Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-07-14

st, and began to compare the names of
The parties to the deed, as there men,
Toned, with the piece of parchment
which had covered the jam-pot. and
which now lay upside down upon the ia.
BILE.
'sRalph Howard and Frederick Pol
lock, Thomas Burt and Sidney Forest
Dysart. William Henry Austin. Yes,
the very names Mrs. Moyse, I've found
the missing deed, or at last piece of
it and now, if we can trace the rest,
our fortunes made! p
"You don't mean that dirty old piece
Of sheepskin that lay about here for ever
SO long. and that took to cover my JAM
pots! Good gracious !"
.'Mrs. Moyse that dirty old piece of
parchment is worth five hundred
pounds But where is the rest of it ?
For heavens sake, don't say it is de-
stroyed!"
"It's all cut up, at any rate said
Mrs. MOyse, Ainging open her cupboard.
"There are two dozen pots there, and
they've each got piece of it. That pot
was the first we opened. And rather
think"-rummaging in the cupboard
"yes, here it is IL rather think this is
all the rest of it"
1t was an anxious moment. The mu-
tilated parchment was spread out, the
pots uncovered, and the circular frag-
ments restored, though with some diff
Guilty, each to its proper place. At last
the task was finished. A few of the and
aoherases and provsded alsos were slight
ly sticky, but not the smallest part was
missing.
Mrs. Moyse's possession of the deed
was very easily accounted for. When
Messrs. Sharpe & Floyd had removed
from Chancery-lane, quantity of old
papers. which were regarded as out of
date and useless, had been swept into a
corner for the dust-man. The deed in
question had, by some accident, got
among them; and Mrs. Moyse, observ-
ing. that it was parchment, and being a
careful housekeeper, picked it up and
laid it aside for the purpose for which
she afterwards used it.
These particulars were communicated
to Tom while Bessie brushed his hat and
generally got him ready for excitement
had made him quite helpless) to go of
to Mr.. Sharpe's private house at once to
claim the reward. Everybody appeared
to have vague kind of impression that
it was all dream, and that they had
better secure the reward before they woke
up. With the deed carefully wrapped in
paper and in the breast pocket of his
closely -buttoned coat, Tom hurried to
Mr.. Sharpe's, told his story, and produc-
ed the deed, receiving the heartiest CON-
incubation for his intelligence and acute.
ness.
Excuse me one moment" SAID Mr.
Morpeth and leaving the room he re.
turned with check, still wet, request.
ing Messrs. Coutts & Co. to pay Mr.
Thomas Halliday or order the sum of five
hundred pounds.
"And now, my friends" )" he said, "sit
down and join us at dinner, which you
so agreeably interrupted. For my owl
part. | feel more inclined to enjoy my
dinner than | have for a twclvemontt
past, though I'm afraid the soup has got
cold. Sit down Sharpe. Will you si
there Mr.. Halliday, and make yourself
at home?"
Tom blushed and stammered. "l
thank you kindly. sir; but, if you re
member. I've partaken of tea anc
shrimps, already sir. And if you'll
kindly excuse me, l think there's som,
one might feel hurt; mean-the trutl
is-my young lady is waiting for me
and feel SO proud and happy with thi
piece of paper that | shall not believ
it's real until I've shown it to Bessie
God bless her !"
"Amen. my lad: and if you or sh
ever need friend, you shall find one il
me-"
"And in me, too" said Mrs. Nor
peth. "And tell your Bessie that shall
come and make her acquaintance yer,
soon."
Tom and Bessie were married fey
months later, Mr. and Mrs. Morpetl
both insisting on being present at tn
ceremony. They had made a great pc
of Bessie, and given substantial aid t
the young couple in commencing house
keeping, quite apart from the five hun
dred pounds earned by Tom in connec
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tion with the missing deed. Uncle Keck
widge gave the bride away, and has grad
nally become reconciled to Tom.
TO GET RICH.-Nothing is more cas-
than to get rich. 1t is only to trust nc
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