The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1875-06-12

lc TcCoShlLeu VIII marvellous instinct,
but to the rest Of the world sullcn and de-
finnt. But to proceed. One evening, or,
rather, should say one morning, ut u
very early hour-bctwccn two and three
| happened to bG returning with friend,
one Jackson, from some scene of gaycty,
to my rooms in MarylebOne. On our way
we passed the church of Saint Giles Over
reach. The public footway ran close be-
side this wall, hardly foot in width; and
the road was very bad just then; in fact,
ut that season Of .!;c year-mid- winter
nm impassablc slough or Quagmirc. II is
not yesterday nm talking about, mind
you; i'll fact it was before tho time of
street gas lamps. The road was dimly
lighted with an oil lamp that swung ia u
bracket from the church yard wall, and
the next light was round the corner, quite
out of sight. Well, my friend and were
pushing along ut full speed, in a very
cheerful muod, laughing and singing; but
when we came to the foot of the church
wall all looked so gloomy and ghostIikc,
the black dank wall, the sullcn lamp
throwing Il sort of sickIy glcam on the
sea Of mud below, that inv0luntarily we
came To stand. Here goes Jnckr
cried my friend, and scampcrcd hastily
along the path, whilst followed him at
full speed. 1t was narrow enough, and
some Of the stones were loose, aud if you
lost your balance, you were up to Your
knees in black mud; so that had enough
to do to see where put my feet without
looking alOft. All ofa sudden, rap-bang
| struck my head against something
something that gave way, and swung
backward and forward, hitting me ut
each swing, and bringing lie to COM
plctc stnnd-still. Well, | cast my eyes
aloFt and SAW, pcrched on top of the
church wall, sitting on the ehcraur de
JriSc as comfortably as you, Colonel,
would sit OIL q saddle, little man in
Dlack, who WAS holding a rope in his
hand. and from this rope hung long
narrow package, wrapped up in black
tarpaulin-thc package, in fact, against
which had knocked my head"
"a body, probablyl" suggested the
Colonel.
"A very fair Inference" said Wilson.
"Wcll, l must tell you that it was an un-
derstood thing in the profession that none
of us should take any notice of anything
Of that kind. Public feeling was very
high on the point, and | wouldn't have
given siXpencc for the life of anybody
caught in the act; whilst the true inter
ests of humanity demanded that the med
ical schools should have the means of
teaching practical anatomy. So should
have scampcrcd on, and taken no more
notice, but ms ill-luck would have it,
dog began t" bark from inside the church.
yard. 1t was impossible to mistake the
bark-it was Bingo's. Some spirit of
mischief entered into me, and cried out
in grutf, disguised voice, what Black
stock, are you busy, then, tO-nighti' and
ran on. For n moment my voice seemed
Ia have struck terror into the hearts Of
the rcsnrrcctionists. The body came
down to tho ground with n crash, and,
turning round, saw the little man sit
ting astridc the wall, like one stupcficd.
But the next moment he dropped softly
down and pursued us. Well, We ran on
like the wiHd-wG were both good run
ncrs-and yet wc could not shake of
these pursuing footsteps. The fnstcr We
went the faster they seemed to follow:
and | assure you my blood ran cold in
my veins till, turning the corner of the
street, VIC met party of the watch with
slaves and lanterns, nj whose appearance
our follower hastily decampcd; and, hnv-
ing explained to the watchmcn that our
flight was ncrc youthful frolic, we
reached my friends lodgings in safety.
| sat for some time within, talking of the
adventure, and then made my way to my
own rooms which were ut the end Of the
next street, looking over my shoulder at
every corner to make sure that was not
being watched.
"Wcll, gentlemen, when l reached my
own door, imagine my cha.rin to find
that had lost the key. II was n large
street door kcy--latclI.kcys were little in
use in those days-and could not think
how | had managed tn lose il; but there
was the fact; II was gone, and was
locked ont in the street this cold, lrcnry
winters night. knocked and knocked
i'll vain; my lnndlady slept at the top Of
the house, and was as deaf rs post. l
reused the ncighbnIhood, but made no
impression upon her. Then returned
to my friends lodging, hut had no better
fortune there; and tired md cold, was
three or four hours hcforc | could gain
RdmiiIanCc. was not without fear that
my friend Of the cmIrchynrd might be
dogGing my fontstcps; but saw nothing
l0 excite further alarm. Apparently we
had thrown him OF the trail altogether
"As soon as | got back to my own
rooms went to bed, and did not get up
till night-fall. The cold seemed To have
got into my very Loncs. In the meantime
my landlady was loud in her complaints
against inc for the loss of her key; and
AZ soon as rose aud had dressed was
obliged to go 20 n ncighboring locksmith
10 try and replace IT, But the locksmith
had no key that would III, md found
| that il would cost rs little to have tic lock
replaced rs to have II key made on pur-
pose. ordered lock, therefore, very
unwilIingly, for it would cost four or five
shilIings, n sum that could i'll spare.
was sitting in mcditaivc mood, depressed
by rlcum, and clagrincd ut the loss of so
much money, when the locksmith, who
Ind left the house hnlf an hour before,
having taken the measurements for tho
lock returned and asked To see me.
al have good news for you, sir bC
said, smiling; the key has been found,
and you will be able to get IL back for
nothing. Such n nice, merry old gentle.
man has found II sirI I've brought hin,
with me To sec you, and I'll bring him
upstairs if you'll allow me-
"A merry old gentleman he proved tc
bc, with tightly strapped trowscrs, very
curly brimmcd hat, and spCncCr