The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-02-29


clumsy land dangerous q method OF getting
his exculpation printed II he had had money
at command to get II done In safer waysl As
| read 1t, the man, though he had stolen the
money, had by no means got 1t In his pocket.
II was hidden somewhere under the roof Of
the Hand and Glove and, nowithat his charac-
| ter was In the eyes Of the world re-estab-
lished, he would some day return to take pos
| session.
| was not fool enough to communicate these
| ideas TO any one else; had already experi-
enced the Inconvenience OF talking, and felt
that, II ! was right In my conjecture, the
self. Consequently bore with much good
humor the sly remarks OF the other walters,
and even Of the pretty chambermgid (wEam
dare say you remember, sir) about the mares
Mr.. Adamson, whom they proceeded to pity
| as an lll-used and innocent man. l confessed
that had made mistake such as human
| nature IL liable to, and after q few weeks
there was an end OF It. Tne robbery. having
been explained, was forgotten, just as. make
no doubt, the man who had done It had calcu-
lated upon; only Bob Taylor TAT your service)
happened to be the exception as proved the
| rule.
1t was In the autumn time, and about three
weeks before the race meeting, that Mr..
Morton arrived at our hotel by the evening
train, and asked for q bedroom. What hs
| couldn't abide. az he told Eliza (which was
wss the noise q se ssa
He didn't care where he slept, but the room
must be ut the back Of the house, and at the
same time airy. Now, the only room which
| combined these advantages, as 1t happened,
was No. AZ. I did not take much notice OF
Mr.. Morton ut first except as respected his
portmanteau, which thought very shabby
one for gentleman as was 80 particular
about his sleeping; but as 1t happened 1t fell
and the way In which he ordered dry cham
pagne and the best Of every thing the house
afforded did strike me lin connection with
that portpanteau) as peculiar.
chiefly In smoothing his black moustache.
| which was very fine and silky, and In read
| Ing sporting newspaper. i noticed that one
| leg Of his trousers was patched at the knee,
and said to myself. there's bricks In that
portmanteau." But that, Of course, was no
business OF mine at that time, being only the
waiter.
Before the house closed he went out for
walk, with one OF our best cigars In his
mouth. and on his return asked for hot
whisky and water, only he called it wur-wur-
whisky. You might have knocked me down
with o feather, for when he said that 1t
| flashed upon me In an instant that here WAS
my man, His beard Was gone. 1t was true,
tion received" as the police say; his NOUS
| tache had changed its color-indeed, 1t was q
false one; but that unfortunate hesitation In
his speech recalled Mr.. Adamson to my rec
spirits and water my hand shook 80 that you
would have thought had taken any amount
Of the same prescription myself. To think
| that he had taken the very same room again,
you may call the association q ideas-seemed
| to carry conviction with II. The room was, |
think / have said. In the servants quarter.
| and my own little dog-hole was close to IT,
| slept-no, didn't seep.I laid awake al
that night with my door ajar, and listened,
listened, listened, till there was buzzing In
my brain equal to a million OF bees In swarm
inR-time. At 2 o'clock In the morning heard
his door open, and was out OF bed In twink
ling with my eyes at the chink OF my own
door.
It was moonlight night, and saw him 60
down the passage In his nightgOwn as noise
less as ghost. Then I heard something
scrape against the hoor; II was tna the fodt @ ol
through the trap-door on to the roof: "He has
hidden them there" said to myself, and In
my hurry to follow him stumbled In the
passage and fell. When picked myself up
all was as quiet as death, and on turning the
| corner OF the passage I see my gentleman
coming toward me, walking quite slow and
rigid "Hullo," said, "how come you here?'
He didn't answer 9 word, but, with his eyes
to pass me. took him by the arm, however,
and again asked him what he was doing In the
passage at that time OF night. Then ne drew
d long sigh. passed his hand over his eyes,
"Weil," says I, YOU'RE where you've no
business to be. Your room is No. AZ, I be-
"Thank you," he says, $50 It is, I've been
walk walking IN m my n,seE sleep; It's habit have
And then he turned into his room and
locked the door.
ever saw, but his little device did not impose
upon me for an instant; what he wanted,
y,1vu folt voaltivolu CprtOtn VVAr3 those nuD-
nun-nOtes, which were lying, no doubt,
stuffed under the tiles, or In some spout or
other In the roof. The trap.door was long
way up and could not be REACHED az exec except ny
into the pantry, where knew OF chain and
paddock that had belonged to the kennel OF 9
Newfoundland dog OF ours as was dead, and
just fastened that ladder to staple IN the
pose but never used. After that, though
heard my gentleman go out again ABOUT ~,
felt more comfortable In my mind. rather
| fancied that he would soon come back again
which he did; accusing and a-sWearlng
under his breath, without any sort OF hesita-
tion whatsoever.
The adventures Of the night, however, were
not over, for at 4 o'clock there was such q
laundering noise in his room, that thought
~ GOOD heaven !" saws /, knocking at his door,
| "What is the natter"
tits nothing" he says: "rye been walking
In my sleep again, that's au."
again, or you'll rouse the house."
After which, he was as quiet as mouse; !;
| quieter than me, I do assure you. for lay In
my bed shaking like an aspen leaf, and with
out dry rag upon me, as the saying Is. For,
as I'm living man, ! knew from that mo-
ment where those II ,000l. worth OF notes were
| hid as we'll as he did.
In the morning he came down to breakfast,
and then went out, saying he would not re-
turn before luncheon-time, as he had some
business to transact In the town. Eliza made
lis bed, and thought nothing had happened.
for I was not going to be made fool OF 9
second time; and when the coast was clear,
just walked into No. Al and locked myself In
with the ladder.
/ have said that the room had been thor
oughly searched, and 80 it had been. for eve even
the very wainscot had been ripped up. gnly
was twenty feet out OF everybody g reach, and
had not even chandelier; but where the chan
delier ought to have been, as l have men
Il +;a,nd %horo yuoro a fau r0sns and things