Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-02-18

rrackny, one Bermuda potato, walnut,
and proof-yial seventeen grains Of cot
fec, and small PAPER bundle, whic', was
found on Examination 70 contain two new
velvet corks, carefully done up for future
Last Of all, came several large.
firm pieces of Mace.
..Well, Lisha," said Hiram, iii any
man was to give you pretty heavy order
in the street, you could fllit without send
ing to the store.
well, said I, ssI'ye heard Of sinking
the shop, but if Elisha were 70 fall over
s card | should think that his shop would
be most likely to sink him.
"Well, said Mrs. Boutard, rising up
in her lively way and setting high, "if We
only knew what every body had in their
pockets, how We should laugh sometimes,
/ declare my husband is tho greatest man
for such things Once when he came
back from tradiag | just emptied his pock-
cts ore night to see what he had. Such
an assortment. a whiskey flask, and a
silver crucifx and rosary, revolver, and
three letters from me, tied up together
with d Sioux scalp. Now I propose that
we all just empty our pockets and show
what we've got, " she continued in her ex-
cited harum-scarumsway.
..Good, = says Hiram, "count me in. -
And with this he took out a very elegant
port-monnaye of immense size, which open
ed into abont two dozen divisions, showing
all sorts of conveniences, compartments
and competitions for slowing away gold,
silver, notes, segars, scissors, tooth-picks,
pen-knife, memorandum, and other fla
nlagigs. 1t was quite ike lady's cab
horse inits amount of furniture. After this
came letter-case; diamond ring; two
opera-tickets; very fine cambria hand
kerchief, highly scented with elsie Of
Wight" a delicate pen-knife; two key
on gold ring, and the cracker of a whip
lash. His overcoat on being searched
showed red billiard ball, a free admission
to some Christian Young Mems arrange
ment, card of Mr. Henry Wikof's, ane
the daguerreotype of a very beautiful
young lady, whom he convinced every
body present (but me was a cousin of his
I "Well !" says Mrs. Boutard, ~ did ex
| pect to find some love-letters in your peck
cts, Mr.. Irvine, but l suppose you carry
then with your bank notes, in your hat
Now here my cargo" and with this she
shook out piece ofwhite wax; needle
case; two very much read letters from hel
husband; little Indian money-purse; 8
spool of silk, and sugar almond. After
this she took small locket of hair from
the purse, and then put it back again will
little sigh.
Mrs. Van hadn't any pocket in hel
dress, and Amelia resisted all search
This set Mrs. Van Into tip-top excitement
and Mrs Boutard helped her in having re
sort to force. We were all jolly, and as
Amelia laughed immensely, Mrs. Van
who was strong as ploughnan, held hel
arms while Madame Boutard did the
searching. But Amelia was strong too
if she Was strong as she is lovely, Tom Hyel
couldn't have held her-and she showed
uncommon power in the force of resist
ance.
1t was beautiful sight to see those
three good-looking women all getting more
and more excited, all wrestling like good
fellows, and yet all trying not to be rowdy
1t was lovely to see Amelia's hair fall over
her splendid flashing eyes, and to see hel
quick as wink, brush it back and catch
Mrs. Boutard hand as it was durting into
her pocket. It was glorious to see the
glorious Boutard with her bob cherry
mouth opening wide as she painted fol
breath, aud her large round black peppers
cleaning as if her whole great little soul
was up in heroics, struggling like .beauti.
full wildcat with white deer. And it
was not less game in its way to see Mrs.
Van, who was good for any number OF
rounds and not to be tired down, coming
we'll up to the scratch, fresh, cool, and in
good condition. All very fine indeed.
The hen-fght, however, was soon over
One by one Amelia's treasures came tc
light. Two or three keys didn't look
worth quarrelling about, no more did q
half-dollar, pocket book, and a gold pen.
ell. A little bundle of notes would not
have excited suspicion, and of course no
body present would offer to look even al
the directions. No more was any thing
said about ring found there, or a queer
looking pebble, or a silk guard-chain.-
And if Mace sloper had not been present
they might all have been poured out limo
Gently enough and nobody have been the
wiser. And as it was, nobody but Mace
,cas the wiser-but on him there came
bursting tremendous tall light, and his
heart beat-immensely.
Well, what if those notes aeere some
which Amelia had received from me? Il
she hadn't cared straw for me they might
have rolled out and been laughed at, ano
I might have been told, cool and easy, that
81 really believe that theresa note or two
from you in that bundle" Ofcourse-snd
some women would have said it any how
they couldn't have helped carrying it of
so. The ring, once iokcd off on Amelia
for fillipeener, could be natural enough
in pocket; the queer pebble which
picked up last summer at Cape Maxwell
that might be accidentally there-so many
people have way of carrying such odds
and ends around-and the guard-chain-
well. come now, there was rub there, 70,
had lost it and hunted for it and couldn't
find it, and had told Amelia so.
The truth was, Amelia is an honest, con
scientious woman, with soul as pure as /;
diamond, and one all wanting in the hand
mess OF deceit She blushed at the truth
she was anrried and excited with fun, ano
hardly knew where things were drifting
to. Perhaps when it was just to late she
caught the idea that she might have say
cd herself from being caught by me per
haps, and this has always been the pleas
ATTEST thought to Mace Sloper he ever hac
in his lite-she remembered at that IN
slant that man, whom she thought worth
loving, he'd found out that she treasured
up little remembrances of him in that low
ing sort of way which women never do un
less they love-and that. after all, true
honest love is nothing to be ashamed of,
However it might all have been, know
that Mace Sloper would 'sst at that in
slant, have gone dowue n his knees before
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