St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-01-09

before. Catherine ?" Mr.. LOTUS touch
ed the bell. Show this gentleman the
door"
'.Is this your card. sir p asked Mr..
Queemshy, enraged.
My card Strange, How did it
come into Your hands A miStake-a
comedy of errors. Catherine. show this
person the door, and say to your mis-
tress to have little Gertrude dressed.
and that her papa intends taking a
stroll with her.
Quecnsby was dumbfounded at this
coolncSS. paused moment. then left
Next day he was again nj the Corridor
and there was Mr.. LOTUS. This time
he had to approach Mr. LOTUS. This
gentleman's words were brief:
''lf You think am such an internal
fool as to take Il certified check y0u
must have Il very poor opinion of my
ability. Bring notes to the house. any
time within an hour" And Mr.. Lottu>,
evading any more conversation. left.
Queensby drew out the money. and
i'll an hour ;ttterward was ut Nh. LOTUS
house.
Now, my sweet pet" said Mr.. LOTUS
to IL pretty, blonde haired child. who
was building blocks on the floor. as Mr.
Quecu>by entered, Papa has hGsines,
now. and cannot he disturbed. so now .
that's a darling. run to Catherine and
get dressed. and by and by papa will
take you ont for walk. You will cx-
cusr me. Mr. Queensby, continued the
fond parent. rs he kissed the child and
. waved her to the door. "Iittlc girls
want 50 much more petting than boys.
Now the child WAS gone, and Quecu,by
and LOTUS We're alone. His manner
hardly changed. "Ah. perceive loU
have the notes. Yon will count them.
Seven thousand dollars? Correct. l"I
will give them To me
And the bonds - inquired Nj.
Quecnshy.
"Iou shall have them. hut want.
! Mr.. LOTUS. just rs quietly a. ever. cnt .
| ting the leaf of il magazine with :,
mother t-pearl paper knife.
"What security have that the bonds
will hr returned p inquired Mr.. Queens
bv.
The word of thief. sir" said Mr..
LOTUS. closing the book with ii snap.
and looking >quarcly at Quccnshy. "li
/ Nou will give me the money | shall lock
! il up here and Won must trust me. If
not. take your money away with You.
/ If you consent to my terms in five min
utcs the bonds will he in Your posses
sion. could not give them to ynu il
wanted To. for they are not here.
/ With Il trcmor Qurcn>hy handed over
the piles of bills to LOTUS. who. open
ing Il safe. in the back room locked them
securely up.
1--WE will now 90 To the hotel and
saving this Querushv and LOTUS went
into the street. The weather was cold.
and both had on their overc"ats.
"A drink this raw morning would he
excellent" remarked Nh. L"ttu> The
brandy at the Corridor is paS>ahlc.
mostly import my own in small Uuanti-
ties. In New York everybody adul-
trr;ltrs brandy 81 much. l. il not ::
>hamr that | MON square. which should
hc the tidi"st of all places. i always IL
such IL shocking condition and that
little >coundrcl of Il new w>hoy. who ha,
~plaShcd the mud over u>. No. ! d'
not want newspaper. he said Ia the
newspaper boy. land clear out. Y
dirty. ragged ncw>hoN. thus addressed
who bad a bundle of papers under hi
arm. ua2rd at the sneaker. SIR. Lnttu>
for Il moment with the utmost contempt
and then made u,c of some decidedly
i,up,rtiurut cxprcsSinn. Mr. Iotru,
m;I,l, an ;,trrn,ut tn strike the rudr boy
with his neat umbrella. which blow th,
boy cvadcd. iu>tIing against Nh. Queens
hl. The incident was soon forgotten,
a< they nrarcd the hotel. when Mr
QuccuShI'> anxiety increased. "Hal,
hr remarked tn himself Queen foo
enough tn throw ova\ seven Thousand
dollars II hc is r.inr tu humhuu m.
am cap,hI, of SLnr,iuo him What
.,hout ,hos,. huuds ;" he said oI,,d
..Ronds, WHY m, dear sir mn, Jc.r
Mr. Our,nsh, here >ou have, hrr,
carving ON broadway. in the most
,rovdeI thnrnurhf.,rr nf thc civ, snu,,
twenty Thousand dollars worth al
United states bonds wrapped up in M
old new Spapcr in your pocket. 1t is ;
mercy Won have not been robbed. You
escape from losing them can only l.,
accounted for bv the fact that the out.
side of the Darkar,. by no means rrprr
S,uts the ynIuc at the ,out,utS'
Mr.. Ouccushy fell in his own oy,rro,-
uorkct and >urr rnoumh thrrr WAS :
reached. and in Il private corner III,