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MR COWSLIP'S HOLIDAY.
. It was in the mouth of August, 18—that thC
Rev. Charles Cowslip found hiniself at Colre,
It Is an old town at the opening of the valley
which leads up to the •Pass of the Splugen.
Heavy rains had made the road almost impas
sable, 411(1 he was glad to break his Journey
and spend the night in what seemed a pleasant
resting-place. He was traveling, poor
fora month's holiday—his first for many years.
Sick chambers with their sad stories, and pov
arty, which his own narrow means would not
permit him to alleviate, were left far behind.
Ho had been fairly broken down with hard
work, and he was at last enjoying a chnnge
which he had long needed.
On stepping inside the inn, lie was surprised
to find no one to welcome him ; but as he
heard voices up stairs, he waited patiently. At
length the host appeared, who, perceiving
him to be an Englishman, at once exclaimed
in his own patois: "Ali, this is lucky Mon
sieur is wanted. Step this wny." Mr. Cow
slip was forthwith conducted to an upper room,
In which there lay upon a bed a man In a
state of insensibility. The host lost no time in
explaining that the sick man was an English
man—that ho had fa.len from a cliff, and had
seriously hurt himself that he could only speak
English, and, in short, that It was obviously
the duty of the new-comer to take the place of
nurse to his fellow•countryman. At this inn
,ment a brief return of consciousness enabled
the sufferer to enforce the claim ; and before
Mr. Cowslip knew where lie was, or what he
was doing, he found himself thrust upon a
stool by the bedside, which the patient hnd
just sense enough to prevent his quitting.
" Do not leave me, pray ; do not leave me,"
he kept repeating. The words wove a spell
that poor Cowslip's previous training render
ed him utterly unable to break. He had
scarcely broken his fast in the morning, and
he had been jolted all day in a dligence ; but
whatever his inclinations for food or rest might
be, it was clear that ho must forego them.
There he was; landlord and servants had dis
appeared. His slightest attempt to move, or
even change his position, was checked by the
half-imperative, half•querulous appeal : " Do
not leave."
At length the sick man fell into a sleep ;
and as Mr. Cowslip was about to seize the op
portunity of stealing out of the room tO sup
ply at anyrate the cravings of appetite, a knock
came to the door, with a repetition of the
phrase: "Monsieur is wanted." On descend
ing to the court-yard, ho found an agitated,
horror-stricken group standing round some
object on the ground. They made.way for
him, and he saw a man apparently dead or
dying with blood flawing from his head. A
pistol had fallen from his hand. He was dead.
He had shot himself. Mr. Cowslip's presence
had been invoked, not from any definite no
tion of wnat lie might be able to do, but
from a general sense of helplessness in the
bystanders. Of course be could do noth.
mg except decipher sonic papers which
were found on the deceased, and from which
it appeared that his name was Logan.
The local authorities were sent for; and Mr
cowslip was only too glad to retire from the
scene to his old place upstairs. Some refresh
ments were brought to him; and soon under
the soothing influences of food and fatigue, he
fell asleep. His slumbers, however, were of
short duration. He was awakened by what
seemed a familiar voice, saying; " Monsieur is
wanted." The person wanting Monsieur was
this time a.young and very pretty girl, Italian
by birth, but able to speak a little English.
She was weeping bitterly. Her story, brok
en by sobs (and Italian), was soon told. She
knew but too well the state of the patient up
stairs, and she had just heard of the more ter
rible disaster below. She was herself the un
willing,and indeed unconscious cause.of both.
It is time, however, that we call the sick
man by his name, and relate the circumstan
ces which led to such an unlooked-for situa
tion. His name was sFuller. He had been
partner in business with the man who had
just shot himself. He and Logan had been
friends before they became partners, but, in
business as in love, there is .seldom a perfect
recprcicity of advantage. In the present in
stance, the friendship and the money had all
b •en on the side of Fuller; Logan's contribu
tion had been wits only. After a short trial
of business, Logan had decamped with all the
realizable capital, and had been enjoying him
elf in Italy. It was there, near the Lake of
Como,, that lie had on a previous business
journey, fallen in with the young Italian girl
who now " wanted. Monsieur." Ho had
absconded with his partner's money, in order
to be with her, and for more than a year he
had been traveling with her as his wife. It
had been in search of his false friend and lost
money that Fuller had conic abroad. By
sonic information accidentally received, lie had
been put upon the right track, and had pur
sued it only too successfully, to the scene of
our story. In fact he had followed Logan
over the Splugen Pnss to Coive.
The two met upon a mountain-path ; words,
such as we may imagine, had passed betiveen
them ; there might have been a hasty blow or
scuffle; at any rate, Fuller had been found in.
sensible at the foot of a steep cliff, and been
curled to the inn. This was on the evening
previous to Mr. Cowslip's arrival. It seems
that Logan had been seized with" remorse nt
what ho had done. and had coins • to the inn
seeking to see Fuller,but had been refused. In
sudden desperation, he had shot himself. Ile
had spent all his money ; as long as it lasted,
he had lived in a reckless, expensive way. He
was, in fact, hardly in his right mind, and
was unable to foresee the consequences of his
actions, or in any way forecast the future.
