The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-12-07
"LITTLE JINKS."



never could DE harsh with amy one
having a real love for his mother more,
the moment that saw that his case was
a deserving one, was ready to exert
myself to the utmost to hcIp hlm out Of
the mlrc. My own mother haI Il nara
struggle to keep her harum'scarum boy
III order but sooner than cause a tear to
gather in her eye, would hay" chopped
off my right hand. She was my Idol
when ! used to worship IN %'ccrcLi AMI
many II time when She thought me asleep,
have been pccping out from under the
blankets, watching hor sewing ana WISH
ing that ! were strong 'h"ligh ina 1I"
enough 10 work lor hrr Liysc,' hut Ict
~m'rHPLaIh' received lnc loIIoWIh3hol'
one morning a5 entered Ihe once; =,
81 missed my purse when reached
home, 80 my pockets must haye been
Plckcd somewhere between the Mansion
house ana Iin'bi'ry square =,
This bret communication was signed
ny a wen known BANKER, Il joHy ora
bachelor, lIEInG IN Fin5bWry square. ne
was a NIUE man, ana inclined 10 De lat
put he nag . large warm hcart-a' h&d
discovered long before ANA seemed to
I'VE III a kind OF GENIAL atmosphere, IkcI
by cycrybody ana cnlI'd ny none !
even lrIt = homrnIary surprise that 4
thici had ioahd IT. in his hrart to We
tlmIze such Il man.
Calling at ms house, the following
cnttcd:
1t - not 20 much the money lHat
concerns me-, he sand though the loss
o. that would be serious to Il poor man,
but III the inner pocket ! had slowed
away some papers and IN old mcmoran'
dunn which | shall miss very much. II
you just GET me them, you can let the
poor wretch keep the money
This proposal was against all law and
order, and he must have known it; but
| had to remind him Of the fact.
Ali, yes, ! know he said, in his
quick way, with q merry smile. IS It's
against the law, oi course, bat you de
t]cctiycs can easily stretch Il point when
you have a mind to; and, besides.
only throw out the hint. Get the con
tents Of the inner pockct-thc rest also,
if you can"
"NO, sir"
"YOu did not feel yourself tuggcd or
jostlcd anywhere ON your way homc.'
After cliciting all the facts | could in
connection with the %iuattcr, | returned
to the office, determined to work with u
will to trace his purse and its contents.
But ! did not even hear of it. No one
seemed
particularly flush of money; the empty
purse was not picked up anywhere or
BROUGHT in and BEGAN 10 fear that if
had left London, and the thief with it.
In this, however. | was mistaken.
A little before ten O'Clock next morn
ing, while we were chatting away a slim
morscl of Il boy made his appearance,
with his ewes All red and swclled with
crying, and asked if this was the dc'cc-
tive office. We all started round an
gazrd nj the little intruder. The strang
eat thing about him "skinnyncss'-h
was Il mere shadow of 4 boy, though lie
had Il prcpossessing face, in spite of the
clearing effect Of the crying.
Being answered in the affirmative, he
remained a moment silent, during which
could see, by the quiycring of his lin
that he was struggling hard to appear
manly and firm while making his ncxt
speech ne then suddenly produced tn,
purse of Mr.. S. the banker. md
hastily got out the words:
"Iiyou plco,r Pm nthicr-,nd motbe,
ia dead and pyc n,nn for ynu T., nm,
me in iail." WV
lie was choking and shaking all ovc,
~ ne cot the word. ON. Inf !, w,s n,
usc. 4 binding rush of tears camc :,
his eyes, and the heavy purse dronncd at