The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-02-10

"All right If Won saV picket picket
it is"
ooh" said Brace. with II spice of NAL
ice, "Carncs is the fellow who perpetra-
ted the Joke concerning the sentncing
of EMMY pouches before. and now he
proposes mounting guard on but little
higher principles-thev are not more
than half filed now"
"Pcrhaps empty" vouchsaled anoth-
or.
With this some one dove into their
safe and shouted:
II swear, it's clean sweep again."
Tmpossiblcl" we all cried, rushing
hither and Wonder, and meeting five
minutes later with blank faces and col
apscd wallets. "This accounts for the
strange actions of the dog last night.
lie wasn't quiet moment. scufiling
back and forth-and what does it
mcan?" Does il mean MasterSg'
Every one hotly disclaimed the idea.
eft Is but n rehearsal of the nerform
ance when he ms we'll os ourselves lost
his cold. Dut why docs moi the do0
make nm outcrv ?" - WV '''' '''' ''''
oils early education. no doubt. Won
know Masters obtained him somehow of
outlaws. and II is NV oninion tbot that
docs
NAL TO accompany him onv more lest
he be recognized and kidnapped.
Doubtless his original master co,,Id in
terpret his every movement. while we
cannot"
"Dut how is the tbino. donep"
at must be done in fbe daytime."
"cNo: | can take oath that nv metal
was safe last evening. Well II couldn,t
|
deed, ,"-the ominous pause caused each
man to look at his nciehbor.
diets have thc whole thino. Diobv 8"
yelled Brace. flushing to the roots ofhis
hair. 1--WE don't want any insinuations
coming in to sit down with us, | swear
IT'S disaoreeoblo enouUh to ,vorlr lilo q
truck horse and the devil to oct the
wages, without a messmate biting Off a
sentence in that nasty fashion,"
Digby was hugely embarrassed nj thc
unexpected and fur;ous ottocl. h,,t ,oo,'1
ogod to artie"latn
:. II didnt nnlsh, because twas too ri
diculous. was going to say it was be-
yond comprehension unless one of us
were sleep walker"
Never was guilty of the thing" each
one affirmed of himself.
| well, we spent whole day hunting
for some clue to the mystery. With
ideas of snbterraneous passages, we
churned our picks into the hole where
our gold had been, and butted about
the camp for underground passages.
We could discover nothing but the
tracks OF the dog where he had been
outside and down TO the fork to drink.
Masters came i'll that night and adj
" IN, tnnx hat
but we couldn't make up our minds to
do so, SO long as the deposits continued
to yield so richly.
NO. said Digby, i'll an aside to me,
"Carnes, If stay here at Balarat alone,
l Will remain until ! solve this mys-
terry
l lmbibed something of his spirit, be-
sides resolved to be doing little spy
ing on my own account, for it certainly
must be one of our party-or the devil
I."'at accomplished these clever robbcr-
We were filling up our wallets again,
but with the determination if we lost
again to consider the place the haunt
| Of disembodied thieves.
1t came about wild windy morning,
finishing of with noisy night. We
had worked like mules all day, and |
had the impression that Masters would
bring lis in brace of fowls for supper,
and sure enough he did, and roasted
them for us. We sal down together
and feasted like rather bcgrimcd, but
mammoth sylvan fairy kings. while my
mind amidst all the uproarous laughter,
and coarse but witty Jokes. was settling
into fixed determined plan.
As the day departed, Masters should
cred his rifle and strobe Of a little
later, | strolled outside without saving
anything TO the boys ofmy intentions.
BY the greatest stratagems kept Mas
tiers in view. On and on, kept dodg-
ing behind elevations, boulders, and ev-
ergreens, but the darkness was settling
down heavily. and | should soon lose
sight of him. The wind made such a
rushing and roar that no sound of nv
walking apprised him of pursuit. /
certainly never felt like guilty sneak
until on this occasion; to be following
along after an open hearted messmate
in this cowardly manner made me
cringe at every fresh cracking of the
bushes. What explanation could Of
fer!
we had left the barren ridge and
were deeply in the wooden district adj
Joining, when suddenly lost sight OF
nun; 81
"a iool ior my pans, m'ii.ered,
tllnking Oh lhe hsagrecabie walk iha'
l sn9uiu nave on my return u,
me wandering ABOUT III the growth
pl the evergreen, l came TO sudden
iiat' l l'u hearu Voices-iow' numb
my loiies ciosc 10 me. placed my re,
volVer Mandy ana crept forward.
calhc upon cui,hngiy devised camp
,il',uc oi ih,erlaceu Terms ana branches
but matted and woven so closely A. NOT
to admit the wind, or show the light ;
withih 10 any one TWO yards away. y
winning voice was demonstrating.
Masters was replying
only TINS time Harry, ! swear it
and then you and | will return TO the
+ worlu, ana make the world wish we
: were not Ill IL.