Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1882-10-07


room, and Mr.. Green, swelling with
pride, removed the velvet cloth from the
service. The colonel, though usually a
quiet man, declared that it surpassed
his most sanguine expectations, and in
sisted upon the jeweler retaining the de-
pOsit of e100 as dOuceur for the salts
faction he had given.
You owe me no thanks, my dear Mr..
Green" said the colonel to the delighted
goldsmith. "Give me your hand again
receive my heartfelt acknowledgment
for this superb masterpiece"
The jewelers. beaming cOuntenance
on grasping his namesake's hand "can
better be imagined than described"
"NOw to business" said the colonel.
BE so kind as to take out my pocket
book and count off your chet'd aeuprk to
my wife,"
The jeweler fastened to comply. He
took from the officers breast coat pocket
card case, set of ivory tablets
and a silk purse, through whose meshes
| glittered some five or six sovereigns but
no pocket book. Upon the cOlOnePs re-
| quest he then examined all his pockets.
The search was futile.
strange! IncOmprehensible Could |
have lost 1t or been rObbed?" muttered
the colonel audlbly, perplexed and pro-
vOked. what o'clock is it he suddenly
asked.
Twenty minutes to fve."
Good; it is time enough. You must
make yourself serviceable to me once
more; my dear Mr.. Green, act as my sec
rotary. You know | cannot use my
right hand. Will you have the goodness
to write few lines for me to my wife,"
| With these words the colonel stepped
to the jewelers. desk on which lay some
writing paper printed with the name of
the firm. Taking sheet he placed it
before the jeweler saying: "This will
do; my wife knows that | am here" He
then dictated and the jeweler wrote:
My DEAR WIFE: Have the goodness to send
| me at once FL, 500 through the bearer. You
know where the money is kept. l am in i'm
mediate need of it; therefore do not detain the
| messenger, who is trustworthy person. Your
affectOnate husband. JAMES GREEN.
THANK YOU" said the colonel, after
perusing the epistle. Michael" he
cried, stepping to the door and calling
the groom, take this letter ride home
| as fast as you can and return at once to
this place with that which my wife will
give YOU"
The groom took the letter, bowed, and
| quickly rode off.
Fifteen minutes, a half hour, nearly
an hour passed away and Michael did
not return. The colonel waxed impa-
tient and wished that he had gone in
person for the money, Then essayed to
tranquilize him, but Intellectually.
81 have always regarded the fellow as
honest and trustworthy" said the colon
ell, "and have Onlseveral occasions intrust-
ed him with large sums of money, though
it is true never with as much as at this
time. Fifteen hundred pounds may
have proved too strong temptation for
him." Pulling out his magnificent gold
watch he continued. 81 will wait just
seven and one half minutes longer, for
that is exactly the time it takes to
drive hither from Leicester square"
The seven and half minutes were
gone and the groom had not come. The
colonel could contain himself no longer.
''DO me the favor, Mr.. Green, to call a
eab," he said, in the greatest Impotence.
81 shall go home myself and will return
within half an hour"
The cab was soon at the door.
Quick, to Leicester squarew cried the
colonel to the cOachman. "a half crown
extra if you will drive WE'LL"
The cab drove off as fast as the horses
could go. TIE goldsmith meantime had
the service packed up, and then waited
for his patrons return. The clock
struck 6, 1873. The colonel did not
come. Something unusual must
have detained him, but the jewel
er felt no anxiety, for had he not still
the service and deposit of e10O!
Tired of waiting, at last he closed his
oh OF md Iio Wi
who had long been expecting him, had
sofa. An open letter lay in her lap. Mr..
Green stepped lightly to her, intending
to wake her with kiss, when his eyes
fell upon the letter.
"What is this?" he cried, dumbfOund-
ed, as he recognized his own handwrit-
ing and the letter which he had Just
written for the colonel.
The reader can readily guess the Sc
quel and the connection
True, there existed Col. Green who
had served in India and the Crimea and
had been wounded at Balaklava, who
had rented the house in Leiscester
square, and who possessed a cOnsidera-
BILE fortune; but, alas! he was not the
Col. Green who had ordered the silver
service. Heaven knows by what means
the sharpers had gained knowledge of
all the facts and circumstances upon
which they constructed their admirably
ingenious plan.
The man personating the groom, of
course, was an accomplish, and the let
ter which Mr.. James Green had penned
for the pseudo Col. James Green was de-
livered to the jewelers. wife, who did not
hesitate minute to deliver to him the
81, sou, because she recognized her hus
bands hand writing upon the paper
stamped with the name of the jewelry