The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-09-22

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Some years axe-in the days Of the thirty
shilling notes certain lrishnaa satS1 u 4
the sam of eIhsy-seven poands ten, in notes
Of the Bank Of Ireland. A Z sure meaps
| OF securing tais txicao!e property, he rus il
| in the foot 4 q old stocking, and buried is
in his garden, where benk notes paper
couldn's fail 10 Keep dry, and 10 come out
when wanted, il the best preservation.
After leavne kis treasrre = ,his erc.,.
lent place oi 1epoeis for some months, il
occarred to iheaepositor 10 take look at
il and see hSs e Nas getting On. lie found
the s,ockipsfoo apparently f0ll Of the
| fragments ofm,sdeN and broken mushrooms.
Ne other sh.dow Of . shade Of eighty. seven
pounds ten!
lu the milst Of his despair the man had
the sense MT 70 dissurb the aches Of his
property. lie took the stocking foot in bis
hanls, postd of TO the Bank At Dublin, en-
tered il ono morning ~ soon ~ it was open,
and; staringst the clerk With most extra
ordinary aGencs Of oil expression in his
face, said
.Ah. look al that, sir! Gan 70 do any.
thing for ne p
.Wha, do YEN call thi.?'' said the clerk.
:E,gh.y-s.yis possds sin, prsise the Lord,
..sasy : s. paid 4 & ssss $s !, raers r.' !,
Dowd, sir, and . tin ~ vas changed :,
Reilly, and i've ~ vas owen by Tim; and
Ted Conner. says he TO ould Phillps--"
swell! Never mind old Phillips. You
have done il, my friends
"oh, Lord. sir andit's done il have most
complate! oh, good lock to you, sir, can
| you do nothing for me"
81 don't know what's to be done with
such u mess as this. Tell me, 6rst Of all,
what you pat in the stocking, you aafortun-
ate blunderer."
"Oh, yes, sir, and tell you true as II il
was the last word had to speak inti.ely,
and the Lord be good to you, md Ted Con-
| ner ses he to ould Phillips. regarden the FIVE
as was owen by Tim, aud not ineluden Of
the tin which was changed by Pat Reilly
..You didn't put Pat Reilly or old Phillips
| into the stocking, did your"
"Is it Pat or ould Phillips as was ever the
valy of eighty-siviu pounds tin, lost and
gone, and includin tho five rs was oxen BY
| Tim and Ted Conner
"Then tell me what you did put in the
stocking, and let me take it down. And
! zen ht.. your tongue, if you cac, and 60
ysur way, and come to-morrow."
The particulars Of tho notes were taken,
without reference to ould Phillips, who
could not however, by any means be kept out
Of the story, and the man departed. When
he was gone, the stocking-foot was shown
| to the chief engraver Of the notes, who said
that If anybody could settle the business,
his son could. And he proposed that the
particulars Of the notes should not be com
| municated to his son, who was then employ.
cd in his department Of the Bank, but should
| be put away under lock and key, and il his
sons ingenuity should enable him to dis.
cover from these ashes what notes had real
| ly been put in tho stocking; and the two
| lists should tally, the man should be paid
the lost amount. To this prudent proposal
the Bank Of ireland readily assented, being
extremely anxious that tho man should no,
| be loser, but, of course, decming it es-
sential 10 be protected from imposition.
The son really undertook the delicate
commission proposed to him. lie detached
the fragments from the stocking with the
utmost care on the point Of u penknife; laid
the whole gently in a basin Of warm water
and presently saw them to his delight begin
to unfold and expand like flowers. By.and.
| by he began to s.tease them" with camel 3
hair pencil ard the penknife, and got the
| various morsels sepes"t.d before him, end
| began 70 piece them together. The Frs.
| piece laid down was family recognizable by
/ u practiced eye ms q bit Of the left hand
bottom corner Of a twenty pound note; then
came bit Of FIVE then Of a ten; then
more bits Of I've aud ten; then another
left hand bottom corner OF t@ehty- so
there were two twenties and 30 on, until
to the admiration and astcnishmept Of the
whole Bank, he noted down the exact notes
of which il had been composed. Upon
this, as he wished to see and divert himself
with the man on his return--hs provided
himself with bundle Of corresponding new,
clean, rustling notes and awaited bis ar.
rival. -.......
He came exactly as before with tho same
blank staring face, and the same inquiry,
scar, you do anything for me, sir ?"
"Well," said our friend, IS don't know.
Maybe | cda do something. But | have
taken a great deal OF pains and lost great
deal of time, and want to know what you
mean to giv.me?"
"s it give, sirl Thin, ID there anything
wouldn't give for my eighty. siven pound
tin, sir; ans it's murdered | am by ould
Phillips"
'sNever mind him. There were two TWEEN
! ties, were there not" -,
"Oh holy mother, sir, there was! Two
most ilIigans twenties and Ted Connor and
/ Phalin---whch Reilly"
lie faltersd and stopped, as onr friend,
with much sstcn.atious rustling Of the crisp
! paper, prod,ced q new twenty, and then the
other twenty and then ten, and then five,
and so forth. Meanwhile, tho man, ,occa-
sicually mu'muring an exclamation OF sur
prise, or n protestation Of gratitude, but
gradually becoming vague and remote in
the latter Is the notes reappearet, looked
on, staring, evidently inclined to beliess
that they were the real notes, reproduced il
that state by some chemical process. Al
las, they were all told out, and in hispocket
as he still stood staring and nut.ering, "Oh
holy mother, only to think Of it! Sir, it's
bound to you forever that nm!'-bot more
vaguely and remotely now than before.
SWELL" said our friend, "what do you
propose 10 give me for this?"
| After staring and rubbing hs chin To-
sometime longer, be replied with The uncx
rccsed question:
"Do you like bacon?'
"yery much,o said our friend.
.'Thin it's side as III bring your homo
milk-and ould Paillips-"
4 "Come,v said onr friend, glancing at
notable shillelagh the man had under hi
arm, "let me undeceive you. don't wan
anything Of you, and am very glad yo
have Got tour money back. But ! sdppos
you'd stand by me, now, il wanted bo
to help me in little skirmish ?"
TEey were standing b. a window on th
, top story ofthe Bank, commanding court
yard, where sentry was On duty. To ou
friends smazemeni, the man dashed out o
the room without speaking one word. sud
denly appeared 10 the court ard, perform
!, ed war dance round this astoni.hed sol
dier-who vas . modes. young recruit
made the shilleiagh Eu,ier like a woode
butterfly. round bis musket, round hrs bay