The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-01-08
Lost and Found.

~ young laOy Oh tniS pace las Ill h0A
possession gold dollar, with mono
gram inscribed upon it, which has been
the subject of great deal Of attention.
1t was attached to bracelet by chain.
One evening in the latter part of Febru-
airy last, after sleigh ride, she missed
it. The broken chain showed how it
had disappeared. Search was made. but
it was of no avail. Finally an adver-
tisement caught the eye Of an habitaal
loafer about town. He went to the
house and informed the servant at the
door that he had found the dollar below
the steps of the sleigh the morning after
the ride, and had spent it for whisky at
one of the saloons Of the city. The
friends of the young lady determined to
find the dollar if possible. The saloon
keeper remembered receiving the money,
but he had paid it to II butcher The
latter recollected paying it to drover
in Trenton. The address of the drover
was secured and letter written him,
requesting reply at once. 1t came,
with the information that he had pur-
chased ticket to Philadelphia with it
the very day the Lambertvilie butcher
gave it to him. and that the Trenton
ticket agent had remarked about the
monogram.
The search was continued. The agent
remembered the dollar, and said he laid
it aside for few hours, but as the
drover who paid it to him evidently
knew nothing concerning it, it was for
warded to the general Office in Phila-
delphia, with the daily account. The
receiver of the New Jersey receipts at
Philadelphia was nextcorresponded with.
The beautiful monogram had been noted,
but had been deposited in the bank,
along with other sums of money. His
opinion was that it could be obtained
from the cashier. So interested in the
travels of the little coin were its friends
in this city that it was resolved to con-
tinue the investigation The cashier
was communicated with. His attention
had been called to the initials on the
back of the dollar by one Of the clerks,
and he had instructed the clerk to place
it aside for few weeks. Unfortunate
", in the absence of the clerk, gentle
man desiring several hundred dollars in
gold, preparatory to a California trip.
had been furnished with the amount, and
the little piece had in some way been
mixed with that sum, and gone west
ward. TIE gent)eman's name was fur
nished He represented Philadelphia
house, and letter was sent to him.
The events so far described tooG place in
March, and the remainder of the Spring
and all Summer passed with no tidings
from the lost bangle. A few days ago,
however, there came a letter from
Detroit, written by the gentleman who
had gone west, which stated that his
health had been poor, so that instead of
returning at once from California, as he
purposed when be started, he had
stopped at Colorado Springs for the
Summer to recuperate. The letter re-
lating the account of the dollar had been
delayed and not forwarded, so that he
never received it until he reached
Chicago. He said he had the dollar in
tracted his notice. The initials were
the same as those Of young friend of
his, and he kept the coin on that &C
count. He promised to send the dollar
as should be directed. He was as good
as his word, AMI the little gold piece is
back IN Lambertyille once more-Phila-
delphia Tines.