The Van Buren press., 1876-09-19
MISCELLANY.
The New Cashier.

u new review. w hat affair 7 he repeat.
ed, looking at her from Under his specta
! cles, in great astonishment.
"WAy, you know as well rs do, re
turned the lady, pettishly, what YOU
were talking to Mr.. Day about, this af.
ternoon.'
The bank director 9 zed in still increas
! ing wonder
w hen Maggie was On tina steps, ad
ded his wife
"OA!' said he, returning, with low
laugh, to his book, '.it was nothing"
Now you need not tell me so" an.
swered his wife, " il was something, and
insist upon knowing what"
Mrs, LIN lsey' e" insists y were by no
mesns terrifying. He replied, therefore,
quietly : My dear, it is impossible for
me to tell Sou; it was secret coniided
to me
Then there is something, thought she,
triumphan'ly, although silent at the last
speech Mis-. Lindsey walked about the
next day with the Important air OF a per.
son who had made a discovery. She
looked preternatnrally wise and fearfullv
solemn, even while washing the breakfast
cups, and exp ring with llnpallence for
the arrival ul the afternoon Sac went
over as soon after dlunrr AS it was de
cent. to ! ass it with her friend and negn
bor. Mrs Vernon Th lady had not
been her TREND aud nelghbof for so man,
years without discovering the inlalllble
signs and symptoms ot Il secret, So sat
determined not to take tile slightest hint
or betray the slightest curiosity, being
very sure way, she very well knew, Of
uipping the intended disclosure in the
bad She pc inittetl Mis- Lindsey to run
ON tlnl she had exhausted herself, in such
like trusnls: :. How distressing it is to
be deceived in any one you have respect
ed aud liked W ell, truth is stranger
than liction;'' What world we live
in Certainly one learns new things
every day; :" was never more sur
prsed in my life han was yesterday"
This looked like coming to the point SO
Mrs Vernoa raised her eyes and began
to appear Interested. But said Mrs
Lindsey drawing back her head as she
perceived the movement with no little
dignity, "one must keep some things to
ones self Mrs. Vernon looked down
GA her knitting, ana began talking of in
different matters Nothing coalt be
more becoming. Piqned at her affected
lack OF curiosity, Mrs Lindsey, in sort
Of spite, made the disclosure.
9" can never look at him again with.
out horror and disgust exclaimed Mrs.
Vernon, after a moment Of breathless as
constituent. "Who couli believe it !?
Such an agreeable, handrome Young man
bat Satan knows well enough where to
choose his servants"
:" | really thought it was my duty to
tell you," continued Mrs Lindsey, graft
fed beyond measure al the effect she had
produced. " for he has been so very polite
you know, to your daughter Gertrude,
and now OF course
or course interrupted her friend,
; she shall have nothing more to say to
hm "
81 would not cut him dead, my DEAR
exclaimed Mrs. Lindsey. in some alarm,
d" for nothing more this is to come out,
YOU understand My huo band, Mr. Day
and all OF them, it appears, have deter
mined to conceal it, and as the Young
man has behaved very well since his arri.
val here, we must on no account rake up
tins old matter"
"Oh certainly; snail say nothing.
you may depend upon It, answered her
companion, " except to warn Gertrude,
and insist upon her liseuursging his at.
tenlions aud treating hin with great cool
ness. What can he haze done p she ex
claimed after a momem 5 pause
:" hat is more than | can tclI,' an
swrrcd Mrs Lindsey The words Ger
taInly give ones Imagination free scope
have Thought OF everything, and really
could not sleep last nigh for distress and
fear. Imagined him gliding into the
bank with false keys ami shaded lantern,
and perhaps setting tire to it afJerward
for the purpose OF concealing his depre-
dations; which, as we IGe so uear, you
know, would be ANYTHING bat pleasant
Sometimes | think thde were defaIca
tuus In the accounts, abi he threatened
10 Kill MIR Bennett, waoperhaps dIscpv-
ertd it. il he betraAc ed iNn Then again.
do not know but whit he has killed
somebody
Mrs. Vcruons face rejected every va.
riety of horror
" There he is, she almost shrieked,
looking out OF the wiud,w - he is com
iug here
Both ladies rose hurrlly, the first i'm.
pulse being to run and lock the door,
but rs Mr.. Williams diinol display any
belligerent intention, bu walked with
very quiet and cumpose' air up the steps
and rang, Mrs, Vernon contented her.
self with ordering tDo sevant to say that
" Miss Gertrude was engaged"
THIS proceeding occasoned no slight
disappointu ent and surFise to both Mr. !
Williams and the lady o his love, who, |
with heating heart and blshing face, had
from an upper window Witnessed his ap
proach She had glancu in the glass to
ascertain just how prettAshe was look
ing, then stood awaiting momentarily a !
summons down But sle was deceived |
The hall door closed, an the servant re-
treated again to her quaiers.
No message, book or nte-what could
it mean
Mamma" she exclaifod after wait
ing an impatient half hou for Mrs Lind !
sey exit, Mr., WIlials called here
this afternoon, aud was .ot admitted
what does it mean p
do not speak Of himny dear" re