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JUL
THE STOLEN NOTE.
i ' BY A UETIRED ATTORNEY.
that ho indulged too freely
A in tho uso of the intoxicating cup
John Wallace was an honest, high-minded
and extraordinary man. His one
great fault hung like a dark shadow over
his many virtues. , He meant well, and
when ho was sober ho did well.
He was a hatter by trade, and by in
dustry and thrift ho had secured money
enough to buy tho house in which ho
lived. Ho had purchased it several years
beforo, for three thousand dollars, paying
one thousand down and securing the bal
ance by' mortgage to the seller.
Tho mortgage note was almost duo at
tho time circumstances made mo acquain
ted with the affairs of tho family. i?ut
Wallace was ready for tho day ; ho had
saved up tho money; there seomcd to bo
no possibility of an accident. I was well
acquainted with Wallace, having done
Home little collecting, and drawn up legal
documents for him. One day his daugh
ter Anuie caruo to my oftico in great dis
tress, dcclariug that her father was ruin
ed, and that they should bo turned out
of tho houso in which they lived.
" Perhaps not, Miss Wallace," said I,
trying to cuiisole her, and give tho affair,
whatever it was, a bright aspect. " What
has happened '!" .
" My father," she replied, " had the
money to pay tho mortgage on the house
in which we live, but it is all gone now."
"Has ho lost it?"
" I don't know ; I suppose so. List
week he drew two thousand dollars from
the bank, and lent it to Mr Uryce for ten
days."
"Who is Mr. Bryce?"
" He is a broker. My father got ac
quainted with him through (ieorgo Chan
dler who boards with us, and who is Mr.
Bryce's clerk."
" Does Mr. Bryco refuso to pay it V
: " He says he has paid it." ,
" Well, what is the trouble then 1"
" Father gays he has not paid it."
" Indeed 1 jjut the note wilL prove that
he has not paid it. Ofcourso you have
note'!"' .
" No. Mr. Bryce has it."
. " Then, ofcourso, he has paid it."
" 1 suppose ho has,, or he could not
have the note."
"What docs your father say ?"
"He is positive that ho never received
the ' money.' Tho mortgage, he says,
must be paid to-morrow' '
" Very singular ! Was your father "
' I hesitated to uso the unpleasant word
which must havd grated harshly on tho
ear of the dovoted girl.
" Mr. Bryce says father was uot quito
ricrlit when ho paid him, but not very
bad."
' " I will see your father."
"He is'couiing up here in a few mo
ments ; I thought I would sco you first
and tell you the facts before ho came."
" I do not see how Hryeo could have
obtained tho note, unless ho paid tho
money, i. Where ; did your . lather keep
it?.". -'-I. I'M - ; ..V,,; .
" He gave it to mo, and I put it iu tho
secretary." ., -. . .; . ..' .,r ::
" Who was, iu the room when you put
it in the seorotary V
"Mr., Bryce, George Chandler, my
father and myself.".
The conversation Was hero interrupted
by entrance of Wallace. Ho looked pale
and haggard, us much from the effects of
anxiety as from the debauch from which
liq was recovering. ,,... ' .' . ; ;
u She has told you about it, I sup
pose," said ho, in a very low tone. ,
, "She lias' . .. , .
I pitied him, poor fellow, for two
thousand dollars was a large sum for him
to accumulate in his little business. Tho
loss of it would inake the future look like
a desert to him. It would be a misfor
tune which one must undergo to appre
ciate it. :i ' '
" What passed between you and Bryce
on that day?" . i . '
" Well, I merely . stepped into his
office it was only the day before yester
dayto toll him not (o forget to have
the money for me by tomorrow, fie
took me into his back office, and us I sat
there he said ho would get , the mouoy
ready the next day. He then left me
and went into the . front office, where I
heard him send George out to tho bank,
to draw a check for two thousand dollars ;
so I supposed he Was going to pay mo
then."' ' '' ' ' ; . -:
"What does the clerk say about it?"
' '" He says Mr. Bryce remarked,1 when
he sent him', that he was going to pay nib
the money." ! -i 1
"Just so." : ...
And when ueorgo came in ho went
into the front office again and took the
money. Then he came to mo again, and
did not offer to pay me the money."
1 . ." Had you the note with you ?"
" No; now I remember, be said he
supposed I had not the note with , mo, or
lie would pay it. 1 told bim to come on
the next day and I would have it ready
that was yesterday When I canie to
look for . the note it could not bo found ;
Annie and I have hunted the houso all
over."
"You told Bryce so?"
" I did. He laughed and showed me
his note, with his signature crossed over
with ink, and a hole punched through it."
"It is plain, Mr. Wallace, that ho paid
you the-money, as alleged, or has obtain
ed fraudulent posession of the note, and
intends to cheat you out of tho amount."
