Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-11-05

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hold of and shook him---shoolI him hard
so that he winked his eyes quickly and
opened and shut his mouth like fish out
OF water. think It rather surprised him
TO find how light and small he was
You opened that safe" / repeated,
and you picked my pocket of the keys"
charged him with this because the keys
being in my trowsers pocket could not
drop out unless was held up by the heels,
and also because the inner safe key-the
one belonging to the strong boX-was
taken from the ring where it was always
carried and used alone in the lock-. was
too careful too precise in my vigilance
over such important matters as this of the
iewelry, to leave my keys, anywhere but
In my pockets
appearances are against me, d-n 'em,
calculated Murtagh after my second accusa-
ton.
"They are indeed" coincided. "Don't
let them ride you to the penitentiaryl
For a minute he regarded me with most
villainous look in his eyes.
p" All if'my wife were only here She
is about your size, and could shake you
into ragsin jiffy. Then would laugh
Now, am only strong enough to be the
worst enemy you have mind thatl" With
one mighty sweep of his broom he then
sent me sprawling upon the floor and
darted out into Che dusky labyrinths of the
great building.
The next day we had new janitor
The firm was also in trouble. In order to
ascertain the whereabouts of Miss Hattie
Starks, many letters and advertisements
had vainly summoned her to our presence
AT last, when our stock of patience and
hope was almost exhausted, a letter from
her had reached us; in fact it had come
two days before my interview with little
Murtagh. 1t said in substance, that she
lived in Middletown, Iowa, sixty miles
from any railroad, and with only semi
weekly coaches; that there was no ex-
press line of any kind, and that the only
way for her to obtain her little fortune in
our hands was either to send it by the
hands of a trusty person or wait until she
could come for it. If practicable she would
like the former course to be taken. The
letter was now missing. We had had it
out while discussing what action should
be taken-the decision being that should
have a play-spell and carry the jewels
there myself 1t was al important, though
not serious loss - this letter. Our opin-
ion about it was that it had fallen into the
waste-paper basket and been burned. No
other idea as to the cause of its disappear.
ance entered my head.
In view of my journey was as jovial
and frolicsome as a school boy on the day
of my departure. The valuable little box
was snugly slowed away in my valise
which was never to be without my reach
"Take care of yourself, Millsp said
Scott, twisting my hand
"Don't marry her, and come back with
the fortuneW cried Crounse, as | crcpt
carefully down the stairs.
"Not unless I'm tortured into itp
laughed back.
Hurrying along the street to the depot
encountered Mrs. Murtagh.
"Goin' to leave us" she inquired
planting her burly form in my way.
Ycs'm"
I "Air yer goin' fur away"
! "Iowa," | jerked out.
"Yer must go through Chicago, thenH
"Yes'm," answered, wondering VIII
she asked.
"Well Good-byer' holding out he
dumpy hand. "Good-bye, Mr.. Mills Hus
band and me air a goin' to Bostin' to.mOI
ry and shan't come back again. By TIL
way, here's a letter your firm lost,
guess" handing me Miss Stark's commu
nication. Then continuing, "I want te
say that bear We no i'll will for shakin' III
ROddrick the other night. He orter hav
it oftener for his good (; but Pm getting to-
weak in the jints to do it up handsomely
and the doctors -"
"Never mind, Mrs. Murtagh, I'll forgiv
you but you must excuse me if leave yoI
in order to catch the cars" She scenes
exceedingly disappointed at not being al
lowed to relieve her mind of what tn
doctor said. In fact felt little ashame,
of treating the woman with such brusque
ness, and half turned in my walk to lool
back. Doing so | saw that her husban,
had joined her, that he carried bundle il
his arms, that she was pointing toward mt
and that, finally, they suddenly separated
going in opposite directions and at righ
angles to my course. IA
The only marked events of my ride t
Chicago might be summed up as bein
two One, the apparition, on the platform
of miserable way station, of Mr.. Murtagl
in the guise of very fat man with re
moustache; second, an accident which haI
pened a little while before reaching CHI
cago. In the first case I no sooner say
the figure than rose from my seat, an
with my carpet -bag-which Travelled bt
tween my feet-in my hand, | went Ou
only to realize that the phantom, if it wer
such, had disappeared, unless by magic
had been transformed into the decrep
old apple man stealing out of the darknes
of the night to Yend his. stock in trad
upon the train. Heartily disguised within
suspicion, went back to my seat only
encounter, little later, an accideT
which threw a car from the1tra TIL
delayed our arrivalin Chicago until aftC
midnight. A few 'busses and one hac
were in waiting. AS | stepped out int
the glare of the gas lights the hackma
came up to me and said;
"Tm No. 75."
"Well, what of it?"
"Tm the man you want and you're tn
man want"
"Indeed!"
eyes, sir. Old man Scott telegraphe
me to meet and take good care of ma
of your descriptions young man wit
side whiskers, small valise' in hand, an
named Mills "-saying it with an air
I confirmed honesty. f.
"Tm the man, then," said, warmed
my heart by the kindness of the partner
so delicatoly exhibited. "You know Il
old gentleman
"Guess do ! was his coachman for
little while, once upon time"
"Yesi Y-e-sg" clutchIng my preciol
J travelingbag closely to my side. He'wi
long time-at least five minutes-in &c
ting me to his vehicle. Once entered, Il
door was slammed TO, the driver stuck h
head through the window and inquire
"where toY" in an off-hand business wa
and receiving his answer. raised the wi
dows, muttering something about Il
night AIR being very damp. Before star
ing asked how far it was to the dep
whence my train was to leave, and was a
swered that IL was a mile. tifN I
With whistling whirl to his VIII
and sharp git the, driver put b
horses to aquielE ltrot, and I began VIII
proved to be one Of. the most terrible rid
ever taken in carriage. We rattl,
n0isilY over stone paVements then roll,
upon tho wooden NicolsOn that lulled Il
traveller into drowsiness The lampswe
all out, but as we dashed along the stree
j could family discern policemen, now an
7 then, lingering, like belated shadows, I
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