Butte record., 1855-12-29

and If le baaut -plitt.ng up something
or other, then ! don't know what pitt
ting be.''
Without waiting to hear moro, AIr.
P. sei2.J lis hat. aud hurried Of home
at a most wai4aifed pace.
Op4iag tie laiI door, he stole UP
stains as carefully a. possible. and ap-
plying Lii eyes to the Ecrhole, lie Be-
he'd a -;eLtUl:ch made him fairly
Loil Hish rage.
lirs. P. was sitting before tie FIRE
place, reading bis Ola loycla.tcrs. Tie
one Size wa nsasel in perusiae at
that particular mom>nt, was from
Miss Polly Primrose, who it appencd
had once looked laToiaJiy ON the suit
of llr r., bat q more Gashinc lover
appearing on the scene, Miss Polly
sent lin lot-er of q mi-sal, pronis-
ing him h-r m3yiae ficnd-lin, and
acc.mp nEing the anne with lock ol
her hair, aHl ONE walnut N ats.
bu5 it wa hot the love letter alone
tbat made lir. 2. so outrageous. lie
Aal been .omethine q a traveller in his
day. and lad coleottJa a great many
c,aio it.c- ia his rambics, which Ike had
leTo itcd in a cupboard in tie very
room where he had confined Mis-. F.,
ard She Lad eotat them.
She lad sp.it up an elegant writing
desk wisa lis Indian ave, IN order to
iagc fle, as the day rather chill
lF. IA one corneref the fireplace wa
Mr.. P.'s bc-t beaver, flied ap with
love letters.
On a HaaN table, c'o-e t. Mrs. p.
was q + aa6fa} flat CHINA ii b, flied
w.h bea.'s oil, ia vh;ch ,hc lad sunk
1Ir. P's best satiu cIa12t, ana having
fired oGc 4l q. it, j. afforded her suf-
cjeuc l;a,t f.t ler laIor.- lor Mr.. 2
ial c'o "a .Ia Binds, for tile better
security d t-e ca.p,It.
Oh uao Goals ii ircat of the f2c
was r., liver clai-tenig bowl, in
va.eh Ms. P. ras popping oan,which
>ha ever aH, aaal --iuol With tie fl-
dielow, -auvAila occasional + panch-
ing u0 te fire vilh tie lddid, fer Mr..
?. lad, With cgnm.nlah'e aoiea,
removed tie la1o. All toa4s.
lEr.P. candecen4cd t. peep through
tie le1Aoie t..l lie Lad obtained a
pretty correct idea Of what was gong
"a within. N.ycr was a Pepper 50
fred IS II. Lle eok tie door, bit
it was ccaelv fl tened within, auJ
re-i ,ol all lis eao.t- to oEeu it. lie
ordered Mrs. P. to open 4. take the
Consequences; but a, She Gid not open
ii is Is ter -rm5d tlat Size preferred
5he cca-e5ucuces. 4Ir. 2. lart-d
GoNn tAc sa.Is Ike a MIA lman.
y mast put a top to ohis, he tho't
''or ! shall not Lave q rag Of clothes
on MY back"
Procaliug ladder, he began to
mount 10 tie bcdlecm but Mrs. P
was not to he taken 20 easily. She
Juo0 .aa5 liz lad l,ft; but She had no
idea of Letting him have The benefit Of
her fire, So, LA riIy soz.og several
large bottles Of colo41l, Sic threw tie
contents upon the fire, aud In a few
minutez had tie satisfaction Of so.iac
ii entirely cztLgisle1. That duty
performed, She left tie apartment, and
locking tie door, She tationed herself
in convenient position to hear every
ding tAat tran pircd within
In feW moments Air. r. was safe
IN tie apartment, and as soon as he
lad clocd the v.udow, lie tood up
right in the middle Of tie room, and
SAID in a deep voice:
"J,zcJel, come forth!'
10 answer.
Jade, 10 You think to ecape?"
Stiil no re pouse, Mr. P begins to
feel uuea Y, and hastily commences to
search the room; but had not proceed
cd far. when he hears a Slight litter
somewhere in tie vicinity Of the door.
He listens a moment, and it Is repeat
ed. Dartinc to the door, he attempts
to open it, but he finds himself q pris-
ouer. There is but one more chance
he thinks, and lnrries to tie window;
but alas for Alr. P, bis wife has just
removed the ladder aAd he cannot es-
cape.
He sits down on chair and looks
ruefully around him. and presently he
arises and picks mp few fragments of
a letter which is lying On tie carpet,
and finds it is from Polly Primrose ~
Ha wonders what Size Las done with
tic lock Of hair.
At tlis moment lis eye falls upon
his daguemeotype, which Is lying upon
the table before Internationally
taking it mp. he opens it and secs
What! nothing bat lis oNn face All
tie rest Of him beng rubbed of, and
around his lovely paz IS the missing
curl, and the walnut meats are care
fully towcd III the corner Of the case.
1lr. p. fairly blubleged aloud.