Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-03-07
health they babe him good night.
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my old friend" said Mr.. Manner,
I'VE bave enjoyed delightful evening
and You may, as we shall, recur to it ia
after time, therefore l have written nll
our names here, in this envelope, that Won
may, in recalling this incident, think of
u.s."
Certainly, most certainly" replied
Mr.. Tnber, II shall often think Of il
And be nssured'--- But they were gone.
faint 'Good-night' coming to him as he
closed his door.
The provisions that the CLUB" left.
which had been untouched, Mr.. Tuber
felt justified in using, the more so be-
cause he didn't know what else to do with
them, and for several days there was no
need to draw upon tho Imagination for
supplies. Providence, he said. which
they had almost doubted, had come mys-
leriouely to their aid, and he was thank.
full.
The snow and the cold kept Mr.. Taber
indoors, away from his usual haunts, for
several days, at the end of which he cali
cd upon his neighbor Manners
That was a pleasant affair, tho other
night said he $50 unlike q surprise
party, you know. | felt very grateful to
the club for coming to my house, though
scarcely knew what to do with the boun.
thu remainder of the entertainment that
was left What do you suppose wo did
with it, at last p and tho old man looked
ns II he was propoundng q very intricate
conundrum. rubbing his hands and smil-
ing at the porplezing proposition.
cate it, [ should say"
well, did. Strange you should have
guessed 80 readily, cut it seemed, all the
while, ns If it was not mine. Probably
the club meant | should do So as they
were 80 polite and kind"
Did you open the envelope that was
given you ?"
"The envelope,"
Yes; the one containing the pames.
yon know"
"Oh, no l can remember them we'll
enough without that. But l have it safe
and will open it soon."
A week or two afterwards, the thought
OF that envelope popped into Mr.. Taber's
mind. He remembered having it in his
hands that night, when he turned from
the door, but he could not recall the
place he had put it. He looked among
his books, rummaged his desk, pulled his
secretary drawers out, but the envelope
was not there. He had about given up
the search, when he happened to think
that it might be in the pocket Of Lis faded
dressing gown, that hung up in the hall,
the plnce he should have thought Of first.
The first plunge into tho pocket revealed
the Tact that there was no bottom to it.
Then he felt down and down, till he reach
Ell the hem connecting the lining with the
skirt, and then lie found the missing De-
per.
MARY cried he, Il have found it."
and upon opening it to read the names,
ne found draft to the order Of Gerald
Taber for 1.-TWO Hundred Dollars, loan
from the "Do-as-you-please Club"
The draft bore strangers name, but
1t was duly honored, and Mr.. Taber .c-
cepted the money rs an accommodations
quite different from gratulty-but he
was puzzled rs to whom he should give
his note OF pay the interest to. Manners
nor the others of the CLUB could tell
him anything about it--so he made a note,
payable to the "club." on demand, and
every six months adisi compound inter-
est 10 1t TIL he died.