The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-02-05

finish the house. l cant sleep At nights IN 1t
and ever since the children died l have fe
bad about 1T a-.s t.. ..ss
'On finish it, finish it there's not much
do, said the brother encouragingly.
We'll, I'll go and dig up some more sand f
the plastering,' said he and he went to wor
in the back basement, and took up Il couple c
The flooring boards, and commenced di gging.-
He continued working for a day or two afte
this, and then locked up the house and too
the railroad cars for Tivoli, to see his wife
He returned to Troy on the third day after
wards: and resumed his old work.
About a week after this. two of his acquain
tauces, both working men called TO see him. =
Richard was IN the act of feeding the cat on tn
hearth, in the back Dick, said on
otthe men in a Joke, have you got Gregor,
poked in there q
oh I've been getting sand out of there,
he replied carelessly. In a few minutes after
wards he said
Let's go up stairs; Ill show you something
that nobody knows anything about but myself,
and he led the way to the first floor, wher'
be unlocked his tool chest, and took out a boz
from which he extracted two papers. Holding
one of those in his hand, he said, 'that'll show
that this property belongs to me, and he hsnd
ed it to one of the two for perusal. 1t was {
mortgage on his house in favor of Henry Gre
CORY, for eight hundred dollars. The other
was a policy of insurance.
That mortgage said Richard, i took W
from Gregory before he left. and no one knew
any thing about it,
That was a very mysterious disappearance
of Gregory.s, remarked one of the VISITORS
To which Richard merely replied, Yes and
drew from his pocket a watch, and said Look
here, what an establishment l carry
Jackson he said, addressing the one tc
whom he handed the mortgage. you know
more than either my wife or my two brothers
None of them know but that that | owe eight
hundred dollars on this property. and here
don'S owe q cent
Then the three men left the house tog ether:
but Richard separated from the other two at
ter proceeding a short distance, and entered the
office Of lime burner, where in view of plas'
tering his walls, he ordered and paid for eight
bushels of lime, While it was being measured
and Inc bill receipted, he sat down and entered
into conversation with the lime burner, an ole
acquaintance.
Amy news of Gregory ? inquired the lat
ter. r.
No replied Richard l guess he's gone tC
Europe, and we shan't have any
pa YOU think he run away.
Yes, ! do, and I'm sorry for it-for / dom
know how it will be with me if he doesn't come
back
Why, how's that?'
you know said he, that l bought the lot
where my house stands ftom Gregory on credit,
and that he was to lend me money to help build
the house. Well, | gave him a mortgage foE
eight hundred dollars, on the house and lot
then had the house insured, and the insurance
handed over to him for security. Now, what
troubles me is this, more than a month before
Mr.. Gregory left, l took up the bond and mort
gage
Then, said the other, you're all right-for
| suppose you had the bond and mortgage cam
celed at the Clerks office
No. repliedRichard, l hadn't
Then did Gregory endorse anything on the
bond and mortgage"
sNn-.
Did Gregory, III Shat case, give you no re-
ceipt for the money paid?'
Mo-
Then | don't wonder at your being anxious
about il for if Gregory does'u 1t come back you'll
be put to some trouble, and perhaps have to
pay it over again. Id advise you to goimme~
dlately to Tho clerks office, and see about it
You'll see Judge Williams there and if you
take the papers along with you, and tell him
your story, | guess he'll make it ali right with
you, and have it cancelled
l was speaking to Mr. Jones about thai, said
Richard, and he told me not to go just yet
that | could get the bond and mortgage cam
celed at any time; and as excitement was high
relative TO The Disappearance OF Mr.. Gregory,
they might suspect something
'IfIt was my case said The other, | would
not rest a moment under such circumstances
Cant you Prove by anybody that you paid the
money to Mr.. Gregory"
No
Where did you pay him?'
AT Gregory's own house on Wednesday
evening. l had seen him before, and made al
appointment to bring the money to him
Was any one present when you paid him?
No Que besides ourselves
Did any one see you go INTO the house y
Not as l know of.
WHO let you in?
Gregory himself.
That's rather unusual, I've been there sew
eral times, and I've always been let in by The
servant.
sAh, we'll said Richard, slightly embarrassed
I suppose it was because he expected me-
Knowing | was coming, he kept a look out for
me. We vent into the back room together,
and Gregory took the pond and mortgage, and
Motley of insurance., out of his desk. | then
Maid him the eight hundred dollars-three hun
dred in gold, and the rest in city bills. That
money, at least the greatest portion of it, had
a long time
Then why did you give the mortgage, when
Won had the money lying by you
Because the money was worth more to me
than The interest. and | could occasionally use
it to ad Vantage
Then, what made you pay off tue mortgage
when you did !?
oh = replied Richard, with affected care,
lesness. folks had Dragged that Gregory wonlC
have the house aud lot away from me- again
and sometimes you know, | 60 to New York,
and fool my money away-buying gold watches
.nd iewelrv at auction, and getting cheated. ]
wes afraid / should do it again, and SO thought
that, as long as l had money enough, I'd pay
off the mortgage.
rs strange Gregory gave you no recelpt,be
ing a business man, continued the other.
T didn't think so,' said Richard. Gregory
said. As soon as | paid him, Nov I've got my
money, here's the papers, ..and it's all night
Then saya l to him, Mr. Gregory, I've a re
quest to make of you il is, that you will say
nothing about my paying the money, or taking
up the bond AID mortgage for you know tina
people have said that you'll get the house anc
lot away from me, and now l want to dlsappoln'
them .a T..
VERY well, Richard, said Mr., Gregory, i
Won wish it III say nothing about it
: why. asked the other, nave you kept the
bond and mortgage so long without having i
cancelled 2 r..
Ididn't think it wat necassag TO have l
cancelled | thought it was the same as a note
! of>hand.s replied Richard, who by this time be
pan to feel that his friend the lime>barner wa'
a little suspicious OF him or else very much in
te~rrested in his behalf.
Well concluded the latter, 1t was a piN
you didn't employ a Law yer-forby paying one
five dollars. YOU would have been saved thu
risk of loosing eight hundred dollars
Richard Ross was busy making mortar, ant
whistling over his work in the front basement
entry room, at nine O'Clock one morning less
than a week after this converaation' when
lumber-dealer to whom he was indebted entered
the house py he back door, which was open
.You.v been laying a new floor he remarked
after which be proceeded to enquire aoou
Richards wife.
she has gone to see her sister at Tivoli'
said the latter | concluded to finish the houS
and let her 90 visiting while l did it,