Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-17

have never put my confidence in the hands Of
any one"
aBut you introduced him to me as your sec
rotary"
IA mere honorary title, sir. A breves
rank. I might, it Is true, have thought 70
ranose uch q trust In i'm But l was de-
oeiyed, sir, as 1 fear 1 am too aps to be when
/ Permit my feelings as q man to overcome
INV duty as an American legislator. MIR.
Dobbs enjoyed my patronage and the oppor-
tunity it gave me to introduce him INTO pup
He life only to abuse it He became, 1 fear,
deeply indebted. His extravaganza was IN
limited, his ambition ~unbounded, but with
out. sir, q cash basis advanced money to
him from time TO time upon the little prop
erty you so generously extended to him for
his services. But it was quickly dissipated-
Yet. sir. such is the ingratitude of man that
his family lately appealed to me for assist
ance. 1 felt it was necessary to be stern, N
I refused. I would not for the sake Of his
family say anything, but I have missed, sir,
books from my library. On the day after he
left two volumes Of patent office reports and
a Blue book Of congress, purchased that day
by me at a store on Pennsylvania avenue,
were missinJ-missingl had difficulty, sir,
great difficulty in keeping it from the papers!"
As Mr.. Wiles had heard the story already
from Gashwiler's acquaintance, with more or
less free comment on the gifted legislators
economy, he could not help thinking that the
difficulty had been great indeed But he only
fixed his malevolent eye on GaShwiler and
sail:
$50 he Is gone, chi"
"Yes."
And you've made an enemy Of hint That's
bad"
Mr.. Gashwiler tried to look ~dignifedly un-
concerned; but something in his visitors
manner made him uneasy.
II say it is bad, if you have. Listen. Be-
fore I left here, I found at a boarding house
where be had boarded, and still owed O bill, a
trunk which the landlord retained. Opening
It, l found some letters and papers Of yours,
with certain memoranda Of his, which /
thought ought to be in your possession. AS
an alleged friend Of his, I redeemed the trunk
by paying the amount Of his bill, and secured
the more valuable papers"
Gashwiler, whose face had grown apoplec-
tically suffused as Wiles went on, at last
gasped: "But you got the trunk, and have the
papers?'
Unfortunately, no, and that's why it's
bad"
@But, good God! what have you done with
themi"
srve lost them somewhere on the Overland
road"
Mr.. Gashwiler sat for a few moments
speeches., vacillating between q purple rage
and a palid fear. Then he said hoarsely:
"They are all blank forgeries-every one Of
them"
ooh, mol" said Wilrs, smiling blandly on
his dexter side, and enjoying the whole scene
inadvertently with his sinister eye. Your
papers are all genuine, and / won't say arc
not all right, but unfortunately l had in the
same bag some memoranda of my own for
the use of my client, that, you understand,
might be put to some bad use if found by n
clever man."
The two rascals looked at each other. There
is on the whole really very little honor
among thicves-at least great oneS-and tho
inferior rascal succumbed at tho reflection OF
what no might do if no were in tho other ras-
calls place. "See here, Waes," he said, relaxing
his dignity with the perspiration that oozed
from every pore, and made the collar OF his
shirt u nero limp rag. "See hero, we"-ths
first uso Of the plural was equivalent to con-
fession-"we must get them papers"
"Of course" said Wiles coolly, "f we can,
and if Thatcher doesn't get wind of them"
"He cannot"
ale was on the coach when | lost them,
coming east"
Mr.. Gashwiler paled again. In the emer-
gcncy no had recourse to the sideboard and a
bottle, forgetting Wilcs. Ten minutes be-
fore Wiles would have remained seated; but
it is recorded that he rose, took the bottle
from the gifted Gashwiler's fingers, helped
himself first, and then sat down.
ayes, but, my boy" said Gashwiler, now
rapidly changing situations with the cooler
Wiles; ives, but, old fellow" he added, polk
ing Wiles with a fat forefinger, "don't you soc
the whole thing will be up before he gets here"
"Yes," said Wiles gloomily, but those lazy,
easy, honest men have q way OF popping up
Just at tho nick of time. They never need
hurry all things wait for them. Why, don't
you remember that on the very day Mrs.
Hopkinson and l and you got the president
to sign that patent, that very day one of them
d-n fellows turns up from San Francisco
or Australia, having taken his W time TO
get here-gets here about half ON hour after
tho president had signed the patent and sent
it over to the office, finds the right maj to
introduce him to the president, has a talk
with him, makes him sign an order counter
manding its issuance, and undoes all that has
been done in six years in one hour"
Eyes, but congress is a tribunal that docs
not revoke its DEGREES. I" said Gashwiler with G
return OF his old manner; lat least" no
added, Observing m incredulous shrug in the
shoulder of his companion, TAT least during
the session.
ave shall Sec" said Wiles, quietly taking
his hat.
I'VE shall see, sir" said tho member from
Remus with dignity.
CHAPTER XIV.