The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1873-01-02


kissing Mr. uadby sosi ailectlouaiely
/ caald hgar she reports who're I stood.
so dcIighttal Reaur how nicely, how
beaa,ifnHy son arrange everything
can't have things so nice. with allmy
servants and
Hnn upstairs, dear, ao' said my wife
son know thc room-mr room, rigb,
band az The top of the gairs
heard a futter Of female wing. on the
stairs. What was Ito dol III could
have managed The other lcg, | wouldn't
baye minded, but ! couldn't. I hadn't
worn those dress.thinss for a good while,
and don't get any thinner IS grow
older No, for the lite Of me, couldn't
dispose Of that other Lex a such short
notice. What could / do2 could only
rush to the door, and set my back against
IL, Did tell you this was our house
warming party2 thius not. Did tell
YOU our landlord bad altered the house
for US, making our bedroom larger by adj
ding q slip that had formed a seperate
roums think not. Aud yet I ought TO
have told you all these circumstances, TO
enable you 10 understand the catastrophe
thai followed, IN "A word, the door open.
ed outwards, ia forgotten that peculiar
/ ity-neycr having had a room SO c0nsti-
tured before and never will again, The
door went open with a crash, and |
bounded backwards into Mrs. Markby's
arms. Smelling salts and sal volatile,
was there ever such an untoward affair I!
The music struck up for the dances as
| hoped back into my room, | hid my
head among the holsters and mufls, and
almost cried; for I'm such delicate
minded man Yes, il hurt me a good
deal more than il did Mrs. Markby, for,
wbsld you believe itf--she told the story
down below to the whole company, with
pantomimic action land when showed
myself At the door OF the drawing room,
| was received with shouts Of ineStin-
gushablc laughter!
think / called the Yorkshire people
deuse Just now, didn't !? Well, III add
another cpithct--coarse--dense and coarse.
told 'cm 50: but they only laughed the
more.
The guests were gone, the lights We're
out, slumber had just visited my eyes,
when right into my brain, startling me
up as ifI'd been shot, came noise, a
sort Of dull bursting noise. wasn't
really certain at first whether had heard
a noise or only dreamed Of it, | sat up
in bed and listened intenuy. Was it on
ly my pulse humping into my ears, or
were those regular beats, the tramp OF
somebody's muiiled feet? Then heard
an unmistakable aound-crcak, creak,
creak door 'being opened slowly and
cautiously. All III moment The idea
dashed into my head Ttreaty-tCo hons.
and pounds. You see, all this dancing
aud iunketing, and laughing and chatting,
had completely driven out of my mipd
all thought Of the large sum | had in my
possession. l 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 windows
aud then heard door slam, and foot
step outside of some one stealing cautious.
ly away.
Away down stairs | went like a mad
man, my one thought to put my hand on
that great coat 1t was q brown great
coat with loug tails, and two pockets be-
hind, and little cash-pocket on the left
hand side IN front, and this breast pocket
in which had put the bag of money.
This pocket wasn't, as is usual, on the
Jeff hand side bnt on the right, There
was no other coat hanging on those rails
only my wife's watei proof What a
swoop made to get hold of that coat
Great hcavensl it was gone!
had carefully barred and chained the
front door before went TO bcd-now it
was unlastened. ran out into the street
aud looked up and down, hopeless and
bcwildered 1t was dark, damp night
the lamp at the corner threw a long sickly
ray down the streaming pavement, but
there wasn't a soul to be seen. Every
thing was still and-cold aud dark.
The moon was clean gone--yes, ii Wa,
gone. repeated these words mcehani
cally 10 myself as | erawIed up stairs
An the results Of this loss pictured them
selves clearly before me--dismissal from
the bank, ruin Of all my prospects, ultel
ruin, In factl What could dor to what
uurn? The blow that had fallen upon mc
was 80 heavy and sudden, that it had be
numbered my faculties My chief desire
was to crawl into bed, and fail asleep
hoping never to wake. But morning
would come, surely enough--morning
and ils attendant miseries.
Then the thought came to me: Should
= go to bed aud say nothing at all about
il; No one knew Of my having received
that money, not soul but Black, the
mau who had deposited it. had given
} no receipt iot H. no acknowledgement
! Black had gone 10 America hundred
things might hsppen--he might never re-
turu; at all events, here was respite, i'm
mediate relief could 20 to the bank
mex, morning, hang up my hat as usual
? everything would go on as before, II
Black returned, my word was a. good a'
, hIs. The notes aud checks could never
be traced home. But ! don't llink | ne,
nined this thought long DO you ever
consider bow much resolution and foret