Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1871-04-19

ths rrrparatious &C. the wedding IN the
noarsaary house- bunting and furuiturs-buy-
inE. Aunt Chubb took great interest But
/ couldn't help feeling a ittle nettled AZ
flndinr bow completely IN the mind ol
aunt, and partially In Lettyls vieN', was
simtiy arcrressntaiive a the Chuhh We
were not 70 live IN 81 Johns Wood.
heesusc Chuhb detested 81 johns Wood.
We must live in the neigheorhood II
Regtntis PARK. because Club thought u
was the healthiest part of London. The
dining-roOm curtains were 10 he blue, Tor
that was Chubb's fayorite color The draw
ing-room Was 90 Be upholstered IN white
and gold, for Chubb bad been beard 90 say
that when be had house d his own that
would be his choice. In other respects
however, IL was more satisfactory 20 stand
in Chubbls shoes. His aunt had announced
her attention Of making Us the same allow
anoe she had intended for Chubb when h
married; and she told US that, having no
near relations Of her own, she proposed 90
make us and ours her heirs; but, after all,
il wasn't pleasant 10 be considered in the
light Of a proxy or deputy and the way
in which those two women set up an idol,
an ideal Chubb about as like the real
formerly-existing Chubb as the butterfly
is TO the grub, and expecting everybody 60
burn incense before Il, was especially az
gravating. But | bore all patiently, abid-
ing the time when | should take the relns
into my own hands.
II was Just two years since poor Chubb
disappeared, and we were 10 be married
tomorrow.
had wound up all my affairs at lin
coins Inn, and had made up my mind TO
leave the Office at three, having TO make
few purchases; and ! had planned taking
citizen steamboat TO Cadogan pier, there
TO have a quiet half-hour under the trees
of Cheynewalk, TO take leave Of my old
self. For before knew Letitia had been
a very lonely man, lonely in a crowd, and
| had learnt TO know myself-yes, and TO
like myself and 10 take pleasure in my
own thoughts; and | felt a little sad, as
though | were parting with an old friend
at the gate Of my new life.
But locking up my papers and changing
my coat, was conscious of peculiar stir
and tumult astonishing the quiet Inn; a
clatter and a clank, a ringing Of steel &C
coutrements, and the sharp clash of hoots
on the paved courtyard; | heard, too, the
rush of pattering feet, which betokened
that the London gamin was awake to the
prospect of a little excitement. Now,
looking from my window, | saw small
detachment Of huzzars drawn up outside
our office. Opposite the door was a cab, a
policeman on the box. HalCa-dozen mount
ed police were drawn up on either side,
and the British public massed itself behind
the cayalcade.
/ heard clerk flying up the stairs, and
he burst into my room, eSclaimng, go,
Mr.. Brown, you're wanted Immediately by
the chief Commissioners Of Police ~
Had il come for me, then, this caval-
cadet Was / TO be carried off on the eve
of my wedding-day Was | to be spirited
away to join my poor friend Chubb? |
remembered such things in weird stories !
had read as boy and was really so
much shaken, that had | found myself
crammed into the carriage, and disappear
ing in thunder cloud, / shouldn't have
been much astOnished.
No, not more astonished than / was,
when, going to the window of the cab, !
saw sitting beside a police-oiiicer, and
heavily ironed, Chubb jackson!
He wasn't a bit altered, only Drowned
and more manly.
"Ned, old fellow, I can't shake hands
with you for these COMPOUNDED handouts
but you're looking jolly! / want you tC
come with me to the post-office, toidentify
me. They want to make out that Pm
Colonel Brady, the head-centre of the Fe
mans; but you can tell them better thar
that, eh Ned? Come, jump in"
! got into the cab in a maze of bewilder
ment.
How did | stand2 Was | going to b,
married to -morrow, or would Chubb usurI
my place? Who did the house in Regent
park belong to 2 and the portmanteal
ready packed at my lodgings No, tina
was mine, at all events. And the month
holiday 2 Good Heavens, why didn't tn
fellow stop another day ! What did h
mean by sitting there grinning at me
looking so happy ? Happy; of course h
was happy. Wasn't he going home to hi
Letitia
, Why should | be bail for this man
what did / know about him n The las
, two years might have made Fenian {
: him. Was | certain he wasn't Colont
Brady? Was it fiend which whispere
in my ear, Keep him locked up till the da
, after tomorrow.
But the fiends may whisper as the
will /; the habit of truth and honesty is tn
0 best exorciser of demons. When we al
rived at the police-station, and were show
e into the magistrates private room, m
: course was plain. Mr.. Pusslewit, I'll
n magistrate, knew me well enough.
t | could answer for the man in custody
! he was not Fenian at all. He was Club
:. jackson, an intimate friend of my ow
c His detention would be a very serio,
e affair for the police; but released now,
n would undertake that no action should
r brought against the government. III
1t upshot was, that half an hour saw Chut
'e and myself walking towards Charing-Cro
n arm-in-arm.
l had made up my mind as to the cour
m | should adopt. Chubb had satisfied n
that he had not Intentionally left us in Il
r, dark as to his fate. His baches were N
IN so great as to debar him from equity.
felt that he had the prior claim that
could not resist the decree of the cou
r above. | would take him to Letitia t,
a her in half dozen words that / resign
ne her to him; leave them to be happy
as gether; and then -ah, time enough
n, think of that when the then came.
lie Chubb, we'll have cab, and go
your amt's at once"
Id But, Ned, Pm so horribly hung
st I've had nothing to eat since breakfast Il
l morning on board the Hamburg; and il
sr. remember right, aunt has tea about Il
es time, and her larder is not framed