The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1896-02-20

scftptag. saslhs sound, II came ifor
. the iratt rasita, krev someone "a
cot ias throusb the y Napsttsu hItpas inH
Hr ase My f.l0iest doutt- yant'he'
, soon. sbeu uamiststsbiy hrsfi th
, bliuds dragged back and the sssh CT al =
pas pushed ap Someone vas entfuns
The bousel Tbs person, vboeysr It Was
kusu oi ny brothers shsepes, q hoc
Heavens / thought Of Henry, our nilic,
man Hs hruaghl the pete - 40 open uote.
Il vas be who caused the delay ~h cd pre-
vented my irposjttng the mouey. IL "a
as clear ~ day rose risidly TO my feet
10 ;sukHag ny mind was scaisly &C
tive, snd tho sand Says Of escape surg
ed through ny BRAN TO mumeut IN
locked be cabinet aud gra-ped the large
pockethook wbich contained the DO es,aud
thrust into my bos m, TO what purpose
dad not know, / retr ated iOto the dense
dafkoe.s Of ny Own bedroom, where J
stood uncertsi0 aud sbiveriog
The sIudows we're too bi'h from the
prouId to admit oi my jumping thereffom
without lncurrIug tue rlsS Of broken
/ llmb, besides there was 20 time. AT the
/ hfst sound Of my putting up the sash !
woul be detected and oyerpnwcIei.
heard a heavy tread along the ball Az
lea II ,sbod Iuto my bead like the iuclsion
Of blade. | clutehod th. motley 10 my
bosom. aud tttpped into the empty fire
place. 10 another moment vas scramb
ling up the sJoty chimney with the agility
Of flushed chimney sweep AMI kept
scrau bllng uutlI had made stronghold
for ysrlf
What went on down bllov | dIl not
know. II the cessatlons OF the rain |
conlt hear the heavy tread passing to and
fro 10 tt- search l knew for that money |
Bat /, from ny lofty vsutsge ground,
couli ony thank Heaven again an again |
Tor such bIesse deliveruuce
was 80 be0nmbed with cold and inght
that / think | lost consciousness aud
would probably have tumbIed down the
chimney but that | was so rigid and so
walled in | could not
Toe uext thing remem bor was open
ing my eyes and seeing the square Of wan
hight above me, Then reatizinR ell, my
strength gave way, aud fell heavily ,strlk
log my head against something which left
me sen.eIe,s for boufs. When | came to
myself | was IN the arms Of young man
Nho had never seen before. He sat up
on the floor, and held my head across bis
knees, Will he wiped the blood from my
cut forehead with pocket handkerchief,
which ever now aud then hewOuld squeeze
ont 10 basin OF water OF bis elbow,
don't suppose there ever was more
t-rried young man upon this earth OF
ours Imagine an iHotiensive young man
turning up iu town where au intimate
friend lived, coming 10 on the very train
that takes tins ultimate friend out lmsg
lne this innate friend cor italy invltog
the newcomer to bis house, telling him
there was nobody III It, but that be could
Pot up there make himself lord aud mas
er, find plenty to eat by fotsgiug atouud,
ind get good bed. Then to make the
hing complets, gave bin the wrong keys
by which 10 let himself lD. Imag inc this
newcomer booming about town untilI ii
o'clock, then striking ont for his lreud's |
abode; oyertsken by the rain; at last to AZ
rive at bis intended abiding place tc dis
}oyer be has the wrong keys which neces
.itaes his climbing into the house like u
burg lar. Imagine him plllng INTO the first
Ded he comes to, very soon sinking into
he untroubled slum ber OF the innocent at G
lesrt, to he awakened ut the peep OF day
~ something tumbIiHg down the chin !
lpy. Not hobgobIn that were better 7
out a Young women bespattered and gri
ny. bat sull young woman, and one pro
lab more dead than alive. Imagine 1t U
III II you can, for that Is what bapprued i
O the misguided young man, who held
ne across bis Euees aud wiped the blood =
tom my broke for, bead ou that nemor
.ble st. Valentines moru.pg.
Imagine it sud tell mt If men through t
tupidiy don't cause half of all the trou
Die iu the rd. We IpIalned 1t oil to /
och other a. best We could, fur WAS real ,
y III, and qni.e ready to go of toto ano 4
her swoo1 Nneu the servant gil came '
ie ueut Tor lh- doctor, sDd Mary got me
o bed
Dick came at noon. aud vas hornfed at
What had happened. But tue doctor had
,rouoauced me more rilhtened than hurt
.ud, really. but tot 10 dreadful cold
,aught and my a0uuded forehead, it did i
iot amoant to sulthi4 ", sn ! soon became IT
tremendous JOKE.
And 1t turned out that this friend Of
Dicks, whose acq1sllttuce made 10 d!
mob 40 uuconyeutionul fashion. was the
,ery client whose money defended
And 1t also came sbout tb,t that he
bat that We have We nave grown to
,pow each other very we'll, aud Dick - t
Dick is to 10 out for alothet coopelstor
,slote neI, i4.i, b,C,Q'e well for reasons
beet kuowu to myself