The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-01-07

skinned several fingers trying 10 get
the shades down. But at length we
stood in admirlng silence before Il pyr-
amid that at its base took in both WIN
dows and at its summit, by the aid OF
the rolled up shades placed like an "A"
to form an apex, reached nearly to the
top OF the room. We felt safe and re
tired for the night.
was awakened by thinking de
tachment of artillery and an avalanche
from the Matterhorn were attempting
TO enter our windows at the same time.
gave a leap from the bed to ascertain
what was the matter, when l found
myself all enveloped In window shades
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 movings about overhead led us
to conclude our pyramid had received
It's overthrow from jars from that quar-
ter.
Morn, walked by the circlng hours,
with rosy hand" had scarcely unbarred
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 goner'
ut cannot be"' l cried, springlng up
In frenzy Of fear. But diligen' search
could not reveal its hiding place, There
stood the heavy mahogany bed before
one door, the washstand and bureau be-
fore the other two, undisturbedl The
dust on the window lee yes and sash
seemed to prove that no one, not even
the ehambermaid, had interfered with
them for some time.
Let us get dressed and notify the
authorities OF our loss" cried the Cap
tain In a hoarse whisper
Both of us started TO obey this sug-
gestlon 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
ellis; while flew with boot half-pulled
on to search the top shelf in the closet
Il have looked there six timesr' the
Captain called out Il shall be forever
disgraced," he added with groan.
"And our brave boys, what will they
do for their pay! said feebly-my i'm
becillty 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 cent? he asked, almost fercely.
mo. sir have 81, 200 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-
bic fertilization. /, with boot number
one on and number two half on, and the
Captain, with one arm In his vest, has
tened to remove the obstruction with
as little noise as possible, feeling we
would rather not have 1t known how
much we had barrcaded. Several more
raps came before we were ready. but
at length we opened the door and in the
dimness of n dark morning we saw a
hall boy with a jug of water in one
hand.
| fAA1r fhn xx~ltI a.. ~.
said in an excited tone: boy, run
down quickly and tell the hotel clerk
to come. up herel Why don't you start?"
he asked, impatlently.
Yes, I'm going, mister, but fust let
me AK ye II this here is yourny" At
that he held up his other hand and
there we beheld the old, shabby, but IN
estimably precious bagl
The Captain nearly swooned with
joy. while | had presence of mind to
tell the boy not to send up the clerk
and TO give him sum of money that
made him whistle all the way down the
hall. The boy explained that he picked
up the bag just outside our door. Then
we remembered when the lock of the
tooI udu piONtu ltlidtNolls the Gap
tain had set II there, but neither of us
had noticed that II was not picked up
again. Blessed be shabbinessl we
agreed. II II could accomplish the re-
markable feat of preserving the sum
of 100000 in the hallway of a hotel SO
many hours.
When the Captain and had sufi-
cicntly recovered from falling on each
others necks and weeping tears OF Joy
over the recovery OF our treasure, the
Captain said: 81 can trust you not to
tell this. am sure. for II you do, and II
should reach the Generals ears. II
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.