The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-04-28


in the house."
1.-TWO thousand dollars r. calculated
Pat in amazement.
eyes. The only place they won't
think of searching Is In your pocket.
Dress as quickly as possible and put tins
money in your pocket.
eyes, Miss; what will lido then?
"These men will probably stay all
night. Early in the neutrality-suspicious.
sunrise-you must leave the house and
stay away till 10 or IL o'clock. Chloe
will give you some food to take with you.
Do you understand ?"
Eyes, Miss"
"By 10, probably, those men will be
gone, and you can bring the money
back"
eyes, Miss. I'll bring it back faith
fully" Loud knocks were heard at the
door, and the two hurried away. Open
ing the front door they confronted the
troop of marauders.
"What do you want at this late hour?"
asked Jennie.
"Supper and shelter for the night"
answered the leader.
"Who are you, sir ?"
Capt. Jones, of the Confederate
army"
"Why are you away from the main
army, sir ?"
"That's my business" answered the
so-called Capt. Jones, impudently.
eff you insist upon entering, you
must, but we object to turning our house
into camp.
Cant help it, Miss. It's one of the
necessities of war. File in, men,"
Chloe was obliged to produce from the
pantry all the cooked food in the house,
and the men did justice to it. Jennie
Stanton remained up, feeling in no
humor to go to bed. When the repast
was over, Capt. Jones said:
Miss Stanton, LEARN that you have
a large sum of money in the house. We
must have it. "
"What, would you plumber us?" asked
the young lady, Indignantly.
1--WE don't take it for ourselves. 1t is
for the GAUGE" said the leader, hypocrit-
Ically. "You may as well bring it at
once and save the trouble of search.
You can't deny that the money was paid
you last Monday"
"Idon't deny it," said the young lady,
intrepidly, "but it has already passed
out of our possession.
"I don't believe il" said the Captain,
looking very much disappointed.
"Then you may search the house, )"
said Jennie, outwardly bold, but inward
ly trembling, lest the money should be
discovered.
81 will" said Capt. jones. "Of
course, where such q large amount Is
concerned, we cannot trust the word OF
any one."
every we'll, sir. proceed. Chloe, go
with these gentlemen.
She slipped away to inform her mother
of what she had done, and put her on
her guard.
In the course of the search they came
to Pats room.
who sleeps here?" asked the leader.
ga poor Irish boy, who asked for q
lodging"
"Let me see him."
The door was thrown open, and Pat
stared at his new visitor.
whats your name, boy?' asked
Jones.
Pat Roach"
Do you live here?"
"No, sir; the ladies let me sleep here
tonight. They gave me good supper
beside"
Where are you traveling,"
"Pm seeking my fortune"
Are those your clothes Z"
eyes, sir.
To Chloe's great alarm, Capt. Jones
took up Pats poor garments, and thrust
his hands into the pockets. But she
need not have been alarmed Pat
had taken out the bills and put them
under the sheet upon which he was
lying. Only a cent was found in the
pockets.
"You are not very rich," said Jones.
Pat laughed.
eff / was, what would be seeking
my fortune for?" he answered.
There's nothing here" said Jones,
unsuspiciously.
Tue search continued, and few ar
hcles of small value were discovered, but
the great prize was not to be found.
Capt Jones concluded that Miss Stanton
was right after all. and contented HIM
self with what he had found.
ABOUT o CLOCK IN the morning Pat
was called by Chloe, who gave him
some provisions In a paper, and let him
out.
you'll come back?"
"Never fear" said Pat
About 9 o'clock Jones and his party.
after an ample breakfast, left the house.
Still Mrs. Stanton felt nervous and anx-
ious about the money.
"Jennie," she said, "that boy will
never come back"
81 think he will, mother"
eft was q crazy idea trusting poor
Irish boy, whom we had never seen be-
fore last night, with so large a sum-"
cit was the only thing we could do,
mother. II we lose it, it will be no
worse than having Capt. Jones take
it."
"Two thousand dollars will be a great
temptation to boy like that"
Mother, like the boys face, and I
will stake great deal on his honesty"
"When you have lived as long as l
have, Jennie, you won't be 80 ready to
trust stranger. Why, the boy Is only
tramp"
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