The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-02-21
FRIED OYSTERS.
An Account Of the Disappearance
of Mr.. Cassidy.


my dear" said Mr.. Cassidy. ''put
on the frying-pan. and get ready to
make some oyster fritters. I'm hungry
and we'll have bit Of supper before we
sleep"
Mrs. Cassidy liked . bit OF supper and
orstcr fritters as we'll as her husband,
anA .hc nodded an assent; and, putting
4, ier work. went into the little kitchen
a. the end a the fiat. and having handed
her spouse small tin kettle with a
handle. looked to the fire. and set all
mar was necessary on the cooking
ial'. Then she sat down to wait for
HIM
N was warm in tho kitchen, and COM
Portable and coy.
Mrs. Cassidy. waiting for her spouse.
leaned back against the wall and shut
\ her eyes. Not sleeping: oh. no, only
thinking The clock licked on; the tea
kettle sang its song Mrs Cassidy was
ba. in the country place where she
was borh, talking at the garden gate with
Tom. Then something aroused her.
She started up
Tom Tom! Why, where was Tom
cassidy? lie had been gone an hour. And
the oyster salooa was only around the
|cornerx She must have had a nap.
frightened and nervous. she ran to
1.-THE door. All was very still in the
street. and where the houses were not
utterly dark, the lights had gone to tho
|upper floors.
Perhaps the saloon was closed and he
haR gpne farther for the oysters. Yes;
sha' must be 1t.
ne vent back to the kitchen and
sait*i but no Tom came.
IN iact he did not come that night.
About dawn next morning the servant.
coming downstairs to kindle the lire,
a" ner mistress crouched up in the
corner Of the kitchen fireplace moan
ins and rocking herself TO and fro.
"nen asked what was the matter, she
Your master is dead. Sally"
sally shrieked. but when informed
that he- ladys reasons for this statement
were that her husband had gone out in
tending 70 return in few minutes. and
vas not yet at home, Sally grinned and
took the affair lightly.
Depend upon IL. num-" she said,
mes only gone Of on spree. They
az does u sooner or later. NV last
iaay didn't see hers for three weeks ono
WINTER Mr.. Cassidy II turn up ali
right again soon.r
hnt her mistress could not be COM
ior'ed- Neither was Sally true prophet
~ was soon evident that Mr.. Cassidy
had disappeared.
All his male relatives and connections
vent y work At tho search for. him as
soon as they could be telcgraphcd for.
No gentleman OF his description had in
CURED for oysters late that evening in
me neighborhood.
AZ his place Of business person
waited Tor him at nine that morning, by
appointment. Failing in this meeting
MI very disadvantagcous to Mr.. Cas-
sidy.
lie had bought tickets for the thcatcr
.ne next evening, for Mrs Cassidy and
himself, and had given them to her TO
Keep safe. Not the most suspicious de-
,scuvo Of them all could believe that
~. cassidy had voluntarily left home.
respectable gentleman Of his age,
NH dressed as he always was. prob
soly' would have been taken TO a
hospital II he had been seized with a
euuaen attack Of illness in the street;
~ AZ least IL he had been supposed to
:" intoxicated. dubbed, and locked UP
y cell for daring TO have apoplcxy or
. A'art disease, his remains would have
AYE been found by this time. They
searchcd high and they searched low
III Z week. At last body was found |
u NE river. Its clenchcd hand was
.'0sed over something that proved to be |
.H' handle Of tin can. Time and |
Y, had done the worst with person
s y wearing apparel, but the body was
.a'h'ined by the loss OF two front teeth |
~ \. bald spot on his head.
- ~ sure, Mr.. Cassidy in life had |
sosn Two artificial teeth, but that was
!; nV,nlng. The detectives, the brother
cav, cav the two cousins, talked tho sad
Mr. over, and decided that there could
\. ~ doubt concerning the manner Of
Ane unfortunate widow had the news