Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1879-09-27

bottom of the basement stairs and then
began ascending them. glancing with
keen and penetrating eyes at every OBJ
iect around him. On a dumb-waiter
near the dining room door a fork had
been left, no doubt by the cafelessness
of one of the servants. His eyes rested
upon it; he went to it and examined it
carefully. 81 10
"Platedr' he exclaimed, in a tone of
disgust, and put it down again. -
Quietly, and as cautiously as before,
he ascends the next flight of'stairs; tries
the handle door, it Yields to him; he
pushes it slowly and n0ise1essIy open;
puts in his head, finds it only bath
room; he closes the door. and ascends the
next flight ST stairs " I0V u Il
He bears E key being being put in p the lock
listens attentively. Whoever it is closes
the hall door behind them, and begins to
climb the hall stairs The does the same.
At last the top of the stairs is reached;
the footsteps are coming nearer, and cat
last actually~begin to ascend the last
fiightsat the head of which he is He,
pushes open the door, glances hufriedly
around the room, finds it vacant, rushes
to the bed and crawls underneath
4 ~ a
At late hour at night Fred Grover
retpfpedItO hiS boarding house tired
and discOnsOlate. He had been unable
to raise any money, consequently m the
morning he would have to seek other
a Waen S Il e eise ed hn 7omr mfsG
himself into chair, lighted his pipes
and pulled out thick clouds of smoke,
musing as he did so:
What a fo0lI've been; spent all my
money, and must either beg, borrow or
cheat during the. nextsix months to live.
BY yOve! Unjust leave>Of this spreeing.
It's unfair to my father to spend his
money in the way have been iOing.
l.; Fred started up, and placing his fore
head against the window pane, looked
upon the cold, dark night.
| s"What shame it is that money is not
more equally distributed; now. that old
fellow down stairs, they say, is. running
over with money, wonder if he would
lend me a little if were to ask him ?
Pshawl the idea is absurd. How the
deuce am to face Mrs. Jackson in the
morning don't know" - ss -
| h-catch-chewp -
| "What's that? 1t sounded cOnfOunded-
| ly like sneeZe. Hap' and Fred rushed
to aeornerof the room, seized "a sword
cane, drew,it and looked cautiously un-
der the bed. - ia.
The, first thing that met hisgaze was
the gentleman who, short time previ7
ously, had climbed over the garden
fence. - -
what do you want? Come out from
there" --~-,- =. : :
The man came from nuder the bed,
stood upright, and glared suddenly at
Fred = 8 ThHYi TT'
"a, Now I'm; my & good fellow what were you
whats the good of talking? You
know as well as do what l was doing
there" III s1e'.ss b o
'.You wanted to rob the house, / sup
pose 2" 2lOQQ
'This amt police court is it? Take
me to one if you are going to, and then
FIJI tell you what l wanted to do per-
haps."
Suppose I were to let you go, what
would you dO?"' -sfa
make tracks as fast as could" = -
"Umph! have you any money about
your" s.asa 80 q =
= mo" p -
"Ah, then, 1 can't let you go, I must
wake up the house and get a policeman
Hold on 1 think 1 have a little" ~
"Will you lend me sOmeP
: "Hew much do you wanty - z
FIFTY dollars, and assure you on my
word of honor. Eli return 1T to you as
soon as get remittance from home"
The man offered to lend him twenty,
but Fred insisted upon having fifty or
Il O. of of TO
the man reluctantly drew a roll OF bills
from his pocket, counted cut fifty dol
lars, and handed them to Fred, who
scrutinized them carefully.
"Umphl they seem good. Now you may
90, and don't let me catch you here
again. When I'm ready to return it I'll
that effect" 49,. ......., -
The man sulkily left the room, Fred
politely lighted him down stairs CLOSED
the halt door after him and went to bed
In the morning he settled Mrs. Jack
sons claim and commenced study in g0ot
, earnest,
He has now sone of the best practices
! in New York.
Fred put the promised advertisement
: i'm the paper several times, but as no on,
came forward to claim the borrowed
money, handed it over to charitable
society i'm that city. g..
1T was hardly the thing" Fred think
sometimes, ..'fOr the rObber to have beef
robbed.r< Z. (I&E } O1e
What do you think, reader.
al A Rebellion Landmark Gone.
B The burning down of the notori0u
9 military prison, popularity known a
8 fCastle Thunder, in Richmond, Va, tn
e other day, removes another of tn
/ monuments of the civil war 1t stOO
0 but little distance from Libby prison
t and, like it, was originally Tobacco
factory. A number of the union officer
q were confined there on special charges
8 as wereiseveralOf the war correspondent
t of the New York. newspapers, who wer
held, so the rebels absurdly put it, a
t hostages for the good conduct of til
}; government. 1t was used generally, how
,. ever, for the confinement of SOuther
o citizens, who had been suspected of tn
9 crime of uniOnism, and of rebel officer
a who had been accused of violating mi
d itary laws. Two or three Uni0n.me
were hanged as spies in the inclOsur
: of the prison, and many thrilling scene
; of daring and escape were enacted ther
during the eventful four years of tn
q bloody struggle. The prisoners wer
often brutally and cruelty treate(
/ especially by Capt. Alexander of Bait
9 more for some time keeper of the hOrri
4 den. Castle Thunder has strange an
4 romantic, as well as horrible, histOr
a which has never been half written an
J, which is not likely to be. The old smoke
begrimed walls. still standing, have vii