Arkansas intelligencer., 1849-11-03

handed in list of the numbers furnished by |
Mr.. Bagshawe, and was politely informed that
they had all been cashed early the day before by
a gentleman in a sort of undress uniform, and
wearing foraging cap. Lieutenant James was
the name endorsed upon them and the address, |
Harley Street, Cavandish Square, was of course |
fictitious one. The cashier doubted if be should |
be able to sW ear 10 the person ofthe gentleman who
changed the notes, but he had particularly noticed
his dress. L returned to Scotland Yard to report
no progress; and il was then determined TO issue
bills descriptive of Brisowe's person, and offer
ing considerable reward for his apprehension
or such information as might lead 10 il but the
order had sarcey been issued, when who should
we see walking deliberately down the yard to-
wards the police-office but Mr. Robert Brisowe
himself, dressed precisely as before described
had just time TO caution the Inspector not be-
tray any suspicion. but hear his story, and le
him quietly depart, and 10 slip with Josiah Barnes
out of sight, when he entered, and made for
NAL but most confused complaint of having been
robbed something more than week previously
where or By whom he knew no,-and after
wards deceived, bamboozled, and led astray in his
pursuit OF the robbers, by person whom he now
suspected to be confederate with them. Even
of this latter parsonage he could afford tang bic
information ; and the inspector. having quietly
listened to his statement-niended, doubtless, as
| ysti6cation-tod him the police should make
inquiries, and wished him good morning. AS
the street leading to the Strand. was upon his
track. He walked slowly on, but without paus-
ing I'LL he reached the Saracen's Head, Snow
Hill, where TO my great astonlshment, he booked
| himself for Wesmoreland by the night-coach.-I
He then walked into the inn, and seating himself
| IN the cohee-roOm, called for pint of sherry
wine and some biscuits He was safe for n short
| period at any and | about 10 take
turn in the street, just 10 mediate upon the most
advisable course of action, when | espied three
buckishly- y-attired, bod-faced looking feIlows--one
of whom | thought ! recognised, spite of his fine
dress-enter the bOoking-office. Naturally anx.
ious in my vocation, approached as closely to
| the door as | could without being observed, and
! heard one of them-my acquaintance sure enough;
| could not be deceived in that voice--ask the
clerk if there were any vacant places in the night
coach to Westmoreland. To Wesimoreland !
| What in the name of Mercury could detach-
ment OF the swell-mob be wanting in that country
of furze and frieze-coats The next sentence
uttered BY my friend, he placed the money for
| booking three iHsides TO Kendall on the counter
was equally or perhaps more puzzIing. 8 Is the
gentleman who entered the office just now-him
with foraging-cap | nean-io be our fellow
passenger ~
Yes, he mas booked himself; and has, think,
since gone into the house."
| Thank yoa good morning"
| | had barely time 10 slip into one of the pas
Office passed me, and staggered out of the yard.
Vague underlined suspicious at once beset me re-
| iatlve TO the connection of these worthless with
1 the - foraging.csp and the dongs al Kendall.
! There was evidently something in all this more
than natural. if police philosophy could but find it
out. resoly ed ali events Try; and in order 10
have chance of doing so, determined 10 be of
the party, nothing doubling that | should be able,
in some way or other, TO make whatever
game they intended pay wing. ! in my turn enter
ed the booking office and finding there were still
two places vacant, secured them both for James
linking and Josiah Barnes, countrymen and
friends of mine returning TO the "north countrie"
| returned 10 the coffee-room, whore Mr.. Bus-
| towe still seated, apparently in deep and
anxious meditation, and wrote note, with which
| | dispatched to the inn porter. | had now ample
/ leisure for observing the suspected burglar aud
| assassin. He pale, intellectual looking
and wthal handsome young man, of about six
| and-twenty years of age, of slight but well knit
| frame, and with the decided aIr-trave- stained
and Jaded as he apPea red-of gentleman. His
look troubled and careworn, but sought in
vain for any indication of the starting, nervous
tremor always in my experience exhibited by
even old practitioners in crime when suddenly ac-
costed. Several persons had entered the room has,
| tily. without causing him even 70 look up. | de-
| termined to try an experiment on his nerves,
which was quite satisfied no man who had recently
ed part of the produce of that crime into gold a,
The Bank of England, could endure without wiuc-
ing. My object was. not TO procure evidence pro-
ducible in court of law by such means, but to
satisfy my mind. felt q growing convic-
ton that, spite of appearances, the young man
was guiltless of the deed imputed TO him, and
might be the victim, | could not help thin king
either of some strange combination of circum-
stances, or, more likely, of diabolicaI plot for
his destruction, essential, possibly, to the safety
of the real perpetrators of the crime very pro-
bably-so ran my suspicons-friends and ac.
quantances of the three gentlemen who were to
be our fellow-troveers. My duty, | knew, was
quite much The vindication of innocence as the
detection of guilt and if | could satisfy myself
that he was not the guilty party, no effort of
mine should be wanting, determined, to extricate
him from the periIous position in which he stood
went out of the room, and remained absent for
some time then suddenly entered with sort of
bounce. walked swiftly, and with determined
air, straight up 10 the boz where he was seated,
grasped him tightly by the arm, and exclaimed
| roughly, $50 | have found you at last - There
was no start, indication of fear whatever
mot the slightest; the expression of his coun-
tenance, as he peevishly replied, NV hat the devil