What his object had been in crossing over to
Switzerland did not clearly appear, but the
Italian supposed that it was either on scheme
of business, or, more probably, to obtain son,e
money that he had deposited there. Nothing
more could be known of his intentions. He
was dead.
The poor girl ended her contribution to the
above sad story With the passionate entreaty:
"Pray, sir, help me." Poor Cowslip was no
more able to resist such nn appeal than the
"Do not leave me" of the patient upstairs ; but
before he could go. into the details of what was
to be done, the landlord again appear. d wdh
the aid announcement, "Monsieur is wanted."
Fuller had awakened, and, finding himself
alone, and, as he feared, deserted, was utter
ing loud unintelligible cries. Mr. Cowslip was
obliged to go back and quiet him, after bidding
the young Italian return on the following
morning, for it was now towards .evening.
His head was is a whirl ;he seemed to have
plunged into the vortex of a perfect Maelstrom
of troubles. To drift round under the myste
nous influence of the current seemed the onl y
course of proceeding. Once more ho took bis
place on the stool by the bedside. The sick
man held him by one band, and extorted a
promise that he would not leave him till pis
recovery was assured, or, us seemed roosts
probable, death released him. from his Bulbar
logs. in this uneasy positicm ho passed the
night between waking and sliping. IN hen
morning broke, the first sound that remlled
him to a sense of.the general situation was the
now quite familiar andexpected phrase, "Ron
ttieur is wanted."
"Monsieur" mechanically arese,and,ae-Ful
er was still in a deep sleep, stole out 'et the:
remit, and went down to the court-yardloPthe:
init., The i)ersop who wanted hina.watta
driver oca earitage: t It was the eathisirwho
and brought Logan and tho how the .
other ehle of the Pass. He wee otamorone-for.
ALLENTOWN, PA., WEDNESDAY M( )liN 1 NG. FEBRUARY 7, 1872.
his money; and had been threatening the pool
widowed girl with terrible consequences it
she did not find instant means to pay him. It
was, in (act, this pressing difficulty which had
brought her to Mr. Cowslip on the previous
evening; and she was now waiting with the
votturlno, to whom she had spoken of the
Englishman as one in whose pity and power
to help she had implicit confidence.
It was indeed a hard case. Mr. Cowslip's
little viaticum wassearcely touched. Efe was
not a very calculating person. A. napoleon or
two would get rid of one trouble at any rate.
To return to her home was all that the poor
girl could now think of as an assuagement of
her sorrows. It was speedily agreed that the
vetturiuo should take her back as fy as his
own town of Chiavenna, from whence Mr:
Cowslip supplied the means of travel to her
own home. The vetturino was not an un
kindly Sort of fellow, and he was put into
good humor by the payment of his hire and
something handsome for his return journey.
necked man was buried. He had but the
one mourner, whose life he had blasted in
reckless pursuit of hie own brief pleasure.
Then she took her departure up the wildest
and most picturesque of Alpine passes. Mr.
Cowslip once more retired to the sickroom.
Fuller's recovery was slow and fitful. There
had been concussion of the brain. Happily,
no limbs were broken. A sprained ankle and
some severe bruises were thc only bodily in
juries he had sustained.
"After a day or two," said Mr. • Cowslip,
"I shall be able to leave him, when I have
telegraphed to his friends." It was, however.
many days before Fuller's recovery was suf
ficiently advanced to trouble him with ques
tions about his friends 'and circumstances.
It then appeared that he had bbt one brother,
a clerk orjunior partner in a merchant's house.
To detail the circumstances by telegraph
seemed hardly advisable, so poor Cowslip
resigned himself to still a lbw more days of
nursing, and finally wrote a letter requesting
to be informed by telegraph what steps should
be taken for his patient. An answer was not
long coming; in was concise and to the point:
"My brother is in good hands—pay attention
to him."
Already more than half of Mr. Cowslip's
holiday had passed away ; it would be another
week or more before fresh lettere could be re
ceived and answered. In that time the patient
might be moved or left In safety. Letters
were written but no answer came. It was
the end of the month before Fuller could be
moved;his funds were exhausted,and Mr. Co
wslip's modest allowonce for his holiday had
for the most part gone as we have described.
At starting, It had been a question whether
he shhuld take his sister with him to share the
pleasure 01 the trip ;it had, however, been
thought more prudent to save the money; for
her It would be holiday enough to see her
brother return refreshed and strengthened for
els next long spell of work. It.was well that
it had been so determined, for the .n thus
set apart was almost all wanted to carry home
the sick man and his nurse. They arrived
safely and parted at London Bridge.
