Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1859-01-26
THE ODD GLOVE
TRaOKs UPea xmAvBaEms.
aY SxR1aIAH aYGoGo,

: EREOMs UP@N TRAwEHsEEaa
|. aY JxR1azAH aTgoco, Il,
81 Late ii the fall OF 's4, business sooI
i. me Down 70 Eew 0glsans, In eonpaus
b with Thsmas Rigbss, "a old frisna m
foEHass soh0oam@ses who was n0w "a hi
way 10 hia acme Ia Mobile. The waash
er Was extremely cold, bul the comfort
2 able cabin of the paIaEiaI steamer Non
j tesuaa, with shs luxaxiss aizbrd@d By -
!. attentive ofheeFa On he beat hsrmlahas
4 10 With shs means Of sAjayiRg ourselEas
/ as well Is travellers can enioy themselFel
away es1aa their own hresidee. der
: she voluntarily Saop themselves ap 20,
gsGhsr for weeks impriaoAment ats
> VERY apt q ssek amusement from sacl
, other, and it was not long hafore dis
poaisfor TO become sooiai began 70 man.
! itsst itself AMONG ths passengers. Ton
and | oeeaPisd staterosm aear the l..
dies' eahin, and Il vas with tAe seen.
. pants OF ths peighboring rooms thas w
= hrst struck up an acquaintance. Ona oi
them wga q middle aged geAttsmAu,
. Rasasd Asrtoa. Tbs ethar, o gaily dFss-
. sed, dazzling little fellsw, who inEvodu-
ced himself as Frank Cherruts, OF Sc.
Louis. I took dislike TO this young
man whan argt saw him, Ii may have
been hie blue dFass g0ak With brass bait
tons that prsiudieed ms against him---
This srtiels Of dEsss / have always a.
dominated, for IL gives the wsArer ITO
my ayeI The appearance Of q gambler !;
and OF ali animals iB the world, think
the professional gambler 10 tbs uost
despiqahls. But Chsrgute's lively een-
versation and agreeable manners par
TALLY dispelled my prsiudiees, and ws
four speedily became close travelling
companions. / was pleased 10 observe
that young Cherrute carefully avoided
the card tables in the forward part Of
che boat, and spent his time principally
by the stoya, With as, IA the after parf
OF the cabin. Bat this might have been
done II privately argued With the view
Of playing deeper gamo than that of
poker. He had heard Mr. Merton easa-
ally mention that be had ten Ghogsaad
dollars Ia his trunk, aad it HsiShG be that
be was all this time playing his cards
to gain possession Of this treasure
Themomens after entertaining this tho't
/ | felt half ashamed Of myself, for, in
honest truth, my estimate af Frank Cher
/ EQte's character was founded only upon
/ the fact that he wore blue dress coat
with brass buttons. He appeared 10 be
/ all frankness and honesty his face was
remarkably intelligent and pleasing In
! expression; and each hours scquain-
tance With him served to impress me
with q more favorable opinion Of him.
pretend to be sA exealient Judge Of ha-
man nAtuFe, but mast eoRfsss that this
young fellows charaetsr puzzled Rs
greatly.
Wen, the sequel Of my narrative will
prove to the reader how aear came 70
guessing the truth.
As was saying, it was not long be-
fore disposition showed itself on the
part Of the passengers TO become soci-
able. On the second day out from Sc.
Louis this inclination led to q general
soeiability. Desiring to be veFypartie-
ular and truthful in my narrative, must
add that only ous man in the whole
crowd kept aloef from the rest--a gsn-
tlsnan 10 q black suit aud white ShoksE,
bis state-room, pesring through a pair
Of green speetaeles iAto the pages Of
dIlapidAted wegk thai locked as il il
might be a Hebrew work written in the
time of Moses. In every crowd you will
find one or two juss such unsociabte
characters as this gentleman, whom
some of the passengers set dowh rs a
Mormon Elder, whilst othtra asserted
that be mnae be Baron Won Humboldt
himself, or some other distinguished
foreigner on his travels. Curiosity led
US 10 examine the passenger list, whsn
we discovered that ths studious stran-
gers name was DR.. Herman BluksEwla-
sell, and that bis destination was New
Orleans. Although be always sat right
at our elbozs, when ChsErute, Marion,
Bigbes and we're esnvsEsingy yes act .
word dad we ever succeed IN elielting from
our dull neighbor. We aE length con
eluded that be did not understand oar
language, and SO se&sed cur endsaEoss
to draw hIm into conversation,
But, my gracious! +! If stop on The
road to describe every passenger on tbs
boat, perceive it viii Be tedious jour
ney 10 the end Of my narrative, which
principally concerns Mr.. msgton and hi 3
ten thousand dollars, Frank Cherrute
and his blue dress coat with brass but
tons, and Tom Bigbse and his pair OF
extraordinary gloves IL 10 on thess
gloves that tha interest of nay story
Ihangs.D They ware Of q peculiar make
and excited our admiration one night IS
We we're seated around the stove. After
| they had been sufficiently examined BY
us all, Tom pat them, "a he thought IN
his coat pocket. IL happened, however,
that one Of them fell upon the hoor.-
Chsrrute quickly picked il up, saying
"You hare dropped una," )" and oblIging-
| ly stuck it in Toms pocket for him, ia
stead Of handing it 10 tbs ownsr. At
/ least we supposed ha had put ID in the
| pocket With the other although sabsS~
duent events convinced ne that Mr. Cher
Fute had merely pretended TO do 30, and
| that he had retained the odd glove Tor
a vile purpose then only known 10 bin~
self, ....
! That night, MF. MeEton's ten thousand
| dollars we're stolen from his state rooml
His trunk had been brok n open dariag
/ the night, and the little box containing
his treasure and quantity Of papers
had been gbstraGted. "
/ MeEssn discovered his loss early nsxt
morning. Wild with excitement, he
/ Immediately spread the itsiligence thro'
i the boat. The hubbuh created Was Ina
mense and every aan and women a.
boari suggested plAu for ferratiag eut
the thief. Frank CherTuEe proposed that
MeTtouss stats room sAovld be aeArcAeds
as sonna efus might hayo bssn less thsrs
by which 10 dssset shs robAeR.
The raom xeds saa9ahsd, aad elaa
waa found--fn The shape of 40 odd glove
that had been left behind By the thief
Il was ons Of those gloves that Ton
, BiRbee had been ssea TO wear sAs eve
. ming before. Merton xaahsd into khs
cabin With this evidence Of Tomss gails.
and exclaimed
q There stands he thiag. Bigbes 4
the owner of shis glove, ana ] SAArgs
! him with tha khafa Of my n0nsY z
: ToEss aznassment nay be imagines
upon being thus accused. My own -
aonishment waa no less. ] had knowE
him from chtiho0dy aHa wms ooE6
dent thai more hoaogabte, npsIgA
man never srod tbs earth. .@a
81 g ImpossibIa ls' indignAnsly cried.
! Bat the sxsitsd Loser Oh ths nnns
/. could nee be induced 10 wiahdraw th
4 charge. 10 enc baA hHmssRf, hH aafd
! bad been pegmasted 70 sntar hSs saasl
room aimee be had saksn possession Q
lit. Somebody had catered Is wisAou
bis knowleage daring he preesedlh
night, ard Ss6lnm Wa aabnAg. Kha thaa
bad fossunassly Ia2k khis cline ID hi
) iasntity. BE had asea is gloss . -