" Ho never paid mo," ho replied, firm-
y-
" Then ho has fraudulently obtained
possession of tho note. What sort of
person is that Chandler, who boards with
you?"
" A fino young man. Bless you. ho
would not do anything of that kind."
" I am sure ho would not," repeated
Annie, earnestly. " How clso could
Bryco obtain tho noto but through him ?
What timo docs ho come homo at night?"
" Always at tea time. Ho never goes
out in tho cvouing."
" But, father, he did not coma home
till ton p'elock tho night beforo you went
to Bryce's. Ho had to stay in tho office
to post books, or something of tho kiud."
" How did ho get iu?" ?"
" lie has ti night key."
" I must see Chandler," said I.
" No harm in seeing him," added Mr.
Wallace ; " I will go for him."
In a few moments ho returned with
tho young man, Chandler, who, in tho
conversation I had with him, manifested
a very lively interest in tho solution of
the mystery, and professed himself ready
to do anything to forward my views.
" When did you return to the house
on Thursday night ?"
" About twelve."
" Twelve !" said Annie ; " it was not
more than ten when I heard you."
" The clock struck twelvo as I turned
tho corner of the street," replied Chandler
positively.
" I certainly heard sonic one in the
front room at ton," said Annie, looking
with astonishment at tlyise afound her.
" We're getting at something," said I.
" How did you get in 1"
Tho young man smiled, as he- glanced
at Annie, and said :
" On arriving at tho door, I found I
had lost my night key. At that moment
a watchman happened along, and I told
him my .situation. Ho knew me, and
taking a ladder from an unfinished house
opposite, placed it against one of tho
second story windows, and I entered in
that way."
" Good ! Now who was it that was
heard in tho parlor at ten, unless it was
Bryco or one of his accomplices ? He
must have taken the key from your pock
et Mr. -Chandler, and stolon ' the noto
from the secretary. At any rate I will
charge him with tho crinio, lot what may
happon. l'erhaps he will confess , when
hard pushed."
" Acting upon this thought, I wrote a
lawyer's letter" demanded against you,"
&c. which was immediately sent to Mr.
Bryce. Cautioning tho parties not to
speak of tho affair, I dismissed them.
Bryco came.
" Well, sir, what have you to say
against mo?" ho asked, stiffly. i
" A claim on the part of Johu Wallace
for two thousand dollars," I replied pok
ing over my Tapers, and appearing su
premely indifferent. .
" l'aid it," he said, short a's pie crust.
" Have you ?" said T, looking ' him
sharply in the eye. , Y
v The rascal quailed. I saw that he was
a villain. Nevertheless, if within , an
hour you do not pay me two thousand
dollars and one hundred dollars lor tho
trouble and anxiety you have caused my
client, at the end of the next hour ' you
will be lodged in jail to answer a crimi
nal chai'go."'1 ' -
"What do you mean, Birr' "
" I mean what 1 say. 'Pay, or take
the consequences." i . .. :!..
-. It was a bold charge, and it ho had
looked )ike an honest man I should not
have dared to make it. . : .,.n , .;. ,
" I have paid the money, I , tell you,"
said he; " l liave the note in my posses
sion. ....
Whero did you get it ?",
" I Rot it when 1 paid the
" When you feloniously , entered tho
house of John Wallaco, on Thursday
night at teu o'clock,, and took tho said
noto from the secretary."
" You have no proof," said ho, grasping
a chair for support.
" That is my lookout. I have bo
timo to waste. Will you pay or go to
jail?" (-, - : ' :
He saw that the evidence I had was
too strong for his denial, and ho drew
his check on the spot for twenty-one
huudred dollars, and after bogging mo
not to mention the affair, he sneaked off.
I cashed the check, and hastened to
Wallace's house. The reader may judge
with what satisfaction he received it, and
how rejoiced was Anuie and her lover.
Wallace insisted that I should tuke the
one hundred dollars for my trouble ; but
I was magnanimous enough to keep only
twenty, .Wallace signed the pledge, and
was ever after a tomperuto man. Ho
died a few years ago, leaving a handsome
property to Chandler and his wife, the
marriage between hint and Annie having
tuken place shortly after the above-narrated
circumstances occurred. ,
iKSTAta Sunday-school at Ripon, a
teacher asked a little boy if ho knew
what the expression 1 sowing tares' meant.
" Courth I docs," said he, pulling the
seat of his little tromcrs round in front.
" There's a tear my ma sewed ; I teared
it sliding down hill."
SUNDAY HEADING.'
Beginning Right. ;
A MISSIONARY of the American
Sunday . School Union,', who has
been for several years starting Sunday
schools in Southern India, onco stopod at
tho house of a man who was about to start
a liquor shop. After dinner " mine host"
addressed him as follpws:-. " Mr., you
Becui like ' a mighty clever kind of a
gentleman, and I a'nt tin scholar, and I'd
liko to git you to do a littlo piece of writcn
forme." " Certainly," I replied, "if I
can. What do you wish to have written?"
