The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-08-21

it slowly and noiselessly open; puts in
his head, finds it only bathroom; he
closes the door, and asccnds the next
flight Of stairs -
: He hears key being put into the lock
at the hall door; he holds his breath and
listens attentiyely. Whoever it is closes
the hall door behind them, and begins to
climb the hall stairs; he does the same. g
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 4 door, chances hurriedly
around the room, finds it is vacant, rush.
cs to the bed and crawls underneath.
r
l. AT alate hour at night Fred Grover re-
turned to his boarding house, tired and
disconsolatc. 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:
s.What fool I've been; spent all my
money, and must either beg, borrow or
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 l have been doing"
Fred started up, and placing his fore
head against the window pane, looked
upon the cold, dark night.
"What a shame it is that money is not
r,,oro ocro11, lot %o1 non, fho< Ia
fellow down stairs, they say, is running
over with money. l wonder if he would
lend INC little if / were to ask him2
Pshaw! the idea is absurd. How the
deuce am to face Mrs. Jackson in the
morning I don't know
| FtAh-catch-chcw
"Whats that? 1t sounded confound-
cdly like snccze. Hail. And Fred
rushed to corner of the room, seized a
sword. cane, drew it and looked cautious
| ly under the bed:
The first thing that met bis gaze was
the gentleman who, a 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 glarcd sullenly at
Fred.
Now, my good fellow, what were you
doing there?"
"What's the good Of talking? You
know as we'll as l do what I was doing
there said the man.
"You wanted to rob the house, sup
pose?"
''This amt a 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 were to let you go, what
woul you do?''
snake tracks as fast US could"
"Umph! have you any money about
you2"
"No.'
"Ah, then, can't let you 60. 1 must
wake up the house and gera policeman
"Hold on. think have little"
"Will you lend me somc?"
"How much do you want?"
Fifty dollars, and assure you on m,
word of honor I'll return it to you Il.
| The man offered to lend him twenty
but Fred insisted upon having fifty o.
none at all. &c. after deal Of talking
tue man reluctantly drew a roll of bills
from his pocket, counted out fifty|dollars
and handed them to Fred, who scrutiniz
ed them carefully.
Umph! they seem good Now yo,
may go, and don't let me catch you here
again. When I'm ready to return it II
put IN advertisement in some paper tt
that effect
The man sulklly left the room, FREQ
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 i,
good earnest.
He has now one Of the best practice
in New York.
Fred put tile promised advertisement
in the paper several times, but as no on
came forward to claim the borrowed
money, handed it over to charitable
society IN that city.
1T vas hardly the thing" Fred think
sometimes. ''fOr the robber to have beef
robbed"
What do you think, reader?