The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-11-30

in building H. for it was TO be q FAMILY
treasure 50 long as an atom Of it
remained Well. tlat morning he took
me to it and removed Il part Of the
case showing INC that the rear Of the
musical framework was double. wish
space ciiougn between The boards 10
admit ones hand. In that space is
peculiar bit Of mechanism OF father's
own dcyisirg, which H. termed a laugh
ing Jack. II can be connected with the
musical apparatus by means Of a very
slender wire which is brought around
past the sounding board in such a way
that no one can find 1t unless he knows
beforehand just where TO look for IT,
ITO show me how 1t worked he at
tacbed the wire to the hanmershank
Of n string near the centre or the in
strument. and struck that note with his
finger At once the laughter began.
just as il viii do no~' lie Played 4
strain or two and the thing kept laugh.
ing as long as the piano continued to
| sound. This amused me so that
| laughed in earnest He feared that
you might hear us. so he released the
hammershank from the secret wire.
He then told me that he was think
ing seriously of depositing his money
in a bank in a foreign country. so that
the lawyers and sharpers would not
be so apt to discover it and perhaps
purloin part of ii in case l should not
be at home. He mentioned England
and France, because of his factories
| being at the capital of each country.
| sanctioned the suggestion. whereupon
he explained that If he deposited his
money in England, at London, he
would attach the laughing jack TO the
note e. by which | should know that
| letter Of introduction to the cashier of
| the Bank of England was secreted in
this recess at the back of the piano.
| II he left the money In Paris he would
| attach the wire to the note +, mean
| Ing France: If in our home city, to the
note G.. Simplifying Germany. OF
course when he gave me these instruc
lions he took IT for granted that
would get word Immediately If he
| should die ere | returned, so that you
would not need to be alarmed by the
laughing jacks merriment. He said
further that If he should die so sud
denly that he could not attend to this
matter, then I must look for the letter
! In the secret recess in his desk at
home with which you also are fami-
| liar. / searched for it there as soon as
| reached home, but finding nothing. l
| concluded that you had either taken 1t
or that it was in the piano"
| 81 found nothing Of Importance" re
| turned the sister There was no letter
there. at any rate-nothIng but some
old bills and about fifty marks in
money"
''Then I'll inspect the piano."
| With that Karl Yandofen arose and
moved the instrument to Il lighter part
of the room. In a very few moments
he had taken away a portion of the
casing. and his first act was to show
his sister the threadlike wire attached
to the base of one Of the hammer
/ shanks, the prime cause of all that
| hideous laughter. With small stool
which he had brought for the purpose
he unwound the wire. wherenpon he
struck the middle G note of the key
board to prove TO her that the en-
| chantment was gone.
He next gave his attention to the
| double back of the instrument. dis
closing the unusual bit Of space to
which he had alluded. with its queer
| piece of mechanism within-the laugh
| ing-jack. Near the latter was a care
! fully sealed envelope, addressed TO
Karl in scrawling hand and lettered in
faultless German-the fathers special
legacy to his son and daughter.
With trembling hand Karl opened it.
to find therein the following message,
also in German
MY Dear Son-Thc money awaits
you, as promised-all in twenty
spieces. Present this letter to the cash
Ter of our national bank. whereupon
he will produce an exact duplicate of
it and viii give You the key to a box
in the safety vault Take the money
and divide it equally between yourself
and Gretna; but first give the cashier
100 marks as a reward for his fidelity,
| although l have already paid him Il
handsome sum. Sell our interests In
Paris and London, and live in the old
home, remembering the blissful days
when your mother lived and we were
an unbroken family Awaiting deaths
! call. GOTTLIEB YAND0FEN"
Thus the magnificent piano delivered
! its message, which touched n tender
spot in the heart of each recipient.
Nothing was left them but to obey.
with Karl MS The principal actor in
the drama,
A few months later the wishes ex-
! pressed in the letter We're all fulfilled
save one. And Karl had taken the in
itial step toward its contamination,
having begun to pay attention to a
buxom little lass in Berlin with a view
to installing her finally as mistress of
the Vandosen mausion.-New Xe.l,,
| Times.
A MultipIlcation- Addition Table.
The following table was worked out
by 4 Harvard professor. 1t is interest
ing to look at. but one is thankful that