lie to be brought round to my Office at
ten
Sam was pony, and I'd made up my mind
hat it would be beneficial to Toms health,
After the tarts, if he took constitutional
airing on II nice hard saddle in the direction
Of Grimwith Abbey.
Anything else, says the head chamber.
''Only one more IaNur, oNs,.
my boy Tom be very much in the way if he
came, from now till ten, to help with the
boots and shoes, and stood at his work close
by this window which looks out on the stair
case,'
Not bit, says the head chamhermaid.
Thank YOU, says and stepped back to
my office directly.
When | had sent Tom off to help with the
boots and shoes, | reviewed the whole case
exactly rs it stood 1T that time. There were
three things Mr.. Davager might do with the
letter. lie might give it to his friend agiIn
before TENN which case, Tom would most
likely see the said friend on the stairs lie
it,lt ln ; -. lia Ernpl r., 81,
friend. after TENN which case, ON was
ra ly to follow him on Sam the pony. And,
LASTLY, he might leave it hidden somewhere in
his room at the nn--in which case, was all
ready for him with IL search-warrant of my
own granting, under favor always of nv friend
the head chambcrmaid So fur | had nv
business arrangements all gathered up nic.
and compact in my own hands. Only two
things bothered me the terri lie shortness of
the time at my disposal in case failed in my
first experiments for getting hold of the let
ter, and that queer Inscription which | had
copied out of the pocket-book.
MEM. ALONG. 4 Across. 1t was the
most likely, of something, and
he was afraid of forgetting it; therefore it
was something important. Query-some-
thing about himself! Say s. (nches)
along he doesn't wear a wig. Say s.
rn,v.ors or nndsrclotb;ng Sav. I'' s,i,'a.J.',
,Iono Il can, + ha anyth;na = sbont ,y"si}
unless he wears round b;s hniy the rona ,bnt
ha's sro -, bn bnn,aJ ,;th o,o " ort aopo .'aa'
Then il IL maj sometL;n" nhout b;nssIf VIZ
do Iknaw % Of tbat 10 ;nnor,ant tT to Xiv i" ha' h
s;dest Know or noth;na hmt tbe Iatta, ,tt
,,an tho n,nmor,nlnro he c,nnec,nJ , ,r;,S thn.i
Say, yes. What do along and 4 across
mean then The measurement of something
nsnt nr some,h;n, IN his roo,U, anuiJ ~,
,ra,tv sat sfac,or;Iv 70 ,nvsn,f &c t,rn 't ~.
[n, tc',,id ,-st no r,Gnr 10 '''' 80 '''''''
,ran, o.,,,d eLacL ~ tI'o ,,f;,. o,,d roo..oa
linn mounted cor his rids Ills s" Sraua Soi'od hod
revor onneorad sont tho boy ofr ,r;th 'l hil
moner Instructions on SAM IscE"w H. wron ,ro an
a,cduro,na lcttcr fo Nr Fr,ul tn L"a, lin; n,'
a'iet"tIsS s;nned ;ntn tho INN " hv Ap III bnn m'
Tov n littlc brtlre hnir nost ron The Hood