The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-04-30
INTERESTING STORY.
MRS. BEVAN'S JELLY.


hutchinson, one certain morning, in the
latter part of September, as he entered his
Office.
His partner, Tom Hutchinson, without
looking up from the papers he was reading,
answered in the negative
Well" continued the senior member of
the firm, "we must exhaust every effort to
ind the missing deed. There is letter in
the mornings mail from Mr.. Arnold. au
thorizing us to increase the reward to five
thousand dollars"
" That ought to fetch it. if it is in exist
snet," said Tom Hutchinson.
And he threw down his papers. and
Wheeled his office-chair to face Mr.. Charles
wilson, aged twenty-five, with legal aspira-
lions, who was g reading " in the office of
this celebrated firm.
" Wilson, he said, write out anotbe,
advertisement, in the Arnold case, and tax.
it around to the Ledger"
Yes, sir l' answered the young man.
And he took a sheet of paper and began
i TO write.
After while, he read the following, and
the firm agreed that it was the proper thing
: INFORMATION WANTED. = information
wanted of a certain parchment deed, given
by Andrew Sharp TO Archibald Arnold, con-
yeying to the said Arnold certain parcel
OF land, containing about one hundred and
thirty-hve thousand acres, more or less,
situated in the State of Iowa, said deed hay
ing been given at Burlington. Iowa, in the
/ year iS45. This deed was lost or stolen
some fifteen years ago, and any one furnish
ing information which will lead to its recov-
cry, will receive reward of five Thousand
dollars, by applying to Holbrook d Hutchin-
son, Attorneys-at-Law, Philadelphia, Pa"
9 You'd better take il around at once"
said the head of the firm.
And the young MAJ left the office to per
form the errand.
Messrs. Holbrook Il Hntchinsons stndent
wns poor young man-very poor-bnt he
! had stout heart and great ambition. and
although he found it a serious matter IN
make ends meet. he WAS studying very hard
to perfect himself FOR the bar, after which
suspicious event, he felt that all would he
plain sailing.
future, after fame and wealth should have
fallen to his share, and the central figure of
these dreams was pretty Madge Bevan. who
was nearly as poor as himself and whom
he had loved ever since he was boy at
school,
3" II could find the missing Decd he
thought, MS he hurried to the newspaper
office, g all would be we'll Five thousand
dollars would give me good start in life.
and could make dear Madge happy, and
lift the burden of the support of her mother
from her frail shoulders. l shall be admit
ted to the bar next term, and il will he
pretty uphill work Mt first, unless / have n
reserve capital By-the-way,p he muttered.
aloud, 81 promised Madge to take tea with
them this evening"
Charlie Wilson had expended great deal
of thought on the most important factor in
the great land case of Arnold os Sharp, the
missing deed to the immense tract of West
ern land, and for the past month he had
spent his idle moments visiting junk stores,
IN the faint hope of somewhere running
across the parchment.
In the course of his search he had over
hauled tons of old paper, but SO far he could
discover not the slightest trace of the miss
ing document, and hundreds of others who
bad been tempted by the large reward offer
ed for its discovery, were equally unsuccess-
full.
To-day he thought more about the deed
ha Of ID
was 80 restless and pre-occupied that when
the clock struck three he laid aside his
books and left the office.
Mrs. Bevan and her pretty daughter lived
in an old farmhouse in the suburbs.
Madge was employed as copyist in o
big Market Street publishing house, and
she usually finished her days work at four
o'clock
Until that hour, Charlie paced slowly up
and down the sidewalk in front of the tall
building where she worked.
They walked home together, and Charlie,
OF course, spoke of the missing deed.
They amused themselves with discussing
what they would do with the reward, sun
posing they should chance to find the i'm
portant document, and were talking in this
ridiculous strain when they reached Madge's
home.
" Tea is ready" said MIRA Bevan greeting
Charlie kindly, and I've opened jar of
my homemade strawberry Jelly Just for
your benefit.
know it's excellent" said Tom, and
he seated himself beside Madee.
While Mrs. Bevan poured out the tea, he
removed the cover of the jelly-jar Sudden.
ly he turned pale, his lower jaw dropped,
and he sat gazing fxedly at the jelly ia,
like one spellbound
Are you i'll, Charlie 2" cried Madee,
springing to her feet.
You haven't come upon one of those
nasty black beetles ?" calculated Mrs. Bevan,
snspending the teapot in mid-air.
! "No. nor gasped Charlie, after time.
- It's nothing shall be all right directly.
Its7its-the five thousand dollars ~
He seized the piece Of parchment that had
covered the jelly-jar, and bending over,
began TO. sdecipher the written characters
upon it.
Witness this my hand Andrew Sharp
witness p" he minttered and then raised
his head and turned to. Madge, who was
bending over his clair, with glad light in
his blue eyes. I've found it, dear ~ he
cried
''What ~
A part of the missing deed and now if
we can trace the rest, he cried, excitedly,