Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-08-21

it slowly and noiselessly open; puts in
his head, finds it only a. bathroom; he
closes the door, and ascends the next
/ flight of stairs. .,~
/ BE hears key being put into the lock
at the hall door; he holds his breath and
listens attentively. Whoever it is closes
the hall door behind them, and beginssto
climb the hail stairs; he does the sames
At last the top Of the stairs is reached
the footsteps are coming nearer, and at
last actually begin to ascend the last
flight, at the head of which he is. He
pushes open a door. glanccs hurriedly
around the room, finds it is vacant, rush
cs to the bed and crawls underneath.
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At late hour at night Fred Grover re.
turned to his boarding house, tired and
disconsolate. He had been unable to
raise any money, consequently in the
morning he would have to seek other
quarters to live in.
When he entered his room he threw
himself into chair, lighted his pipe, and
pulled out thick clouds of smoke, mus
ing as he did so:
"What fool I've been; spent all my
money, and must either beg, borrow OF
cheat during the next six months to live
BY Jove! l must leave off this spreeing
It's unfair to my father to spend his
money IN the way have been doing"
Fred started up, and placing his fore
head against the window pane, looked
upon the cold. dark night.
"What shame it is that money is not
more equally distributed; now that old
fellow down stairs, they say, is running
over with money. l wonder if he would
lend me Il little if were to ask himi
Pshaw! the idea is absurd. How the
deuce 1 am to face Mrs. Jackson in the
morning don't know
"Ah-catch-chew' ..-,....
"What's that? 1t sounded confound-
edly like sneezc. Hap And Fred
rushed to a corner Of the room, seized a
sword cane, drew it and looked cautious.
ly under the bed.
The first thing that met his gaze was
the gentleman who, short time pre-.
,viously, had climbed over the garden
fence.
What do you want? Come out from
there?"
The man came from under the bed
stood upright, and glared sullenly at
Fred
doing there?"
"What's the good of talking? You
know as we'll as I do what I was doing
there" said the man.
"You wanted to rob the house, sup
pose?" H., T,'. :.
"This amt police court, is it? Take
me to one if you are going to, and then
I'll tell you what want to do, Perhaps
Suppose I were to let you go, what
would you do?"
make tracks as fast as could"
"Umphl have you any money about
you?"
"No.'
"Ah, then, l can't let you co.. must
wake up the house and geta policeman y
"Hold On. I think I have little"
"Will you lend me some?"
elbow much do you want?"
Fifty dollars, and assure you on my
word Of honor I'll return it to you as
soon as I get remittance from home"
The man offered to lend him twenty,
but Fred insisted upon having fifty OF
none at all. So, after deal Of talking,
the man reluctantly drew roll of bills
from his pocket, counted out tiftyldollars,
and handed them to Fred, who scrutiniz:
ed them carefully.
Umph! they seem good. Now you
may go, and don't let me catch you here
again. When I'm ready to returnit I'll
put an advertisement in some paper to
that effect" ,~
The man sulk1ly left the room, Fred
politely lighted him down stairs, closed
the hall door after him and went to bed
In the morning he settled Mrs. Jack
sons claim and commenced study il
good earnest.
He has now one Of the best practices
in New York. ...,
Fred put the promised advertisement
in the paper several times, but as no one
came forward to claim the borrowed
money, handed it over to a charitable
society IN that city.
ut was hardly the thing" Fred thinks
sometimes. ''for the robber to have beer
robbed"
What do you think, reader?