The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-01-04
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rasU taDle. mat smile and the look
which accompanied it met Mr.. Mont
gomery's eye, and straightway a strange
conviction was aroused in his breast.
What did il mean2 That Mr. Glyndon
was detective he did not dream.
Shortly after breakfast was over he saw
Glyndon slip folded scrap of paper
into the widows plump hand. This
sight made Montgomery gnash his teeth.
"a billet douxi" he muttered. "Here,
this is going on right before my eyes; ]
suppose there will be a wedding next"
and Mr.. Truman Montgomery, as he
left the house and wended his way down
town in search of new boarding place,
certainly did not feel comfortable.
Now, the scrap Of paper had contained
these words;
"Tve found out the mystery. Have
some of the boarders-an Of them, if
you like--in the upper hall tonight at
about II, and you will learn the truth.
Il was just as 1 had suspected
That very morning Col. Overton an
nounced his intention of removing him.
self and ultra fashionable wife from the
communicating influences of Mrs. Moffet's
| boarding house. Poor Mrs. Moffet, know
| ing full well that the others would soon
follow in their wake, was half wild with
/ anxiety; but she remembered the ap-
pointment for the night. and hoped on.
| Eleven struck i'm loud tones from the
| big clock on the stairs, and most of the
boarders, obedient to a hasty summons,
appeared in the hall outside ths door of
Mr.. Truman Montgomery's room. A
little later the door was opened noiseless-
ly from within, and the boarders saw
before them Mr.. Frank Glyndon, He
held his finger to his lip and pointed
within the room. This is what they saw
by the light Of the hall gas: Truman
Montgomery, in dressing gown and slip
pers-but sound asleep--working away
diligently at the empty CRATE
Mrs. Moffet had been unable to have
fire started in his CRATE, for the chin
ney smoked furiously, and had post
poned its renovation until the boarders
departure.
Two dozen eyes watched with breath
less eagerness while Mr.. Truman Mont
gomery still in that heavy slumber
knelt before the CRATE, and thrusting his
hand up the chimney, brought down ar
oblong tin box.
"No wonder the chimney 5mokedr
exclaimed Mrs. Moffet, breathlossly.
And right then Frank Glyndon stepped
to Montgomerys side and slowly anC
carefully awakened him.
Turn up the gas-high Mrs. Mof
fetp commanded Glyndon, firmly. "Mr
Montgomery-you somnambulist!-youl
money is found!'
And so it was, Many such cases hav,
been known before. Truman Nlontgom
cry had only added one more to the lis
of such occurrences. The money wa
, found all safe within the box, from the
one hundred first missing down to TIN
five thousand, carefully sealedin pack
age and marked with the amount in Mr.
Truman Montgomery's own hand; ant
when he realized the truth he coul'
only stammer forth inaudible apologies
begging everybody's pardon III mos
indiscriminate manner.
The next day he sought Mrs. Moffet
I and there was long private converse
ton; when he left her he kissed her an
called her dear Lucy.
Shortly afterward the placard was re
moved from the door of the Moffe
house-a boarding house no longer; an
: only yesterday read in the papers a nc
= tice of a marriage, the contracting pan
ties being named respectively DIontgon
cry and Mohet.-Mrs. E. Burke Collin
in Fireside Companion.