The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-12-15
1mE JEW BRexEa-s sEcREr.

| The JEW BkoAER'S sECRER.
Helook.t liss an Old doshe.m.u. hn. \.
Was only broker-a bsoker wItb ! Aa,j
character. and what that must have hsgn
when il Was but for brokc-. we ,esya "a
I imagination aad Johnscn to t,,,sne. Ia
was rspnted the hardest rnan of his trade.
and, - mea OF that trade ara pepa!as.y
supposed TO be mere e.rtfical maehiaes.
worked by fints, not hearts, suprsmney
Of aiDtness must have afs him feargsl
congtomerat.. He was withersa cid man
nov, almost double with aga api raeama.
tism. with hooked nose, sud l.gh, brown
eyes, red round the lids, and strange mix
fufe OF suriiness and suspicion in bis face.
He looked cross between mas,iT and \
weasel, which he was, Id character AS Well
AS eountenance. No sana had good word
to say to hin. Tie ruhiean Ct The. corn er
was sure there was sonsthing queer in a
man who did not take aa honSs. gIass fixe
the rest, ana rhe baker lc.kea down on him,
because be ate sssscond.. on rrineinla. liz
q distress was to be pat on miles round the
neighborboed they PRAYED that it might not
be by old Joe Mappin, of uoibors Ra,,dinr.
One woman said SHE'D as leave have the
Emperor of Roosha as bim her dau rater
said she'd iiefer. The very chiii-en were
afraid of him. Bat TO the elfttle onss he was
the District Bo-lc: and s.oid joe Mappiu,,
stood IN Hclborn Buildings, soaring the riot
out small fry of the cutters, for s'ths black
man. OF more civilized nurseries.
Every body said the man had a secret
Some thought he was coiner. and others
that he had committed murder. and weEt to
look at the body or grave. Others agaiu
said be had a mad wife locked up in the
garret, on straw; but none knew exactly
What they thought, excepting the broad fact
that there was secret somehow and of
course, if belonging.t to HIM, disgraeeful
one; she could have nothing hat viilainy to
conceal, ,"said the inspector to Policeman
Y, 81. 4. x...s-s--
+ Why the report arose Of his having a sa-
cret IN his life was, because yenng after
evening, he was seen stealing ia the dusk
from his garret along HoIborn towards the
West End. No one knew where he went to i.
thoagh morethan one lounger had set out to
follow him; bat somehow the old man al
ways contrived TO escape, doubling through
the streets in such quick and unexpected
manner, that however it was done he inva-
riabiy got away. All sorts of plans had
been made to track him, bvt they all failed,
every one of them; and the hroker's secret
was a secret still. Little Teddy, his land
ioru,s boy came the nearest to the diseove-
ry, put lie lost him at last somewhere up in
the New Road. near Regents Park. though
that was a good measure to have taken, too
Moreover, he saw that Joe was decently
dressed beneath his shabby old cloak, a thing
20 one else would wear: and from that time
the report had got about that 1t was love
affair, with some mysterious celebrity, and
that Joe was buying wife with his gold |:
for she had Cahforney- ;" said his
landlords little boy Teddy. - ~
One evening Joe set out as usual, with
his shabby old cloak and battered old hat,
but well enough beneash.. He walked eau
tiously at first, hobbling as was natural to
him now, with his pheumatics so bad, but
after be passed through his particular quar-.
ter, turning round constantly, if to congh,
but in reality to see If any one were follow.
ing, he walked brisk'y on, cutting through
all sorts of queer alleys and bye! !places,
winding and doubling like fox; the best
topograher in London could not have fol-
lowed him. At last be came to a pretty
house in Regents Park house evidently
by a gentiewoman Of fortune, as
well as Of taste for all the appointments
were in such perfect keeping, AID there was
such a wealth Of costly simplicity about it
as could only belong to both Of these condi-
tions. The broker looked up at the window
as he came beneath it, and little girl Of
fourteen or ffteen-but slight of her age
leaning out from among the geraniums,
cried, in answer to his look, Hwhy, Joe, how
late you are to night,
That sweet voieei The old man used to
say to himself, that be would not exchange
its "Joe!" for good iippun' note! lie
nodded to her aaectonately, and carefully
scraping his shoes, went in with the mir Of q
man who knows that he will be welcome.
He took off bis hat and cloak and put them
away in dark corner, and then clean aud
respectable looking, he went up stairs to the
drawing room. ss-e
A lady, sill beautiful aud still. young
young at least for the mother of child Of
tifteen-was sitting there embrbidering.
Surrounded with every beauty and every
luxury--nestled in that lonely home, liae a
bird in golden cage--how strange the
chance which had thrown together anything
so graceful as that lady and the old jew
broker. Yet they were well acquainted;
they were even friends: for she rose when he
entered, and advanced towards him kindly
and shook hands with him, and petted him
as woman only can pet, without any visible
overt act. But all taat Joe seemed to wish
for was to sit little. and watch her as she
bent over her embroidery. and 30 hear again
that she was contented and happy
"Are you certain. sure that you want for
nothing ?' INQUIRED Joe 'sncr Miss Mar
garet neithery' @A18R
s.Nethiug, Joe, noshipg,'' and the sweet
lady looked NJ affectienateiy, as if shs had
spoken 10 father.
"That's enough, th ut is all wsnt,n NUT
tered Joe, and then he went back into the
depths of hisqaiet meditations, watching ths
lady's face, and even now and then s'aheips
round the room. as If to see that alt was
right, and to End cut where be could alter
and improve After this had gone on for
short time, Jos Msppin asked for Margares
in ansuncouth way. strangely softeHed, ike
q massiE partly Eaesmerised. The lady rang
the bell and Margaret cane. 1t seemed to
be the usual way in which she was summoned
when the broker was there, for she came at
once, without giving the servant sime to call
her. She also showed the most unaffected
gratitude and lore for too cid man. running
np TO him aud taking his hand calling him
oD ear Jos;'.ss il eha meansit.
ssAnd is there nothing that the little lsdy
wants 20. said Joe, pattag her head and
smoothing down her r,eurls. "IIasshe gowns
and bonness enough, lady2 for you know
she has but to ask and have"
"Whv Joe, don't wear out such froek
in week =, said sfasearss, laughing; "and
it was only last tuesday ysu gave me that
beauty. thoagh hadeD's YES half worn m5
blue siik.n sS ia
joe Mappin drew her between bis knees,
and held her face in his bands. ..sSiiyer and
rcfd isn't good enough for you both. he
"a -,.h ol,,nat n pass;no .,f feyray in HIS