The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-09-22
THE STORY OF FIVE GOLDEN
q a. EAGLES.
By HERMAN BIsBEE.

1nlO Tue mouse when was Oily TOUR years
of age, so that all my recollections of
childhood are connected with that house
and rs Surroundings
The house stood back nearly half a
mile from the main travelled road, 2and
there was little travel on the main road
Itself As natural consequence, we saw
few strangers and not much company.
Occasionally relatives would come and
spend the day, or day and night as the
custom with relatives, in country places.
Occasionally = peddler would como for
apples, or potatoes, or oxen or sheep, or
COWS or maple sugar. But for the most
part the family was isolated. There were
IN the family, my father and mother, three.
sisters younger than /, and one brother
older gggreot .,ef - aa8aa, sa-,. ffta
In the northwest corner of the house
there was a large room which went by.
the name of square ROOM" 1t was only.
partially furnished. There was an old
fashioned bedstead, with an old fashioned
feather bed an ld-fashioned bureau,
| with two or three chairs. The room was
never used except for company to sleep
! in, save on one occasion when my cousin
| lived with US !; it was used for time by
her, to sit in on Sundays, and two even
| ipgs in each week with young gentle.
man who came often and stayed late, and
whom she soon married. gds Ia ;ud
The bureau in this room was the re-
ceptacle for all keepsakes of which the
family was possessed-few indeed. 1t
was the receptacle of valuables also, and
was in consequence kept carefully locked.
Two small. drawers on the top of the bu.
reau, at either end, were nearly, filled
with little boxes, daguerrotypes, pictures
torn from goods purchased, appearing
| very beautiful and costly to us, pin cush1
ions. which had been presented to my
mother at her marriage, and numerous
PARTICLES. d aY ts.tT aa4Yt39fl ,5.tssts.
| The first large drawer from the top
was used by father for old deeds, Che was
not as poor as one might be led to infer
| from this description OF his valuables)
receipts, books, (of which. he had none but
account books letters, and such choice
pieces of gold and silver as he desired to
withdraw from circulation Among these.
latter were five bright yellow golden
eagles, which had been there SO long that
| had no knowledge whence they came,
saw them often, as did the whole fam
lily. They, were regarded by me as a fix
ture, and | should have considered it sac
rilege to have taken one, even to handle,
without the consent of my father. Nei
ther was there ever opportunity to take
them as the drawer was kept securely
locked. iglreasaa af# aya 4...s dc
1t was the custom of my mother, in the
annual housekeeping, to pass this room.
by. 1t was seldom used. and the infer
ence was that it seldom needed cleaning
The windows were all attended to on
such occasions; and all corners where
cobwebs might gather, and the carpet re-
ceived most leffectual sweeping That
was all There was no overhauling the
furniture, and thorough regeneration of
the room, as was the case with every other
room in the house. a rn IA
After passing it in this way for term
of years. know not how many, the time
came in. the spring that I was fourteen
years old, that thorough cleaning was
resolved upon, was designated to take
the carpet and whip it., move the furni-
ture, and do all that boy would be ex-
pected to do on such an important occa-
sion, where no servant was thought of. /
enjoyed the enviable reputation of doing
carefully and thoroughly whatever I at
tempted to do. aogyaIf3aa. nEs
My father went three miles to mill on
that day, and being oyerseer of the poor,
and a great talker, yhe was detained until
a late hour that evening" II rra96.r
/ retired full hour earlier that even
ing than was my custom. The days la
Dor had completely exhausted me. oc-
cupied q room directly over the kitchen,
warmed by the pipe from the kitchenI
stove. Il could hear distinctly all that
was said in the room below. ~ stq91
I fell asleep o3a 10 sfrusd as egl
About an, hour after (the hour when
usually retired) 7 was awakened by the
voice of my father in the room under
meath. bae sr~a4fs r4f4,,b ID ga#s..sF.aI
1T, is no use to try to explain it," |
heard MIN say in an excited and loud,
"he has taken the gold. What could
possess him don't see,""a5 hsg Il
I"Are you sure that they are not IN the
drawer ?" my mother replied. g Let us
90 and look. again. John wouldn't do
such a thing as to take the gold pieces /
know. We shall find them somewhere
1t can't be that he would do such thing. "
81 have looked, and looked, and look
ed, my father replied, slightly Modified.
+" There is no use, but to satisfy you, we
will look again" an, seu .i -eI
My father spoke passionately,, even in
the closing sentence, and they evidently
went to search once more, as the CONVEX
sation ceased, fgros5 see vg ~
My reflections, during their absence, it
will readily be believed, were painful |
comprehended, as could not well help
doing, the actual situation The golden
eagles were missing, as my father had
discovered in going to the bureau after
his rntnrn from the mill He helieund I