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170 ROXY HASTINGS. “That’s like him, too. Ten o’clock in the morning.” “ He was a little unwell in the night, and did not get to sleep, I think, till very late. Breakfast has been waiting for him over an hour, and we were just talking about call- ing him when you rang. I will call him now.” Mrs. Lee left the room for that purpose, saying as she went out: ‘‘I won’t tell him that you are here. It will be such an agreeable surprise when he comes down.” They waited long and impatiently for her return, and when at last she came she was looking much disappointed. ‘‘Tt’s very strange,” she said, “ but he—he’s really gone.” ‘“That’s like him, too,” replied Eldon. ‘‘T knocked at his door a long time,” resumed the widow, “and then I called Sarah and told her to open it gently and lookin. She looked in, and then went in, and she says the bed has never even been opened, and Bridget says that the front door was unlocked when she came down this morning.” ‘It’s very strange,” said the pallid Mrs. Eldon. ‘"No, it ain’t,” said her husband, “nothing is strange coh that boy does, unless he should do something reason- able.” “Oh, I am sure he was sick and went off to see a doc- tor,” resumed the widow. ‘‘I wanted to send for one, but he wouldn’t let me.” | _ The parlor door opened and Bridget rushed in exclaim- ing : “If you plaze, ma’am, the house is robbed intirely. Mis- ter Charley’s great trunk is broke open, and all the bureau drawers—and everything gone—and we found one of the villain’s tools:on the floor before the trunk.” “Mrs. Eldon had swooned before the servant was half through this speech, and even her husband turned pale, and for once seemed too much agitated to make a sneering remark. Irs. Lee and Laura, and Major Todd (the major had giided silently into the room some minutes before), were scarcely less excited, and while the old gentleman hurried up stairs with a view to learn the extent of the loss, the widow and her daughter gave their attention to the resus- citation of the fainting woman. She was soon brought back to consciousness and misery, and about coincident with her recovery, the old major re- turned to say that if Charles had anything valuable in his trunk it was gone, as nothing remained but his clothing. » Oh, I know there must have been something of great comicbhooks.com