The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-28
BROOKHAVEN MISS. THU RSDAY AUGUST 2S< 1873.

you let me have some money, if you
please?"
81 haven't any to-day, Mrs. Jackson,
but, but"
''But what, sir?" and the matronly
looking women frowped at poor Fred.
II was going to say I expect remit
tance from home in day or two. and
then I'll give you some."
Mrs. Jackson's face twitched about
all manner of ways; finally she said:
"If You cannot let me have some
money to morrow, Mr.. Grover, L will
feel obliged to you if you will find an
other boarding house,.
Fred readily promised to let her have
some money the following day, though
where he was going to get it from he
hadn't the widest idea. However. ii
was respite, and he shouldn't have TO
face Mrs. Jackson before the following
day.
When we owe money and promise to
pay to morrow, what long way of
that morrow appears.
When Mrs. jackson had left the
room Fred put his hands to che bottom
of his trowsers' pockets and began to
walk about the room with rapid strides.
"What the deuce is to be done? |
don't know. Let me see-oh, that's no
use; I've rawned everything that's
pawnable!'
Fred threw himself on his bed to try
and calm himself. He counted all the
flies on the ceiling, and longed to be a
fly because they didn't have to pay
board bills.
"By Jove, a good idea!' said Fred,
starting up. "I'll try to borrow it;
very likely Jim can lend it to me-
He seized his hat and hurried from
the house.
Attached to the house that Fred had
just left is a yard, but called by the
landlady garden; hehind that gaaden
Is small lane leading to nowhere in
particular, and having its entrance into
street chiefly devoted to tenement
housed, dirt and squaliing children.
About eleven o'clock that night a
man very carefully looked over the fence
that separated the aforesaid garden
from the above mentioned lane. Look
ing carefully around, he drew from his
pocket pair of plncers, and commence
ed breaking off short a few of the
spikes that were on the top of the
fence, and had been put there, pre-
sume, for the express purpose of an
noying the neighboriug cats.
After counting the number he had
broken off, by feeling them with bis
hands, he carefully climed to the tor
of the fence, then lowering himself in
to the garden.
"Blame itI' he SAID having alightej
in the middle of li.ac-bnsh wh;ci
slightly scratched him, "thcre's always
something to interfere with fellows
business.
Having extracted himself from the
bush he crept stealthily towards the
yard door, applied his ear to the key
hole, and listened.
"Hamph! all qaiet. So far so good.
Now to business"
lie produced an anger from one o.
the numerous pockets IN his coat, ant
then began to bore hole-so quietly
that You could hardly hear it--in the
door. When he had finished, he pm
his arm through the orifce, withdrew
the bolt. and ent cred the house.
When be was inside. by the aid Of
dark lantern, he CROPPED his way tc
the bottom of the basement stairs and
then began ascending them, glancine
with keen and penetrating eye at every
object around him. On a dumb waiter
near the dining room door fork hat
been left, no doubt by he carelessnes
of one of the servants. His eyes rest
ed upon it; he went up to it and exam
ined it carefully.
''Plated!" he exclaimed in tone o
disgust and put it down again.
Quickly. and as cautiously as before
he ascends the next flight of stairs
tries the handle of door; it yield to
him; he pushes it slowly and noise
lessly open; puts in his head; finds it il
only the bath room; so closes the doc
and ascends the next flight of stairs.
He hears key being put into th'
lock at the hall door: he holds bis breatl
and listens attentively. Whoever it ii
closes the door behind them, and be-
gins to cline the hall stairs; he doe!
the same.
At last the top of the stairs is reach
ed. 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 door; glances hur
riedly around the room. finds it is va
can't, rushes to the bed and crawls un'
derneath.
4
At late hour at night Fred Grover
returns to his clearinghouse, tired
and disconsolate. He has been unable
to raise any. money consequently id the
morning lac would have to seek othel
quarters to live in.
When he entered his room he threw
himself into chair, lighted his pipe
and puffed out thick columns of smok'
musing as he did go:
"What fool we been; spent all m.
money, and must either beg, borrow OF
cheat during the next six months t.
live. BY iove! 1 must leave off thi'
sp,eeing. It's unfair to my father t.
spead HE money in the way l hav'
a