The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-07-10
THE TIMES NEW BLOOMFIELD PA. JULY 10, 1877.

NO, must leave town tonight; me
sister Mary will be expecting me.''
"Then," )" suggested the German; "let's
arrange 1t now. Where do you need to
CO." he inquired of me, "to get the
money 2"
"To my hotel and to my bankers
BOTH" said
Where is your banker ?"
"On Lombard street."
Well, that will suit me, too, as L
know banker there, and can yet all
the money 1 need"
The Englishman would pledge us in
another glass before we started, though
barely tasted my ale, the two glasses L
had already imbibed having had very
strange effect upon me.
Here is sovereign" he said, ito
pay for the cab; this is to accommodate
me, and insist upon paying"
The German took the gold, called a
cab, and we were off, being agreed that
the Englishman should wait there till
we returned
cit is the most astonishing perform
ance ever heard Of" said L. " Can it
be possible that such fool can be at
large twenty-four hours in London with
out being robbed ?''
He runs great risk" said my COM
panion, and we had better keep an eye
on him till he starts for home, or else
telegraph to Mary to come and look after
him."
/ found my banker, man who had
known me long and intimately in this
country, in his private office, and
spread out my adventure before him in
the most animated style. l felt it nee
essary to do this because wanted to ask
the loan of ESQ for few hours, but be-
/ had got to that point he said he could
let me have the money if did not hap
happen to have it by me; it was by all
means my duty to accept the offer the
stranger had made, etc., etc. He called
his partner, native Londoner, and re-
lated the singular circumstance to him ;
he opened his eyes very wide, but said
little. AS L was leaving, my banker
said:
You don't suppose this is, an attempt
to rob you, do you ?"
"Oh, no." said 1, "that is out of the
question:"
When regained the cab, my COM
panion was not there; L supposed he
had not returned from his bankers yet
but presently saw him emerging from
behind a near cab, whence it instantly
occurred to me that he had been watch
ing my movements. We got in and
drove toward my hotel. Presently q
feeling came over me precisely like
bucket of cold water, that here was
skillfully played game to rob me. But
no, it, could not be; the thought was too
ugly; 1 was not going to give up that
hundred pounds so easily. But the feel
ing would come back in spite of me, and
gradually the scales fell from my eyes.
With what rude shock / came down
from the seventh heaven of delight,
whittier the drugged ale and the benevo-
lent impulse had sent me, to the unpala-
table reality suddenly noticed it was
raining and that London was at its disa-
greeablest. / glanced at my companion,
and quickly understood q peculiar look
about the eyes he had had all that day
sort of strained, furtive, halfexcited
look, such as one might have when play
ing desperate game. L recalled, too,
how he had approached from behind
that cab, and remembered that had
seen his legs beneath it as L came out of
the bank. / recalled, also, with what
caution and skill the Englishman had
played his part, and the many little
touches, he had given it, such as only a
real artist would think of. Well, said /
to myself, this is my simple, pastoral
Britisher, is it But how well he works
his business What master workman
and how juicy and human
My companion talked gayly, but evil
IDENTIFY noticed change in me. When
we reached the hotel, he invited himself
up to my room to see my quarters, etc.
AS was moving about, under one pre-
tense or another, L caught his eye in the
glass intently watching me. Having
taken the bank notes from my trunk,
that had come up for, we went down.
L fingered in the hall long enough to
tell the porter-a stout, soldierly looking
fellow-that L wanted his services about
an hour, and that wished him to take
cab and follow us, and when wealight-
ed to alight also and enter, but a few mo-
ments later. l was determined to see the