The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-02-02
AroRrunE rounpINAJAM POT,
From Rou,an,tr S,,rt,.x VI

From Romantic Stories. -
 l, often happens that the issue cf great
 suits al law, particularly in England. de
 pends upon a single document which it
 Is very ditiacaii to produce. Ina, vas
 the weak point in the case which Mcssrs.
 Sharpe X Floyd were managing ias Ms. 1 Morpesh. \ certain decd ~as almost l absolutely essential 10 success. and it sas not tc be found for love ot money. An advertisement; had been inserted ln ali the leading papers for months. otfef- ing reward of soo for the valuable parchment. bu, not A word had come in response. The lawyers tcls confident that |, could no, he in existence; an oeer of ,oe mus, have brought |, to light, they argued. If anybody had |, in possession. Hut Motpcih insisted upon believing that u could bc found. So he instructed Messr> sharpe X Floyd to increase the sum to sco snd so on advertising and accordingly Tom Halliday. clerk In the ofhce, was dispatched te the advertising agency with orders Ia eontae, for the neocssaiy space in all the dallles fos a fortnight.
 Tom had sweetheart. naturally NhtAkus SuA AhN NNfC kRtnk M W ned as soon as they could eon,tiye to buy furniture iat couple ot rooms. lt was hls habit ot a saturday to take stroll with her. and accompany her home ,o tea and as II was on saturday that he made ,hls trip Ia the advertising agen- ", ot course he told her all sbou, II. and they amused themselves hy discussing ~ha, they would do wlih the trw asd. sup poS,ng they should chance Ia ind the miSSing deed. They ~ete talking in thls ridi, ulnus strain when they IeAc Ached the gil's home. The table was snrcad. and among the dainties nt the occasion was l,a, al home made raspberry lam brought eu, espe, islly Fl honor oi has visit. Tom sAa informed
 He had hardly taken the htst mouth ial. however. when he turned suddenly pale. hls lower la~ dropped. and he sat gazing hNedly Al the am pot. like ono speiihound, The gitl fsneied that he must be Ill. the moshc, wondered Il he had come upon black beetle. It's noihtng. Tom managed to gasp shei ume; :" 1 shall he all ugh, directly ft's
 lt's the >>e
 When he had rc, osetcd ttem hts be- ht iNktb ff AtthVafC tHN names ot the pai,,es tn thc missing decd, n mentioned in the al 5cf,lsemcnt. with thc pieee oi parchment that had covered the ,am pot. and that Ia, upside down upon the tall brtote hun. There they wcrc, the very same. lie had certainly tound the missing deed. or at leax, tfag- men, oi II. And nos, Il we can trace the rest. he exclaimed. "out fortunes made The mother threw open her cup board. and thefe were t~o dozen Jam ;s=..=. !=: ks. s..s -..h ~,,h a.e.e ai the paIe hmcnt ted over i ioi A cover II Was An anNiouS moment The pots we're quickly une ovetesi. the elieulaf bits httcd together, and at last the thing took dehnlie and symmelusai Al shape, and not d hnc WAS wanting. \ ie~ ot thc !" and ~heteases and provided alsos 7 were Il ui6c sticky. but not the smallest pat had been destroyed
 oin did mol stop to hnish hlA dinner. He put the pte,,ous an pot oove's into his pa, ket and Tan at the top ai hts speed tn Messts- sharpe A la,d They agreed slth hum s, onse ,hs, he had set uied the long lost deed and then they re, alled the fact iha, they had once has; offices ,n the quarter ~hete the mothei oi fans sweetheart htrd. and ths, on coming away they had ssrp, a good many use- less papefs into T corner and icit them lheIe and ,his deed mus, somehow have been among them. though they had never been able before to sutrnise how it could have slipped from theu custody They hsstened tn Mi, Mofpe,h ~i,h the good nc~a. and he drew a hc, | on the spo, for 5s9. payable to Toms order. and af, Mofpeih ~on his sa,,. and Ioin mar ned the giil oi hs heart AS soon as the wedding gown could be made all be eaus~ A nicc- fingered old lady had eu, covers out oi pare hment isr her jam-pots III su' h happy way