, 1870-10-09

them bony liant1r Of Eis together, until 1t
seemed as though the blood would como.
"fes, will, saws Tom Knight. +" 1taA !
bad thing fol you, Tut it may be w0rse II you
haa 70 ssay h.ro with this loreing Oh you
Veil etast in The evening train tomorrow"
Tie ne1. day, CHARLEY seemed jQst - fsoah
AID ray as uSot and began to feel thAt this
might he good thing, but Mrs. Drigga VAS
worry bitter AgAinst It. I didn't 60 on With
them but VIC read, in Tie paper, that they
danced splendid, and their success Was rome
thing astounding. VIC Lad T. despatch from
Enieht, sasi. tics was I'll right, bo.l OF 'eua,
in Lody, nit1.l, a.,d hssrt,-heast being under-
lined to easc tho {eata and fozcbod4ngs Of
Mrs lliggs. Wo expected item bone SAT
utdsr, hir but they neFer come That night
aAo.flcr despatch from kuighs arrived, just
SAYING, Come i, to ! tue 'unction atoaeo' tosue
It seerns that q reaction just took him after
his excitement, sir and then he was Aa wild
to get tzck TO mo and Yrs, Briggs as he was
to ret away. uo wss took sick in the csrs
Aua. rlsn teey got to the ,, Junction b:ck here,
uAs 30 weak. ne didn't esy much wlon he
san ene but le Kind OF smiled, wea.y sort
nf snli'e, =ir and look. kind OF satisfied like.
felt worse ehout Knight than About Cottle !;
for Cottls seemed to be al se:sled and quist.
Well. he lay sinking graduai'y for shout two
/ days, with railroad trains coming and going
on ali four sides OF tho hotel; au1 when / was
| comrlaihing. on his account, Of the noise
one evening. he said,
II like tho uoiss, Joe. Lo says; for it's
| like my ife,-a coning aud going, coming
aid Eoing, and never STAYING ALL Ton aud
Joe, I wants you to promise me-, il dis lstIc,
! here, whtru nobody knows me. at.d whore 10
many conaa and goes. and never stk7s.'
Well. Tom tho0gl.t lie wis growing sort OF
light he4ied; bnt ao promised him, and Char
ley turned orer and went to sleep. lie nsyer
come out Of that sleep, BIZ: AID them wor!1
took nj linn he was dead, sir: and Tn free. tu
confess, sir, that cried like whale but
Tom. he seemed kind OF stunned
w lad him buried quiasty. rs be l!sl said.
and then went home. Tom couldn't be go.
to le9so the place: I E1ose t. ltlm, and
him, aid Ahe talked to him but it Want nc
| use.
~ never Lad nothing in tho world but
| Charley" said he s. and, dead or alive,
! shall slick to hin, until my time comes too"
Well, hia time did come, air, as YOU can aes
tion, never talked to nobody, never read the
newtpspe.s, but Just ate what they put be
fore him. aud walked around, sort OF moping
! He went reg1Ar 10 Charley Cottls's grave, bu
| never stsid tlate any time 1T all.-juat looking
al it Al it to make suso it was still thore. znG
! Lhth coming away again. Aa ARAys
!'sefmed to be waiting for something; and, Al
most folks Who stops over 1t the Junction i.
Just wa1iiLE for trains, no one never notice.
Inn ~ singular. lie tort Of dropped OF
aLout four n,orth= sitter ho lost Charley; nut
ho was buried beside him. up there.
~ don't Know" +aid the fat man in conclu
zion. "as tlis IS much Of story but then j
always struck me 4. curious how them chap
growe4l into each ot1er, no TO speak anl see
ing that in your paper brought up old times
20 that couldn't help speaking about il
Well sir, here NO arc At Concord, and mus
leave you. Gool-dxy, sir!'