Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1866-05-10
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From the Atlantic Month
COUPON BONDS.
An Interesting Fsrmer's stOIy.
ALL is WELL THAT ENDS WELL
PART II.
An Interesting Fslrmer's stony
ALL is WELL THAT ENDS WELL
pARr II.
Continued.

Go to the mare and don't leave her
again until l come, or I'll marble ye II
a way you won't like !"
Understanding, by This somewha
equivQcai form of expression, that flag
ella was threatened. Taddy Obeyed
still feeling his smarting and burning
ear.
Ducklow was IN trouble. Wha
should he do with the bonds? The AooI
was no place for them, after what had
happened and he remembered 100 we !
The experience of yesterday to think fol
a moment of carrying them about hi;
person. With unreasonable impalienCe
bis mind reverted to Mrs Ducklow.
Why AMI she 10 home? These wo.
men are forever gaddia'! | wish Reu-
ben'S trunk was in Jerico .
Thinking of the trunk reminded him
of one in the garret, filled with old pa.
pers Of all sorts,-newspape letters
bills of sale, children's writing book -
accumulalions of The past quarter of a
century. Neither fire nor burglar or
ransacking yOungsler had ever nolessed
those ancient records during all those
five, and twenty years. A bright thought
struck him.
iii slip the bonds down into that
wuthless heap o. rubbish, where no one
would think of looking for Them, and
resk them
Having assured himself that Taddy
was standing by the wagon, he paid a
hasty vlsi; to ;he garret, and concealed
tho envelope, still bound n lis band of
tape, among the papers. He then drove
away, giving Taddy final charge to be-
ware of setting any thing afre.
He had driven about half mile when
he met pedIer. There was nothing
unusual of alarming in such a circum-
stance. surely but as Ducklow kept on
II lrouled him.
He'll stop to The house now, most
likely, and want to trade. FIndin' no
body but Taddy, there's no knowing
what he'll be tempted To do. But aiu'l
a going TO worry I'll defy anybody 10
fad them bonds. Besides, she might be
home by this time. | guess she will
hear the fire alarm, aud hurry home :
it will be jest like her. She'll be there.
and-irade milh the pedIer?' thought
Duc<Iow. uneasiIy. Then frighrful
fancy poss essed HIM. She has threat.
ened Two or three times to sell that old
trunkful of papers. He will offer big
price for 'em, aud ten 20 one she will let
him have 'em. Why didn't think on
it? what stupid blunder. buss be y
As Ducklow thought of it. he felt al
most certain that Mrs DucklUw had re-.
turned home and that she was bargain
ing with the peddler at that moment
He fancied her smiliDgl ly receiving bright
twine for the old papers ond he could
see The Iape.led envelope going into
the bag with rhe rest The result was,
that he turned about and whipped the old
mare home again in terrific haste, 10
catch the departing peddler.
Arriving. he found The house as he
left it, aud TadJy occupied 10 making a
kite frame.
Did that peddler stop here?'
i ha nj seen any peddIer.'
Aud ha'n't yer Ma DucklOw been
home, neither? e
No
Aud with a guilty look, Taddy pu; The
kite .frome behind him.
Ducklow considered. The peddler hat
turned up a cross-slreet: be would prob
ably turn down again and stop at III,
house. after all: Mrs. Ducklow nigh
by that time be at home: then The sale
Of old papers would be very likely TO TAX,
place. Duchlow thought of leaving wort
that he did not wish any old papers il
the house to be sold, but feard lest lh
request might excite Taddy's suspicious
1 don, see 40 way bat for me TO TAX
the bods with me, thought be, with a
inward groan.
He acc ordlngly went to the garrei
took The envelope out of the trunk, an
placed it in the breast pocket of hi
uver-coat, TO which he pinned it TO pre-
vent it by any chance from getting ou
He used six large, strong pins for lh
purpose, and was afterwards sorry
did not use seven.