The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-01-04
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tRun upstairs, dear, dol" said NY
wife; You know the room-my ROOM
rishfhand ii TIE top a the stairs."
I heard ! fatter Of female wings on
the stairs. What mas l to dof II l
could. have managed the other leg, I
wouldn'l have minded, but ! couldn't.
I hadn't worn those dressthings for Q
good while. and don't get any thinner
ss I grow older. No. for the life sf me,
l couldn't dispose OF that other leg st
such short notice. Whist could / do 7
Tx could only rush to the door, and Get
my back against it. Did 1 tellyou this
was our bouse-wsrniug paFyi |
think not DID tell you our 1sndlord
had altered the house for us, making
our bedroom larger BY adding . slip
that had formed q separate room i
think not And yet I ought to have
told you all these circumstances. 70 en-
able Won to understand the catastrophe
that followed. IN q word, the door
opened outwards. I'd forgotten that
peculiarity-never having had . room
| 90 constituted beforehand never will
again. The door went epen with q
crash, and I bounded backwards into
Mrs. Markby's arms. Smeling-salts
and sal volatile, was there ever such an
untoward affair!
The music struck up for the dances
a. I hopped back into my room. l bid
my head among the holsters and nuns,
and almost cried for I'm such deli
cafe minded man. Yes. il hurt me q
good deal more than 1t did Mrs. Mark
BY, for, would you believe it2-she told
the story down below to the whole
company, with pantomimic action
and when ! pbowed myself at the door
OF the drawing room, was received
with shouts of ine1tipguisbable laugh
ter!
Think I called the Yorkshire PEOPLE
dense juat now. didn't II Well, I'll
add another epithet-coarse-dense and
coarse. told EN- 90; but they only
laughed the more
The guests were gone. the lights
were out. slumber had just visited N!
ewes. when right into my brain, starting
me up IS il I'd been shot, came q noise,
sort OF dull bursting noise / wasn't
really certain al first whether ! had
heard noise or only dreamed OF it. |
sat up in bed and listened intently.
Was it only my pulse humping into
nv ears, or were those regular oests
the tramp Of somebody's muffled feetf
Then ! heard an unmistaksble sound
creak, creak, creak-s door being
opened slowly and cautiously. All in
a moment the idea flashed into my
head TiDenty trco tkousand pounds. You
see, all this dancing and junketinc, and
laughing and chatting, had completely
driven out OF nv mind all thought OF
the large sum l had in my possession.
| had left it in my great coat pocket,
which was hanging up in the hall.
] down stairs
, Puff! gust OF wind came through
the house, rafting the doors and win
dows; and then ! heard door slam,
and q foo,step outside OF some one
stealing cautiously away.
AWAY down stairs l went like mad
man, my one thought te put my hand
on that great coat 1t was brown
great coat with long tails, and two
packets behind, and little cash pocket
on the left-hand side in front. and this
breast pocket in which l had put the
bag of money. This pocket wasn't ss
is usual, on the eft.hand side, but Oh
the right. There was no other coat
banging on those rails, only my wife's
waterproof What q swoop / made to
get hold OF that coat Great heavens
it was gone!
l had carefully barred and chained
the front door before ! went to bed
now it was unfsstened. ! ran out into
the street, and looked up and down,
hopeless snG bewildered. 1t was q
dark, damp night; the lamp at the
corner threw q long sickly ray down
the streaming pavement, but there
wasn't soul to be seen. Everything
WAS still and cold and dark
The moon was clean gone-yes, it
was gore. | repeated these words
mechanically 10 myeelf, as /
crawled up stairs. All the re-
suits Of this loss pictured themselves
clearly before me-dismisssl from the
bank, ruin Of al my prospects, utter
ruin, in iactl What could ! do? to
what turu7 The blow that had fallen
upon me was so heavy and sudden, that
it had benumbed my faculties. NY
chief desire was to crawl into bed, and
tall asleep, hoping never 10 wake. But
morning would come, surely enough
morning and it's attendant miseries.
Then the thought came to me /:
Should / 90 TO bed and ssv nothing
at all about it' No one knew OF my
having received that money, not . soul
but Black. the man who had deposited
it ! had given DO receipt for it, no
acknowledgment Black had gone to
Americas hundred things might
bsppen-he mi eht never return; at all
events here was respite, immediate re-
lief l co Id 60 to the bank next
mornir G. hang up my hat as usual, everv'
thing would 90 on as before. II Black
returned, my word was "a god as HE.
The notes and checks could never be
traced home. But | don't think re-
tanned this thought long. Do you ever
consider how much resolution and force
OF will it takes to initiate q course Of
crime and deception? I'd neither the
one nor the other; ! shonld have bro
ken down at once. couldn't have met
that fellows eye and told him / had
pever had bis money.
Iwoke nv wife-she'd slept through
all the trouble
MARY" ! said, we're ruined-there's
been robbery"
"A robbery" cried she, clsspirg her