The Cecil Whig., 1876-11-18

any pouy knew any thing abo1t if II
.'el was domicled in the homestead I
Id" already searched every seemno nos,
=, anu impossible place where 4 scra,
PAPER even might have reposed From II
zee, '"oSe shingles on the roof to tha d;
VI .''e cellar, he had felt, poked and IooLal
ana mad collected, scattered alor. ::
places, about six hundred do1l,.. :.
''''e' com. lie did not believe tber
was even another cent to be found
'''' heonldas knew that thousands r,,o,
"S"hu" OF dollars in government hands
I'D" gone INTO the house. and conId f,5 -
Lace ol any having gone out: the coin die
''eieu was the result of cashincs so,,,, 90
'"' coupons, and at the end of ,no,.,..
o'elhauiIng of the house, we all ,,r.oo.,
- 'h"C the old misel's wealth WAS St.,
IN away out of doors, or that .Lo
INV" INFESTED the premises were tho
gamers 10y old Forbes parsimonv
W. Leonldas paid us his last visit tha
rs. C'eih returned to his perch. and Ftba1 ora
were ie't alone to Congratulate oursel,o.
'n''' III any view, we had considerable hat
'e'eu our situation; we had \ bouso ,,,1
SOUNDS OF our own. and very tidv sr,,,
Vi money IN hand, after all our dob., =.
paid. "0''S were
'e''iE year rolled around. rs opio+
pace ana happily with US as tbe
"e"ll could wish. But with the sattip,, io
VI v inter Ethel grew i'll, and when Jaru
"'S came we were obliged to have some ono
:. at ner side continually. Every other piqht
'iie auty OF watching devoIved ON ma.
spent the hours when she sIept sit,;,,, -
'''''e the great old open tirepacp in rho :,
common room, Ethel lying in the adioi,;o,r
'' ~ SO 'hat could see her through "
,, w." uoo', and hear her slightest move, aI
''i'eSs and my own lack of fruoalitv p
i'''d SomeWh hat reduced our stock of r,oro,. =,
anu l mad already taken the prel;minar, !;
/ '''PS towards mortgaginr the ola bor,o
'''"'' ana only waited for her convalescenco -
~ 'o"clude the operation. Nipht altar
/ h'"hI sat watching the forms and soa,o.
''at pictured themselves in the ,,1o,.;
""od Goals piled beneath the great ond
irons, and thought and nondorod 80 ="
VI oi" forbes' money. | was con- clo
'''"' 1t could not have passed out of bor
AH'e"ce so absolutely as to leave M
'''""'" OF fragment REMAINING. but j.,
'p's 10 my constant query, - What copld
nave become of it?" the wood fire only hId
'"o' us hickory sparks farther ont q, ,ba 'oo'
learth' and the old clock licked soIero,1,, acc'
ana monotonously along in its accnsto,,oI won
corner Thouob 7 bo5 Ia,I,, '''olieo Eide
''' JACK, front. bottom, outside and
'e' many time since had been mas '"'t
at OFefSea, 1t never struck me that there ,''o'
vas anything unusual about it. excent tba had
'Iie mechanical figure on top, which in vast
u'Seu IN angular antics with every mrsi Tue C
al ring of the mellow bo,r ho1, '''1"'' Emp
"'us morning of the 26th of Januarv Win
'ught myself saying in whimsical .1aa,; on u
eSS, SIS it seven mr. si,.oo also
'St seven >" and somoro- a., Anto
z figures seemed to st.,,d - P'- picior
an mad ever seen them before, They All I
sre only cranped and h,,,.:, grand
Iich was inscribed cIoso 70 e., the te.
, 100 ,''' " IKE = l6 close to the numeral "''ei
,,.i, naHpened to he exactly a quarter TO ana !"
i'e'' p''"- ecauty hands had inc. .,..l, pei, a
DId you ever h.Grures, when
~, nonsenscal idea u. it cut
nd lodge and annoy you WI wii'' "hmeah- ing the
ncy of a cinder in your eye? y" nina of Pom
even to sixteen cung to me with lke7t and NJ
ulous pertinacity. All day saw it and r;,: fu
card it, next night dreamed of it, and tiyes
fter being haunted by the crippled ''T'' the
nd grabbed "1G = for a week. | told Ethel GREAT
It, ana II nearly worried the lite out OF taker
io P""i' S'cA creature lof IL seemed TO tinge
bsorb her thoughts as completely as it had take
ine. sho 81
| convinced myself that the figures were oOO 4
'mehow connected with the misfortune,
nd sevened and sixteened everything to AN
hich that mathematical combination could not a
= applied: | added, Subtracted, and null other
piled, and applied my results to every as pie
ling about the place, from the boards in dub q
e floor to the trees in the orchard.- meloC
thel watched me, feebly interested and music
nnsed, but said nothing in aid or criticism tlng
ltil, one day, she suggested that maybe | but W
as going wrong altogether. thing
q Has it not occurred to YOU " she asked. eXcep
to take the numbers Of the clock face itrd
to considerations May not the singular have
= of their arrangement have something unost
do with the solution of the mystery o. perpe
9 If YOU will believe me heard that old souleC
)ck say seven by nine," as distinctly as long a
ever heard anything in my life. hills a
Seven 10y nine and sixteen by five, of lie
r,so i uos and won. 70 olI;,,, ,1 course
,,,+i,cr with rono,oa ,,;,r,,, 1o.i,,.,i., by tn
til my usual starting point, the fireplace. Se''''
lid not believe there was any siroIa Gricl, great
ere had not touched, but mechanically d nun
gan with the first methodical arrange l''''
,nt that nresanted itself + os doa,, bring
veruous affair. with a canacitv far rnll low gi
ri of wo,d s,,cb &c dis.inor;.h,a +lo clatter
nerouS housekeeping OF our ancestors: WISH
two c;dec upra bpiIt aoob of ff,oo, though
cks from front to back, and nineteen oe iIl
cks from hearth to rontle Tho haot noisy.
, into = chimnav and ro cor,+ could 1,o make
Ide of its construction, and, for arala- my
US cause, the hearth was not taken into Tie 'e
count To the sides, for these obvious 'ne gu
sonS, | applied myself and naturally ~
, ,,,, I'0oN' mon tt
: 'P " n0""' of the
, -, duties
4 around the brick, at the jUncture of
lines firm and solid with the mortar
j ,''' '.'''' All n
o,,I ,l.o ,,,.;o,. ,.,-~pareuts
! ordinary line of coal ashes, ss,5g}inu 5g}inu I '!','''
C,., :. ", and found moth great d
/ nj of loose fragments ol have il
VI ,,,fcL had filed the broken inner laugua
l. In my disappointmel's'- 'S '''e i''
| into the fire with a"
.Htherea me ~