The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-01-08

WHIT WIS the matter, when 4 I488e
myself all enveloped In window shAs2es
they having selected that pleasing
moment to unwind after having raped
me awake.
Capt Mckay assured me that made
use of various strong expressions as !
struggled TO free myself. After the
closest scrutiny, we could discover no
trace of any attempt having been made
TO enter our room by the windows, but
sundry movlngs about overhead led us
TO conclude our pyramid had received
its overthrow from Jars from that quar-
ter
Morn, walked by tho clrcling hours,
with rosy hand, had scarcely nnbarred
the gates of light when felt something
more vigorous than rosy hand hold
of my shoulder, and opening my eyes
| saw the Captains face pale and dis
tracted in front of mine and heard him
say In a voice trembling with emotion:
'.The bag is gomez
st cannot be- | cried, springlng up
In IA frenzy of fear. But dlligen' search
stood the heavy mahogany bed before
one door, the washstand and bureau be-
fore the other two, undisturbedi The
dust on the window lee PES and sash
seemed to prove that no one, not even
the ehambermald, had interfered with
them for some time.
Let us get dressed and notify the
authorities of our loss,p cried the Cap
tain In a hoarse whisper.
Both of us started to obey this sug-
gestion and made such speed as we
could, considering our oft-repeated ten
denotes TO stop and search in probable
and improbable hooks for the lost. |
saw Capt. Mckay pulling out the draw
er In the bamboo whatnot, large enough
to hold writing pad with few pen
cils while flew with boot half-pulled
on to search the top shelf in the closet.
81 have looked there six timesr the
Captain called out. II shall be forever
disgraeed," he added with groan.
And our brave boys, what will they
do for their payr' l said feebly-my i'm
becilty showing itself in my abiding
to such n painful view of the subject
when the Captain was so overcome.
DO you think | shall allow them to
lose a cent?" he asked, almost fiercely.
mo, sir have 81 900 in the bank and
I'll use every bit Of my pay and forfeit
my pension to
Rap-a-tap-tap, came n summons to
open the door, before which the heavy
mahogany bed stood as an impenetra-
BILE fertilization. /, with boot number
one on and number two half on, and the
Captain. with one arm In bis vest, has
tened 10 remove the obstruction with
as little noise as possible. feeling we
would rather not have IL known how
much we had barricaded. Several more
raps came before we We're ready, but
at length we opened the door and in the
dlmness of dark morning We saw a
ball boy with Il jug of water in one
hand.
| took the water. while the Captain
said in an excited tone: boy, run
down quickly and tell the hotel clerk
to come up here Why don't you startg"
he asked. impatiently.
Yes, I'm going. mister, but fust let
me AK We If this here is yournY' At
that he held up his other hand and
there we beheld the old, shabby, but in
estlmably precious bag
The Captain nearly swooned with
JOY, while | had presence of mind to
tell the boy not 10 send up the clerk
and TO give him sum of money that
made him whistle all the way down the
hall. The boy explained th:.; he picked
up the bag just outside our door. Then
we remembered when the lock of the
door had proved refractory, the Cap
tain had set 1t there. but neither of us
had noticed that 1t WAS not picked up
again. Blessed be shabbiness. We
agreed, If it could accomplish the re-
markable feat of preserving the sum-
of 100000 in the hallway of hotel sol
many hours.
When the Captain and | had sufii-,
ciently recovered from falling on each
others neeks and weeping tears of joy
over the recovery of our treasure, the
Captain said: Il can trust you not to-
tell this, am sure, for If you do, and it
should reach the Generals ears, it
would mean the loss of my commits
sion"
That is the reason have waited until
this time before giving the public this
episode of the war-Orange Judd
Farmer.