"But," said Ito Mr. Cowslip, when he told
me the story up to this point, "did you never
hear from the brother? Did you not hear
how It was that he never wrote, and left you
to take such a charge upon you ?"
"0 yes," he replied ; "tip brothers asked
me to meet them at dinner."
"Well," I replied, "they gavo you a good
dinner, I hope, at anyrate ?"
"Yes" answered my guileless friend ; "we
dined ht the Green Posts eating-house in the
city, and we had roast veal and greens."
HEART-TRUE.
"It is such a bother to be poor!"
There had been a long interval of silence in
Mrs. Jameson's sitting room. when Gertic
made this explanation.
"What Is the new bother, Gertie?"
The pleased voice and tone of kindly inquiry
made the young girl blush deeply as she re
plied:
"0, mamma, never mind. I was only
thinking aloud."
"Think:ng of what r
"Of some velvet flowers I saw yesterday,
which just matched this ribbon," and Gertie
held up a bonnet she was trimming. "Velvet
flowers are so lovely for a winter bonnet, and
this one needs something."
"I am sure it looks very nice, Gertle."
" Nice" said the girl, scornfully emphasiz
ing the word; "yes it Is very nice, and that
turned silk is nice, and the short sack made
out of your old coat is nice, and—"
"Why, Genie!" cried her mother in a voice
of amazement.
But there Is nothing stylish or handsome in
cleaned gloves, and retrimmed bonnets, and
old cloaks turned into sacks and so I till.) , pov
erty is a bother."
"Gertie, put away that bonnet, and come
here. Now little daughter," said the widow
gently, "tell me the meaning of this sudden
tirade against poverty; of the restless tossing
I heard from your room last nieht; of the ner
vous unquiet of my contented little girl ship
yesterday?"
There was no reply.
"Gertie, what did Leon Payne say to you
last evening ?"
"Ile asked me to be his wife." The words'
were jerked out hastily.
" And you answered—" .
"Jame came in to shut up the. parlor, not
knowing he was there, and she stayed; so he
got no answer at all."
"But he must be answered, Girlie. He has
spoken to me, and I told him it must rest with
you." .
" Mamma!" this after a long deep silence.
" Ile is very rich. when he marries, his
wile can have every luxury. If—it is I, we
can have you with us, and Juno need not
teach that horrid school' any longer. We
wore on—street the other day, and stopped to
look In a jeweler's window, and. he pointed
out the kind of jewels he would wish his wife
to wear. I need not wear old silks 'then,
mamma."
"Then you Intend to accept his offer?"
" I don't know; you see there is Harry."
" But Harry canaot offer you jewels."
"No, poor Harry I 'lf he had only three
thousand dollars, Mr. Ingraham would take
hint into the firm. Ile told mo all about it
last week. But think how long It will take to
save three thousand dollars, and of course his
wife must 'save, and pinch, and economize
till he is able in spend more freely."
"Yes, near, there would he no variations
on the turned cloth nod retrimmed bonnets;
no velvet flowers, no jewels."
"But such' a noble, true heart; suck tender
love I"
" Leon Payne loves you."
" As much as he loves anything beyond his
own pleasure and comfort. is on thorough
ly selfish, so hard and thinks so much of him
self. It is his wife that must be handsomely
dressed; and ride in her carriage, and reflect
credit upon ti Is choice. Mamma, lie loves me
because I am petty and can sing well, and
can manage his house nicely. Marry loves
me because it is I."
There was n.ylolent jerk at the door bell et
that instant that called Genie .to the door.
phe came back vilth flying:feet,
, • Two valentines, mammal I had forgotten
ft was the feerteenth." ' •
..Two!"' e e •
11 Yea 0 mamma; look 1"
Ina had torn the toyer fgoni n dainty park
age in her hand, and opened a morocco case
inside. Upon the' black velvet lining lay a
parture of glittering diamonds, flashing up
where a stray sunbeam fell upon them, into a
glorious sea of . color.
"Leon Payne I" cried Gertie. Are they
not exquisite ?" • _
Mrs. Jameson's lips quivered a little as she
looked at her daughter's flushed Mee and
bright eyes, and her heart sent up a silent
prayer for the future, trembling before her
eyes
" Look at the other," she said quietly.
"Only a copy of verses," said Oertie.
" Violeth roses and al! that sort al
But are not these diamonds magnificent? L
is the very set I admired so much when we
were out the other day."
" Gertie, it is eleven o'clock and I must go
to Mrs. Lewis'. Little daughter, you may
Wive callers while lam out." She drew her
child into her arm and looked with anxious
love Into her eyes.
" Gertie, my (bumbler be true to your own
ieart." And so she left her.
True to herown heart, Gertie Jameson sat
down to ponder over these words. The dia.
moods flashed out their glorious waves of light
before her eyes. the cops of verses lay open
upon the little work table, and Gertie.sat mus•
log. Pictures of the past came in succession
Into her memory.
