Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-05-22
Dorothy DRAKE.


Where bloom the fadeless flowers,
And there shall peace and Righteousness
Foreyermore be ours
DOROTHY DRAKE
A Queer Journey.
Phil Harrison and l had always beer
friends. We shared every pleasure tina,
could possibly hc shared whether IL wa.
a book. or top, or minCe pie. Neither
Of us ever got into trouble without drag
| ging the other in. too, and as conse.
qucuce, our punishmcnts were as mnct
, common property our other belongings
And punishmerts were not rare. Every.
thing that went wrong at any time, and
anyw here, was laid al our doors. And Of,
ten justly SO. | must confess ITS them
two little hcggars. Phil Harrison and Jack
| Rohy." said the public voice. when the es-
tahlished order Of things had been inter.
fcred with. And Phil Harrison and Jack
I kohy 1t generally was.
A. We grew Older. our chiyalrous afrrc-
tion for each other wa, a. great but less
F. dcmon>tratlyc. and from two reckless
>capcgraCes We had settled down into
I steady, reliable fellows At lrast 30
thought Lawyer Montcslm VINO had tax
\ en- u both into his ofiicc at Bcllcyille when
! We left school, and who was now giving
I Us good salaries and leaving much OF the
Z responsible work of the office to Us
/ But when Phil was twenty-ihree and |
/ was twenty-five and a half little event
! happened whicn shook hi~ good opinion Of
! Is somewhat. 1t WIS this The chief
/ had given me two 500 grccnbacks one day
/ just a. he was hurrying out OF the office
| Here, Roby," said he, Just look up
that bill of Mr.. Pearson's; he's written to
say ne. - wants the money at once You
can post these TO him. iill save writing
ont a check.
found the bill at once, and enclosed II
10 Mr. Pearson with the money and
our printed receipt form. Then | put
the note on the ledge Of my desk. meaning
to take IL 10 the po>t-ofilce myself as |
went home. When was ready To go,
however 1t was nowhere 10 be seen, and
IN great concern interrogated every
one about IT, No one reCollected having
seen IT, not even Phil, and he had been at
my desk for some sealing wax and had
stopped there to seal his packet He must
have seen 1t had II been there and yet he
was sure thai hc had not. What could
have become Of IL.
Are you quite sure, old fellow" ask
ed.
perhaps, been posted with the other let
t.r,. aud will turn up by and-by Don't
YOU worry about 1t, Jack"
could not help worrying, however, and
was 20 silent myself A. We walked home
together that cyenin. that did not notice
until afterwards how silent Phil was too
'You sent on that amount 10 Mr.. Pear
son. Robv," my chief asked the next morn
ing ami answered Yes" promptly, hav-
ing by this time persuaded myself that the
letter had been posted with the others, es-
pccially a. the clerk who put them into the
bag said that he was almost certain that he
had seen one with MF rearson'- name up
on IT,
That's all right. then" said Mr.. Mont
cain, III know that he wanted the money
specially to-day
Just A. We finished speaking, in came
Mr.. Pearson.
"I.ouk here. Montcalm,' he said, button
hollug the lawyer before he had time TO
escape. Il do wish you would let me have
that s20n to-day. I've three or four bills
( that | must settle while I'm in town. I'll
take il a. great favor If you will"
Mr.. Montcalm looked at me in surprise
II don't understand, r he said, 1.-THE mon
! ey went 10 you yesterday iou sc"t ~
! Kohyf"
/ said Yes. sir again feeling sure that
/ the letter must have gone. But directly as
4 | said it caught Pills eyes fixed on me
! with such a curious expression that was
! on the point. OF blurtng out the whole
story. when Mr.. Pearson spoke again.
And | left home before the carrier
came. he said How tiresome 1t is. TO
( be sure
He and Mr. Montcalm talked together
for some time and then he went of
.It'l have to do tomorrow, he said, as
he left the Office. but didn't want TO
come to town again just yet.
Nothn. more was said tnat day about
the matter but could not get II on my
mind. and Phil, too, seemed uneasy. 1he
other fellows rallied US on our pre-occu
pied air all day. else | shouldn't, perhaps
have noticed Pills manner, but 1t begaI
to strike even me as curious at last, ant
the thought did occur to my mind that M
might have taken the letter just for Joke
But it wasn't quite like one of his Jokes Sc
dismissed the idea almost instantly. W.
walked home arm in arm. as usual, ant
during the walk Phil blurted OUT g.
Il say. Jack, old fellow" and stop
ped.
WHAT" asked.
oCa, nothing" he replied, II GIL!
wanted to say-I mean, good night"
The next day all was confusion at tn
Office. Phil and were little late, ant
when we got there the chief and Mr.. Pear
son were at white heat Of excitement
Look here Roby," said the chief, "wha
did YOU do with that s2O0?"
Nv heart sunk. SO it had not been post
/ ed. then.
Il followed your instructions, sir" re
,, piled. Put it into the envelop with tn
. bill and one of our receipt forms, and ad
dressed it to Mr. Pearson"
"And suppose you'll swear that | go
it," cried old Pearson in fury
Haven't you got it, sir!" asked.
"Got it," cried he; chow dare you as
me? OF course haven't got it,"
"Did you post the letter yourself!' ask
; ed Mr.. Montcalm, little more temperate
/. w. He was always gentleman; and the
/ out came the whole story.
, Mr.. Montcalms face grew very long a
he heard 1t.
!, Then the whole office was called in an
!; each of the clerks interrogated. The
D were evidently innocent of any knowledg
= of the matter and the office boy who co
y lected the letters was certain that he ha
!. not seen this one, though the clerk t
Z whom he gave the mail had some fair
e recollection of having noticed one address
Q ed to Mr. Pearson, but this was such sligi
q evidence as to be worth hardly anything
!, When Phil's turn came to be questione
J his answers were so hestating that NJ
= Montcalm's suspicious were aroused.
|. "Are you sure that you know nothing
it?" he again asked
Phil looked at me apparently invOlunta
= lily, and felt myself coloring from syn
pathy.
"Nothing. sir" he replied.
D. "Well, this shall be seen to-" said
q Montcalm Il should be sorry to suspe
i. apy of YOU, but S2OO--it is serious los
q. and it must be somewhere. Come into n
u room, Pearson" he added. "and we'll ia
n. the matter over"
te Zone of those two scapegraces has
y it, I'll 90 ball." just heard Mr.. Pears'
n. say as they left the room, and he glance
d, at Phil and me.
ID Nonsense. nonsense" replied the chic
~ ~ "they're both as honest as the day. II
ed turn up"
As the days went by and the notes we
not found, the suspicion was forced up