The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-09-14

The paymaster of a large railroad
company. having its headquarters in
Boston, went out on one occasion with
$4,000 to pay off its employees. The
money was carried under his arm
wrapped up in an old newspaper. Ha
stopped at little wayside eating house
for dinner, and on going away. in a
fit of Observation-Disclosures left the money
lying on chair. He had not gone
many miles from the place before he
missed it, and his dismay on discoving
its loss can well be imagined. Almost
despairing of Receiving the package left
in so public place, he hurried back,
and with trembling voice asked the
woman in charge if she had seen the
parcel. There's bit Of paper in the
chair beyant," said she; perhaps
that's it," which it proved to be, and
the gentleman returned happier and
wiser man.
Another man in the same city lost a
roll of bills amounting to $40, 900, which
also was wrapped up in a newspaper.
He told a friend Of his loss, and the
friend made him describe all the
ground he had been over since he had
the money. The last place mentioned
was the post-otfce. The night was wet
over head and slushy under foot. They
visited the post-oftice and. going to the
spot where the man had been standing,
they found two or three bits of news
paper. 1t was the same. They looked
further, and at last found the lost treas
ure. 1t had been kicked in turn by
every one who came into the o flee, and
when found was united and completely
soaked with water. 1t was all there,
however, and the friends returned to
their hotel and spent several hours in
cleaning and drying it. The gentle
man was so grateful for the sensible ad-
vice which had saved him from serious
loss that he took out his friend and
bought him the handsomest gold watch
chain that he could find in the city.
A still more remarkable incident is
related of the finding of $4,000 lost
by NJ. Pages in the NortherA railway
station in Paris some ten years ago.
AS one Ezelot, French soldier, was
walking with two comrades through
the station they noticed on the floor Il
small package wrapped in newspa-
per. They kicked it along before them
for some distance, and when Ezelot
was getting into the train, going home
on short leave, one of his comrades,
picking up the package, thrust it into
the canvas forage bag slung at his side,
Ezelot going on his way without hav-
ing perceived the little pleasantly.
Arriving at Neuilly, where his par
ents lived, Ezelot's mother, emptying
the forage bag, discovered the bundle,
but thinking it a roll of old newspapers
put it on table in the kitchen. There
it remained four or five days, till a
married sister, calling in and seeing
the package, was moved by an un-
wonted curiosity. Opening it she dis
covered documents representing the
f26,000, the loss of which M. Pages
had advertised throughout Europe,
The soldier and his parents, however,
had not seen the advertisement, and
not knowing what else to do, had re-
course to the marei. That functionary
communicating with Paris speedily
brought down M. Pages, who, gladly
paying the promised reward of Fl 900,
went off with his oddly recovered
treasure. 1t would be an interesting
supplement to the narrative if we could
have record of the feelings of the
soldier who thrust this unexpected
good fortune upon Ezelot when he
heard the sequel to his little joke.
Among singular recoveries of lost
valuables, says writer in the St. Louis
Globe-Democrat, one of the oldest
occurred in Providence. R. l., some
years ago. One day a gentleman in
one of the largest stores of the city
tried on pair of heece-lined gloves
which did not suit him, so he bought
another pair. A few days after he
missed gold ring from the third finger
of the left hand, but had no idea how
long it had been gone. He searched
the house and went into the store
where he had purchased the gloves
and other places to see if any thing
had been seen of it, but in vain.
Months rolled on. until another winter
came, and the gentleman once more
visited the clothing store in search of
feece-lined gloves. The first pair he
tried on he found too short at the wrists.
In taking off the left-hand glove he
found ring in one Of the fingers.
While slowly disentangling it from the
feccy lining he said to the salesman:
Here is ring. Whose shall it be-
mine, as have found it, or yours, be-
cause il is found in your depart
measI'' The weighty question was
decided in the gentleman's favor, when