It was ten years ago, but she could still re
member the day, since her father had been
called to the shadow land. The luxurious
country home where she and Jane, her eldest
sister, where born, was sold, and they had
come to the city. Her mother, one of the
finest amateur pianists of her time, bad begun
to teach music, and they had lived upon her
earnings until Jane was old enough to take
the French class in a large seminary, and Ger
tie to have singing scholars at home ; but
even with these additions, their income was
very limited. CloSe economy, self-denial,
humble fare, and quiet dress, Gertie could re
call much more distinctly than the wealth her
father had squandered.
Where did Harry Clark come upon the
scene ? Gertie scarcely knew. He was a
stepson of his mother's brother, and bad come
to the city to make his fortune. Far away in
the central part of Pennsylvania nestled a
small farm where Harry - was born, where
father and mother had died, and which was
the boy's sole patrimony. The rent of the
domain scarcely sufficed to clothe the young
clerk, but he had been winning his way in the
house of I. Co., and now, If he could make
three thousand dollars, might be a partner.
The, farm might bring part of that sum, but
Where was the rest to come trom ? queried
Girt le. Yet over Harry's memory picture,
the little maiden lingered lovingly. There
was no puma her life so pleasant to dwell
upon as that where he figured. L. ng walks
old talks, duets over the piano, chats 'by
moonlight, firelight and gaslight. Ile was so
tender and loving, so honorable and true ; FO
respectful to n r mother, so tender to Jane,
and so read ( o advise or assist Jane's betroth
ed a fellow-clerk, who was waiting the turn
In fortune's wheel that whould enable him
to marry. Was not such love as he offered
worthy of any sacrifice?
Leon Payne came to the scene only six
mouths before this musing fit upon Gertie.
She had met hint at a party, and had bewitch
ed hint by her pretty, piquant beauty, her
grace and voice; he had dazzled her by his
handsome face—Harry was not handsome,
pool fellow, Gertie sighed—and wealth. But
the young girl knew With a woman's Well
tion, that under tilt courtly manner, flatter
ing attentions and devoted air, there was a
hard, selfish nature, a cru..l jealousy, and a
suspicious and hot temper. Yet he was so
rich, and Gertle knew all the torture and mis
ery of genteel poverty.
"Be true to toy own heart," she said aloud
as she arose and walked across the room.
"Do I love Leon Payne? If he should lose
his wealth, would Ibe true and loving Wile
to him still ? Could I wear old bonnets and
turned dresses for his sake ?"
She took up the diamonds and put them
on while she spoke; They flashed brilliantly
against the deep crimson or her young, Iresh
beau ty.
"If lie were poor and ill could I work fir
iim as—as I could do for Harry ?"
It burst from her lips in a sort of cry,und she
tore off the jewels and replaced them on their
velvet bed. "I could bear all this for Harry,
but not for Leon Payne. I will be true to my
own heart."
The winter was gliding into spring, when
Mrs. Jameson sat in a luxurious house on—
street, waiting the coining of two brides. The
parlor in whicleshe waited was richly furnish
ed. Velvet carpets covered the floors. velvet
curtains draped the windows, long mirrors
threw back the light at large chandeliers ;
costly pictures, in heavy gilt frames, hung
upon the walls. Above, large bed rooms
were filled with handsomely appointed fur
nature. In one room, laces, velvets, flowers
and silks fit for a royal trosseau, filled drawers
and wardrobe ; the dining room was spread .
for a rich and varied repast, and the widow's
own dress, though only black silk, was rich
handsomely made.
"My little
,Gertle," said Mrs. Jameson,
softly, "how will shin reign over this palace?"
A quieter home, but pleasant, too, was wait
ing for Jane, wivise husband had received an
anonymous gift Mat enabled hint to accept a
business opening long looked upon as an un
attainable felicity. But Jane was to spend a
Pew days with Gertie bofore going to her own
home, and the mother looked far two brides,
as I said before.
It was nearly midnight when the carriage
drove up. Genie was the first to her mother's
arms, and then, as Jane took her !dace, the
little bride stood in the center of the long par
lore, pale with astonishment. She had tossed
tiff her bonnet, and the soft gray traveling
dress of the mistress of the house scented
oddly out of place.
" Where am Ir she gasped at last.
" At home, darling," end her husband pass
ed his arm around her waist.
" Home I"
" It is no', such a very long story," he said,
looking down into her wonderous eyes, " but
I dip not tell you before, because I wanted to
see if you loved me."
She nestled close to him, letting her head
fall upon ids bosom.
"The farm, Gertic," he said softly, " was
full of oil,"
"Oil l"
" I sold It for more money than Leon Payne
ever possessed. Now, pet, run up stairs ;
mother willishow you the room, and , let me
see how some of the finery there suits you.
, " But is nearly midnight."
"Never mind. We want a queen to pre
aide over this supper."
Mrs. Jame Son led her away, while Jane and
her husband stood as bewildered us Gertie had
been: Suddenly the bridegroom started for•
ward to grasp Harry's hand.
