Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-27

spirits, and feels In his usual health, though
Experiencing rather rough passage. He
reports tho thermometer a. averaging be-
tween 70 and 90 the few days after his AZ.
rival, prior to the sending of tho postal.
4 CONFESSION.
!, 8xA Why Old MAI.
| Nov York News.1
I Most men would hesitate at telling such
q story Of themselves. But am convinced
that it will afford . suggestion Of mercy
toward such a. do fall, and some may
be turne6avay from temptation by its re-
sital.
had beAA N under clerk In q large e.
tablishmeht for many years. Naturally
economical, my savings had attained to
such respectable sum that I vsntured
upon married life, quito as much as ref
uge from my inexpensive style of living
as in obedience to those yearnings of ma
ture which man is either very
foolish or bad not to heed
in due season. Like most men, however.
whose adventures of this kind are not
followed by the comfort and ease which de-
pend upon money for their possession, in
the course of time came to repent the
undertaking; for was in debt, my family
had increased, while my income had not
kept pace with my expenses. Ny wife
lacked the courage to practice the proper
self-denial which would be consequent
upon retrenchment of expenses. Iva.
daily annoyed by duns. had borrowed
money in every available quarter, and a
walk in the public streets was literally de-
MED me- by the fear of encountering some
one to whom was in debt for house ex-
penses.
Returning homo late one night, jaded by
istless stroll through the town, 1 found
the junior member of the firm awaiting
me. The house had received intelligence,
after business hours, of a transaction
entered into on their account, which SO.
cured the immediate transmission to an
isolated inlsnd town of several thousand
dollars, together with certain papers and
statements necessary to conclude the affair.
1t was too important matter to be IN.
trusted to the insecurity and uncertainty
of the mail. Upon . consultation of the
members of tho firm Ihad been selected to
perform tho necessary two days. journey
I accepted the mission with alacrity, for the
reason, among others, that it would be such
recreation 40 would divert my thoughts
for time from the perplexities of my
miserable condition.
| fha NJ
erything necessary to my prompt depart
ure had been arranged. The needful pa
pers and accounts and the indispensable
money requisite to finish the transactions
! were placed in my hands in an envelope
addressed to the gentleman who had acted
| as agent of the concern in the matter. A
letter Of instructions was likewise enclos-
ed.
1 remember we'll the bright September
morning on which started on horseback
ana alone on my journey of which I &C.
complished the half the first day, arriving
at farm house whose occupant unhesitat-
ingly granted my petition for share for
the night in its kdm:,!a h hes
The weather had grown colder as the
evening came on, and by the time I had
reached the house experienced a sensi-
BILE chill. I had with me flask of liquor.
| and was furnished at my request at bed
| time. with small quantity of hot water,
with which to compound sort of punch,
as an antidote to the cold I apprehended
having taken.
| 1 had removed the package of money
from my pocket, and laid it on the table,
with view Of putting it under my pillow
before going to bed. As it lay on
the table the address was uppermost, on
the left hand upper corner was a memor-
andum, $1,000 Enclosed" I was standing
with my back to the door. Succeeding q
few moments of entire silence, I heard a
step behind me, and I almost thought a
breath upon my face. Turning suddenly
round I beheld my host with the
hot water had called for in g
tumbler in his hand. He was quite beside
me and his eyes rested, or I fancied they
rested, on the package on the table.
must confess was sensibly startled by this
incident. My concern was not diminished
by observing that he had removed his boots
from his feet, and was then standing as he
had come up, in his stockings. Ny first
impulse and act was to take the water GU,
of his hand. Not being quite ready to USE
1t, put the envelope of money on the tor
of it, as the most convenient thing to keep
it hot. did not turn the superscriptio1
downward, because feared it would betray
the suspicion which now positively en-
tertained, of evil intentions on the part
of my entertainer, who had quilted the
room as .noiselessly as he had entered
/ imagined great many ways in which
he could have become acquainted with
the cause of nv journey and came