The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1882-11-23

You owe me no thanks m! "eh' Mf'
3re~n, said the colonel TO the delight OF
he goldsmith. Give me yoaE band and
again receive my heartfelt acknowiedg'
men, for tbe masterpiece
The jewelers. beamipg eou'enanee on
umsping his nsmesakes hand ''can better
be imagined than DESERVED.
Now 10 business. said ths colonel. he
20 kind as to take out my pockeibook and
count Of fl 500. for do not wish to iarry
a mome1t before showing ycur oh9 q
gErre TO my wife.
The jeweler hastened 10 comply. lie
took from the officers breast-coas pocket =
card case. and set Of ivory tablets. and q
silk purse. through whose mcshes glitter
ed some 6ye orsix sovereigns but no
Upon the colonels' request he
then examined all OF his pockets, but the
search was futile
strangel Could ! have iossH or been
robbedP muitered the colonel audibly, per.
picked and provoked. What o'clock Is ~
he suddenly asked
Twenty minutes TO five.
Good, II is time enough. You must
make yourself serviceable TO me once more,
my dear Mr. Green. alseet as my seere,
tray. You'll know ! cannot use my right
hand. VIII You have the goodness TO
write a few lines for me to my wifeY
With these words the colonel stepped to
the jewellers desk, on which lay some writ
ing paper printed with the
name Of the firm, Taking a shee'
he placed befor the jeweler saying This
will do; my wife knows ] am here. lie
then dictated and the ieweler wrote;
M dear rife: Have the goodness to send
me at once Gl 800 through the bearer.
You know where the money rs kept. am
in immediate need OF it; therefore DO not
detain the messenger. who is trustworthy
person. You afiectionate husband.
JAMES GREEN.
Thank you, said the colonel, after perus-
ing the epistle, Michael. he cried, step
ming TO the door and calling the groom,
take this letter, ride home as fast as you
can and return to this place with that
which my wife will give you.
The groom took the letter, bowed and
quickly rode of.
Fifteen minutes, half hour, nearly an
hour passed away and Michael did not re-
turn. The colonel waxed impatient and
wished that he had gone in person for
the money. The jeweler essayed to tran
auilize him, but Intellectually.
have always regarded the fellow 40
honest and trustworthy, said the colonel
and have on several occasions intrusted
him with large sums OF money, though II
il 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 contin-
ed: / will wait just seven and one-half
minutes longer for that is exactly the
time Il takes TO drive here from Leicester
square.
The seven and'i half minutes were gone,
and the groom had not come. The colonel
could not contain himself longer.
Do me the favor to cali a cab, he SAID,
in the greatest Impotence. shall go
home myself aud will return within
half an hour.
The cab was soon at the door.
Quick. to Leicester squarel cried the
colonel to the coachman. A half crown
extra if you will drive well.
The cab drove off as rapidly as the
horses could go. The goldsmith mean
time had the service packed mp. The
clock struck 6, 7, 8, o. The colonel dio
not come Something unusual must have
detained him, but the jewelcr feltno ankle
ty, for had he not! still the service and
deposit Of flo0l
Tired Of waiting, lat last he closed III
shop at 9:30 o'clock and went home. In
wife. WHO had long been expecting him
had grown sleepy and was slumberlng oil
sofa. An open letter lay in her lap, Mr.
Green stepped lightly to wake her with
kiss. when his eyes fell on the letter.
What is this he cried dumbfouuded, a
h e recognized his own hand writing ant
the letter which he had inst written Tor th'
colonel
The reader can guess the sequel and th
connection.
True there existed Col. Green wh
had served in Indls and the Crimea AM
been wounded at Balaklava, who had rent
ed the house intLe. ces,er square. and VIII
possessed considerable fortune; but, alas
lie was not the Col Green who had order
ed the service. Heaven knows by wha
means the sharpers had gained knowledg
of all the facts and circumstances upo
which they constructed their admirabl
ingenious plan.
The man personating the groom. c
course. was an accomplice, and the lette
which James Green had penned for th
pseudo Col. Green delivered by him
the jewelers. wife, who did not hesitate
minute TO deliver to him the El 600, b.
cause she recognized her husbands hane
writing upon the paper stamped with th
name Of the jewelry firm. Who the 81
roques we're never came to light.
Advice to n Young Man.
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