" Are we not brothers?" said Harry quiet.
ly.
There was a little talk then, with husky
voices and moist eyes, and Jano Wasstilllook.
ing gratefully Into Harry's face, when the
doorNponed and Gertio flashed in. All the
light bad come back to her eyes, the rich color
to her cheeks ; and the shining silk revealed
snowy arms and shoulders, while rich lace
fell la lull folds arollllll the sweeping skirts.
upon her clustering curls reeled a-wreath o
white flowers, and rare bracelets clasped her
wrists. She made a low reverence to her
husband.
" Lovely !" he cried, " but pet wear the
diamonds to-night."
" What diamonds ?"
•''l' s ; f..r a valentine."
'• t.ellt. mc, Ilarry ! I send them back
to Leon Payne."
It was certainly ten years later, when, our
evening, at oar• of Mrs. Clarke's receptions.
Mrs Le of Payne said to her, pointing to •nee
Jewels:
" It was the oiliest thing about these dia
monds. Somebody sent them to Leon for a
a valentine, years ago. Ile never could geuse
where they conic from, for, of course, the lady
must have been wealthy, though why she
sent a lady's Failure to a gentleman is A mys
tery. Arc they not loiely, Mrs. Clarke ?"
" Very lovely," said Genie, and smiled as
she thought of the day, ten years ago, when
she was true to her own heart.
HOW" riIEY ESCAPED.
The train was waiting to leave the statioa.
There had been robberies on the line, and a
detective was eagerly watching the faces of the
passengers, hoping to catch the thieves. I
the guard was watching things generally.
Presently I caught myself watching a girl
Alto stood alone at some distance. I wished
could have gone straight to her and put her
into one—the most comfortable—of the line of
carriages at which she gazed so timidly. Just
as 1 hesitated, a very remarkable figure el
bowed its way to me ; a stout,grandly dressed
old lady, panting painfully, and almost pierc
ing me w ith a pair of restless halt' opened eyes,
Jhat looked out through the gold rimmed spec-
tacks perched on her sharp nose. Two por
ters followed her, laden With bags, cloaks,
umbrellas and flowers—the only flowers in the
station, I expect, that winter night—and one of
the men winked at me over her head, while
the other guarded her treasures with a face of
concentrated anxiety and thoughts engrossed
by possibls fees.
" This is the London train, is It guard ?"
she asked, peering sharply into my face with
her hall-closed eyes, as if she found it difficult
to distinguish me even through her specta
cles.
From her whole attitude I guessed her
to be deaf, but I never guessed how deal
until, after yelling my answer so loud that the
engine driver must have heard it eighteen
catriages off, she still remained stonily wait
ing for it.
Then she shook her head angrily and wad
dled olf,looking as acid an old party as I should
ever try to avoid. In at every door she peered
tin ough her glittering glasses, the two porters
following her, until she made a stop before an
empty second-class carriage near my van, and
with much labor and assistance got herself and
her paOkages into it.
When I passed a few minutes afterward,she
was standing in the doorway, afectually barr
ing the door to any other passenger by her
own unattractive appearance there, rind pro
longing with au evident relish the anxiety of
the obsequious maims. The young and pret
ty lady hod taken a seat in a forward carriage.
I suppose that, without exactly knowing it,
I kept a sort of watch over this carriage, for I
saw plainly enough a lazy young gentleman
who persistently kept hovering about it and
looking in.. His inquisitive eyes had ofcourse
caught sight of the pretty face there alone, and
I could see that he was making utillis mind to
join her; but he seemed doing it iu a most
careless and languid manner. lie was no gen
tleman for that reason, I said to myself, yet
his dress was handsome, and the hand that
played with his long, dark beard was small
and fashionably gloved. Glancing still into
the far corner of that one first-class compart
ment, lie lingered until the last moment was
come; then, quite leisurely, he walked up to
the door, opened it, entered the carriage, and
in an instant the door was banged to behind
him. Without the least hesitation I went up
to the window and stood near it while the
lamp was fitted in the compartment. The
gentleman was standing up within, drawing
on a dark overc mt, the young lady in the dis
tant corner was looking from the window, as
if even the half darkness was better to look at
thin this companion. Mortified a good deal
at the failure of my scheme for her comfort, I
went on to my van, beside which thudetective
waited for me.
"No go, you sec," lie muttered crossly,
"and yet it seemed to me AO likely that they'd
take this train."
"I drn't see how it should seem likely," I
answered, for I hadn't gone with him in the
idea. "It daFen't seem to me very likely
that three such skillful thieves as. you are
dodging, who did their work in this neigh
borhood so cleverly two nights ago, should
leave the station any night by the very train
which the police watch with double euspl•
ciou."
