East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-23

ging and pushing, that l succeeded in
leading him to the door of the nearest
house, whore, upon knocking, we were
Hospitality admitted, and forthwith
put before a cheerful fire. The bust
ling dame and her husband both
agreed with me that Tupling must at
once be got TO bed, for he was almost
speechloss. Whom, however, Mr.. Al
len, four host and L attempted 10
strip him he would have resisted but
without attending to his efforts, how.
ever, we quickly disrobod him, when
his reluctance was explained He
wore bit with a considerable sum
of gold sewel up in it, under his
clothes. But we stripped him, rubbed
him down with warm towels, gave him
IA dose out Of iay brandy flask, and it
was not long before he was asleep
On eniptying his pockets that his
clothes might be dried, l took the lib
erty Of investigating his exchequer,
whereupon he appeared to be possess
ed of about twenty-five thousand dol
lars, all told. From this / distracted
the amount for which / had stipulated
with him, and having deposited the
same with my own slender pecunium,
i want TO sleep, well fatgued, but
with a joyful mind
Rising early, / suggested to Mr..
Tupling, (who was still asleep when |
entered his room,) the possibility of
my delivering him UP to certain indi-
viduals anxious to put papers into his
hands, Commencing "ro the Shorih,"
and ending "Justice Of Peace, and
hands on his shoulder at which idea
he exhibited and expressed q disgust
profound in character, and altogether
profane in expression. But the sug-
gestion prevailed with him to yield
perfect assent to the little transaction
Of which informed him, and whose
completeness demonstrated by ex-
hibiting to him the bunch of wetnotes
in my pocket-book. And he took,
though with an evil grace, a receipt in
full from me as Longtime, Sellemup
q Co.'s attorney.
Leaving him to his own devises and
thanking and paying Mr.. Allen, ! has
toned to Hartford, where, not to fail
in the strict line of my duty to the
community, / notified officer Lockitt
OF the place whore l had left Tupling,
whom, however, although the consta-
M ;psfapt diligence, he failed to
nppreheQd. ! have TeUvi' - -
of him since; he may be III California
or in Congress, for what know.
L found Spiggleton at the hotel in
Hartford, informed him with a grave
face that had found that there was
absolutely no goods to attach, and
that / had reliable information that
Tupling had left Middletown; but, l
added, L thought there was q certain
channel by which, for a full release,
twenty-five per cent, or thereabouts,
of the amount due could be obtained.
Spiggleton's further inquiries about
Tupling seemed to have even lowered
his estimate Of the man and his sol
vency; for he caught at the offer, and
said it was lucky that they could get
SO much,
laughed. 81 beg pardon, Mr..
Spiggleton, couldn't resist the Tempt
alton to try your hopes. I've secured
the whole amount. Have the kind
hess to count these notes, will yon ?"
And L deposited tho documents yet
wet, but good money and true, upon
the table, In silent wonder the mer-
chant counted and summed up.
Five thousand nine hundred and
thirty-one dollars" he said. "Did
you fish the funds out Of the river
The notes are wet enough"
Yes, litterlaly and truly ! did," L
answered; and told him the my story,
to his great satisfaction and delight
Longtime, Sellemup & Co. paid me
five hundred dollars for that nights
work but no money would buy me
to experience again the one quick,
deadly pang of fright that thrilled
= through me at the sight of the black
ice of the air hole; neither to this day
can 1 walk over the frozen surface Of
any water without a slight instructive
trembling.