The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-02-25
house any time within an hour

and in an hour afterwards was at
MI. Lotus house.
Now my sweet pet" said Mr..
Lotus to a pretty blonde haired
child, who was building blocks on
the floor as Mr.. ..Que?nsby entered,
Papa has business now, and can
not be disturbed. So, now, that s
darling; run to Catharine and get
dressed. and by-and-by papa will
take you out for q walk. You will
excuse me, Mr.. Queensby," contin
ued the fond parent, as he kissed
the child and waived her to the
door. Little girls want so much
more petting than boys" Now the
child was gone, and Queensby and
LOTUS were alone. His manner
hardly changed. ':Ah, I perceive
YOU have the notes. You will
count them. Seven thousand dol
lars? Correct. You will give them
to me-
And the bonds?" inquired Mr..
! Queensby.
You shall have them but I want.
and must have the money first, said
Mr.. Lotus. just as quietly as ever,
cutting the leaf Of a magazine with
mother-of-pearl pap=r-knife.
"What security have I that the
bonds will be retlrned?' inquired
Nh. Queensby.
The word of a thief, Sir, said
3Ir. LOTUS, closing the book with
a snap, and looking sq1arely at
IQueensby. If you will give me
the money, I shall lock it up here,
and you must trust me. If not,
take your money away with you. If
you consent to my terms, in FIVE
minutes the bonds will be in your
possession. I could not give them
to you if I wanted to, for they are
not here.
With a tremor Queensby handed
over the piles of bills to Lotus, who,
opening a safe in the back room,
locked them securely up.
1--WE will now go to the Hotel" -
and saying this Queensby and Lof-
tus went into the street. The wea-
ther was cold, and both had on
their overcoats. -+,-
"a drink this raw morning would
be excellent" remarked Nh. Lotus.
:'The brandy at the Corridor is
passable. I mostly import my own
in small quantities. In New York
everybody adulterates brandy so
much. Is it not a shame that
Union square, which should be the
tidiest Of all places, is always in
such shocking condition? and
that little scoundrel of newsboy,
who has splashed the mud over us.
No, I do not want newspaper he
said to the newsboy, 'Fand clear out. ="
A dirty, ragged newsboy, thus ad-
dressed, who had a bundle of papers
under his arm, gazed at the speaker,
Mr.. Lotus, for moment with the
utmost contempt, and then made
use of some decidedly impertinent
expressions. Mr.. Lotus made an
attempt to strike the rude boy with
his neat umbrella, which blow the
boy evaded, josting against MI.
Queensby. The incident was soon
forgotten, as they neared the hotel,
when Mr.. Queensbys anxiety in
creased. "Have l." he remarked to
himself, "been fool enough to throw
away $1,000? If he is going to
humbug me, l am capable of shoot
ing him. What about those bonds?"
he said aloud.
Bonds. Why, my dear Sir, my
dear Mr.. Queensby, here you have
been carrying on Broadway, in the
most crowded thoroughfare of the
city, some twenty thousand dollars
worth of United States bonds wrap
ped up in an old newspaper in your
pocket. 1t is mercy you have not
been robbed. Your escape can on
ly be accounted for by the fact that
the outside of the package by no
means represents the value of the
contents
Mr.. Queensby felt in his overcoat
pocket, and sure enough there was
a goodly-sized package. The hotel
was reached, and in a private corner
the package was examined, and the
bonds, twenty thousand dollars
worth in all, was found to be cor
rect Whether Queensby and Lof-
tus tried the brandy at the bar Of
the Corridor we do not know. How
the bonds came into Queensbys
pocket can only be accounted for by
the supposition that the newsboy
put them there, but how these bonds
We're taken from the Fountain, is
still mystery.
This is precisely how, in this par
ticular circumstance, a felony was
compounded. There was no safer
savings bank than the Fountain OF
Templeton, and during the late pan