_—
Having nothing better to do, I wondered a
gooo deal how these thieves could arrange
their getting away while the walls were coy
esed with the description of them, and every
official on the line was up in it. There was
no doubt about their being three very dexter-
ous knaves, but then our detective force was
very dexterous too, though they weren't
knaves (and I do believe the greater dexterity
is generally,on the knavish side), and so it
was odd that the description still was Inef
fective and the offered reward unclaimed. I
read over again the bill in my pocket which
described the robbers. "Edward Capon,
Alias Captain Winter, alias John Pearson,
alias Dr.,Crow ; a thick-set active man, of
middle height, and about fifty years of age;
with thick iron-gray hair and whiskers, dark
gray eyes, and an aquiline nose. Mary Ca
pon, his wife, a tall woman of forty ; with a
handsome, fair face, a quantity of very red
hair, and a cut across her under lip. Edward
Capon, their son, a slightly built youth of not
more than fifteen or sixteen (though, for the
matter of that, I thought he might have bad
cunning enough for twice his age), with close.
ly•cut black hair, and.delicate features."
We all knew this description well enough.
and for two days had kept our eyes open,
hoping to identify them among the passengers.
But our scrutiny had all been in vain ; and as
the train rushed on, I felt how disappointed
the police at Easton would be when we arrived
again without even tidings of them.
I was soon tired of this subject, and went
back to worrying myself about the sad-looking
yellow-haired girl who had so evidently
wished to travel alone, and been so Success
fully foiled In the attempt by that intrusive
fop with the handsome beard. Foolishly I
kept on thinking'of her, until, as wo were
dashing along like lightning through the wind
and darkness, only fifteen or twenty minutes
from Chalk Farm, the bell in my van rang oul
with a sharp and sudden summons. I never
wondered for a moment who had pulled the
cord. Instinctively I knew, and it Was the
carriage furthest from my van ; I left my
place almost breathlessly, as the engine slack•
ened speed, and, hastening along the foot.
board, hesitated at no window until I reached
the one from which I felt quite sure that a
,frlghtened'young face would be looking , out.
My heart literally beat in dread as I stopped
and looked into the carriage. What did I
see ? Only the two passengers burled In their
separate corners. The young lady rnised her
head from the book she heid, and looked up at
me astonished—childishly and .wonderingly
Asa anything happened to the train?'
she asked timidly
The gentleman roused himself leisurely
from a seemingly snug nap. "What on earth
has stopped us In this hole f" he said, rising;
and pushing Ills handsome face and his long
beard past me at the window.
It was only too evident that the alarm bad
not been given from this carriage ; yet the
feeling lied been such a certainty to me that
it was long before I felt quite convjnced to
the contrary ; anti I went on along the foot- -
board to other carriages very much more
slowly than I had gone first to that one. Ut
ter darkness surrounded uc outside, but from
the lamplit compartments eager heads were
t must, searching for the reason of this unex
pected stoppage. No one owned to having
summoned me until I reached that second
class carriage near my own van (which I had
hastened past before), where the fidgety, deaf
old lady who had amused me at Ruggy sat
alone. I had no need to look in, and question
her. Her head was quite out of the window;
and, though she had her back to the light and
I couldn't see her face, her voice was cool
enough to show that she was not over-power
ed by fear.
" What a time you've been coming," she
said. "What Is It?"
"Where's what?"
But though I yelled the question with all
my might and main, I believe I might just
as hopefully have questioned the telegraph
post which I could dimly see beside us, and
have expected an answer along the wires.
"Where's the small luncheon basket ?" she
inquired, pulling out her long purse with great
fussiness. "A small luncheon basket, my
good man, and make haste."
Shall I ever forget the sharp expectancy of
the old lady's eyes as they looked into mine,
first over, then under, then through her glit
tering gold-rimmed spectacles? What supriso
ed me most particulary was the fact of her
decidedly not being, as any one might sup
pose, a raving lunatic.
"Be quick with the small luncheon basket
please," she said, resignedly sitting down,
and pouring the contents of her purse out into
tier lap, "I'm as hungry as I can be."
I suppose that when she looked up at me
from the silver she was counting she saw my
Utter bewilderment, I didn't try now to make
her hear, for I knew it to be hopeless = for
she raised her voice suddenly to a shrill pitch
of peevishness, and pointed with one shaking
hand to the wall of the carriage.
" Look there I Doesn't it say, .'Small lun
cheon baskets. Pull down the cord,' I want
a small luncheon basket, so I pulled down the
cord. Make haste and get it for me, or I'll
report you to the manager."
Seeing now that she was almoat as blind as
she was feat, I began to understand what she
meant. On the spot to which she pointed
above the seat opposite her two papers were
posted in a line ; one the advertisement of
" Small luncheon baskets" supplied at Rugby,
the other, the company's directions for sum
moning the guard and stopping the train In
cases of danger. As they happened to be
placed, the large letters did read as site had
said :
"SMALL LUNCHEON BASKETS. POLL DOWN
THE CORD."
