Semi-weekly Bourbon news., 1883-12-07

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Tile parcel w38 neatly done up inEbroW 8
Mpers and bdfe no name or inscl4p pti0nS
The accompanying card, to hfs@great
surprise, was his Own-the one he had
Left at Mr.. Burrows house. e.-z,--r4--.ss.s,.s..
"What the deuce is the meaning Of
4his?llh exclaimed Toms as the waiter
prepared to leave the room.
ga voting person called Just now and
left the parcel for the gentleman whose
name was on the card said the S1ffari,
lingering ss...zrzssssssz.
''Was there no messageP" inquired
NJ. M sr; oily the 4tIaa 4pIarasf assfHlgaa WIS t5 Be
given into your hands, directly Yre-
turned the waiter. 4 r. Hi RI
sFom began to perceive that there had
been a. misunderstanding Mo- doubt
the parcel had been sent by Mr.. Bur-
rows in consequence of the letter he had
delivered, and was intended for some
one gelses ut was rather a stfange pro-
ceeding to return visitor s. card; but
probahly the. messenger, had bungled
overhis- mission. II The most. likely ! ex-
PLANTATION seemed to be, that Dir, Bur-
rows, Imagining that the bearer of the
letterehad left the wrong card sby mis-
take,s had sent itSback with The parcel.
At all events Tom was too sleepy
to Tispecplatel over the matter, and
he therefore carried -theparcef up to This
room, intending to return it whenl he
called upon Mr.. Burrows in the morn
alppEsa alppEgsa .f!1 .TaSsFT .4VlR etnasaTdasl
He was rather surprised at the weight
of the package, which was out of all
proportion to its size, and when hagOt
upstairs he was seized with curiosity to
know, what it. contained As ii, bore no
address, he. felt, under, the circum-
stances, justified in opening it, and he
therefore cautiously nndid. the wrapper,
Inside the brown paper coveringSwas a
neat deal box, also without address or
Inscription. 1t was nailed down, but
the fastening was bys5no means formiaaf
BILE. After d few minutes hesitation
Tom whipped out his pocket-knife and
pried open the lid sufficiently to be able
to take peep inside. Another cover
ling-tissue paper this bafHed his
curiosity, but ON lifting the edge of this
he beheld CLEAN of gold. His amaze
ment now oVercame his scruples, and
without more ado he wrenched off the
lid completely. - <s3sA:zs 50 .sf ~ 5a
"Sovereignssby Jovei The box is
literally fu11.of themr' he muttered be-
low his breath. i
Tom could hardly believe his eyes,
but he soon convinced himself that he
was not mistaken. The sovereigns were
neatly arranged in closely-packed lay
ers, and, as far as he could Judge, the
box contained G500 at least. He pro-
ceeded to do up the parcel again in an
absent manner, while he speculated
upon the meaning of Mr.. Burrows con-
duct. Even assuming the box was in,
ten ded for some one else, it seemed an
extraordinary! proceeding to leaYel' "a
large sum of money at a hotel IN such a
reckless way. He had previously ascer-
tanned that Mr.. Burrows was retired
tradesman of very good reputes and
from all accounts he appeared to be the
last person to commit such rash and
unbusiness-like action.
This singular incident somewhat dis
turbed. Tom s nights rest, for itseemea
as though fate had placed in his hands
the means of freeing himself from his
pecuniary embarrassment. There was
nothing to prevent his. appropfiating
the money and making off with it, and
as it was all in gold there would be but
little risk of detection. Of course, he
was too honorable to seriously entertain
such project; still, the temptation was
so vivid that he quite longed to dismbar-
rass himself of his treasure. --.-:.
Accordingly he set forth as early as
| possible next morning to Mr.. Burrows
house with the parcel under his arm.
He sent in his card and was ushered into
a small sitting-room; but, after q short
interval, the servant returned, with a
message that her master was too unwell
ito see him. 20 s''''a s
81 called about this PARCEL. said
Tom. 1T was left at my hotel last
might, and 1 think there must be some
mistake. Will you ask Mr.. .Burrows?'r'
Il Thesewant, disappeared again, 50 brtt
presently brought back word that Mr..
Burrows did not understand what he was
Ealluding o,and knew nothing about any
lEparcel. 7''0 a7.e. t'e.,a.,7, -,4~,aa,
/ "Whatr'. exclaimed Tom in amaze
ment. f'Why, lit was left at my. hote
leSSG HlSS III Will CHG CdIQ WulCu L OcIlf'
cred into your hands at the door yester
day afternoon. aQf course. Imagined
it nfasts Shave come from sAIr. fBurrows.ai
-. MIR. Burrows says he don't know
anything about it, it said the giir7l, looking
mystifed.
.']''You gave him my card,a I suppose
and the notepGpI said Tom, after a pause
of astonishment.
'Yes,ssir! directly he Dame in,'' sait
the servent.
''This is most extraordinary. Just q
up to your master again, my girl, anC
repeat.what have told you. You Nigh
also ask him if he would kindly let mi
know the contents Of the note / deliv
cred, I he, added; ); as an aforethoHght.
Before Tom had time to collect hi
scattered ideas, the servant came bacl
again, looking rather scared, with al
envelope in her hand, which. he recog
nized as the note he had brought tn,
day before.
ssAhasserahas f6rbiddeR2 me Ito eqnl
near him again." said the servant, lay
ing t1SefHute dlftle sable. ~ He iSgin