Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-11-10
of his honesty. The mystery was,
how came these things in his way?

Ho" cdLie tnese thlHSs III us way!
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Several years passed. 1 was
once more in my native city of
Philadelphia. The circumstance
alluded to above had almost been
forgotten,i the oman and his pc.
culiaritiesi were a thing Of the
past. 9Gj 10 iU2hieal9 ~. " {
: 1 had some business to transact
in the Girard bank this was in
the year 184l! iJust as [ entered
the main room, / perceived some
thing was wrong Several men
were standing at the paying tell
er'sldesk, and as / heard the tell
er say, .'>ir, you must leave the
package, withme," l Iinvoluntarily
stopped. 500
"Must!1i exclaimed the other,
the sound of whose voice made
me start. Unjust, sir there-is no
such word in my vocabulary. l
will not deliver up this money!"
emphasizing the word, "to any
man but the owner. You are not
the party who lost it, and have no
more right toIit than any one of
these gentlemen" ;, tsa %! B.
"But, sir, you are stranger.
"True, and being a stranger, /
intend to remain here until the
man who OWNS the money returns.
| found it on the pavement in
front of your bank. You say the
money was drawn from is. The
amount is large-I have counted
it--S20,G00." -t e
SIS there any one here who
knows this MANI" st5a
H "Why ask the question ? If /
remain here-here if you like, in
custody, does it matter whether |
am stranger or not Z"
Al that moment he caught my
eye. A peculiar smile fitted
over his countenance as he said ::
"Ihere stands a gentleman who
will vouch for my being an honest
man"
Thus appealed to / stated that
81 knew the gentleman only in
the way of business, and had rea-
son to know that he was honest.
Nor do Iconsider the question one
to be discussed. he proof of his
! o lesty is SO apparent in this case
that | am surprised somewhat
that it should be questioned"
At that moment a gentleman
rushed into the bank and loudly
proclaimed his loss. The bank
clerk in very significan. man
ner, pointing to my friend, said
"ThiS man has found your mon
ey and will not give it up"
''That is false" exclaimed the
finder. Il would not give it up
to you or any other man unless
his claim was fully established to
my, satisfaction. If this is the
gentleman who lost it. shall have
much pleasure in giving it up"
20, thanks, thanks /! The loss
would have been my ruin. Give
me your address, sir. / am agita-
ted now, and am unable to do or
act as | intended to-" ~
t"There, sir, is my card" and as
he turned to 60 out, he politely
handed me one, remarking, 81
should be pleased to see you, sir"
And he lett the bank whistling, IL
know a bank whereon the wild
thyme grows" l looked at the
card he handed me. 1t bore the
name of "Thaddeus Middleton, u
nited States Hotel y
"ShaIl l call" was the first
question | mentally asked myself, !
However, my curiosity had some
thing to do with my inclination,
and determined to pay him
visit.
We met. 1: was in his room
a room neatly furnished at his
own expense, he said.
Il am somewhat particular"
he obsel we'd, ''and as | propose
to remain in this city several
years, had this room fitted up
10 suit me-. There for instance is
my book case. There is my
lounge Landlords never have
such lounges, and see this is my
choice carpet. See, it is covered
with flowers"
why" l asked, 'did you Sc.
lect such pattern?'
"Well, cannot say. l love
flowers, but my time will not
permit me to cultivate them in
pots, so have them beneath my
feet"
'Not apoetical idea, / perceive,
inasmuch as you trample upon
them"
'True, but the poets sometimes
crush them by their wicked at
tempts to apostrophize them.
Now, / can use my woven ones,
cr1 Al Ill L.