While I was gazing from her to the bills.
getting over u bit of tiny astonishment, and
she was giving me every now and then a sharp
touch on the shoulder to recall me to my duty
and hasten me with her refreshment, we were
Joined by one of the directors, who happened
to be going up to town by the express: But
his Just and natural wrath—loud as it was—
never moved the hungry old lady ; no, not in
the slightest degree. She hover heard ono
wort of it, and only mildlyi nsisted, in 49 the
midst of it, that she was almost tired of wait
ing for her small luncheon basket.
With a fierce parting shot, the director tried
to make her understand that she had incurred
a penalty of five pounds, but he couldn't,
though he bawled it at her until the poor old
thing—perhaps mortified at having taken so
much trouble for nothing ; perhaps overcome
by her hunger ; perhaps frightened at the
commotion she saw, though didn't hear—sank
back in her seat in a fit of hysterics, and let
the shillings and sixpences roll out of her lap
and settle under the seats.
It Seemed to me a long time before we start•
ed on again, but I suppose it was only six or
seven minutes delay after all. I expect I
should have waited to explain the stoppage to
the pretty young girl, of whom I considered
myself a sort of protector ; but as I said, she
was the very opposite end of the train, and I
was in haste now. There must have been a
good laugh in several of the carriages when
the cause of our stoppage got whispered about.
As for me, when I got back Into my van, soli
tary as It was, I chuckled over It until we
stopped at Chalk Farm to take tickets.
"Of course you have the carriage doors all
locked and I'll go down with you • while you
open them ono by one by one. My. men are
in possession of the platform."
This was said to me by Davis, a detective
officer whom I knew pretty well by now ;
having bad a good bit to do with lain about
this Warwickshire robbery.
"It is no use," I said, before we started,
"the train was searched, as you may say, at
Rugby. Every passenger has undergone a
close scrutiny, I can tell you. What causes
such a scientific preparation for us here ?"
"A telegraph received ten minutes ago,"
he answered. "It seems that two of the
thieves we are dodging are in this train in
clever disguises. We base had pretty full
particulars, though the discovery. wasn't
Made until after you left the junction. Have
you noticed"—he dropped his voice a little
here,—,"a young lady and gentlethan together
in either carriage 9"
I felt a bit of an odd catching in my breath
as he spoke. "No," I said, quite in a hurry.
"Noyoung lady and gentleman belonging to
gether ; but there may be plenty in the train.
What it there are, though? There was no
young lady or gentleman among the rob•
tiers !"
"Among the robbers," rejoined Davis, with
suppressed enjoyment, "was a woman who'd
make herself into anything ; and you, must
own that a gentleman with a dark, long beard
isn't bad fora lady known to us pretty well
by her thick red hair and a cut on her upper
lip."
"But the young ludy ?" I asked, cogitating
this.
"Ah ! the young lady. True enough ; well,
what should you say, now,. If I told you she
grew out of that boy withthe closely-cut dark
hair that we arc after."
I did come along, feeling very stupidly glad
that there was all the train, to search bolero
we could reach that carriage at the other end
where sat the girl whom I had, in a way,taken
under my protection:
. "When are we to be allowed to leave this
train, pray ? Call me a cab,"cried the deaf
old lady plaintively, as we reached her car
riage, and found her gazing out in most evi
dent and utter ignorance of all that was going
on around her. "I am locked In, ga'ad. Do
you heart .
I hear, aye, sharp enough. I only wished
she could hear me as readily. Davis stood
aside watching while I unlocked her door and
helped her down. Then, seeing her helpless
ness, and her countless packages, ho beckon
ed a porter to her, winking expressively to
call his attention to a probable shilling.
Carriage alter carriage .we .exanalned and
though Davis detected no thief, he ;turned.
away only more and more hopefully from
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each. He was so sure they were there, and
that escape nas Impossible. Wo reached the
last carriage In tho line, and now my heart
beat In the oddest manner possible.
"Is this c.ompartment empty, then t" asked
Davis, while, my fingers were actually shaking
as I put my key, In the door of the centre one.
"Empty and dart?"
"Even if it had been empty it wouldn't
have been left dark," I muttered, looking
"Hallo 1 what's come to the letup?"
I might well ask what was come to the
lamp, for the compartment was as dark as if.
ithad never been lighted ; yet bad not I my
self stood and watched the lighted lamp put
in at Rugby P And—the carriage was empty
too
"Why.was this ?" asked the detective, turn
ing sharply upon me. "Why was not the
lamp lighted"
But the lamp teas lighted, and burning now
as sensibly as the others—if we could but
have seen It. As we soon discovered, the
glass was covered by a kind of tarpaulin, in
tensely black and strongly adhesive, and the
carriage was so completely dark as it no lamp
had been there at all. The perplexity in Da
vis' face was as great as my own, when I told
him who bad traveled here. "They couldn't
have left the train here, at any rate," ho said;
and I knew that as well as ho dld.
