The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1865-11-11

explain TO Us What has taken you at l.ass,
half an hour TO make clear to my niece
We'll, my dear unclo-I may call YOU
uncle
oh, yea; month sooner is not Of
much consequence
Don't uncle said Clara.
You know how went away, with
just enough to pay for tools, aud outfit
and passage. l went to California, To-
the diggings, and was lucky, got a good
claim, worked it made Il little money
took shares in a machine, worked the
claim, improved the machinery, became
manager, got rich ; started six months
| ngo to come home for Clara, took tho
/ fever at Panama, was down for two
! months there, not able to move hand or
foot, aud arrived only last night in Liver.
pool. There [ met an old friend, and
heard all the news poor Webster's
/ death, the promise, and the rest, and
above all. that to morrow was the day
! started by the first train to get to Lon
don, thinking the marriage would take
place and l should be in time Looking
out of the window of the carriage as the
trains were passing each other at Peter.
borough, saw Clara with her mother
did not see you; was mad-the trains
had started / could not get on. There
was Clara going from me, and from her
rs fast as express trains could 90. What
could do? | knew nothing Of where
she was going, and yet my information
was positive that she was going to be
married tomorrow, solely because she
would keep her promise.
Can you wonder at my doing as
did? Tie train did not stop till it
reached London, and found that by the
time l had hunted up the address to
which you had gone from the servants
at home. should have lost the last train,
and not been able to got here long past
midnight. What to do l could not
think.
in the carriage in which I sat some
body had been talking about the mur-
dorrer, Tawcli, and the telegraph, the
police on the door step, and 50 on. 1t
ali flashed on nay mind in IN instant.
! went to the telegraph Office, and
looking in, there was only young lad
there. / wcLt in and called him.
Can you telegraph to York for me ?
Certainly, sir
Il wrote the telegram you saw"
You must sign this, sir
mo l must no:, Young man. and I
drew him toward ne by the shoulder.
MY names Field, Inspector Field
you understand ?
On . certainly, sir. Did you catch
that man the other day? heard it
from one Of our clerks
/ Oh, yes, caught him safe and sound;
he's at Newgate now
Indeed, sir said the Lad.
You'll send that at once the trains
due in less than an Hour. III see you
do it,
lie did send it, and as I heard the
click, it was like the. throb Of new
heart the click, click, click, it was like
the throO OF new Eeart circulating
fiery bloodiuarteries, forl knew itwould
enable me to see you, Clara, dear, and
then | came down, as you see, by this
train, and | leel disposed to embrace all
the telegraph clerks in the kingdom
We'll, young man, It's a dangerous
game. | suppose You are aware it's an
offence not lightly punished TO pretend
you're an officer Of police said Mr..
Blake.
My dear Mr.. Blake, if it was death
on the instant of discovery, and was in
the same strait, should DO the same
thing over again
You must find a prosecutor, Mr..
Blake said Clara, 'and as I, the prin.
cipal person concerned, am not going to
prosecute the officer, think he will
escape
But why said I, did you not tele.
graph TO Clara direct?''
because I feared that Mrs. Webster
might possible have prevented our meet
ing
| Mr.. Blake lcftus with his eyes twink
ling, and muttered something to me
about 'saryitude for life
\ month after this had the pleasure
Of giving away my niece to Herbert, and
in two months more had the pleasure
, Of reading in the Times the announce
meRt of the marriage Of Mrs. Webster
) to prancis Tredgar, Esq, Of Tredgar
uulI, to which ceremony need scarcely
say was not Invited.
Clara, Herbert and live together
ami to this day he is spoken of among
his intimntos as Herbert Langly, that
active and intelligent officer
PRIVILEGED CLAssEs.-The privil-
eyed classes of this country may be elias.
sjGed as follows:
! Glass Aholitionis.
Glass B-Bonnholdeys.
Glass C-Cortractors.
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