Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1882-07-25

unlimited credit on their side. The
idea of their insolvency had rendered
our venerable senior almost beside him
self with anxiety.
"a letter of inquiry had been dis
patched Immediately on receipt of the
unfavorablc news; but no reply being
received after a sufficient time had
elapsed to bring the desired answer, I,
as partner at that time-though an
insignificant one in the business profits
of the concern-was Immediately COM
manded to make ready, and depart by
the eleven o'clock train for Cincinnati,
by way of Pittsburg.
at was further arranged that If any
communication reached us through the
next mail that they would recall me
from Pittsburg by the telegraph, thus
far completed and in working order
81 had never passed night from Dar-
of three days and two nights absence
was by no means pleasant to fellow
jealous of his wife's cousin. hurried
to our cottage in Harlem road-we liv-
ed more economically then than now
having at that time no brown stone front
on Madison Square-and acquainted
Darling of the mission with which l was
intrusted
Darling wept and clung to me as
though the three days of absence had
been years instead, but in my jealous
heart could only see that detested cous-
in, or the Adonis whom she had mad
vertently gazed at in the Park the pre-
vious Sunday; and in my finty, suspi-
cious soul, deemed those pearly drops
of genuine solicitude and affection,
Chiefly of the genus crocodile.
81 had half mind to say something
sarcastic about the cousin, but | re-
strained myself, and hurried away to the
station. / took my seat in the cars, and
dropped my satchel at my feet with an
air of philosophical resignation.
Il imagined all sorts of absurdities that
might take place during my Temporal
ry absence, in which the cousin, the
| could think of was mixed up; not at
all to the honor and credit of my Darl-
ing.
ARRIVING at Pittsburg, l hurried to
the telegraph office, where found the
promised dispatch awaiting me, which
was to recall me to New York in the
event of the receipt at New York of the
expected intelligence from Cincinnati.
without loss of time ran to the |
ticket office, and to my great disap-
pointment, was informed that no train |
would leave for New York till eleven
O'Clock the next forenoon.
81 passed the intermediate time,
which was the most wearisomc night
and forenoon | remembered ever to
have experienced, as best | could
though my couch, instead of n soft bed |
of roses, was one made up of partcu-
larly sharp thorns.
81 rose in the first gray light of dawn
and for an hour or more paced the mar
row limits of my chamber. When the !
earliest gong sounded, | descended |
much relieved, to regions below, and a
warm breakfast.
"All that interminable forenoon. up
to eleven O'Clock was spent in perambu-
lating about the city, though absolute
y saw nothing more than if had been
born blind, so oppressed was with the
doubts and suspicious that
preyed upon my mind. Never did the
laggard moments seem so long, if | ex-
cept those of the preceding night.
But the time for starting at length
arrived, and with feelings of ineXpres-
sible relief leaped ON board the train,
and impatiently awaited the first puff
of the locomotive. | looked at my
watch, and listened TO make sure it
ticked. We were five minutes in get
ting under way. Had | not timed the
delay, | could have safely taken my
oath it was half an hour; had been
called on to testify, | should have
sworn TO that.