The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-02-25

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fishing lines. Now and then some
thing was hooked up, but when j
did come up, the snoods, were
found either to have had theil
hooks snapped, or to have brough'
to the surface punches of WORTHLESS:
weeds. Every possible preserve
was fshed; and at last, at last
some person WAS arrested who hat
been trying to sell the bonds. Not
that the detectives found it out. but
it came to the surface in a natl1ra
way. Examination took place, anG
the court got up blind alley. Jus
tice sometimes gets there Of it's own
accord, the goddess being blinditself
and that was the end of it. Young
man who had the bonds honorably
dischrged-only saw the bonds TO,
I a second-never handled them, and
that WAS the proper conclusion, fol
the young man WAS undoubtedly
innocent.
Now the Fountain Directors met
again. Wiggles made an impress
sive speech, as did Woggles, (the
latter the more cxhaustiye.) The
two old gentlemen who took Hosea $
$50 when lie took their S20,O00
with the assistance of his boss,
were catechised for the fve-hun.
dredth time, and were worse mud,
died and more at sea in their state
ments than ever. Like the cat in
Little alice, all they could say was
that ':it vanished" The poor old
gentlemen went home, utterly ex.
tinguished, and took to their beds
for weeks. Wiggles said: "Philan.
thropy demanded that the money
must be found; and so did Wog.
| giles. Much good can be done with
S20,000" LESS twenty. five pei
cent, said NVuggles, the fnancier
ing director, with great care and
good Judgment them twenty thou
sand dollars, less twenty five pei
cent, as my brother Director says,
may fructify-in fact, put us on our
legs again" ''The Fountain may
still give out streams of fluid to the
thirsty, said Waggles. ''But you
are compounding with felony" re-
marked Mr.. Queensby, quite sharp
ly. Il ask you if there is the least
chance of getting our bonds back
any other way" put in Wiggles,
dogmatically.
::None in the least. The detect,
ives" went on to say Queensby.
care quite as bad as the thieves,
arose as one voice the cry of all the
Directors.
compound then," said Mr.
Queensby.
Not one of the other directors
said yes; but they all nodded, and
though the book of minutes has nc
record Of the fact, Nh. Queensby
acted on their judgment.
''How much now?" asked Queens
by, meeting Chaucer Lotus at the
Corridor.
Nov! oh IS" benignly said Lof
tus.
1T was 25 before
'Now they are 55; they may be
so before long"
rs this your address? ?" asked the
acting Director.
"Certainly it is, and not ashamed
of the neighborhood."
4 will think over it. I may SCI
you again today.
Queensby went to his bank anc
drew q certified check for $1,000
and hurried to the address ON Mr..
Lotus card.
It was a neat, quiet-looking resi-
dence. A tidy maid-servant who
opened the door said, 'AIr. LOTUS
WAS in" and Queensby was ushereG
into the drawing-room. The parlol
was plainly, yet comfortably fur
nished; on the walls there hung
quite neat collection of engravings
and the table was covered with mag
azines and with two OF three recent
Unpublished English works of mer
it.
Mr.. Lotus came in after a few
moments.
II have brought with me this Ger
tilted check for $1,000, and now tht
bonds" said 1lr. Queensby.
"What bonds Bonds? You mus
be mistaken-an error, doubtless
I never had the pleasure of seeing
you before Catharine?" Mr. Lof
tus touched the bell. ''Show this
gentleman the door,"
rs this your card, SIR" asked
Mr.. Queensby, enraged.
My card? Strange! How die
it come into your hands? A mis-
take--a comedy of errors. Catha
rine, show this person to the door
and say to your mistress to have
little Gertrude dressed, and tha
her papa intends taking stroll
with her" -.