Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-07-18
arranged to meet Mr.. Jenkins on the NOR.

arranged to meet Mr.. jenkins on the NOR
row of the i'll starred enterprise. OF course
he did not for moment expect that the
butler would keep the appointment, but
he desired obtain clew to his enemy's
hiding place for the purpose of tracing
him. But while he was cautiously making
inquiries at the bar the door opened, and
Mr.. Jenkins entered as coolly as though
nothing had happened.
Bill thought it prudent to dssemble his
surprise, and presently the two were clos
eted where they could exchange conf
dences without fear of interruption.
"Well?" exclaimed Mr.. Jenkins inter-
negatively, evidently disconnected by the
ominous blackness of his companions
brow.
"WellS" repeated Bill in flercely ironi-
cal tone.
"Did you pull it OFF," inquired Mr.. Jen-
kins, whose pasty countenance was begin
ming to assume in Bills indignant eyes the
pallor of detected guilt.
What do you Think" said our friend
rudely.
"What's wrong9" asked Mr.. Jenkins as
his jaw fell.
Nothing. The swag is all right. You've
got it slowed away somewheres. That's
blessing, amt t."
Mr.. jenkins counterfeited such an ad-
mirably blank and bewildered expression
on hearing Bills enigmatical words that
the latter, who did not possess the art of
diplomatic finesse, felt constrained to ex-
plain himself without circumlocution. In
few terse sentences he told his simple
story, his suspicious and his intentions, to
which the butler listened with extreme
dismay
you've been kiddedp' exclaimed Mr..
jenkins at length with the addition of
some particularly forcible explosives. "The
old 'un has took and walked round you.
He is sly fox, is my master; he must
have got wind of what was going on, and
thought he'd have a game with you. The
things were there all ready for you when
came away. You've ruined me and
chucked away first class job"
"That's right-say it was my fault"
calculated Bill, somewhat discounted by
this unexpected rejoinder.
"Well, thought you was a man and not
a baby! To go and walk into trap like
thatr exclaimed Mr. Jenkins, with trans
parent annoyance.
This was more than Bill could stand A
sudden suspicion that Mr.. Jenkins re-
proaches were not unmerited filled him
with blind but furious resentment, and he
Immediately went for his companion with
vigor and fury which proved quite ire
sistible. The butler, who was a heavy, I'M
athletic person, succumbed to the attack
like pricked bladder, and raised such an
uproar that the unwelcome apparition of a
policeman disturbed the harmony of the
proceedings.
Bill was ANONYMOUSLY walked off to the
lookup, and although Mr.. Jenkins, for pri-
vate reasons, deemed it inexpedient to APP
pear in support of a charge of assault our
friend was atfectionately detained by his
hosts on other charges, with the ultimate
result that he retired from this busy work
aday world for heightened period into
the seclusion of penal servitude He EN-
ployed what little leisure he had in anathe-
matizing Mr.. jenkins, for he chung almost
pathetcally to the belief that he was the
victim of that persons deceit, lest he
should be forced to the unpleasant and
deeply humiliating conclusion that Mr.
jenkins master had cleverly concerted a
highly successful plan for furnishing both
the burglar and his accomplce DIT the least
personal inconvenience to himself.-Lon-
don Truth.