The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-05-09
MY ADVENTURE.
a Funny Mistake md It's Fortu-
nato Termination.

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II was IAN odd adventure, and one
In which ! exhibited "A degree Of uudae.
ity that | ear scarcely credit now, but
II brought me such good fortune that |
have never regretted ID, especially with
such a reputation for dignity as I now
enjoy. II Is not a very long story, yet
think II will interest you, My wife
says | have told II too many times, but
| believe It will bear Que moro repeti-
ton. 1t was In tho yoar 1850 Twas
In tho employ Of n largo mercantile
house In the city Of Boston. had be-
gun with them six years before. fresh
from a country town, and had gradual.
~ been promoted until ! wns conGdon.
tial clerk, and had charge Of tho corps
Of ~book-borpcrs which the business do
manded. | was of u reserved disp0si
ton, u studious habits, aud wa inst
becoming a confirmed bachelor, when
Tho events ! shall nnrrato occurred,
changing tho tenor Of my life.
II was the month Of December, | r..
member tho evening as distinctly M
though II were Just past The snow
was Several inches deep, and the sky
was filed with the small white mcsscn.
gers. Tho gus. lights glimmcred fecbly,
the shop windows were obscurcd travel
In tho street had nearly ceased, while
the few who were out hurried MS fast as
possible to their respective destinations.
Important business demanded my at
tention In New York, aud | was 10
leave on the midnight train for that
city. had taken my supper. or more
properly speaking, n light lunch, near
tho store, whore | was employed until
I'm o'clock with the accounts and pa
pers which were necessary In the trans
action Of the business which called mo
away.
| looked nj my watch, aud found I
had but scant time 10 20 home, aud get
my yaliso. which | had unfortunately
tas then blindly thoughtl forgotten 10
bring with me. As I left the warm
store. and stepped on. into the wintry
air, and breasted tho storm. tho sen.
sntion. instead Of being unpleasant, was
rather e~xhllaratlng. found. In u Tow
minutes, however, that the storm waa
more severe than ! had imagined. and
my progress was very difficult II took
mo much longer 10 get to ID street than
anticipated, so that ! was in a great
hurry.
1 lived In a long block Of houses, all
Just alike | knew nothing Of those
who lived upon either side; for | was
away early in the morning, was gone all
day, after ! got back at night, devoted
myself to my pipe and books, very
rarely going cut again.
Tho storm seemed 10 have rcdoubled
lis fury rs | went up the steps. and
opened tbs door. | was almost blown
Into the hall, aud tho door swung be-
hind me with violence. All was dark;
but knew just were my valise was, all
ready, and 80 ! crept up-sialrs eau
tiously. TO avoid further disturbance,
found my Don door opon. aud. right
In the corner, where / expected my
yalise-
Without m instant's delay | rushed
downstairs. and wa soon out In the
binding sleot. was really exhausted
when ] got 10 tho station. and. TO add
10 my trials. | was Just In time 10 sec
The train slowly moving or After a
hard run ] got on tho last oar. recov.
cred my breath rs soon "a | could, put
my yallse into n rack, gavc tho con
duetor. with whom | was well NO.
gnainted, my ticket. and settled myself
Tor n nap. When | awoke II wa morn.
ing, and found, to my dismay, that we
were sn~ow-bound. and had made but
little progress on our way. There was
nothing TO do, however. but 10 make
The best Of IL read awhile, smoked
awhile, walked impationtly through The
car, even lont them n hand nj clearing
The track; and. after other devices 10
kill time. thought | would look over
my business matters As | took down
my salisc, II felt so light II attracted my
attention nj once, 10 that | i~nvolun-
tarily looked II over attentively. II
certainly appeared right. aud there were
my initials. C. \. r.. In the proper place.
Something intuitively told Inc / had
made q mistake. and before opening |
Tried TO think how II had happened
Although had taken II In The dark. I
recalled the stairway, the room al the
end Of the upper hall. tho position Of
things as they had appeared In what
little light there was. aud the yalise In
The orn whence | took IL There
could be no mistake. and yet this yalise
seemed only about half a. heavy a. u
ought IL may appear strange that |
had not noticed II beforr: but, In my
hurry 10 the station. ] doubt II | should
have noticed had II been empty.
To solve the mystery. | opened II.
and The contents certainly wcrc not
mine. Perhaps some Of the fellows In
the house had played a trick upon me
! found some toilet articles. some apples.
book. and. NJ the bottom. q roll which
appeared to be my papers. hut which
proved TO be n lecture In manuscript
npon 'Grecian Art" with N. name
Chester sylsanus Richardson al The end
Who The dickens he WAS Wa a mystery,
and how | came by his valise a still
greater problem After more Stud,
over 4, II flashed upon me that I mus,
have gone into one Of tho other houses
IN the block. This easei my mind a
little. though | slill felt anxious about
my papers. There Wa nothing I coull
DO but exercise patience. and 20 I began
reading the lecture. Although sosne.
vhaf beyond my aequirmentz, l found
= interesting and instructive
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