The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-05-12

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and when | look back, SIR said he,
'and remember the miserable days of my
wretched childhood, and think how friend
/ less and forlorn was, and how there was
nothing before me bnt the prison and the
gallows, and think now | have everything
20 make mans life blessed-the power
| to win a respectable livelihood by reputa
| ble labor, the respect of men and the love
| OF such girl as Lucy-I can never be
too grateful to the kind friend who saved
me from life ! dare not contemplate
God bless Mr.. Grinby!' said he, lifting
his hat reverently, as he might in church,
/ and there was a prayer ii his dark eyes
as he looked upward.
Those were the last words / ever heard
him speak, except Good night Ah,
| dear me, it should have been goodbye
ZEN minutes after l went one way and be
the other. | took my way home, and he,
as If seemed afterward, walked Just two
blocks and then came back here. At
! twelve o'clock that night | awoke Mrs
/ Humphries.
My DEAR said I, 81 must have had
nightmare or something"
/ Goodness said she, sit seems So
Your hands are ike ice. What give it
to you, love The lobster I'll be bound
Perhaps said |. q admit ATE
hearty supper. And nothing could make
me fancy young Wade at my bedside,
white as ghost, with both hands on my
breast
'Ah, but the nightmare is always black,
not white, said my wife. And then she
went to little cupboard and brought me
a glass of wine. After that l went to
sleep again.
| did not rise early, and was quite be-
hind my usual time. But when reached
our place | found it in great commotion.
Clerks running hther and thi;her, the
heads of the firm standing about in the
most unbusinesslike manner, and three
constables on the premises
What is the matter, sir ?" said, ad
dressing Mr.. Grinby.
Matter enough said he. We've been
very heavily robbed
81 fgncied that couldn't happen here
said l. Il really believe it would be i'm
possible for burglars to break into Morris,
Grinby & Son, SIR
'Ah,' said he, they did not break in.
The door has been quietly opened from
the inside
'And believe", began Mr. Morris.
Sir cried young Mr.. Grinby, out. of
breath, i beg as gentleman, as a man
of principle, you will not give utterance
to your unfOunded systematically uG-
founded and unworthy of you
'Prove them so, sir, said Mr.. Morris,
coolly, 'and I'll apologize
| looked an inquiry.
Don't ask explanations, beg, Mr..
Humphries,' said Mr.. Grinby. Some
thing has been said, which the speaker
will regret. Ah, there comes my mes
senger.
And in run one of our boys
well, Tom,' said Mr.. Grinby.
'Mr. Wade amt been home all night,
sir, said Ton.
81 told you so, said Mr.. Morris
'And l tell you even yet 1 will not
hear my dear friend's-yes, my very dear
friend's-characte aspersed, said young
Grinby. 'Humphries, know you love
Ben Wade as l do. Fancy imagining
him connected with this robbery AS well
suspect my father, or myself, or you
He is missing, said Mr.. Morris,
shutting the door upon US three He
was seen TO return late in the evening
He was one of band of house breakers
formed at six years old. He was nine
| believe he has been won back to his old
ways
You will not express your belief to
others, said MIR. Grinby.
Not as yet, most certainly said Mr.
Morris.
Well, sir, that was bitter day to me
"a bitter day We could learn nothing
OF young Wade after eight o'clock on the
previous night Then several had seen
him He had taken tea at little coffee
house, as he sometimes did when be did
not intend to return home until quite late,
and said to some one there, Il must 90
back to the office. have forgotten some
thing
Half an hour afterwards, Mike, the
porter, had passed him in the street, and
young Wade had said:
Whats the time, Mike ?
The porter told him.
i shall be too late, he said. 4 have
an engagement, aud must go back to our
place for parcel have forgotten
An apple woman on the corner had
seen him enter. He often bought fruit
from her for lunch, and she knew him
well by sight.
There the news ended, until Mike,
going in to light the fires, found thr place
a scene of confusion desks and safes
rifeG, papers strewn about, and every
mark sf systematic burglary.
Later in the day Lucy Evans came
down. Her brother had sent her word o.
what had occurred. She believed some
terrible accident had happened to Ben
and begged the firm to spare no efforts tc