Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-19


and see them safely locked IN before
they start, that we had begun to feel
that the train would not gowithout us.
i My travelling companion emerged
from the refreshment saloon just III
time to be too late Had she not Gov
iced her distressed countenance with
! both hands, she might have seen my
noble self, like an amateur performer
in Punch and Judy show, going
through a wild panton1ine from a win
dow of the fast rec6ding train, said
ppntomine being intended to convey to
| her aworld of comfort, and an assur-
ance hat our parting, though sudden
and unexpected, should not be forever.
NV friend, who prided herself on being
Judge of human nature, having con-
ceived the idea that [ was a most re-
liable and steady-going person, had
entrusted to my charge her money and
railway ticket. The conductor was ex-
ceedingly kind, and advised me go
right on, assuring me that the guard at
the depot would put her on the next
rain and send her after me.
NV uneasiness increased, however,
as the distance grew between us. To
wait till IL o'clock at night before
hearing from her seemed impossible.
| [ left the train at Niastat, and tele
eraphed back to karlsruhe to know II
She was still there. The employe in
that Office was what the English would
cali s'sharp lad" The moment L had
paid him for the message, he expressed
great doubt about her ever getting it,
and stamping a ticket for Carlsruhe,
he handed it me, saying, There's an
extra just going back. You had better
60 after her, and I'll take care Of your
bag and cloak till you return Had
[ been a nose of wax l could not have
more passive. Ibid just as that youth
told me, and found, on reaching Carls-
stretch on her way to Strasburg,
and l was now the one left behind.
I then telegraphed to her on the
train to meet me at the Hotel La Poste
in Kehl, as the afternoon train, which
I was now obliged to take, would not
reach Strasburg that night. AS L
passed through Rastat on my return, a
young man-not the youth to whom L
had entrusted them--handed me my
bag and cloak At the Cos station the
conductor gave me an answer to my
telegram, and or arriving at the Post
hotel, [ found my friend watching for
me at the door.
I had just finished my breakfast
next morning, and sat enjoying a sea
son of self-congratulation at the happy
termination of yesterdays unpleasant
ness s'All's well that ends WE'LL" [
remarked, complacently to my COM
panion, who was kneeling on the floor,
with the contents of the bag scattered
about her, repacking for fresh start.
Its just as we'll to let this little cpl
sode of travel rest in the shade, Ell {?
don't you think so2'
Her reply was little irrelevant. CT
don't see any thing of your brooch. What
have you done with it?''
"Isn't it in the bag?" [ inquired,
feeling a degree or two less self-sacis-
fed, as the thought occurred to me,
how careless l had been in putting my
pin in an unlocked bag, and allowing
it to pass through so many strange
hands.
"No, it's lost or stolen" she re-
piled, decisively. "What shall we
doc"
'Do nothing, but go on and think
no more about it," [ was about to say,
but the thought of the return home tc
the dozen or so of brothers and sis
ters, all but two of whom were older
than I, and, in their opinion, vast
deal wiser, made me hesitate. Some
thousands of miles Of ocean had not
washed out the remembrance of how
those olive branches were wont to ex.
claim, when, like Father Adam, l was
tempted into some little indiscretion,
Glow like here" Or, if too partial
mother praised the work she had Civ.
en- me. and pronounced it we'll done,
how the whole round dozen, with one
voice would ring out in concert
What wonder - Gould [ have re-
: turned home with my collar fastened
with carving for K, or stuck together
, with Spaulding's glue, and made them
think that this was the latest foreign
style, would have gone on my way,
resigned and happy. But none of my
brothers or sisters had as yet commit
, ted murder, so they still passed in So
ciety for people of sound mind; and i
, I sought TO pull the wool too far ove1
tnelI eyes, uAey .W'uIu Ue 1lhely u
''see over the top"
My face was not all sunshine as
paid my bill that morning. Mine host
seeing the shadow, inquired the occa
sion of it, and through his advice and
encouragement, I set to work at once
to find the missing brooch. I tele
graphed to the proprietors of the Vic
toria Hotel in Cassel, and the West
End Hall in Frankfort, sent my FRIEND
on to Strasburg, and then took the
train back to Rastat.
On arriving there, I drove to the po
lice station. The driver showed me
into a large room, where two officials
in simple uniform were pacing up an6
down, probably waiting for somebody
to do something wicked. After dis
j; missing the driver, told my story az
briefly as possible to one of the off
Gals, who had come forward to SEE
what was wanted. His companion
stood somewhat apart, but on hearing
whom I suspected, betrayed his inter
est in the recital by low, signifcan
whistle. They conferred a momen