The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-04-07

The jewellers beaming countenance,
on grasping his namesake's hand,
.'can be better imagined than describ-
ed"
'Now to business" said the colonel.
ERs 60 kind as to take out my pocket
BOOK. and count off your f15o0, for I do
not wish to tarry amoment before show
ing your cheGd Guure to my wife"
The jeweller hastenedto comply. he
took from the officers breast coat-pocb-
ct a card-case, a seto of ivory tablets, and
n silk purse, through whose meshes
gtittcred some five or six sovereigns-
but nc pocket book. Upon the ~colonel's
request, hatEcn examined all of his pock..
cts. The search was futile.
Strange! IncomprehensibleI Could =
have lost it, or been robbedP" muttered
the colonel, audibly, perplexed and pro-
voked. What o'clock is it?" he sud-
denly asked.
Twenty minutes to FIVE"
"Goodi 1t is time enough. You must
make yourself seryiceable to me once
more, my dear Mr.. Green, and act as
my secretary. You know I cannot use
my right hand. VIII you have the good
ness to write a few lines for me to nv
wifePf'
With these words, the colonel stepped
to the jewellers desk. on which lay.
some writing paper printed with the
name of the firm. Taking a sheet he
placed it before the jeweller, saying,
This will do. My wife knows that I
am here" He then dictated, and the
jeweller wrote:
my DEAR wIFE:-Huve the goodness to
send me gt once 9l5O0 through the bearer. You
mediate need OF it; therefore DO not detain the
messenger, who is a trustworthy person.
Your nrectionate husband,
JAMES GREEN"
Thank you," said the colonel, after
perusing the epistlc. 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 drove off.
Fifteen minutes, half an hour, nearly
IN hour passed away, and Michael did
not return. The colonel waved impa-
ticnt. and wished that he had gone in
person for the money. The ieweller
eSsayed to tranquillize him, but i~neffect-
ually.
Il have always regarded the fellow as
konest and Trustworthy" said the col
onel, land have on several occasions in
trusted him with large sums of money,
though, it is true, never with as much as
this time. Fifteen hundred pounds
MAY have proved too strong a tampta-
ton for him" Pulling out his magniii-
cent gold watch, he continued, Il will
wait just seven and a half minutes long
er. for that is exactly the time it takes
him to drive hither from Leicester
Square"
The seven and a half minutes were
gone, and the groom had moi come.
The colonel could contain himself no
longer.
do me the favor, Mr.. Green. to call
a cab,'' he said, in the greatest impa-
thence. Il shall go home myself, and
will return within half an hour"
The cab was soon at the door.
''Quick to Leicester Square.' cried the
colonel to the %coachman. "A half-crown
extra, if you drive well.''
The cab drove off Us rapidly as the
horses could go. The goldsmith in the
meantime had the service packed up,
and waited for his Patrons return. The
clock struck six, seven, eight, nine. The
colonel did not come. Something I'M
usual must have detained him; but the
jeweller felt no anxiety, for had he not
still the service and a deposit of f1O0a
Tired of waiting at last, he closed his
shop at half after nine and went home.
His wife, who had long been expecting
him, had grown sleepy, and was slumb-
ering peacefully on a sofa An open
letter lay in her lap. Mr.. Green stepped
Ephtlu to ha- efla N,-l.-- a. IL
her with a kiss, when his eyes fell upon
the letter.
what is this?" he cried, dumfouDd-
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 sequel
and the connection. (,
True, there existed a Colonel Green
who had served in India and the Crimea,
and had been wounded at Balaklava,
who had rented the house in Leicester
Square, and who possessed q consider
able fortune; but, alas! he was not tho
Colonel Green who had ordered tho
silver service. Heaven knows by what
means the sharpers had gained knowl-
.dge Of all the facts and circumstances
upon which they constructed their adj
'nirabIy ingenious plan.
The man p%ersonating the groom OF
course was an aceomplicc, and the letter
which Mr.. James Green had ponned for
the pseudo Colonel James Green was
delivered by him to the jewellers wife,
who did not hesitate q minute TO deliver
to him the fl500. because she recog-
uizcd her husbands handwriting upon
hc paper stamped with the name of the
Icwelry firm. Who the sly rogues
were never came to light.
Meet Me in the Morning,