Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1873-10-29
WHAT CAME OF A FIND.


he hardly knew what. And inst at
that moment he heard a little, lady-iike
knock at the door-quite unlike the
laundering rap usually bestowed upon
IT, by his friends from the neighboring
offices. OF course it was a lady-a
young, pretty lady.
81 am sorry to trouble you," she said,
''but am directed to this office for a
pocket-book which l lost yesterday.
This l believe is number four" and she
glanced at the door,
Oscar looked amazed, and the lady,
seeing him hesitate, went on.
"The advertisement was in the Morn
ing Herald. 1t said at Room No. 4, 30
King street, would lie found the pocket
book-which answered the description
of mine"
"There must be some mistake"
Oscar replied 81 have not found a
pocket-book, neither has one been
brought to me. / am sorry, but it
must be mistake in the paper. re-
gret | cannot assist you. Possibly it
might be some other room in this build
ing"
The young lady remarked that she
might have made mistake in reading
the paper, and with that she gave Oscar
as sweet smile as he had seen for many
a day, and bade him "Good morning."
That's very odd, though of course
it's mistake, somehow" said Oscar to
himself, as he turned back into his
dismal Office, forgetting, however. to
notice how dismal il had seemed mo-
ment before.
''Of course il can't be here" he re-
peated, fumbling over the papers at the
same time. ''Sam may, perhaps-the
boy is honest-and he wouid never have
thought of advertising it. OF course
it's n mistake. By Jupiter, she was
pretty; if now | had only been so lucky
as to find it Harry Lambert would
have found an adventure in such little
affair as this, | suppose. Always meet
ing with some adventure, and nothing
of the sort ever comes to me. Some
fellow or other has found that pocket
book; and he'll get a smile-two,
probably"
Oscar gave another turn to the heap
of papers on his table, and one more
yet; and then, straight before his eyes,
lay beautiful Russia-leather pocket
book "Well, and Oscar looked at
il as though he had seen the moon at
his feet-"Well, he repeated, land
now how did that come there, that's the
question 2"
Sam had returned by this time, and
certainly knew nothing about it.
''Now what must she be thinking of
me?' said Oscar, mentally. "She
probably knew it was no mistake /; and
didn't even leave her address thought
perhaps it was superhuous. 50 now
well, l will advertise that will right
the matter, and perhaps give me an
adventure.
To write the advertisement would
certainly appear a very easy thing. only
II occurred to Oscar that Miss Ella
the name Ella was worked with silk in
side-would probably send for it, and
that would end the affair. To discover
her address, and take it to her himself,
was the thing.
So, after one or two attemps, he wrote
describing the lost article, and request
ing that the address of the lady might
be sent to Herald office. Oscar con-
graduated himself on this idea.
The result was, the following day
there came an envelope with the card,
Miss Ella Gainsborough, No. 81 --
street" That morning Oscars clients
were left to their patience, while he
hurried home with an eye to his toilet,
and then proceeded to No. 81.
"Vas Miss Gainsborough at home ?"
She was at home, and she received
Mr.. Cheeseman, and from his hand her
own little pocket-book. She thanked
him with the sweetest grace, and re-
GREETED so very much the trouble he
had had.s
1t was no trouble, Oscar declared in
all sincerity but how it came on his
Office table, he said, was beyond his
power of imagining. And here Oscar
smiled and showed his white teeth, but
blushed nevertheless, imagining, per-
haps. appearances were against him.
He expressed his pleasure at having
found it, and then having no excuse to !
prolong his call, rose to leave.
"Well, that is ALL he said, as he
went down the street; mo adventure
for me-"
He whistied and hummed, and poked |
over his law papers the rest of the day. |
"EIla-pshaw, what was the use of
thinking of it any more.
But the next day there came a note, |
written on blush-colored paper, and
suggesting the perfume of violets. 1t /
was from Ella. How delightful, except 4
that it was so dreadful.
Had Mr.. Cheeseman picked up a
small ivory picture one had dropped
from that unfortunate pocket-book.
1t was picture of herself, "and of
course of no value, except as it belonged I
TO mamma"
Horrible" I" he had not found any
such treasure. but of course he must |
fall under the imputation of having alb
stracted it. Would she forgive him for
so coveting her picture as deliberately |
to steal it? How did it get out, and
how did the pocket-book get on his
table at all THAT was a problem for
a Philadelphia lawyer to solve.
Now, with all the desire in the world
which he felt an hour ago, to make an
other call at No. 81, under the present !
aspect of affairs a note would be more
agreeable. Accordingly, this was dis
patched, and Oscar ruminated over the
mystery.
A week passed, when sucueniy tne
iovial face of Harry Lambert appeared
in Oscars Office. He had just returned
from Buffalo.
"Well, Harry what adventures this
time? Caught pair of acrobatic
horses and saved beauty from destruc-
ton or befriended some old woman,
and found that she had some enchanting
creature for a granddaughter ?"
Adventures at every turn, and
Harry laughed; ''by the way. did you
find pocket-book on your table over
there?
"Good gracious, Harry did You put
it there?" !
"Well, you see picked it up Just as
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