Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-22

"hnoW v" l cried In rage. "What
should ask you for, II l did know p"
"Dldn't thau know he were at that
house 2"
All so he was. I'd nearly forgotten
that he Was one of the guests at my wlfe's
party. Clearly l couldn't get the safe
open, and didn't like to leave the money
In my desk, so l pnt 1t in my pocket, and
took Il home, thinking I'd give 1t to Cot
sins with my key, to put 1t In the sale
when he returned.
A nice mess got Into when reached
home for you see II had been arranged
that was TO 60 upstairs and dress before
anybody came and that then ouf room
was TO be made ready for the ladies TO take
their bonnets or-fOr they were not all
carriage people. Well you never ~ n such
a thing When got home aud orept up
stairs to dress-the people had all come,
sotthe servant sald-there were Alf muffs,
and four bonnets, aud I've pork-ple hats,
and half.a'dozen shawls on the bed and
ono lady had left her every day curls hang.
ing over the looklng-Rlass. Upon my
word, really didn't like to perform nv
toilet among all these feminine gear, and
there was no lock 10 the door and my
dress-clo hes were all smOthered up
amongst these muffs aud thiuga, But l
got through pretty we'll, and had lust got
one Of my legs into my trowsers, when
bang atrop dop-dopl such a rattle 1T the
knocker, and l heard my wife schlling
away into the hall. They were the Mark
oys, out trSmp cards, who kept their own
carriage and everything grand.
80 kind OF you dear-l' sait my wifs,
kissing Mrs. Marksby most aifectlonately;
/ could hear the reports where stood,
$50 delighted Really, how nicely, how
beautifully you arrange every ythlng |
can't have things so nice, with all my ser.
wants and"-
"Run up stalrs, dear do lr said my wife,
you know the room-my room, right
hand at the top Of the stairs"
heard hutter Of female wings on the
stairs. What Was Ito doi II could have
managed the other leg l wouldn't have
minded, but / couldn't. I hadn't worn
those dress-thiugs for good while, and ]
don't get any thinner as / grow older
No, for the life Of me- l couldn't dispose
Of that other leg at such shoft notice
What could do 7 | could only rush to the
door and sci my back against Il. Did j
tell you this was our house warming partyl
! think not. Did tell you our landlord
had altered the house for us making oui
bedroom larger by adding a slip that had
formed seperate room think not
Aud yet l ought to heYe told you all these
circumstances, lo enable you TO understand
the catastrophe that followed. In word
the door opened outwards. I'd forgotten
that peeuliarity-never having had room
so constituted beforehand never will AGAR
The door went open with a crash, aud
bounded backwards into Mrs. Markby'i
arms. Smelling salts and sal volatile, Wal
there ever such untowerd affair
Rum-tid- -lumity.tHm-de-de The music
struck up fof the dances as hoped back
into my room. hid my head amongst
the holsters and mutfs, and almost cried
for Pm such a delicate minded man
Yes; it hurt me q good deal more Than I
did Mrs. Marksby, for would you keiev,
ti-she told the story down below 10 tn,
whole company, with pahlomimic action
and when ] sho Rod myself at the door o
the drawihg-room, l was received will
shouts ofinextlnguished laughter.
! think l called the Yorkshire peopl,
dense just now didn't IL Well iii adj
another eplthet, coarse, dense and coarse
l told ZEN SO ; but they only laughed III,
more.
The guests were gone, the lights wer
out, slumber hnd Just visited my eyes
when right into my brain, starting me III
as II I'D been shot, came noise, n sort o
dull bursting noise. I.wasn't really Ger
tain at first whether had heard nOis
or only dreamed of IL. sat up II bed an,
Listened inteutly. Was it only my pulls
tnumiing lu my cars, or were those regu
, lar beats the tramp Of som, boly's mniile
Feet Then h ard au unm'rtakable soun
-creak, ereak, crrak-Auoor beiug opene
slowly and cautiously. All in a momeu
the idea dashed into my head TtOsaiy-tr
Thousand pounds. foe SEQ ali sisis dane
ing aAd lunketing, and laughing and cha
lug, had comp. etely driven out Of my min
all thought Of the large sum | had in m
possession. had left IL in my greatcoa
pocket, which was hanging up in the ha
Downstairs.
Puff a gust Of wind came through th
l house, aitling the doors and windows
and then heard door slam, and foo
I step outside Of some one stealing cautious
. ly away.
d Away down stairs went like madmai
g my one thought Ia put my hand on tn.
great coat with long tails, aud two pockt
behind, and little cdsh-pocket on the le
y hand side in front, and this breast poek
In which l had put the bag Of mouel
i This pocket wasn't, as is usual on the IL
o hand side, but on the right. There Wa
no other coat hanging on those rails, onl
{ my wife's water proof What whoop
made to get hold of that coat. Grei
; heavens IL was gone
7, | had carefully barred and chained Il
n front door before / went TO bed-now
e was unfastened. ran oIt into the stree
C and looked up and down, hopeless and b
wideIed. II was dark, damp night Il
z lamp at the corner threw a long sickly ia
C down the streaming pavement, but the
r wasn't a soul TO be seen. Everything ",
c still, and cold and dark.
e Tho money was clean gone yes, il vi
u gone. / repeated these words mechani
d ally TO myself. rs | crawled upstairs.
= the results of this loss pictured thcmselv
Z clearly before me-dismi.s sal from q
bank, ruin of all my prospects, utter ru
e in fact What could do to what turl
a The blow that had fallen upon me was
it heavy that it had benumbed my faeutit
r Then the thought came to me 4; Should
10 go to bed and say nothing at all about il
N No one knew of my having received th
money, not a soul but Black, the man WI
h had deposited it. l had given no Tecei
4 for it, no acknowledgment. B Back h
gone 70 America hundred things mig
I'd happen-he might never return: at
? cNcHle, ltlc Nhn respite llullltuidle Itllt
l l could 20 to the bank next morning, hai
ID up my hat rs usual, everything would
III on as bef,Te If Black returned, my wo
TO was as good as his. The notes a
rs cheques could never be traced home. B
IS | don't think | retained this thought ion
" DO you ever consider how mach resoluti
OF and force of will it takes to initiate
G course of crime aud deception I'd neith
( the one nor the other; | should ha
at broken down at once. l couldn't ha
it met that fellows eye and told him h
to meyer had his money.
ks l woke my wile-she'd slept through
il the trouble. "Mary," / said "wo'ro ruin
he there's been robbery"
"a robbery" ciied she, clasplng
/ hands ''aud are the mtn gone I"
vi eyes" | said.
in "Oh, thank Heaven" she said," ''th
IA we're safe Never mind The rest, Jack,
I'd long as our lives are safe. But there's
he waterproof Jack oh, do run and see
ay they've taken that"
&C. Then told her the story of the twen
OF two thousand pounds. She wouldn't
*, lieve me at first bus wbon she heard
ell whole story she was frightened enoui
ne Yet she had wits about ber more tha