The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-01-17

only little bit of carelessness, after
all and perhaps they'll look over it,"
Eyes; that's all very WE'LL" / said.
''But how am / to get there? I've got
no money. This wretched party has
cleared us right ont. A."
Borrow some of Cousins"
''He asked me to lend him q sovereign
last night, and | couldn't"
Now you'll say, Heres n man with.
out resource. Why didn't he pawn his
watch7" To tell the truth, that's what j
had done the week before, and the money
was all gone. "Then under these cir
cumstances, you'll add, lit was immor-
al to give party" But, you'll bear in
mind the invitations had been out for II
fortnight, and then we were in funds.
well, Jack" said my wife, 'you
must get the man-the p. BIO give
You some more money on the watch.
Sell it to him right out. 1t must be
worth at least ten pounds, for it cost
thirty, and you've only had five upon it.
Sell the ticket"
Yes; but where was the ticket? Why,
in the little cash-pocket of my brown
great-coat Still, | had heard that if
you'd lost ticket you could make the
man give you another; and Brooks, the
pawnbroker, was n respectable fellow,
who perhaps, would help me out of my
difficulty. l went to him anyhow, on
my way to the station. L felt like a
ticket-of-leave man rs L went into his
shop, but l put good face upon it.
Brooks" / said, "that watch-you
know the ticket-its stolen.
Brooks gave most portentous wink.
He was a slOw-speeched man, with red
face, and tremendous corporation.
NAY" he says, my lad; thou'rt
wrong there -. -.
what do you mean?" said, coloring
up furiously. Every one suspected me,
it seemed.
"Whoi it might ha' been stolen once,
but 1t aren't now; ave got it here. This
is how it We're. A cadging sort o chap
comes III, and he says: Master, what II
you give me for this ere ticket?" Now,
you know the hact don't allow us to give
nought in that kind of way, but says to
to the chap: Lets have look ut it,
and then 1 saw it was yours, and / said
to the man: My lad, you aren't come
honest by this. >"
"And you gave him into custody, he's
in prison? Old Brooks, what n capital
fellow you Bre!'
NAY" he said; 81 knOwed better nor
that. Do you think I'd expose Gus
toner? | know you gents don't care
about these little matters getting abroad
and SO | slops my fist on the counter,
and | says: Hook itp just like that.
And away he went just like a lamp
lighter. "
| sank down on the counter overpow-
cred with emotion.
''And what's more, went on Brooks,
he never took up the money I'd lent him
for the coat
"What coat?" / cried.
"a very nice brown coat he put up
with me. About fit you, should think.
See, here it is. "
1t was my identical brown great-coat,
wrapped up in bundle, and tied round
with my own handkerchief / made a
dart at it, opened it, plunged my hand
into the breast pocket-there was the
roll of money, there were the twenty
two thousand pounds.
How did / go to the bank that morn
ing, on legs or wings? And how did /
get home, as soon as | had put the
money safe away? Mary knew by my
face that it was all right; and didn't we
have dance of JOY all round the house?
My burglar had only been a sort of
sneak, after all, who got in at an open
window, and bolted with the spoils of
the hall; but if he had taken the pains
to look in the pockets of the coat, he'd
have been a rich-though perhaps mis-
cradle and insecure-man, and | should
have been utterly and deservedly
ruined. Chambers Journal.