The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1867-03-07
COUPON BONDS.
From the Atlantic MonthIy.7

, somebody else must nave taken tueiii, sue
i, reasoned
The man in the chaise!' she exclaimed,
or rather made an effort to exclaim sue
: ceeding only in bringing forth hoarse,
gasping sound. Fear dried up articulation.
: Nog faucibUs hoecit.
, And Taddy? He had Disappeared; been
murdered perhaps, gagged and carried
away by the man in the chaise.
Mrs. DuckIow few hither and thither,
Ito use favorite expression of her own,)
like hen with her head cut off; then
rushed out of the house, and up the street,
screaming after the chaise,-
Murder! murder! Stop thief! stop thief !
She waved her hands aloft in the air fran.
tically If she had truged before now she
trotted, now she cantered but if the can
tering of the old mare was fifty ikened to
that of COW, to what thing, to what man
ner of motion under the sun, shall we Ii
ken the cantering of Mrs Ducklow, 1t was
original it was unique; it was prodigious =
Now, with her frantically waving hands,
and all her undulating and tapping skirts,
she seemed species of huge unwieldly bird
attempting to fly. Then she sank down
into heavy, dragging walk, breath and
strength all gone, no voice left even to
scream murder. Then the awful realization
of the loss of the bonds once more rushing
over her, she started up again. Half run
ming, half flying, what progress she made.
| Then Atkins dog saw her, and, naturally
mistaking her for prodigy, came out at
her, bristling up and bounding and barking
terrifically.
Come herel' cried Atkins, following the
dog whats the matter? What's to pay
Mrs. Ducklow?'
Attempting to speak, the good woman
could only pant and wheeze.
Robbed! she at last managed to whisper,
amid the yelpings of the cur that refused to
be silenced.
Robbed? How? Who?
THE chase. Keteh it.
Her gestures expressed more than her
words; and Atkins horse and wagon, with
which he had been drawing out brush, be-
ing in the yard near by, he ran to them,
leaped to the seat, drove into the road, took
Mrs Ducklow, aboard, and set out in Wig
orous pursuit Of the slow two-wheeled We
hicle.
Stop, you, Sir! Stop, you, Sir shrieked
Mrs. Ducklow, having recovered her breath
by the time they came up with the chaise
1t stopped, and Mr.. GrantIey the minis
ter put out his good-natured, surprised face.
You've robbed my house! You've took
Mrs. Ducklow was going on in wild, &C
cusatory accents, when she recognized the
benign cGuntenance.
What do you say? have robbed you z
he exclaimed, very much astonished.
No, no! not you! You wouldn't do such
-, fnrtb ,.,hiIa 4
kins, who had laughed himself weak at MIR.
Ducklow's plight earlier in the morning,
now laughed himself into side-ache at Mrs
Ducklow's ludicrous mistake. But did you
did you stop at my house? Have you seen
our Thaddeus?'
Here | be, Ma Ducklow!, piped a small
voice; and Taddy, who had till then re-
manned hidden, fearing punishment, peeped
out of the chaise from behind the broad
back Of the minister
'Taddy! Taddy! how came the carpet
Il pulled it up, huntin' for MARBLE said
Taddy, as she paused, overmastered by her
emotions.
And tbe-the thing tied up in brown
wrapper
PA Ducklow took it,
'Ye sure?'
Yes, seen him!'
oh, dearn said Mrs Ducklow, i never
was so beat! Mr. Grantley, hope-excuse
mel didn't know what | was about! Tad
dy, you notify boy, what did you leave the
house? Be We quite sure yer Pa Duck
low
Taddy repeated that he was quite sure,
as he climbed from the chaise into Atkins
wagon The minister smilingly remarked
that be hoped she would find NO robbery
had been committed, and went his way
Atkins, driving back, land setting her and
Taddy down at the Duck!ow gate answer
ed her embarrassed Much Obliged to ye,'
with a sincere. Not at all, considering the
fun he had had sufficient compensation
for his trouble. And thus ended the morn
ing's adventures with the exception of an
unimportant episode, in which Taddy, Mrs.
Ducklow, and Mrs. Duclxlow's rattan were
the principal actors.
| At noon Mr.. Ducl1low returned.
Did ye take the bonds? WIS his wifes
| first question.
OF course did, You don't suppose I'd
go away aud leave 'em in the house, not
KNOWN when you'd be comm home.
wal, didn't know. And didn't know
whuther to believe Taddy Or not. Oh, I've
had such fright
And she related the story of her pursuit
of the minister.
| How could we make such fool of yer
self? II will get all over town, and shall
be mortified to death. Jest like a woman
to git frightened!'
IF gou hadn't got frightened and made a
fool Of yourself, yelling fire. It would mt
have happened! retorted Mrs. Ducklow.
wal wal say no more about it The
bonds are safe
4 was in hopes you'd change 'em for
them registered bonds Reuben spoke of
Il did try to, but they told me at the bank
it couldn't be did. Then | asked 'em if
they would keep em for me- and they said
they wouldn't object to lockin' on em up in
their safe; but they wouldn't give me no
receipt, nor hold themselves responsible for
'em l didn't know what else to do, so
handed 'em the bonds to keep
4 want to know if you did now! ex
claimed Mrs Ducklow, disapprovingly.
Why not? What else could | do?
didn't want to lug 'em around with me for
ever. And as for keepin' 'em bid in the
house. we've tried that and Ducklow IN
folded his weekly newspaper.
, Mrs. DucKloW was placing the dinner OF
5 the table, with look which seemed to say
e 4 wouldn't have left the bonds in the bank
my judgment would have been better thar
e all that. If they are lost | shan't be I,
blame!' when suddenly Ducklow starte'
d and uttered cry of CONSERVATION over bi
If newspaper.
1t Why, what have We found?
e Bank robbery
L Not your bank? Not the bank wher
s. y0ur bonds
OF course not; but in the very next towr
The safe blown open with gunpowderl Fiv
= thousand dollars in Government bonds stC
IT, len =
Is 'How strange" said Mrs. Duck!ow. No,
what did | tell vel?