The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-01-23
aBut if you know It's Joe, why
ion't you send after him and catch

aBut if you know It's Joe, why
don't you send after him and catch
| him?'
"Oh, we know our own business,
sir; you leave it all to us; we shall
have Joe tight enough, if not for this
job, anyhow for the next. Well
give him bit of rope, like
1 couldn't put any fire into the
man, do what / could; he was civil,
that is, for Yorkshireman; impas-
sive, he'd do what was right. I'd
given the information very well; all
| the rest was his business.
So came home miserable, despair
ing. 1t was just daylight by this
time, and as l opened the shutters
the debris of our feast was revealed; !;
the lees of the lobster salad, the
picked bones of the chickens, the
melted residuum of the jellies; while
abou: everything hung the faint
smile of sour wine. sat down amid
all this wretchedness apd leaned my
head on my arms in dull, miserable
lethergy. Then 1 sprang up, and as
did SO, caught sight of myself in
the looking-glass. Good heavens!
Was this wretched, hang-dog looking
fellow myself? Did a few hours
misery change man like this? Why,
I was a very felon in appearance, and
so should be thought to be. Who
would believe this story of robbery?
Why the police didn't believe in it,
else they'd had taken different
tone. No, l should be looked upon
as thief by all the world.
Then my wife came down stairs,
and with few touches restored a
little order and sanity, both to out
ward matters and to my mind. She
brought me some coffee and an egg
and some bread and butter, and after
1 had eaten and drank I didn't feel
quite so bad.
"Jack," she said, "you must go to
London at once and see the directors.
Have the first word and tell them all
about it-all the particulars. 1t was
only little bit Of carelessness after
} all, and perhaps they'll look over it. !"
, ayes, that's all very well" l said.
} "But how am l to get there? I've
i got no money. This wretched party
has cleared us right out"
"Borrow some of Cousins
/ "He asked me to lend him a sover,
| eign last night, and couldn't
Now, you'll say, " Here's man
without resource. Why didn't he
|, pawn his watch ?" To tell the truth
that's what / did the week before
and the money was all gone. "Then
under the circumstances" you'll add
, "it was immoral to give a party.
. But, you'll bear in mind, the invita-
,, tions have been out for a fortnight
! and we were then in funds.
"Well, jack said my wife, "yor
3 must get the mantle p. B.-to give
Q you some more money on the watch
3 Sell it to him right out It must a
/ least be worth ten pounds; for it cos
r thirty, and you've only had five upor
it. Sell the ticket"
n eyes; but where was the ticket?'
9 Why, in the little cash pocket of my
b brown great coat. Still, l had heart
d that if you'd lost ticket you coult
J, make the man give you another, ant
Y Brooks, the pawnbroker, was a re
spectacle fellow, who, perhaps, woult
help me out of my difficulty. l wen
h to him, anyhow, on my way to tn
I station. felt like ticket of leav
a man as went into his shop. But
}, put good face upon it.
/ "Brooks," said, "that watch-yo1
q know the tickct-it's stolen"
q Brooks gave a most portentiou
? wink. He was slow speeched man
with red face and a tremendous cor
poration.
t "Nay," he says, amy lad, thou'r
/ wrong there.
"What do you mean?" 1 said, col
! oring up furiously. Every one sus
n pected me, it seemed.
+ "Whoa, it might ha' been stolel
). once, but it aren't no; ave got it here
I This is how it were. A cadging sor
o o. chap comes in, and he says, Mas
? ter, what'll you give me for this tick
et?' Now, you know the hact don
allow us to give nought in that kim
= of way, but l say to the chap, let
: have look at it; and then l saw i
was yours, and l said to the man
= My lad, you aren't come honest b.
this"
"And you gave him into custody
: he's in prison? Old Brooks, what
! capital fellow you are!"
"Nay," he said; II knowed bette
nor that. Do you think I'd hexpos
!. customer? know you gents don
care about these little matters getting
!, abroad; and so slaps my fist on th'
counter, and says, Hook it'll jus
: like that. And away he went like I
Jamplighter."
sank down on the counter, over
powered with emotion.
sAnd what's more," went OF
Brooks, "he never took up the money
I'd lent him for the coat
"What coat?" he cried.
ga very nice brown coat he put uI
with me. About fit you, shoult
think. See, here it is
1t was my identical brown grea
coat, wrapped up in bundle, anc
tied round with my own handker.
. chief. | made dart at it, opened it
plunged my hand into the breas
pocket-there was the roll of money.
there were che s22,OOO
How did go to the bank thai