Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-02-16

mained on the stairs, with my heart going pit.
a-pat, can promise you, and wishing what vas
coming was well over The intrepid Lucy sioop.
ID down, and looked through the keyho..
rs S0mers observed she, IN volcs trem-
bling with anticipated triumph lts the Esry
nan himself Hes got his horrd feet upon tue
maulle-sel, just ~ be used to do in our house
nd he's reading the same volume Of BJroh's
pucms I'll Don Juan him"
With these words, she threw open 1he door,
nd marched into our Spare Room ike gen.
raj taking possession.
" And how 40 you do Mr. Somers ahG' Mr.
Adophus ConIoy, alias number Of other sne
names, do not doubt? My 'uRblo day to
you, my perfect gentleman.
And she dropped her courtsoy to him witt
'oe most cutting courtesy yoa can imagine.
could not help coming little way down the
stairs to look W hun ! never cav any man 60
frightened in my lite Mvins, under ths idea
Of burglars, was quito Julius C@,sr compared
with him His eye wandered irrssolute!y from
the nearth-brush to the sergeant ms jor, and ht
upon me at ast with really quite pitul eI.
pressl0n.
"Oh Mrs Mivus, said he, " never meant
you any harm. Do, pray, protect me.
"Oh, no harm stsll, exclaimed my husband,
presenting our little account, carefully made
up to the latest dates" no harm al all, II You
vii settle that
AM his added Nr, Brown, droppn.
mother courtesy, and drawing forth document
ol = similar nature.
" have not got ono single isrthiug, oil
served NF Adophu' Contoy, with desperstion.
draw a vail over what followed indeed
Taa 90 upsst that became entirely uuconsclou.
W hen recovered, the sentiAes were stlll a
tbcil poet Mrs. Browns color vas rather
heightened-ber hearth brush was broken ia
vo-my unfortunate lodger was sitting on tbs
carpetol our Spare Room in suppicatory
attitude.
Ifyou will only spare me, my dear Mn,
Brown, cried he " have an uncle in io@n.
VINO will repay YOU all, and more
" dare cay you have, replied sho oou
tsmptuously You hove an uncle in ever,
street"
" Yes, out this iis regular Que, this ia"
urged 10 "and he's very iond of hi' nephsN
do assure you
" Then he mus. have a very peculiar tait.,
-quoth the sergsant.msjor, 'ententiously
a. lie will pay you all ten tins over, eriei
the poor wretch, rubbing hs back "I don't
ark you 70 lose sight Of me Come with ms to
hls house, Mr. Brown, if you will not truss
me
" trust you exclaimed that lady, with th.
oitesl sc0rn.
Nevertheless, since there was offered thisscln-
tilla of hope, she put on her bonnet, and &c.
cJmpsnied her victim into the street, notrith
stndiug the ergeant.major's remonsusnce,.
10 about FIVE minutes. she returned alone. Mr.
Somors, shoI C1nroy, had called a cab in the
next street, and escaped from the srenger
He got on the bOr, said sha" or | would
have gone with him wherever he went. HoN.
ever, he had something - remember me By
at least. When we came to examine t6e
bulky and ponderous baggage, 1t turned out to
be brckbap All that he bad left Of perscnal
property in our Spare Room-he having taken
away all bic tine clothes by degrces and unob.
aeryed-was u lalse oravat called sellevs,
" Dundreary,' and g ttle boz full of ingeniou,
instruments for forcing locks.
The misfortune has put US rather out Of
heart 10 respect to single gentlemen dodgers
Can any one tell us what is 10 b. dons With
our Spare Room?