Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-10-31


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room. Boreass was still fast asleep. With
his arm lying outside the covcrlst: bu,
the nervous t"itching ofhis fingers seemed
to show that he WAS Disguised with pain
ful dreams. / was sitting IN. irving to
collect my thoughts, when Thesntcn burs,
into the room, shouting ont. eHurrahi-
Mary is found, and she's ali right.
stop that, Thornton" I said, "And
don't Be such feol."
Borsass had sprung up. and. looking
wildly about him, he said:
"Oh. Thornton, you nsedu's---B But
what did you say? I didn't hear" he
added in an excited, imp'cring tone.
why, old fellow" I said, "that Mary
il al right. I've just seen her in the
kitchen, ~ fresh IS . lark. She said 10
me, ~ soon - she cav me, well, Master
Thornton, you won't carry on such game
~ this again in hurry, I'll b beusd.'"
Borsase turnsd asousd, and hid his face
in bis pillow aud wh.n vent to him
he bad bsttsr get up, bic pillow vas vet
with tears.
In order to account for MaSy's rsappsar-
anes safe and sound, Il 10 necessary to re-
mind the reader. that sheo Ne brought
home the skull Jack had lent us, Thornton
concealed the bag in which il Was contained
under bis bed. Mary found il there, -
matter Of course, the next morning, We
might have known this, if We had givsn the
mattera thought. for it vas vsry unlikely
It would escape her quick eye. She won
dsrsd, when fret she discovsrsd it, shat
hA - -
scented mischisf in . moment but What
particular kind Of mischief ~ had on
hand shs could not Imagine. She
had no doubt, however, that she
should BE- able to find out il she
kept her eyes open. And 30 II hsppsned.
that whilst Thornton and Borhase we're up
stairs dressing their phantom, Mary vas
perfectly aware Of thsif doings. and actually
enjoyed . private view Of their handiwerk,
when ~ had oil osms down into the hsll
after svsrything had been made ready.
Her Own countsrplos WAS preaptly plasnsd
With semblasce Of The most psrlsGs uit-
eouscioasnsss she answered eur bell ind
when, at Thornton's request, she went Up
stars TO fstch the bsek. he had NAMED
ffe0 undss the pillow, ahs uttered the loud
ssream which he'd alarmed % . tessiblv !:
End then running 70 the window Ahs threw
Il Up. Her object In doing this VS. to ssn.
der ner temporary disappearsnes mere I'M.
accountable, % she bed alesady asranksd
in her ows misd . way Of escaping eur ns>
tice. One Of the pAnss Of siase wos brekea
- she threw mp the wiudeW, but this was
an accident. AZ the sane time her cop fell
Cd, and whirl Of wind carried il bsy end
her reach She concealed hsrssif immsdi.
atsly, behind the deer; and when Ne rushed
int ths aajsISing c6sabr, she quietly
came cut Of her rstesat, ssd slipped dsus
the ssairs, leaving ths house by The door
which opened int the plsy ground. On
she went BY the garden ealk int Tho lane
intending TO run dewn 70 her usther's
heusss ~hish was not far distant, and ~.
main there for haitian hsur, until she thought
ws had been we'll frightened By her n sts>
riously disappsarancs.
AZ she was hurryiug down the lane, she
passed the door Of young married friend;
It was partly open, and hearing her baby
CRY, she pssped in. Her friend was sitting
up for her husband, whom she vas expect
ing every minute, ~ his boat had come up
with the fast tide. Mary took the baby
and carried il about the room until it was
quiet, but the mother, in The meant lille had
fallen sslesp.
Seating herself before the Gre, with the
baby on her lap, she became so drowsy As
to be unconscious of The latenesa Of tho
hour. She was astonished and very much
alarmed. when the young sailor came in,
aud told her that it was past one o'clock.
lie went with her a!ong thelane, but they
must Rave 1t the school house some
time after the doctor and Smithson had rs>
turned from thor fruillsss search by the
rissrsids. Looking up at tho v:ndsws, and
observing that oil was quiet, she concluded
that her absence bad not attracted much no.
tics. She returned therefore, to her friend's
house, intending to be back on time for her
mornings work and hoping that her ex>
plan stion Of what had occurred would eatisfy
~ Mrs. Bloxam.
1t would be some two years after these
events, that went down to Fsirmead TO
visit tho doctor and my old school. l in>
quir.d for Mary.
Poor Mary" said tho doctor. "died
about year after you lsft. Fever broke
out amongst my boys, and it vas due. un>
der the good providence Of God, mainly
49, AAssy 0tt9OtlOO ana
devoted nursing. that it did not provo
more fatal than it did. We only lost one
Of whom We were beginning to form high
expactations-yo Borsass; you know
him. When the crisis seemed to have pass
ed he took turn for the worse, aud grad
ually sank. Poor Mary herself was the
last to be attacke'l, and nothing could save
her. A memorial in the church.vsrd wa
erected BY the lends Of the boys; and 90
. large sum vas collected, q. . proof Of
their gratitude. that her poor mother 10 be-
yond the reach Of want, 90 long % she
lives. You remember the fright she caused
you, which you richly deserved. You did
not knew. perhaps, that the whole neigh.
borhood would have been aroused the next
morning to search for the missing girl. and
that the drags were being made ready for
dragging the river"
mo. doctor, l did not know that but a.
long - | live, shall remember the wretch
ednsss Of that miserable night; and have
made resolution With respect to practical
joking. that ! will never have . hand in
anything Of the kind again"