The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-05-12
,fficer, and heavily ironcd. Chubb

officer, and heavily ironcd. Chubb
jackson!
He wasn't a bit altered, only
Drowned and more manly.
sNed, old fellow, L can't shake
hands with you for these confounded
handouts but you're looking jolly.
I want you to come with me to the
police Office, to indentify me. They
want to make out that am Colonel
Brady, the head centre of the Feni-
ans but YOU can tell them better
than that, eh Ned? Come, jump in.'
l got in the cab in a maze OF be-
wilderment.
How did / stand? Was L going
! to be married tomorrow, or would
Chubb usurp my place? Who did
the house in Regents park belong to :
and the portmantcau ready packed
at my lodgings? No, that was mine,
at ali events. And the months hol.
iday? Good heavens, why did not
the fellow stop another day? What
did he mean by sitting there grim
ming at me, looking so happy? Hap
py; OfcOurse he was happy. Wasn't
he going home to his Letitia?
Why should be bail for this man
what did 1 know about him? The
last two years might have made q
Fenian of him. Was certain he
wasn't Col. Brady? Was it a fiend
which whispered in my ear, ''keer
him locked up till the day after to-
morrow"
But the fiends may whisper as they
will; the habit of truth and honesty
is the best exorsfser of demons,
When we arrived at the police sta
ton, and were shown into the mag
istrate's private room, my y-eourse was
plain. Mr.. Pusslewit, the magis-
trate, he knew me well enough. -
could answer for the man in Gus.
tody; he was not Fenisl at slt
lie was Chubb Jackson, was an int.
mate friend of my Own.. His deteH-
ton would be very serious sAaiI
for the police; but released 4how, I
would undertake that no action
should be brought against the gov
ernment. The upshOt was, that halt
an hour saw Chubb and myselfwalk-
ing towards Chariny cross arm-in-
arm. -sis
had made up my mind.as to the
course | should adopt. Chubb had
satisfied me that he had not inten-
tionaily left US in the dark as to his
fate. His laches were notso great as
to debar him from equity felt
that he had the prior claim; that !
could not resis; the decree of the
court above. l would take him to
Letitia; tell her in half a dozen
words that resigned her 70 him
leave them to be happy together
and, then, all, time enough to think
of that when the then came
sChubb, we'll have a cab; and 20
10 Your aunt's at once"
"But, Ned, I'm so horribly hungry.
I've had nothing to eat since break
fast this morning on board the Ham,
Eburg: and if l remember right, aunt
has tea about this time, and her lar
der is not framed for emergencies,
Let's 60 to the Wellington and have
| Jolly good dinner; I'll stand sam,
for I'm flush to a degree ].
We wealt to the Wellington and
Chubb took great pains in ordering
the dinner. ! think we drank good
deal of wine, butt couldn't taste 1T
nor had it any perceptible effeci
upon me. T.
Chubb was full of his adventures.
He had sailed for America from
Southampton on the day Of his dis
appearance he had posted letters to
us all, explaining the cause OF his ex.
odus; we afterward found the letters
| in the breast pocket of his old coat
hanging up in his atelier. lie had
] found out at New York some rela'
| tions of his own, who, it turned out
were people of influence i'll America
some of them being high in office
His desire being to serve in the wal
of secession then going Oh, his
friends procured him commission
in a:fighting regiment, and Chubt
had seen good service. "Ask any
body who knows if there's anything
said about the FOrty-second Penn
sylvanians and English Jackson,
said Chubb, with a flush of pride in
his face. He had written home ''sev
cral tines he said vaguely, but pos
tai Communications were Irregular
and Chubb wrote such shocking
scrawl, and l wasn't surprised hi
letters never came to hand.
Wouldn't his aunt, all being ex
planned, really go down on her knees
and worship the young hero? He
Town nephew one of the braves o
the great army of liberty! And Let
! titia too; he'd gone through all thi
7 for her, to make himself worthy o
her love.
How happy they'd be! Only j,
miserable pale-faccd lawyers clerA-
only I i'm the way.
| "Come, Chubb, let's co. said
hoarsely.
"Let's have a chasse cafe and
| smoke before we 90, Ned
"No, no: come now, come now.
I Ill didn't get it over soon, | shoul'
break down.
! "But I've something to tell you
| Ned. Come along
| gave way. 1 really thirsted for
rcprieve. We sat in the smokin
room; | before my untasted coffee
rolling my unlit cigar in my dam
fingers; he with his leg comfortabl
twisted around the arm of the chail
lolling lack and blowing grea
wreaths of smoke from his fat joll
checks.
"Ned, do you think Lctiti, wa
very fond of me2s
"Devoted to you, Chubb. Sll
mourned you as widow miSl
mourn her dead husband"
Chubb looked rather queer.
ado you know that's devilish avn
ward p
"What do you mean
. "Why, l mean-in fact, lin maj
ricd to am American. sent her OIL {
|, Paris whilst ran over to see you
, Jumped up, upsctting the tabl
between us, and graspcd Chubb b
both hands.
"Chubb, my dear old friend, m
dear old friend; indeed we'll kill tf
fatted calf for you tonight. a:
going to marry Letitia tomorrow
What an agitating night that was
[ shall never forget Letitia's look {
horror when L told her Chubb Jacl
. son had come back; and then ho'
, she flung her arms round. my nccl