Plane and Plank; or, The Mishaps of a Mechanic

them; but I could find no prayer-meeting. Those whom I asked had not heard of any meetings. By this time I concluded that I was an idiot to believe that the prayer-meeting w

s in the habit of attending prayer-meetings; but I ought to add that I have always found it safe to trust those who really attend them, and really t

nstead of fifty cents at the gambling den, which I thought he now could afford to do, with his funds replenished with the contents of my shot-bag. He was not

ries that I was unable to do so. Occasionally a man, or a party of men, went up the steps, and I supposed them to be the lodgers in the house. I watched those who went in and those who

the house, and that he would occupy the room in the attic. I could not help thinking that Redwood was his confederate, and that my money would be shared between them. They seemed to understand each other perfectly, and I recalled th

what patience I could, for the assistance of my friends the next day. The night was advancing, and I had no place to sleep. I had not money enough left to pay even for a cheap lodging; and i

the world contained any such rascals as "Mr. Leonidas Lynchpinne;" but I was confident that the next time I met one of his class I should be a match for him, and would not even go to a prayer-meeting with

that Lynch was not among them. I visited the state-room which Mr. Gracewood had occupied with me since we left Council Bluffs, where the number of passengers increased so that I could no longe

d. I asked the bar-keeper where the captain was, and learned that he had retired; but the

rk, as I walked up to him; and in the long

wn to Leavenwor

k? We shall be there

o you take the names o

ut all the names o

e name of Leonidas

ot," he repl

name l

ook, if y

e, and I will tel

ffice, and he ex

on Ly

interposed. "Lynch

. 2

ow whether he is in

. Joe," said the clerk,

nd related to him all the events of the evening. Occasionally he smiled, and even laughed when I spoke of going to a

money again, Phil," said

have any law in the

an. This Lynch is probably one of these blacklegs. They

the lodging-house wa

story that he had anything to do with the

ed dollars would not ruin me, uncomfortable and inconvenient as it was. I could draw upon Mr. Gracewood, who had fifteen hundred dollars of my funds

ontinued the clerk. "Mr. Gracewood a

the boat. I was almost s

y we

d of twenty persons, and no one had seen or heard of it

ver is very swift, and the shores are rocky. But they had two of our deck h

asleep in spite of myself. When I awoke the next morning, the boat was lying at the landing in Leavenworth. It was only a little after sunrise, but the hands were busy loading and discharging fre

th breathless interest, as I hastened to the ma

od deal worried about yo

here ar

levee from one end of the town to the other, an

ed twenty persons, but no one had seen

e of the person they

ard it, but I don't reme

noon, and we may hear of them be

the shore as you c

shore the pilot would have seen them. The clerk

d I repeated m

cer and visit the hou

re likely we shall be to

go at onc

d I led the way to the lodging-house. We entered without announcing our visit, and

ck, youngster," said

calls himself Lynch?"

," replied Glynn.

ically. "What room did you take with hi

number, but I ca

ter?" asked Gly

as robbed in your

though?" added

ow that

n doors. I caught this youngster up there alone. But if he was robbed, that's another thing," continued Glynn, who seem

elf," said the prudent off

and show y

is Re

t. I will

l him myself wh

nt, from his manner, that we should find Lynch in the room. We