The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1872-01-10

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The police sergeant sighed; he'd a
soft heart, I fancy, under his blue
: coat and few who had hard times
themselves could hear. unmoved the
plaintive strain.
"Can you give us few minutes
conversation on matter OF impOr-
!, lance 2"
Certainly; only don't interrupt the
song. Come in; there. Hard times,
hard times, come again no more,' now
chorus, ALL"
/ We stood there in the hall under the
lamp, MIR. White waving his pipe to
the time, and the police sergeant join
ing grufily in the strain.
"Bravo! thank ye, gentlemen Now,
then, what have you got to say to me =
|. told him briefly of Chnbb being
missing, and asked him what clew he
had to give me.
"Why, let's see. Chubb went away
first thing this morning; he wasn't a
quarter OF IN hour at the shop. He'd
been drawing some tin, hadn't he He
don't often show much ut ths shop on
such occasions. Where he went to l
don't know. Yes, do, though. /
can tell you where he started from at
least He went to the Essex-strect
pier; for he WAS asking Brown if it
was open again, as it had been repair
ing lately, and Brown said it was.
But where he went after that I know
no more than the dead. But, bless
you, he'll turn up all right"
We took orr leave sadly; it dian's
seem a very hopeful trial.
81 don't like track as ends in the
river, .sir. You don't often get any
farther than that"
We didn't get any farther. -
AT the early dawn found myself
YEARLY walking along albany street
witha hope that Chubb might have
come home in the mean time. But
there vas only Mrs. Chubb, sitting UP
sad and wan, and looking ten years
older in that single night.
"My poor boy, my poor boyHa she
could only cry, quite broken down,
quite past comfort. Lefty took her up
stairs, and didn't venture to see her
for a month after.
-r-1-Ai----a.-s-. L..
quiries which were made. Spurred ON
by the reward of e25C the police ex-.
erted themselves most strenuo,lsly.-
But not the fiintest trail could they
fad OF Chubb Jackson One of the
notes he had received from his aunt
was traced to a low public-lIouse on
the Waterloo road but although the
house was watched for months. and the
haunts of all the doubtful characters
who resorted there thoroughly search
ed, they failed to get a glimpse of the
fate. of poor Chuob.
The ateIier on the second floor in
Albany street WIS shut up from that
time. Aunt Chnbb wonld let no one
enter it bnt herself. Once a week
she would so in and dust it with he.
own hands. Poor Lettia thought her
self almost a widow, and wore deep
mourning for her lost sweetheart.
TWAS a year afte, Chubb's untime-
~ fate that l ventured one day-she
was sewing button on my sleeve at
the time; the sight of her sweet,
patient face. and downeast ewes was
too much for me, and took her in my
arms, and asked her if she'd let me
take the vacant place in her heart
She was dreadfully shocked, and would
not forgive me for long time; but
Aunt Chubb WAS my friend, and told
my darling the time for grief WAS past.
and that it was her dearest wish now
that we two should be married; and
then Letitia relented, and gave me all
her heart.
Aunt Chubb reused up wonderfully
now, In our happiness she seemed to
live again, for the spui wearies of hope
less grief In the preparations for the
wedding. in the necessary b0nse. hnnt-
ing and fnrniture-buying, Aunt Chubb
took great interest. But conldp't
help feeling little DettIcd at finding
low completely in the mind of aunt.
and partially in Letty's view, was
simply representative Of the lost
Chnbb. We we're not to live in ST.
Jolin's Wood, because Chubb d-ses,cd
st. johns Wood. We nnst live in the
neishborllood of Regents PArk, be-
cause Chubb thought il was the health
lest part of London. The ainning
room curtains we're to, lie blue, for HAT
was Chubbs' favorite color; the draw
ing loom was tn Id upholstered in
white aud gold, for Chnbb had been
heard to say that wien he had a house
OF his own, that wonll be his choice.
In other respects, however, it was
more satisfactory to stand in Chnbb's
shoes. His aunt had announced her
intention ofmaking us the same allow
aBce she had intended for Chubb when
he married; and she told us that having
no near relations of her own, she pro-
posed to make us and ours her heirs;