The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-04-04

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cd to the duty J. end "v req 10 pm
it to, and c ull dist nSal8h that the
burden Of tllcir talk was Their 90,
mostic expenses, and the general
current Of their thoughts wa d'lLl'
entity OF CITING through with GER,
tain undertakings which they had
in contemplation, or had com
menccd. It was evident that the
man was more hopeful Than the "o,
man. My excited Imagination at
once framed the theory that thf
treasury in my possession was DC
signed by them to solve this dllllcul-
ty, and that the reluctant man was
being urged ON by the less scrupu-
lous or Drawer woman.
4 sudden movement o. one OF
them toward the door caused me 10
retreat into my room. heard the
bolt Of their door move, and, sup
posing it was TO unfa'ten IL, htlr,
ried back to my own apartment ana
caught at the envelope, intending
to hasten it out OF sight. In my
eagerness to crap 1t, 1t fell tumblin9
with the walered slie uppermos
and opened! TIC waters mad been
50 far dissolved by the neat ana
moist re rs to split 1t IN two, Lay
ing oue-half Of each (thsre were
tlree) GA the Hap, and inc o'her
half Of each Oh the body OF the en-
yclonc. Meanwhile there was no
sign or louad OF lnroad INTO my
room, Of which L had seen II Was
imposS bic to iaStch ,hG door, save
by moving some OF the luinl'ure
against 1t. l. became convinced
that rs yet everything was SAFE ana
yielding to II ieelIn@ OF curiosity l
drew the money from me
and counted il over. There were
ten one-thousand dollar dis! l
wos a5tounded, and lor " tl'io lot-
got the fear that 50 recently hara"'-
cdsme. looked at the memorah-
dun on the back OF the envelope
1t was $4,000 The letter was
open befole me, 1 read IL over
II named five thousand as the sum
encl9sod. There was evidently an
error. / counted it over again.
Ten thousand dollars was the sum
before me! Again and again l
counted it. l had been used to
handling large sums, and counted !
large sums OF money daily; but ]
actually found more difficulty IN ar
irving at the actual count OF the ten
bank bills before ice, than | ever be-
lore or since encountered IN any
sum, however large or however
numerous the notes. Finally, put,
ting u char against the door,, !
spread the notes out singly on the
little table, in a row, and countec
them with my finger; then made
two rows OF five notes each, anc
again counted them. l finally
though slowly, became satisfied Ina
| had in my possession double the
amount OF money l vas expected t.
deliver to my employers agent
Temptation entered my soul. rive
thousand dollars would reiieve me
of all my debts. Hero 1t wac WITHIN
my grasp. | had but to seal up Inc
envelope by re-wcttin9 the wafer
incloSlmS hall inc money, anu Ut
liver it sealed to tie agent ana my
trust would pe' TO al "Ppearaii1o'
faithfully discharged Ohca VII
thought occurred Ih"' poSSloiy ~ ""S
u trap set IL me ny my pioJ .,'
But their confidence III ne was Hn'
bounded, ana Ii suspicion was Gus
missed. 40 hoI "IIolhP' W Si"A'
over the dishonesty OF VIA oon'
tempiated; ouC nao peei so un
ceasln9ly worried anu anhoye9 "
domestic troubles Arising lfohl M =
'ed resources, ana 50 pelsecu1oo ~
creditors, that l aIinos "I9uou my
sell INTO the CONVECTION tha' apP'1'
pnatlnS the money was S'H-Pil
amthorze1 s~~iI-doiehce' woul'
pay aii my deotS' SeC Gear ol VI,
world once more 1ils'SC upon nv
"ife's adopting my views u ll'ipt
save money, get INTO business 10
myself, and lh"liy Pay oach 'h'
sum.
concluded 60 leave he envelope
unfastened until morning, so rs tt
give myself that much more timebe'
fore finally deciding upon an act
which all my arguments with my
self had not made entirely lcconcil
able. arrived at this conclusion:
my attention again turned to my
host and his wife. | could hear HI.
voice alone now. 1t had beer
sounding along in a somewhat els.
waited tone for some moments.
c,ent o%uietlv TO the partition divid.