The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-10-01

it contained his pocket-book, in which
was a large amount of money. He
hoped ont of the carriage, and after
procuring a horse from the nearest farm
house, started at break-neck pace for
Emporia, hoping to find il before any
one should pass along the road. Arriv-
ing at the outskirts of town, he gave up
in despair, concluding that he would
never see his coat or its contents again.
After considering the affair, he conclud-
ed 10 advertise it in THE EMPoRIA NEWS,
and not state that there was any money
in the pocket. He also determined to
make thorough search for it in quiet
way, if he did not find it by advertising.
He very naturally concluded that if an
honest man had found it, on seeing the
advertisement, he would return it to the
proper owner. The notice duly appear
ed but no coat, nor any tidings of it.
The gentleman now determined to
find out who passed over the road that
afternoon, but this was impossible. So
he took a private boarding house and
kept his own secret, believing that the
man who found his coat and money
would, in short time, if there was no
stir made about the affair, change his
mode of living, or invest i'll something,
so that the people who were acquainted
with him would begin to wonder and
remark about the sudden change. But
alas, all his new laid plans amounted to
nothing, and he had about determined
to abandon the search as fruitless, when
the merest accident in the world discov-
cred to him his long lost treasure.
1t seems that the coat was lost OH 9th
Avenue, soon after crossing the bridge
over the ravine on Mechanics street.
An old gentleman who owned the prop
erty adjoining, accidentally passed by
soon after, and seeing the old coat, (the
coat was rather a seedy looking affair."
picked it up and laid it on the fence in
close proximity to some bearing apple
| trees. On further investigation it seems
that the wind blew the coat from the
fence, few minutes after, into the gar
den, where it laid for several days. In
the meantime it rained on the coat
which made it appear much more dilap.
idated looking than ever. The old gen
tleman, in passing through his garden
some time afterwards, picked up tho
coat and threw it on the fence again
where it hung for several days. We
passed the old coat several times after
ward, wondering why it was there, anG
have no doubt but large numbers of oul
citizens have seen the garment hanging
on the fence. After observing the Goa
hanging so close to the large red apples
keep the town boys out of the garden
and thought no more about it.
1t seems that son of the old gentle
man, having some curiosity about thu
coat, went to the fence and made an ex
animation of the pockets, but failed t,
discover anything but some old papers
and threw the old coat into the garden
where it remained until last Sunda,
morning, and where it probably woulC
have remained until spring, and thel
been burned up with other trash, Blu
for a fortuitous circumstance which
caused the old gentleman aforesaid t.
put il back OH the fence, and its discov
cry by its owner.
If the truth must be told, the afore
said old gentleman is excruciatingl,
fond of "batter cakes" or ''flap-iacks,
as we of the army used to call them
/ The good wife told him the night be
fore that, if he would jump up early il
the morning and kindle a rousing fire
she would bake the aforesaid cakes an,
bring out some of her best honey. A
early dawn our aged friend landed int,
his boots, ETC., in short order, and hat
the fire going in jiffy. The cakes wer
baked and breakfast over, and the oil,
gent felt so well that he thought Ii
would look into his garden and see wha
damage the frost had done to his gar
den truck. (Our readers will remembe
that we had frost for the first time las
Sunday morning) Seeing the old Goa
lying all covered with frost and mud
he cOgitated in his mind what to d
with it, and at last, being in such goo
humor over his batter cakes, determine
to put 1T on the fence again and let
dry, believing that some poor wagone
had lost it and that he might accident
D ally discover it.
He had scarcely put the coat on tn
fence and returned to the house befor
Z the owner came along and in a momer
recognized his long lost coat. Quick q
c thought he seized the garment an
thrust his hand into the side pocket an
. drew forth a small bundle of paper
: AT this moment despair was picture
on his cOuntenance. Trembling frol
head to foot he could scarcely summo
courage to make another thrust for hi
: money. Rallying his powers for til
= final attempt, he again put in his han
and drew forth his pOcket-book. Oper
ing it quickly, he soon discovered hi
% 1905 and green-backs, somewhat damn
N but all safe and sound.
&c Had the old gentleman aforesaid bee
fifteen minutes later in putting the co;
NJ on the fence, the owner would hay
4 passed by for the last time and not hay
% found it, as he was on his way to IL
e east, and had given up finding his 10
money. We forbear mentioning IL
70 amount of money lost, or any name
connected with it, as it would not ad
anything to the truthfulness of the st,
ry.