But you have guessed the end. During
those few minutes that we stopped on, the line,
the two thieves—darkening the lamp even af
ter I had left them, and using their own key
—had left the carriage under the• cover of
the darkness; managing their escape In their
black dresses out in the blackness of the night
as cleverly as they had managed their theft
and subsequent concealment. But how could
they have depended on this delay—this ex
quisite opportunity given them in utter dark
ness, close to the city, yet at nostation ? When
I °facially made uty deposition, and explained
the cause of our stoppage, something of the
truth seemed to break upon us all; but it wasn't
for a good while that it settled Into a certain
ty. Then it got clear to everybody that the
older scoundrel had duped us more Ingenious
ly than the younger ones. As the Incapable
old lady (deaf as a stone, and so blind that
she had to pear through tier glittering glasses
with eyes always half closed, and so hungry
that she had to stop the train for a luncheon
basket,) he had played upon us the neatest
trick of all. Where on earth were the iron.
graylair and whiskers by which we were to
have identified him? Dot by the time the po•
lice saw the whole thing clearly it was too late
to follow up any clue to him.
The cab which had taken the eccentric old
lady and her parcels and 'flowers from Euston
was lost in the city and could not be tracked.
A. high reward was offered for information,
but no one ever won it. My firm belief Is
that it was no legitimately licensed cab at all,
but one belonging to the gang, and part of the
finished fraud. I verily believe, too, that
somewhere now—though perhaps on the other
side of the channel—those three practised
knaves enjoy a hearty laugh over that Decem
ber Journey by uight.express.
Davis still asures me, with the most cheer
ful confidence, that lie shall yet have the
pleasure some day of trapping three of the
most expert and skillful thieves in Britain. I'
wish I felt as sure of 11.—The Argosy
WAS IT SUINDE
The Adjournment of the Pennsylvania Leglshr-
The Harrisburg Patriot offers these re
marks :—" It would ben mere waste of time
and space to produce further argument in
proof that the majority of the House in ad
journing from Friday until Wednesday, with.
out consent of the Senate, violated the con
stitution of the State. No great mental effort
is required-of each member to count up on
the digits of one hand tine exact nu m ber of
days for which there has taco an adjournment.
The peurite attempt to interpret away the
plain words of the constitution by raising the
pretext that us Sunday is not "a legislative
day," it must not, therefore, be enumerated
in au adjournment, is quite worthy of the
body in which it originated. It is the most
striking instance of love of the Sabbath that
ever was manifested by a pious Pennsylvania
Legislature. Their respect for. the day was
such that they could not even count it when
resolving to adjourn. Such piety is most ad
nuiratile, and will go far In the minds of
many to pardon tine violation of the constitu
tion.
"The majority were not at all serupulous
about violating the constitution, but they did
not dream of the consequences which would,
flow from it. They 6 , 0 now busily trying to
prove to their own satisfaction the absurd
proposition that the time from Friday until
Wednesday does not comprise three days.
When they come to draw their pay rer . diem
they will not be guilty of this absurdity. In
seeking an excuse for the wrong they have
committed, they only afford another illustra
tion of a remark 'of the philosopher Robbes,
that even, the truths ofgeometry would be dig :
Puled if men had n strong interest iu wishing
them false. This is a negation of the truths of
mental arithmetic.
".13y adjourning for a greater length of time
than the constitution permits, the •house' has
stepped out of existence. It has itself per
formed, an act of political hart-kari. The
question is not for the courts, but for the sen
ate, the executive, and the people. Should the .
house adjourn sine die, it could not assemble
again without a proclamation of the governor.
An act performed by such a body would be
illegal, and consequently null and void. Worse
still is the situation of this house of represen
tatives. Their act Is not an adjournment
within the law, but being unconstitutional
and violent, it operates as a termination of
the existence of the body. Having wilfully
,resolved to absent themselves from the post of
duty beyond the time fixed la the constitution,
they have themselves rudely severed the tie
which binds the representative to his consti
tuents. For the grave offence against the
constitution there must be some punishment,
and there must also be protection against Such
invasions of the rights of the people. For
this act there is only one adequate penalty—
and that follows its commission—the self•an
nihllation of the body Itself. The honso has
put itself outside of the pale of the constitUtlon
and therefore dies. It has violated the very
organic law on which its life depended. Its
parts—the disjeela niembra—play straggle
back to the capital on Wednesday, but they
cannot be blended Into a legal house of repre
sentatives."
Shaple Horn, a little boy in Pulaski, Ten
nessee, has sent to the editor of the Pulaski
Citizen a twist of molassescandy. The editor
feelingly declares that Shaple " shows an ap.
predation for the press befitting riper years."
An orator of Meltendree College proposed
to snatch a ray of light from the great orb of
day, spin it into threads of gold, and with
them weave a shroud in which to wrap a
whirlwind which dies upon the bosom of the
Western prairies.
Two men employed at one of our hardware
stores were engaged this noon In putthirep a
stove for a West street lady. Duririptilleavy
lift one of them told the other to spit On his
hands,” , when both were nantilatent by , the
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