The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-26
salts and sal volatile, was there ever such an
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The music struck up for the dances as !
hopped back into my room. hid my head
among the holsters and muiiS. ana hltnost
cried; for I'm such o delicate minced J, man ~
Yes. II hurt me- great deal more than 1t did
NJ rs. Mnrkby. for, would YOU believe it1-she
told the story down below to the whole com
pnny with pnntOmimic action, ana Wnen !
showed myself vt the door OF the drawing
room, was received With SHOUTS Oh lneKLlH-
puishnble laua hter.
4 i think chilled tie Yorkshire people dense
lust now, didn't II Well, I'll add another
epithet- coarse-dense and coarse told on
%; but they only laughed the more.
the guests were gone, the lights were out,
slumber had Just visited my eyes, when right
into my brain, starting no up as y ~ been
shot, came noise, II sort OF dull bursting
noise. | wasn't really certain All iirst whether
had heard noise or only dreamed OF IT,.
/ sat up In bed and listened intently. Was
it only my pulse humping into my ears, or
were those regular beats the tramp Or Some
body's muf1led feet2 Then ! heard an unmis-
taxable sound -creak. creak, creak,-a door
nient the Idea flashed into my head t22, 900.
You soc, all this dancing and junketiDg,
and laughing and chatting, Ind completely
driven out Of my mind all thought OF
tho largo sum had In my possession. i
had lad i lo II Il in greatcoat pocket, which
was hanging up III the hall down stairs.
Puff u gust OF wind came through the
house, rattlnR tho doors and windows. and
then heard u door slam. and q footstep out
side OF some one cautiously stealing away.
Away down stairs went like q mailman.
my ono thought to put my hand On that great
coat. It was brown great coat, with long
tails, and two pockets behind and little cash
pocket on the loft hand side In front, and this
breast pocket III which had put the bng OF
money. This pocket wasn't, as Is usual, on
the left hand side, but on the right. There
was no other coat hanging on those rails, only
my wife's waterproof. What swoop made
TO yet hold Of that coat! Great heavens! 1t
was gone
had carefully barred and chained the front
door before went to bed-now ii was unfas-
tened ran out into the street, and looked
up and down, hopeless and bewildered 1t
was dark, damp night; the lamp at the
streaming pavement, but there wasn't n soul
to be seen. Everything was still and cold
and dark.
The money was clean gone yea, 1t was
gone ] repeated these words mechanically
to yself AS crawled up steirs. ALI tho re-
suits III this loss pictured themselves clearly
before me dismissal from the bank, ruin OF
all my prospects, utter ruin, 10 fact! What
could do2 TO what turn I The blow that
had fallen upon me was So heavy and
sudden that it had benumbed my faculties
My chief desire was to crawl into bed and fall
asleep, hoping never To wake. But morning
would come surely enough morning and It's
attendant mlseres.
ln1n GIlB JnOukIJ GAUib VI INC. oIOLlI w
To bed aud say nothing ut all about lt2 No
one knew of my having received that money,
not soul but Black, the man who had depOs
itod 1t. had given him no receipt for II, 20
acknowledgment. Black had gone to Ameri
CA hundred things might happen ~ he
might never return; at all events there was
respite, Immediate relief. | could go to the
bank next morning. hang up my hat as usual.
everything would go on rs before. X Black
returned, my word was as good as his. The
fruyk
But don't think retained this thought long.
Did you ever consider how much resolution
and force of will 1t takes to initiate course
Of crime and deception Id neither the one
nor tho other; | should have broken down at
once couldn't have that fellows eye on me
md tell him ! had never had his money.
| woke my wife; she'd slept through all
the trouble. Mary" | said, were ruined;
there's been robbery"
"A robbery" cried she, clasping her hands;
"and are the men gone"
Yes" said
's 1ll, thalln ..eaven!" she said, "then we're
safe Never mind the rest, Jack, as long as
our lives are safe. But there's my water
proof, Jack--oh do run and SEQ II they've
t.hen that?"
Then | told her tho story Of the g22,ooo.
She wouldn't believe me at first; but when
she heard the whole story she was fright
ened enough. Yet she had Wits about hef
more than | had.
you must run Off to the town hall, Jack,
she said, "and set the police TO work. They
don, and everywheIe' oh, do 20 at once
Jack this very moment! Every second lost
may be ruin to us.
AwayI went to the town hall. This was q big
classic edllce. with an immense porttco and
huge flight Of steps; but you didn't go into
the porticoto get into the police Office, but to
the side which wasn't classical at Ill, but OF
the rudimentary style or architecture, and
you went along a number of echoing stone
passages before you reached the superin-
intendent's Office.
When told the superintendent the story
"Ah," he said, Il think know who did that
job"
.Oh," said /, chow thankful / am! Then
you can put your hands on him and get back
the money. ! want the money back, Mr.. SUI
Observation-Disclosures mind him. | wouldn't
mind indeed, rewarding him for his trouble
II | could only get the money back.
Sir" said the superintendent, severely,
"the police amt sent into the world to get
peoples money back nothing or the sort
we aren't going to encourage composition 81
felony; and for putting our hands on Flashy
| Joe-for he did the jot,, mark you.well what
do you think the liberty Of the subject is for
Where's your evidence"
! was obliged to confess hadn't ny,where
/ at the superintendent looked at me cOntenp.
| tuously.
Now, let's see into the matter" said he
after be- made some notes on a bit OF paper.
GLOW came they to know you'd got the money
/ In your cOat2
| said didn't know.
"Ah, but know, said tho superintendent
"Yon went to get 3 glass Of ale after you left
the bank, young MANI
| | was obliged to confess ] had done 50.
THAT'S how property gets stolen" said he
looking at me severely. And what's more
you had glass with friend. All! knew
YOU had. And perhaps you got talking tc
| this friend of yours
"Yes, indeed, had.s,
Very we'll aud mentioned about the money
you'd just took?'
VERY likely
",Then this Joe, depend upon II, was in the
crib at the time, and he heard you, and he fol
lowed you back to the bank and you haven
got blinds but a wire netting over the window
and anybody outside can see you counting
out the gold anC. silver.
That's true" | said.
eyes; | see it ALL said the superintendent
.just as Toe saw 1t. He follows you up her
to yondcr, and he sees you put your none,
in your coat pocket, and then he follows yo'
| .oIt e .,ttiat "a cracks the