" AVhy," said, ho, I'm thinken of starten
a grocery, and I'd liko to do it right. My
pap used to say if you want to do any
thing right you must begin right, and I
would jist liko you to git up a uotico for
mo and put it in tho newspaper. I'll
pay tho printer and all."
He wroto tho "notice." Wo givo it
and tho result below 1
" Notice Friends and ncighbors,you
arc hereby notified that I expect in a
few weeks to commence tho business of
making drunkards, paupers and beggars.
I will furnish yon with liquors that will
excite you to riot, robbery and bloodshed.
I will, for a small sum, undertake to pre
pare men for the poor-house, tho prison
and tho gallows. I will warrant that my
liquors will deprive some of life, many of
reason, property and poaeo. I will cause
tho rising generation to grow up in ignor
ance, and prove a nuisance to the nation.
If any one should ask me what induce
ment 1 have to bring such misery upon
my neighbors, my honest reply is " green
backs." All eau sco that this is a profit
able business. Soino temperance inert,
and even somo professing Christians give
it their countenance, nud besides I live
in a land of liberty, and intend to get a
license to shorten men's lives and ruin
their souls. So come one come all, I pledge
myself to do all I have herein promised;
and, further for the annoyance of good
Christian people, I will agree to keep
open on Sunday.
-.When I met him again, ho said : Mr.,
i in tho wust whipped , teller ever you
seed. 1 ho advertisement yoil put in the
papers about my grocery jist opened my
eyes. I tell you what's a fact, I never
thought how mucliharui it might do, and
1 in " plumb ashamed of it, and jist
made up my inind I'd rather work fur a
quarter a day than to go into it. I told
him I believed ho was au honest man.
and uocd. only to see tho awful conse
quences of tho business to cause him to
change his" mind. Ho replied, "I'm
mighty glad you writ just as you did,"
ana repeated, " l,u rather work lor a
quarter a day." '. '
' The next trip to that region, I organ
ized a school in that neighborhood. Ho
attended the meeting, and when it was
proposed to take a collection to purchase
a library, ho put a five dollar bill in my
liand.whispcring m my ear, 'that s part ot
the money I was going to buy whisky with,
Keep Away from the Wheels.
. Little Charles lluauis lived near a
manufactory, and he was ' very fond of
going among the workmen and tho young
peoplo who were nt'work thero. J. ho
foreman Would say to him ! " Keep away
from tho wheels, Charlie." Charlie did
not mind, and would often say: ' I can
tttko care of myself." Often ho would go
near, and the wind ot the wheels would
almost suck him in, and two or three
times he grpw so dizzy that ho scarcely
kuew which way to go. At length, oue
day ho staggored while amid the wheels,
and fell tho wrong way ; the band caught
his little coat and drew him m, and he
was dreadfully mangled.
So it is, boys, when you go in tho way
of temptation ; you may think you.cun
take caro of yourselves, and keep clear o
the wheels, hut Oh I you may hnd your
selves dreadfully mistaken.' But before
you aro aware or it, you inny bo caugh
and destroyed. Keep away from tho
wheels. Yuumj Ji'iiijin: ' ' '
,, , A Mother's Influence. .,, , (
A man finds ho can not make his wa
iu tho world without honesty and indus.
try ; bo that, although his father's ex
ainplo may do much, he has ' to depend
upon his own exertions; he must work
he must be honest, or he cannot attain to
any available rank, lint the tender sooth
ings of a mother, her "sympathy, her de
voteduess, her forgiving temper all this
sinks deep in a child s heart and let In in
wander evor so wide, let him err, or le
him lead a life of virtue, the reuiembrunco
of all this oomes like a holy : culm over
his heart, and he weeps that he has of
fended her, or he rejoices that he has
listened to her disinterested gentle admo
nition. . i i,
fitajA Syrian convert of Christianity's
the story goes, was urged by Ins empioyei
to work on Sunday, but ho declined
" But," said the muster, " does not your
Bible say that if a man lias an ox or a
ass that fulls into a pit on the Sabbath
day he may pull hiui out?", ."Yes,1
answered Ilayou ; " but if the ass has
habit or lullinir into the same pit every
Subbuth duy, the man should fill up the
pit or sell that ass." The story has a
sort of Bwivel " moral" which will fit a
great many disputed points in theso days.
. , , A Valuable Dog. .. 1
A lotto r from Pino Tree, New York, says;
At 10 o'clock ou Friday morning a week, a
dog belonging to ono John Feltor, a wood-
choppor, was heard barking in tho moun
tains some distance from tho house. . Mr.
