Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1866-06-01
WiSce ceIlan v.
PROPRIA QUE MARCUS

said Mr.. Jonas Barcarole. looking abou
MIN at breakfast. Has anybody seen John
Misling lately Every body looked g
Clara
"Ilc tas not i,,u t,r, IN month, sir,
Answered the beautiful Clara, promptlY.
Hum q" ,aiI Nj Eucsrule ''ha tn;
Young lllOw may l >irs | should thInk
som,hody had better iit ef.er him 80 anC
5uttonug up his avgfr.lt, iIr u was nov
we'll 90 in the chilly w,sI1,I. the president
.i the prmru>c Bank w,ni down town uul
JlaIa'- cunscicuct stiyti hv tie breakfast
;ible and IL lwcuk,d 4 and jwingtd htr vi
E,uemtriiuc,s oi the way ir which she had
suuhbed Ihls pYur litilr Al-ug. who LAT ore,l
under the double Disadvantage Ol b, ing a
cousin, and madly IN love with her ami il
drew such terrible picture oi the iDTloln lit
lie man. lying -Ick and uHiralrd IN biz dre. -
" lodging house, ihat DO -PlFrtd her up aud
drove her On 10 Ter dr,>srg bureau. where
Sic array,d herstlfina y,iyr; basque, q NO.
Jet hst.uud the smallest lui tinted kId glove-
int which she cluld tq u,zea very pc try
hand ; and fortified by tre Vrescrce OF her
aunt. Mrs. Douga-s lscc handkerchief,
and yinaIgreJte. went o. find and nurse her
missing cousin.
Now John Missing Was wholly inlIPro-
pirate, unfortunate. unre.s ma D.. and ah-
suld individual lie Wa tie autaor Of per
hap- mcTc Tej,cIod manuscripts than any me
III the United out,s, and ,,i firmly hchr'ed
in his own ttlent- a., VII -r. and though
utterly ptnnilc,s and ridiculous 90 every once
eyes bui hi- own, was maliy IN love with
BIZ beautiful cousin. Ciaa Btr,Jr,le. the
daughter of the wealthy Pr,-.d,u, OF the
y. n .r.t 4i..
aung gIls M New Yurk
Duiiug the month in which De had been
missed from ,he BaTcaralc mau-ion nc had
wIIJt,n 81 book, and the lsiIr.. publishers Of
the house OF Ssnsrrir q &C. had promised II
''tLeir earliest attention. a.. c,lculitoI
tiat Jheis earliest attention -i.hIii,d three
w',ks, and st the end ui that Ume intended
;- q, muna an advance of fy, hundred dollars
Oh the took. Out OF tie nF, huujT,d dullus
Le would buY pair of utw t-uuser-, and IN
tlt trou>, T. be would call vn Tie beautiful
Clar'. and give hrraa Opportunity IT htcoIu-
lug Mrs. John Missing Mean iue-and
there Is not a more difficult uy,rati0n ia the
world than living oui ..mtdulimr Mis-
ling had only balance Of twenty five cents
IN ms pocket, and uo prospect of money from
anv quarter. ia this dilemma be ! ickec up
j liuue printed bdl, reading a- follows
y. Cantroll. dealer IN uii kinds Of Ladies
and Genilrmcr cast-,il claJiIrg. Bed Cloth
ing, B .ots, Sloe-. UlJ Metals, old Umbrellas,
Mc-lcal Instruments, fer all If winch the
subscriber viii give the highest Pdcys lie
hopes auy one VITO read- ,ni- bni will look
~ all they have; u ever 80 trifiIug, It Will
le Iuichu,,d.
y B.-The Bill and ttr Goods viii he
FL, d for in Two iOur-
Missing had DO I'D umbrellas u. musical
Instruments to ufi,r The acc, mmOdatiug Mr..
Caurtl; but besides the gray NIX that he
Was Just then wearing he owned pair Of lin
en- trouecrs There would be ID certain Tisk
in the ytnturc for, between ink spots and
mutton chops cooked Over re gls, there was
nothing lelt for the gray NIX but TO be
washed. While they were in the hands OF
Mr.. o Flaherty ,Ali-ling would h. a trOwser-
lies man; but nothing venture nothing
have. Ni-ling sold the linen tr0wseTs, pro-
yIsIUnod himself with crackers and cheese,
and, with many irjunctiuns, plac,d the gray
mix IN the hands # Mrs. o FlaLcrfv.
Ii was then, OF all days il the year, that
Clara BarcarUle brought her violet hat, her
aunt and her lace hsudkerc ici TO look after
her unluckY cousin, and fiutterlng up the
dIngy st,ps of the dingier lodging house,
filled It, Oniun-sco nted halls with waits OF
Night Blooming Cereus. and the breast OF
lie landlady with profounde>t astOnishment.
Nlsling heard them coming. the shrill
yulce ut his landlady sounding IN advance;
Tor, ar there WAS NJ waiting room the good
Woman had maIshaltd them up the damp
stairs at Unce.
This way, ladies. lake care-thrm
step AZ The Il p II broken. The third door
on the left, ladies'
M,sIug hand and glanced wildly around
hun There was the fire Ilsc, hat it was
ohsrTucted by fire hoard and a rusty sthve,
and, bcsIdes, he had never harmed L. climb
chimney. Cluseis there were none. lie had
no trunk. and might have hcsitatcd about
getting into it If he had. Imposshl- to get
under the btds tad. for il was a cot. anu, in
bis fright, il never occurred 70 him 10 lock
the door; aud, hearing the rustic OF silk
and paiter of boot heels close at hand, he
sprang hastily into bed. covering himself mp
tu the tip Of hi nose, Just as Clara and Mrs
Douglass entered
- Al = saId Clara, 10 king about her com
psssionately, just as | thought. Now.
Cousin John, how bad Of you to be i'll. and
never send US word. and make me come all
THIS Way 70 see how y"u wee
you are an angel. answered Misline
vaguely and urglirg with pleasure and
Ialn hlse' iur II was - good Of her To
search him out, y,t how dreadful TO he Wis
tied by an angel when mans trowsers
were in the wash
Have YOU hem long Ill?" asked Ms.
DOuglass. kindly, her wumanly symrarhies
ibor"uglly aroused by the dreary, chilly,
bare little room
Y.s-no-that is-a day or 50 - re-
turn'd Misling. g'tting scarlet.
a. He has lever" said Clara, growing
m"re and more concerned. Lo at his
face, aunt Miiiaml Just think OF hIs lying
sick a ID slonr in this"
She was going TO ssy miserable den' ana
certainiy the exprt sion old the wreiched
litlle room no more than Justice for there
wac no hIe IN the rusty stove the carpet. IN
tie wear and tear Of Years had fOrs often
long ego the pattern Of its youth, ard the
table, adorned with bowl. ever, shaving
utensils, crackers, cheese, and stationery,
was d pine, as were the two hard chairs
occupied by the ladies
Nv hat medicines have you taken p
asked Mrs Douglass. observing that Mtling
shrank from every notice Of bis surroun iings
''lf You have fever | would reeonmend-''
II never take drugs" put IN Misling
hastily. "Pe,fect quiet, light diet''-hert
he glanced at the crackers and cheesc-"ars
the remedies to which always resort"
You are accustomed to it then. You arr
often i'll IN This way p queried Clara.
"Yes; my attscks NAV be said to be peri
ocicsl, ssid Missing, not without secre
relish Of bis own wit, dangerous as was hi
situation.