The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-11-30

their restoration, with promise "No |
questions asked appended to it. It is
undoubtedly wrong to come to any COM
promise of that kind with thieves, as it |
is only offering an additional induce
ment to dishonesty, by rendering its
commission comparatively safe. We re-
member, however, an occurrence that
took place many years ago, when a sim
liar inducement was held out to the
thieves, unsuccessfully as it fell out,
but without producing any disappearing
comments.
The circumstances to which we allude
happened in Edinburgh, to the wife OF
q physician of eminence at that time.
She and her husband went out to dinner
at house situated In one of the "Ter-
races, rather remote part of the city,
where at all hours the traffic was small,
and at the hour OF fashionable dinner
party very few persons indeed were like
" to be passing. Moreover, it was
broad daylight, or very nearly so and
they were driven to the house in their
own carriage by coachman who had
been in the doctors service for twenty
years. The lady wore handsome white
lace shawl it had been her wedding
veil, and she priced it for that circum-
stance as well as for its Intrinsic value.
To preserve it from being crushed, it
was her habit to put it on the top OF her
warmer wraps and, on reaching the
house where she was going to dine, it
was properly adjusted by the waiting
maid. On this particular occasion she
quilted the carriage, and walked along
the passage to bedroom on the same
floor, where a maid was In waiting to
assist her in removing her outer COW
ering.
"Please take the lace shawl off very
carefully" said the lady.
"Lace shawl, ma'ams" replied the
maid, doubtfully. ST don't see it,
ma am."
eyes, the white lace shawl" said the
lady; then, as she stood in front of the
mirror, she saw no shawl was there.
sob, how stupid must have dropped
it in the lobby. Look there, If you
please.
The maid did SO instantly. No shawl
was to be seen. She ran to the front
door and looked out. No shawl on the
pavement, no person in sight; only the
carriage at considerable distance, too
far off for the coachman to hear had they
even called after him.
"Oh, never mind" said the lady; cit
can't be helped now. It must have
slipped down on the floor of the carriage,
and the coachman will find it when he
gets home" And she and her husband
Joined the party in the drawing room,
and gave themselves no further concern
for the time about the shawl.
I Now comes the strange part OF the
story. The coachman never found the
shawl; it had not been left in the car
riage, so far as he was aware; but, not
knowing of any special necessity for ex-
amining the interior of the vehicle, he
had not done so before again bringing it
at night to take home his master and
mistress. Nothing, therefore, was heard
of shawl, and notice of the loss was
inserted in the newspapers, with reward
of ten pounds to whatsoever should re-
store it.
Some weeks passed, but no finder APP
peared. IT seemed certain that the
shawl had been stolen, and, as the lady
was very anxious to regain possession Of
it, fresh notice was put into the papers:
" Fifteen, pounds reward, and no ques-
tons asked" A toleraply strong IN
ducement to the thief, if such there were,
to give back what must have been a
very useless acquisition to him; and yet
this advertisement met with no greater
success than the other.
Weeks rolled on, and changed into
months, and eventually years; the lady
never more set eyes on her wedding
veil, and finally abandoned all expecta-
ton of ever again recovering it; and she
never has. Now, what became OF that
shawl?