Fclter's littlo son, 12 years old, knowing by
tho bark of the dog that somo important
game was on foot, set out for the moun
tains. His mother felt a littlo anxious af
ter the boy had gone, and for some timo
listened to tho barking of tlio dog. After
half an hour the barking ceased ; and, as
hour after hour passed away and tho boy
did not make his appearance, the mother
set out to go to ono ot tho neighbors to se
cure their help in a search for tho boy. On
tho road sho met her husband returning
from tho village, whero ho had that morn
ing been attending to somo business. Ho
listened to his wife's story, and, trying to
aim her fears, went back -with her to tho
houso, and taking his gnu started toward
tho placo indicated by his wife.
Mr. Feltor travelled about through tho
mountains until lato in tho afternoon, bco-
ing nothing, Hearing nothing, ami was
about to return homo when he almost stum
bled over tho dead carcass of a wild-cat,
It was a very largo malo. Everything in
dicated a terrible conflict. Tho spectacle
gavo Mr. Feltor an apprehension that somo
terrible thine had happened to liLs boy.
Examining tho leaves and under-brush, ho
had littlo difliciilty in finding a trail of
blood, and this he followed nearly ahundrcd
yards. Then ho caino upon tho dog, stand
ing over tho body of his son, who was pros
trate on tho ground. Tho dog was earnestly
looking at tho boy, and occasionally licking
Ins lace and hands. Un Mr. Feller's ap
proach, ho gave a loud bark and pranced
ibout with joy. Tho father knelt by tho
side of his son and placed his hand over tho
heart. With joy he found tho littlo fellow
alive, but terribly . wounded, as it appears
by claws of tho Wildcat.
Tho littlo fellow's clothes were almost
orn to threads, and his flesh was terribly
lacerated from head to foot. IIo was suf
fering from loss of blood, but his wounds
had been handsomely dressed by tho faithful
og, which had for hours been standing by
him, licking them. TaMii" his bov in his
arms, tho father made his way to his home,
followed by tho over faithful doc. After
reaching tho house, restoratives being ad
ministered, tho boy was able to tell his story.
Jlo camo upon tho wildcat, and seeing
that his catship held tho dog at bay, having
an advantageous position ho attempted to
dislodgo him, first witii stones ;' but these
tho beast did not seem to mind. Theu he
got a polo and attempted to poke him out.
At this tho wildcat became enraged, and,
springing upon tho boy, scratched and tore
his (lesh ns above related. ' At this tho dog
dashed at tho cat and soon dispatched it.
ThA boy attcmptbd to go homo, but sank
to tho ground exhausted. : '
Tho littlo fellow is doing well. Tho good
nursing of tho dog had done much toward
allaying tho intlaninuttion ; the licking of
his wound by tho faithful animal has tin
doubtedly saved tho boy's life.
. Potato Bugs, Poison. . '
As Mrs. Benjamin liuidin of Wellington,
Mass., was pxaminning a hill of early pota
toes on (ho Oth inst, she discovered several
bugs on the vines, ono of whioh How near
to her faco, and at tho moment she , fult
something strike upon tho tip of her tongue
which felt liko a drop of water. Her tongue
was iust,antly paralyzed, and began to swell
very rapidly, her, throat was soon swollen
and sore, her neck grew stiff, with severe
and indescribable distress at tho stomach
Sho went into the house as yuick as possiblo
and put a spoonful of salt into her mouth
but could not tasto it. , Hor , family doctor
being absent, she was obliged to send somo
ten miles to Parkman for a physician. , At
one timo before Ins arrival her mend
thought her to, be dy"'K- I hey very
thoughtfully put plautaiu juice into her
mouth, which gave partial relief, and, on
the arrival of the physician she was further
relieved by the external and Internal appli.
cation of muriate of ammonia. Sho will
recover. r ,
Stripped by a Thresher.
Mr. Askew, of Bristol, Va., came near
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ong's Furnace. Ho was running a thresher
and inadvertently stopping too near tl
tumbling shaft, his sleeve was caught in it
and he was rnpidly carrlod twice around it.
striking hlin against tho side of the thresh
or. '' - ' i :
Fortunately his clothes gavo way to the
terrible power of the revolving shaft, and
ho was thrown some ten feet distant. The
only item of clothing left ou him was
portion of one of his boots. : Several of hi
ribs were broken, bis ankle dislocated and
oue bone of one of his legs broken.
Mealing an Organ's Iusldes.
The Jersey City Journal, says that recent
ly an Italian organ grinder put up for the
night at a saloon on Grand street. The
Italian, being deaf, of course never became
disturbed by the kinky airs of his machine
Some time during the day some gamins
stole the iusldes of the poor fellow's organ,
In blissful Ignorance of what had happened
ho stood out on the sidewalk, turning the
noiseless machine, bclieviinr all the time li
was discoursing most exquisite music. Huch
a look of astonishment is rarely seen as
that of tho poor fellow when he discovered
the true condition of aflulrs.
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