Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-12-03

II will meet, sir, with inexiblc justice /
have already prepared some rcmarks-"
"By the way interrupted Wiles intellect
ously, "whcros your young man-your pri-
vatc secretary -Dobbs,'
The congressman for a moment looked CON
fused "lIc i, not here And must correct
your error in applying that term to him
have never put my confidence in the hands of
any one
"But you introduced him to me as your SEQ
rotary"
"a mere honorary title, sir y brcvct
rank | might, it is true, have thought to
rcposc such a trust in him. But was de-
ccivod, sir, as fear am too apt to be when
| | Kermit my feelings as a man to overcome
my duty an American legislator Mr.
DobbS enjoyed my patronage and the oppor-
| tunty it gave me to introduce him into pub
lie life only to abuse it, He became, / fear,
! deeply indebted. His extravaganza was I'm
| limited hi, ambition unbounded, but with
out, sir, a cash basis. | advanced money TO
him from time to time upon the little prop
| crty you SO generously extended to him for
his services But it was quickly dsspatcd
| Vet. sir such is the ingrattulc Of man that
| his family lately appealed to- me for assist
anCc. | felt it was necessary to be stern, and
| refused | would not for the sake of his
family say anything, but | have missed, sir,
books from my library On the day after he
! left two volume, of patent Office reports and
! a Blue book Of congress, purchased that day
! 10y me at store on Pennsylvania avenue,
were 0jjSSjDt-ni~sing! had difficulty, sir,
great difficulty in keeping it from the papcrs!'
As Nh Vile, had heard the story already
from ,;a-hwilcI's cquaintanccs, with more or
! lcS- free comment on the gifted legislators
economy. he could not help thinking that the
difficulty had been great indeed But Ire only
fixed hi, malcy client eye ON Gashwillr and
sal
so he is gone. ch:'
Yes"
And you'Vcmadc an enemy of him: That,
bad"
Mr. GaShwilor tried to look dignifedly I'M
concerned; hut something in his visitors
manner made him uneasy.
II sav il is bad. if You have. Listen. Be
fore let here. found at a boarding house
where he had boarded, and still owed bill. Il
trunk which the landlord retained Opening
it, ! found some letters and papers of yours,
with certain memoranda 6f his, which !
thought ought to be in your possession, As
an alleged friend of his redeemed the trunk
! by paying tn amount of his bill. and secured
the more valuable papers"
GasnwiIrr whose face had grown apoplec-
| l,,
gaspcd: But You got the trunk. and have the
papers,
unfortunately. no, and that's why its
bad"
But, good God, what have you done with
them
I've lost them somewhere on the Overland
road"
Nh Gashwiler sat for "A fcw moments
speeches. vacillating between a purple rage
and pallid fear Then he said hoar,ely:
"Thcy are all blank forgerics-evcry one of
them"
"Oh, no" said Wles, smiling blandiv Oh
his dexter side, and enjoying the whole s..u'
malevolently with his sinister eye. "Nour
papers are all genuine, and | won't say ST..
not all right, but unfortunately had it, th,
same bag some memoranda of my own i.
the use of my client. that You undci-'aia.
| might he put to some bad use if found g.,
| clever man.
The two rascals looked at each other TL...
is on the whole really very little h..ur
among thieyes-at least great ones-and S..
inferior rascal succumbed at the reflection Of
what he might do if he were in the other ras-
Gals place. Sec here, Wtes, - he said, relaxing
his dignity with the perspiration that oozed
from every pore, and made the collar of his
shirt a mere liHp ras. See here, we'-this
first Use Of tine plural was equivalent to a con-
fes,ion-"Wo must get them papers"
sol course" said Wiles coolly, IF we can,
ana if Thatcher doesn't get wind of them"
"Hc cannot"
"lIc was ON tie coach when | lost them,
coming east"
Nj. Ga~Iwiler paled again. In the emcr-
gcncy Lc had recourse to the sidehoard and a
BOTTLE forgetting Wilcs Ten minute, be
fore Wllo- would have remained seated; hut
it i, recorded that he rose, took the bottle
from tho gifted Gashvlcr's fingers, helped
himself i,. and then sat down
40. bu,. my boy" said Gu-lwilcr now
rapidly changing situations with the cooler
Wil,,. "yc-. hu, old fellow, he added. polk
ng Wild, Vithn fat foreimgcr. don't You scc
thcVAo,' tLmeWiii hcup before !. gets here. '
~" -ail Vile, eloomily, "hul those lazy,
cu-y. honest mcn have way Of popping up
just at th,uirk Of time They never need
mry.all Things wait for ttcm. Why. don't
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