The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-11-29
A Mysterious Note.


; Boston Post
A Mysterious Note.
l was harum-scarum youth, and for
a dozen years of my manhood had no
settled aim. l started out as a clerk in
country store, then became school
teacher, next clerk in drug store,
where learned my chemical mysteries !;
finally l became law student; and it
was my knowledge of chemistry sci
ence of which am passionately fond
that gave me start as law student.
My single had been hung out in vain
for four or five months, and had not a
single brief to prepare. What little
money had possessed after my studies
we're completed was rapidly melting
away, and l could not ignore the fact
that if no fees should come in my way
for couple of months should have to
60 on the street, or on the prairies, and
labor for living. 1t would be no dis
grace, to be sure, but when one has
spent his little all in preparing himself
for professional life, and when he has
set his heart and hopes on such life, it
is sad to have to abandon it.
| was seated in my Office one after
noon, INDUCING in certain gloomy
thoughts on the subject, when the door
opened, and middle aged man in hum
Bile garb came in, and recognized him
at the first glance as an honest and in
dustrious machinist, named William
Campbell, former neighbor of my
fathers who was now dead. He was
furried and nervous, and saw, at once,
there was something wrong.
"Good morning, Mr.. Campbell"
said l. elbow did you happen to find
the office of poor lawyer like me?"
"By accident" he said. 81 am in
trouble, and if don't get out of it
am ruined. All the savings of my life
will be gone, unless I can find some
lawyer smart enough to defeat the ras
cality of certain man, and was 60
ing along intending to call on the first
lawyer l should see, and it happened
to be you. AS knew your father we'll,
he sure Ire H0f fifY iYbas.."0,' usArs a hc.u =,
"Vou would be sure of that at the
hands of any lawyer to whom you should
;ntrust your case," said l. SNOW LEI
: me hear what it is, and l will see wha
} can be done. .,,;.,
uWell. it is this: I've worked quit'
hard all my life at my trade, ana a &C Gu,
nulated some money-about SIX thou
sand dollars, in fact. l have seven chi.
dren should like to provide for, and
, has been my steady aim to increase m
=: money all could. A year ago, a trien
of mine. who is in the same business
am in, told me if he could take a par
j.. ner in the spring, and if l should 60
with him, we would make lot OF none
:, looked into the matter, and iouho
III was not mistaken about it. saw
Ill could. in few years, increase my
use. thousand to twenty thousand ana 70
him would be ready to JOIN MIN ~
business when the time came. Mea
Tine nv money was lying in the bar
where I ought to have left it, draw
IL Eve and half per cent. interest.
"Shortlv after 1 made this arran
\ ,,ent with nv friend about the partn
'e'' ship, man knew WE'LL ana naa 81 g,
'' confidence in, came to me ana asl
. me- 70 lend him the money till sho
D.. ",art # at the end of the year, and
sa;d he could readily return 1t by
time and he would give me eight
'leS cent So let him have 1t, ana no
IS due and I can't get it back.
"Has he any property!
.E. "Yes-the amount OF IT; Dut I !,
since understood he's slippery tel s,
m lssE hnt had not known that before.
la aaslA "But you took his note, SURELY
,.rs eyes, but can't find it; that's
aofs' .ro,h,es me. l called on him yestt
free Of and told him so, and ne saio nc II. ~
Wharf. recollection of borrowing any m
- from me; if I had the note ne
5, pay it; if 1 hadn't he certainly "
2. Mo-, NO "And you can't find the n0teF
e. ''D' emo" :, 80,
"What did you do with 1t =
aS .G nut it in this pocketbook, wi
kept all my important papers; out
Iroceries 7 came to look for it among some
re. notes and the like, couldn,t mn
EsssE5ssSs IT, produced large, old-tasf
ENNE leather nocketbook, as he spoke
NHlAHa' looked through it, and examined
&C., &C. of receipts and notes tina, were ~
no as any together in one OF It's pocke's' ~ =,
2,.83y: that two of the papers might be 81
N | together ,;ssorv note
Y-MADE amount here" l SAID. Du'
and hang The blank sheet of paper doing
stock s. and and took up slip of white pal
very very small found among the documents
y trimmed 81 don't know"
spect. .sWho is the man that gave
, CO., note3' n.,.o, The drug,
, 7 knew Alexander Bolton we
ircet. was wealthy and penurious' ana
,onn n. name of being very tricky. -,
[oRE' MD fed that Mr.. Campbell was tel
truth. l was as we'll convinced
Son, s exander Bolton was not a, : n 7
;. would be likely to forget having
't'' Ell such large sum as six thou'
LTIMoRE. lars, and jumped at the conclt
pov.,rsao he had played some cunning
" Wy wrong the conhding mechan
,mV The frnits of many years of la
l. what was the trick1 That was
- ,.n;n -,sa ton that puzzled me.
"Have you had this pocket
a1ty. secure place ever since he gay
, and ruaran- note?" | asked.
err Proof Leg eyes; under lock and Key.