University of Michigan Law School - Quad Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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--..,.. FLOYD R. NIECHEM

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enough by this time, and e'er I could fathom their meaning, my e overcome by slumber. I was awakened by a hubbub down stairs that broughtme thoughts wer qlmost instantjy to jny feet. My wife must have risen some time since for on glancing at the little clock I discovered that it was 7 u . Very lgtte. I slipped on some clothes and my slippers and hastened into the 11311 Way to find out the cause of the noise. As I emerged from my 1-oom a maid came running up the stairs. Please, sir , she cried breathlessly, and in tearfulnaccents, Things is all gone wrong,-cook's goin' to leave,-an' she says I an' it ain't so,-an' missis 'as fainted, an' an' an' done it,- the silver's all stole. An, I'm goin' to leave too, so -therej l She burst out crying so violently that I could get nothing further from her. Hastily I ran downstairs and then learned that most of whatshe said was the truth. I found my wife half fainting in the arms of one of the maids, and on seeing me she pointed tragically and hystericallyito the silver closet. The door hung open, as I had left it so carelessly last night, and every single piece of silver, thousand of dollars worth in all, was gone l As I stood there taking in the situation, a shrill scream came from above, and in a moment the maid whom I had met on the stairs came tearing into the room. Oh, Mis' Colsworth , .she cried weepingly. 'tYour jewel caskets' been broke into and all your jewelry is gone E With a cry of dismay my wife brushed the two girls aside and darted hastily up to her room. I followed as fast as I could. I It was but tootrue. The lock of the casket had been broken and all its contents had been removed. I I I I groaned withidisgust at. my own stupidity, as I stood looking down at my wife who had thrown herself face downward upon a couch andwas now weeping inconsolably. I was beginning to see it all now, and what a fool I had been, to be sure! But then, a sudden thought came to me. Hurriedly I dressed and breakfasted. Then ordering the carriage, I hastened down town. Mr. Barth- way was to have his preliminary examination at ten o'clock this morning, and Twas Very anxious just now to have a little talk with that gentleman. When I reached the court it was half after ten, 31151 upon inquiry of an official I learned the truth. My client, Mr. Barthway, had jumped his bail! I

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