Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-05-26

Ill loSus ub olldU oSdSo1l VI tlIG yOd1-liilO
winter-an impossible slough or quag-
mire. 1t is not yesterday am talking
about, mind you; in fact it was before
the time of street gas lamps. The road
was dimly lighted with an oil lamp that
swung in bracket from the church
yard wall, and the next light was round
the corner, quite out of sight. My
friend and I were going along at full
speed, in a cheerful mood, laughing and
singing; but when we came to
the foot of the church wall all looked SO
gloomy and ghostlike, the black damp
wall, the sullen lamp, throwing a sort
of sickly CLEAN on the sea of mud below
that involuntarily we grew silent and
came to stand. ''Here goes Jack ~
cried my friend, and scampered hastily
along the path, whilst followed him at
full speed. 1t was narrow enough, and
some of the stones were loose, and if
you lost your balance, you were up to
your knees in black mud; so that I had
enough to do to see where [ put my
feet without looking aloft. All of q
sudden, rap bang [ struck my head
against something that gave
way, and swung backward and forward,
hitting me at each swing, and bringing
me to complete stand still. Well,
cast my eyes aloft and saw, perched on
top of the church wall, sitting on the
cheUaur de .frise as comfortably as you,
| Colonel, would sit on a saddle, little
man in black, who was holding a rope
in his hand, and from this rope hung a
long narrow package, wrapped up in a
black tarpaulin-the package, in fact,
against which I had knocked my head"
ga body, probably?" suggested the
| Colonel.
ga very fair Inference" said Wilson.
"Well, ] must tell you that it was an
understood thing in the profession that
none of us should take any notice of
any thing of that kind. Public feeling
was very high on that point, and
| wouldn't have given a sixpence for the
life of anybody caught in the act; whilst
the true interest of humanity demanded
that the medical schools should have
the means of teaching practical ana
tony. So should have scampered on,
and taken no more notice, but as i'll
luck would have it, a dog began to
bark from inside the church-yard. It
was impossible to mistake that bark
it was Bingo's. Some spirit of mis-
chief entered into me, and 1 cried out
in gruf, disguised voice, What!
Biackstock, are you busy, then, to-
night ?" and ran on. For moment
my voice seemed to have struck
terror into the hearts of the resurrec-
tionists. The body came down to the
ground with crash, and, turning
,n1,nI I %Io -
astride the wall, like one stupefed.
But the next moment he dropped softly
down and pursued us. Well, we ran on
like tie wind-we were both good run
ners-and yet we could not shake off
these pursuing footsteps. The faster
we went the faster they seemed to fol-
low; and [ assure you my blood ran
cold in my veins till, turning the corner
OF the street, we met a party of the
watch with slaves and lanterns, at whose
appearance our follower hastily de-
camped; and, having explained to the
watchmen that our flight was mere
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 at the end Of the next street,
looking over my shoulder at every cor
watched.
Well, gentlemen, when I reached my
own door, imagine my chagrin to find
that 7 had lost the key It was large
street-door key-latch keys were little
in use In those days and I could not
think how [ had managed to loose it;
but there was the fact; it was gone, and
[ was locked out in the street this cold,
dreary winters night. [ knocked and
knocked IN vain; my landlady slept at
the top Of the house, and was as deaf
as post. [ reused the neighborhood,
but made no impression upon her.
Then [ returned to my friends lodging,
but had no better fortune there; and
tired and cold, [ was obliged to patrol
the ne1ghborhood for three or four
hours before [ could gain admittance.
[ was not without fear that my friend of
the churchyard might be dogging my
footsteps; but saw nothing to excite
further alarm. Apparently we had
thrown him off the track altogether
Gas soon as [ got back to my rooms
[ went to bed, and did not get up till
nightfall. The cold seemed to have got
into my very bones. In the meantime
my landlady was loud in her complaints
against me for the loss of her key; and
as soon as [ rose and had dressed [ was
obliged to go to neighboring lock-
smith to try and replace it. But the
locksmith had no key that would fit,
and I found that it would cost as little
to have the lock replaced as to have a
key made on purpose. I ordered
lock, therefore, very unwillingly, for ii
would cost four or five shillings, sum
that I could i'll spare. I was sitting in
meditative mood, depressed by rheum,
and chargrined at the loss of so much
money, when the locksmith, who had
left the house half an hour before, hay
ing taken the measurements for the
lock, returned and asked to see me.
81 have good news for you, sir, he
said, smiling; "the key has been found,
and you will be able to get it back for
nothing Such nice, merry old gen
tleman has found it, sir I've brought
him with me to see you, and I'll bring
him TD-stairs IF vOu'l1 allow me- F"