The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-07-24


out. All your fault, you see.'
\ She did see something that made hel
/ heart sink suddenly, while sickep;no
Ichill Of apprehension and dsmay swept
i over her.
I'D better get them now while think
about 1t. Where did you hang that coat!
Never mind, I'll find it."
! - '"Oh, dear, you can't! It's goner' she
fairly easped. lit was one of the things
sold to buy the lamp"
Aladdln's hand dropped from the door
knob He turned toward her, and leaned
back against the wall, looking not less
Iaghast and bewildered than did his great
namesake when his beautiful palace van
ished from sight as the result Of his wife's
good bargain. This coy little nest of a
house was no palace, but it was their own,
and their all; and this misfortune might
mean something too nearly allied to
losing it to be viewed with eauanimity.
"And you Lever looked in the pockets?
Bur, of course, you didn't SUPPOSE I had
left any hing gans #sat
lea'The sentence fell unfinished and two
pair oftroubled eyes surveyed each 9th
er in silence for a few moments before
they could arouse any discussion of possi-
b'lities and probabilities. Then the
chances Of recovery were spoken of, and
| they tried to considerable matter in its
most hopeful aspect; but it was not very
cheering at best. The night was long,
disturbed, anxious one, and, hours before
the dawn, Mrs. Aladdin's wakeful eyes
turned toward the east, watching for the
morning that should bring, at least, the
relief of effort to take the place of this
weary waiting. 9tla
After all, there was little that could be
done. The aid of the police was secured,
but the morning wore away without III
dings. Mrs. Aladdin STATED at every
foutf fall and every touch of the bell; and
each shadow of passing figure drew
her to the window IN forlorn hope of
discovering the image vender.
She could not interest herself in ordina-
~ ayocations; the quietness grew intoler-
able, and in the afternoon she donned
her wrappinSs and went out, turning
her steps almost unconsciously into the
narrow and less frequented streets, and
walking on and on in vague expectation
OF meeting somewhere the swarthy face
and dropping eyes she remembered so
we'll. Peddiers. organ-gri nders, beggars
and vagabonds appeared in abundance,
bat they bore no resemblance to the
one she sought; and the cary fading OF
the winter sunshine, with the deepening
shadows of the gray twilight, warned
her home to give and receive the same
brief answer to eager questioning.
Nothing"
And that was all that ever came of the
searching. The man and his wares had
disappeared from the city, leaving NJ
clue by which lie would DE traced.
ooh, if hadn't been so selfish Poor
honest Joe There would have been
no trouble if it had fallen into his hand,
Mrs. Aladdin said TO sherself again and
again.
But regrets were unavailing. After
a week OF two the little home was mort
gagged to replace tie money-there was
no other way of doing it--and the sense
of entire happy ownership was gone
That winter was nearer approach tC
poverty than Mrs. Aladdin had ever
known. There was real necessity fol-
economy, the abstain,ng from many &C
customed comforts and luxuries, and q
close and careful management of expen-
ditures. She leaned, more clearly, in
those days, what life might be like in
the city's attics and cellars, and if heI
heart was more anxious than of old, II
grew more tender too.
Two Years of patient effort, persevo
renee and care, and they were free from
debt once more, and Mrs Aladdin could
view without a sudden rep1lsion hel
lamp that visitors so much admired. II
was "a pretty thing,Hbut took powerful
sight of rubin to keep it Clean" as Nan
cy affirmed. She kept it always bright
however, and though its frequent rub.
blngs called up no genii to do wonderful