The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-09-13

Carmody gave wiid Hnrroo oftri-
umph and was after him Iiklia e. Coz
20 danced aad de6sd him madly. He
was safe until we Coald ges the ladders
mp. A lass they they cam4s also Joas-
than The gardeners BOY swamsd sP
irst, but retreated ID dismaN fFom : Wig
orous onslaught Of CoagO'A
sNever mind ths monk.y :" shoatsd
the major I" turn out his hiding place"
looked at Aarillier in amaze. His
voice was cracked and shaki with excite
meat, his face dsathly pale, .SiEh : grim.
desperate look about IL Ii his disorder
ed dress and tangled hair 70 one could
have recognized him - IN standard Of
military propriety 80 vel ksOwn to Bal
lynoggin.
Then followed q queer &C sne- We all
got rs close under the towef as we could
Some one sent us more hnterns and =
clothes basket, into which Se contents Of
poor Congo's treasure-house were flung,
he meanwhile Iamenting Piteously or
grimacing with imPotent wrath from the
top of the tower: First IN sugar-tongs'
also the crown of The missing pinezpple;
next my fathers gold eyegf ssss, missing
since the funeral, ard ons Of Parker's
shoes, also handful of Iigery buttons.
apparently wrenched of That seemed
the total of his recent pilferings; but IN
der layer Of rubbish can e 4 collection
evidently dating from ms earlier days At
Brockwood; faded and h,ldgered work
basket, once brilliant with satin and
beads; a gold-toPPed smel ing bottle;
set Of kitchen skewers; 8 prayer-boOk
and an ev'l-smeIling mass which on in
vestigatiOn proved TO have been once a
tongue highly decorated ard friIled with
lace paper. We got quite excited at first.
bat it began TO feed chilly .Ind We made
a movement toward . frienslly attic win
dow open for our descent
Stop, please" implOre1I the major:
"only moment longerr His voice was
husky and queer, and his hand, laid on
my arm, trembled violently.
Hurry, men, Is that alp
Every bit, sir, except sOme torn pa
pers and litter"
Send il down"
Down came an arrnful of rubbish Al
lonby kicked it over as ii lay at his feet
in the gutter. More family plate, ha i,
ha," and he picked up. tin -four
dredger, battered and rusty. Whats
this inside ?" A big envelope full of pa
pers was doubled AMI CRUSHED into it.
Family letters, That Is nv affair"
said Jonathan aHoId the lanterns,
someone" :,
They were damp and diseoIored, but
the envelope, Iinen-Iined .&ill hung to-
gether. Blew looked ovei' his shoulder.
"' Last will and testamei,t Of -" he
read "I think, Mr.. MariIljer, had bet
ter take charge of that ar "A he drew it
without ceremony from yorathan's hand.
Suppose We 60 down ind look this
over, gentlemen"
We left Congo and his Eormentors To
adjust their differences, and descended
Such set of dirty, disreI ntable figures
as the drawing-roOm mirrors reflected. IL
any one had had time to think of it.
NV father started from a-guiet ma D. and
stared in amazement At our appearance.
but stared more when he b held our plum
der. Ii proved to be, as VIZ all guessed,
one of Miss COrbett's numesOus wills. and
wonder of wonders. in favor of Gu<tavus
AdoIphus MariIIier Of H. Ms II2th Reei-
ment Royal Manx Fusileeis-),
! gave cheerI could NOS help it-so
did Allonby; and We rushed At him 70 con-
gratnlate him, before ws remembered
Jonathan's presence He nged, storm
ed, talked Of conspiracy, aid vowed he'd
fight If out; but Blew assured him he had
no chance-the document Vas al night
and regular, and i think he was sharp
enough to see that the major was too
good fellow not touake him some com
pensation for his dissPpoii tment, If he
gave in decently-
At last about midnights we quieted
down, and let Marillier teI, rs his story.
& My good cousin, the late Miss Cor
bett, quarreIled with me II, due cou rse,-
he said, & the very week litter the VIII
was made. Never mind how the dispute
came about-the new viii and the new
favorite-a very distant icOusin-were
both on the premises, sad Ewas ready TO
60, when the precious d5cuDeuf vas
missed Nothing would Convince Mss
Corbett that had not purIolDed H. WHY
/ should do 20 / can1 cohesive. How.
ever, left / had lad sosse sxperienee
of COng0's doings, and the idea strnck
me thai some day / might have the
chance Of hunting him dowH and convict
ing him Of the theft NJ chief object
was 20 justify myself with Miss Corbett-
OF course. and 10 that straw Of kope /
have CLING fill her death semed % have
rendered i useless When / found she
bad died intessate, thea vSu NAV wue~~
that 1 thonght the chance TO valaable 40
misss and have kept CarmoiE en- ahe .Lert
ever sinre ny arrivl hera
So The mystery Wzs clessd, and ny
story end2 Psopls who Ne - hear tk~
very last Of everythinx m.s cars 90 know
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