The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-07-16

neon,e'. money back-notling Of the
eart-we areu't going 70 encourage
composition Of felony; and = TO. put
tim ous hands on Fisshy Joe-i6 &c
did, ~ iob. marx BOSWELL, What DO
VOC think the liberty of the subject
Is for. Where's your evidence
Ivas obliged 20 confess that had
none: whereat the Superintendent
looked NJ me contemptuously.
snow. let's see into the matter.
said he.aftes be iAd made some notes
on ! bill Of paper "How came they
{, know you'd got the money IN Your
coat" F
l said didn't know.
.Ah. bu, know said the super
intendent. .You went to get glass
of ale after you left the bank, young
man.
vas obliged 10 confess ! had done
.That's how property gets stolen,
aud BIT. looking at me severely. And
what's more, Won had q glass with
friend? Alb, kne~ you had. And
perhaps you got talking to this friend
o. yours
Eyes, indeed l had"
.very well, and mentioned about
the n,o0ey you'd inst took.'
"very maiy.
.Then this Joe, depend uroa i,
was in the crib At the time and heari
YOU, and he followed you back to the
bank; and you haven't got blinds,bu
a wire netting over the window. and
ANYBODY outside can see you count
ing out the gold and silverF"
.That's true,n l said.
Eyes. | see il ALL said the Super
intendent, '.just As Joe saw it. He
follows you up from here to yonder,
and be sees You put your money into
your coat -pocke. and then ne fol-
lows you home, and when ais quiet
he cracks the crib. Oh, it's all in
nutshell; and that's bow property
goes. And then you come to the po-
hce."
@Bu. If you know it's hoe, ~hy
don't you send after him and catch
him." 81 s
"Oh, we know our business, sir;
you leave it all to US; we shall have
Joe tight enough, if not for this job,
anyhow, for the next. Wen give
him bit Of rope. like
l couldn't put any 6reOnto the
man, do what could. He was civil,
that is for Yorkshireman; impas-
sive; he'd do what was right. I'd
given the information; very well, all
the rest was his business.
So came home miserahly despair
ing. 1t was Just daylight by this
time, and as I opened the shutters
tie debris of our feast was revealed
the lees of the lobster salad, the
picked bones OF the chickens, the
m lied residuum of the jelles, whilst
about everything hung the smell #
sour wine. sat down amid all this |
wretched mess, aud leaned my head
on my arms in dull, miserable lethar
". Then l sprang up, and as did
20 | caught sight oe myself in the |
locking glass. Good heavens was
TINS wreiched hang dog fellow my
self? Did few hours misery change
. man like this! Why, was very
f.lon in appearance, and SO should
bs thought to be. Who would be-
lieve this story of robbery? Whv,
the police didn't believe j, ,else they'd
have taken a different tone. No, l
should be looked upon as thief by
all the world.
Then my wife came down stairs,
and, with few touches, restored =
little order and sanity, both to out
ward matters and my mind. She
brought me some coffee and egg and
s,me bread and butter, and after ]
had eaten and drank | didn't feel
quite SO bad.
"Jack," said she, "you must go to
London at once and see the directors.
Have the first word, and tell them all
about tall the particulars. 1t is
only little bit of carelesness, after
all, and perhaps they'll look over i"
Eyes, that's all very WE'LL" l said,
but now am | to get thee! I've
got no money. This wretched party
has cleaned us right out"
"Borrow some of Cousins.
"He asked me to lend him SOW
erei9n last night, and couldn't"
Now, you'll say, ''Here's man
without resources. Why didn't he
pawn his watch:" To tell the truth,
that's what | had done the week be-
fore, and the money was all gone
Then, nnder the circumstances"
You'll add, ssit was immoral to give
p ,rty." Bot you'll bear in mind the
invitations had been sent out for
fortnight, and then we were in funds. |
well, Jack" said my wife, ssyou
must get the man-the p. BIO
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, in the little cash pocket Of my
brown great coat. Still, l had heard
that, if you'd lost ticket, you could
make the m an give you another, and
Brooks, the pawnbroker, was a res
pectable fellow, who, perhaps, would
help me on my way to the station
felt like q ticket-of-leaye man as
vent into hu shop, but I put good
ACE upon it. T,
Brooks" said l, shat watch, you ,
now the ticket-it's stolen" Brooks
ave q most portentous wink. He |
vas = slow-speeched man, with red !
zee and tremendous corporation. {
"Nsy," he says, "my lad, thou'rt 4
rong there"
.What do you mean?" ! said, col 4
inx fariously. Every one suspect .
me, it seemed.
at might have been stolen once, .
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