New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-11-05

TO - t1e 0exe A0o0Ay.
Now Be vas clean aud whole, he didn
look 70 bad. and good food and NO sbus
nade diAeeence IN him In week.
ing that young 6rinby would repent con
day, and IN year don't think there va
one in the Office who didn't love that bos
So grateful, % trustworthy, and % ready
do anything for everyone. Young Grin6!
had him taught. and we'll taught too. N
lightning calculator might beat him, but
doubt Il; and never knew that lad to fol
eet to dot his 10 or cross his t's, IN all =,
acquaintance with him. after he had leafnei
to write 1t all.
At twenty-five was one of the best clerk
| IN our establishment, besides being - fin
| . hooking young fellow % one would wisl
| to see. On the whole do not wonder tia
Miss Lncy took fancy to him-a sister
| cir, Of one of the young fellows at our place
and . girl that looked like queen, and Va
! - good - she was handsome.
fused to meet them walking on the bet
terry where lovers used to walk in thos'
days. He was 90 fond and proud of her
and she had such y tender way of lookia.
again, - often told Mrs. Humphries, {,
whom always confide everything. AM
how he reverenced her; why ribbon OF
faded flower she had worn were cherished
| by hun ~ . nicer cherishes his gold.
At last he told me in cOnfidence-for he
name was sacred and not to be spoken 0
before every One-that they were to be mar
| ried. tt-ts...
"And when look back, SIR" said he
land remember the miserable years of m!
wretched childhood, and think how friend
less and f0rlorn I was. and how there va
nothing before me but the prison or the gal
I'D ss.h hat h0x h inn
to make mans life blessed-the power 4
win . respectable livelihood by reputable
labor, the respect of honest men, and the love
of such . girl a. Lucy-1 can never be toe
grateful to the kind friend who saved me
from life dare not contemplate. God
bless Mr. Grinby r. said he, lifting his hat
reverently Ne he might in church, and there
was prayer in his dark eyes as he looked
upward.
These were the last words l ever heard
him speak, except Good night" All, dear
me. il should have been goodbye. Ten
minutes after. went one way and he the
other. took my way home, and he, as it
seemed afterward, walked just two blocks
and then came back here. At twelve
O'Clock that night awoke Mrs. HUMPHREYS.
my dear. said l. II must have had the
nightmare Of something"
Goodness" said she. lit seems 60. Your
hands sre like ice. What give it to you,
lovei The lobster, III be bound"
"Perhaps," said l. II admit ate hearty
supper. And nothing else could make me
. ghost, with both hands on my breast"
i.'Ah, but the nightmare 10 always black,
not white" said my wife. Ard then she
went to . cupboard and brought me glass
Of wine. Alter that went to sleep again.
Il did not rise early, and was quite behind
nv usual time. But when I reached our
place found it in great commotion. Clerks
running hither and thither, the heads of the
firm standing about in the most unbusiness-
like manner, and three cOnstables ON the
premises.
"What is the matter, sir p said I, ad-
s'Nstser enough" said he, we've been
very heavily robbed"
Il fancied that it couldn't happen here,
said l. II really believed it would be i'm
possible for burglars to break into Morris,
Grinby & Sons, sir"
"Ab," 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, II beg. as u gentleman, rs man of
principle. you will not give utterance to
your unf0uDded alphabetically un-
and unworthy IF you"
"Prove them 80. SIR" said Mr.. Morris,
coolly, land Ill apologize"
looked an inquiry.
Don't ask explanations, l beg, Mr..
HUMPHREYS" said Mr. Grinby Something
greet. All, there comes my messenger"
And in run one Of our boys.
well, Tom r. said Mr.. Grinby.
"Mr. Wade amt been home all night, sir,
said Tom.
Il told you co." said Mr.. Morris.
"And tell you even yet will not hear
my dear friend's-yes, my very dear
friend's character aspersed," said young
Grinby. "Humphries, know you love Ben
Wade az I do: Fancy imagining him con-
nected with this robbery. As well suspect
my father. or myself, or you''
Hes missing" said Mr.. Morris, shutting
The Office door upon US three. HE was seen
10 return early in the evening. He was one
IF Q gang OF hOusebreakers when We took
him in, and many declare the character t.
be formed at six years old. He was nine.
believe he has been won back to his old
wsys."
''You will not express your belief to 9th
n, !" said Mr.. Grinby.
mot as yet, most certainly" said Mr..
Well, sir, that was bitter day to me-a
bitter day. We could learn nothing Of |
1oung Wade after eight o'clock the pre-
1ious night. Then several had seen him,
He had taken tea at little cOffeehouse. |
V he sometimes did when he did not intend |
o return home until quite late, and had |
aid to some one there, II must 20 back to
he Office, have forgotten something"
Half an hour afterward Mike, the porter.
lad passed him in the streets, and young
Wade had said:
What's the time, Mike p
The porter told him.
IL shall be too late" he said. ~ have an
Engagement, and must 90 back to our
lace for parcel I've forgotten"
An apple woman at the corner had seen
inn enter. He often bought fruit from her
Or lunch. and she knew him we'll BY sight.
There the news ended, until Mike, going
! to light the fires, found the place a scene
cOnfusion-desks and safes rifled, papers
trewn about, ard every mark of Systematic
urglary.
Later in the day Lucy Evans came down.
Ter brother had sent her word Of what had
ccurred. She believed some terrible ACCT
emit had happened to Ben, and begged the
rm to spare no efforts to discover him. She
as almost distracted, and who can won
er. They had been going together, it
eemed, to see some play the night before,
nd she had been sufficiently alarmed by
10 failing to keep the appointment to be in
measure prepared for the worst. She
new he intended to bring her book. He
I'D spoken Of it, That must have been the
arcel he went back for. Of course she
ever doubted him, and no one dared to
mt 1T what had been whispered in her
resence.
For weeks, sir, the authorities were at
ork. Immense rewards we're offered for
s se5 burglars, ana n Tor the recovery, alive or