Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-07-02

I was obliged to coufess l hadn't any
whereat the superintendent looked at me
contemptuously.
, "Now, let's see into this matter" said
he, after he'd made some notes on BIZ
of paper. GLOW came they to know
you'd got the money in your coat {"
l said l didn't know.
"Ah, but l know" said the superin
tendent. "You went to get a glass Of
ale after you left the hank young man ??
l was obliged to confess l had done
so.
THAT'S how property gets stolen,
said he, looking at me severely. land
what's more you had glass with a
friend ?-Ah l knew you had. And
perhaps you got talking to this frien d OF
yours ?"
"Yes, indeed | had"
"Very well. and mentioned about the
money you'd just took p
Every likely"
Then this Joe, depend upon it, was
in the crib at the time and he heard you,
and he followed you back to the bank ;
and you haven't got blinds, but wire
netting over the window, and anybody
outside can see you counting out the
gold and silver"
That's true" said.
"Yes. see it all, said the superin-
tendent; ',just as Joe saw it. He follows
you up from here to yonder, and he sees
you put your money into your coat-pock-
ct and then he follows you home, and
when al's quiet, he cracks the crib. Oh
it's all in nutshell and that's how
property goes. And then you come to
the police"
"But if you know it's Joe, why don't
you send after him and catch him ?"
!
you leave it all to us we shall have
Joe tight enough, if not for this job any
how for the next Well give him a bit
of rope, like"
l couldn't put any fire-into the man,
DO what | could he was civil, that is
for a Porkshireman, impassive he'd do
what was right. I'd given the informa-
ton very well all the rest was his
business
! So | came home miserable, despairing
1t was just daylight by this time, and as
opened the shutters, the debris of our
feast was revealed the lees of the lob
ster salad, the picked bones Of the chick
ems. the melted residuum of the jellies !;
whilst about everything hung the faint
smell of sour wine | sat down amid all
this wretched mess, and leaned my head
on my arms in dull, miserable lethargy
Then l sprang up, and as 1 did so 1
caught sight of my self in the looking
glass. Good Heavens was this wretch
ed, hangdog fellow myself! Did few
hours misery change a man like this
Why, l was very felon in appearance );
and so should be thought to be- Who
would believe this story of robbery ?
Why, the police didn't believe in it, else
they'd have taken different tone No
| should be looked upon as thief by all
the world.
Then my wife came down stairs, and,
with a few touches, restored little Or
der and sanity, both to outward matters
and my mini. She brought me some
coffee and al egg, aud some bread and !
butter, and after | had eaten and drunk,
l didn c feel quite so bad. .
Jack" she said, "you must go to
London at once, and see the directors
Have the first word and tell them all
about it-all the particulars. 1t was
only little bit of carelessness, after all,
and perhaps they'll look over it,"
"Yes that's all very well,'' l said.
"But how am to get there I've got
no money. This wretched party has
cleaned us right OUT
BORROW some of Cousins
"He asked me to lend him sovereign |
last night. and l couldn't"
Now you'll say Here's man with
out resource. Why didn't he pawn his
watch e. To tell you the truth, that's
what l did the week before. and the
money was all gone. "Then, under these
you'll add, "it was i'm
moral to give party" But you'll bear
in mind, the invitations had been out for
a fortnight, and then we were in funds.
"Well, jack" said my wife, "you
must get the man-the P. B-to 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
n the little cash-pocket of my brown
,reatcoat. Still, l had heard, that if
'ou'd lost ticket, you could make the
nan give you another; and Brooks, the
'awnbroker, was a respectable fellow
Who perhaps would help me out of my
ificulty. l went to him anyhow, on
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