The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-10-25

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throwing berself upon my neck in an eostaey
Of gratitude, she burst into tears, and rohtin-
ued I'LL wo reached home crying ON my boz
ON like broken hearted child. She had,
found been there abont ten o'clock " see me,
asd b''isg teld that aEas gone TO Asilry1
bad started OF fnd mo there.
She still slept or at least had not risen
when lefl home the following morning to an
deavor 30 get At the bottom Of the strange Ae-
euSalion preferred against her. first saw
the superintendent, who, aAer hearing what
] had DONE and intrusted the case entirely To
my care. ] next saw Mr. & Mrs Morris and
Sophia Clarke, And then waited upon ne
prosecutor,a youugish gentleman by the name
Of sayille, lodging in'Eascx Street, Strand.
One or two things heard, made necessary a
visit TO other officers of police. incidentally,
as found, mixed up with the affair. ~ ihe
tune all this was done, and an eifeciuAl watch
bad been placed upon Mr. Augustus SaWilles
movumuuts, rvuuiny hnsl etil-+,,..,.l ! ~ss.dsa.
my way homewards, both TO obtain ltde
restsnd % hear Mary Kingsford's version Of
the story.
The result Of my enquiries may bc thus
summed up. Ten days before, Sophia Clarke
fold her cousin that sho had orders for Cow
cnt-Garden Theatre aud A. it was not one
Of their busy nights, she Thought they might
obtain leave To 90. Mary expressed her doubt
ofthis, As both Mr. and Mrs Morris, who were
strict and somewhat fanatical Dissoniors, dis
approved Of play-FoinR, especially for young
women. Nevertheless Sophia asked. inform
ed MaythAt the required permission hal
been readily accorded, aud or they went in
high spirits Mary especially, who had never
been Ia a theatre in her life before When
there they we're joined by Hartley and simp-
son, much 10 Mary's annoyance and vexation,
especially As she saw that her cousin cxpect-
cd them. She had, in fact, accepted the or
ders FROM them. AZ the conclusion Of the
entertainments, they all four came out ttogoth-
er, when suddenly there arose hustIing and
confusion accompanied with loud outcries,
and violent swaying To and fro Of the crowd.
The disturbance was however, soon queIlcd ;
and Mary aud her cousin had reached the
outer door, when two police-oHicors seized
Hardy and bis friend, aad insisted upon their
going with them. 4 scufle ensued but 9th
er officers being at hand, the two mon were
secured and carried or The cousins, terri
bly, frightened. called coach, and were very
giad 70 nHd rhrusVtvUS SIfC AT ih0UC again
And now il oamo out liat Mr. and Mrs Nor
ris Lad been told that they were goinr 10
spend tho evening AZ my house. and had no
idea they were going to the plays VeSed
as Mary was at the deception, she was too
kindly tempered to refuse to keep her cous-
in's secret; especially knowing as she did
thai The discovery Of tbc titecft s0Phis had
praoticcd would in all probability be followed
by her immediate discharge, Hartly and his
friend staggered ON the following afternoon
into the shop, and whispered TO Sophia TINT
their arrest by the police had arisen from n
strange mistake, for which the most ample e.
pologies had been offered and accepted AZ
ter this matters went on as usual except that
Mary perceived growing insolcnce and fla
miliarty in HArtloy's manner towards her.
His language was frequently quite unintolli-
giblc, aud once he asked her plainly '.if She
ddnot mean that he should go shares in the
prize she had lately found ?" Upon Mary
replying that she did not comprehend him,
his look became absolutely fcrocious, and he
exclaimed "Oh, that's your game, is il? But
don't try it on with me, my good girl, advise
You" So violent did he become, that Mr.
Morris was attracted by the noise, and ulti-
mately bundled him, neck and heels, out of
the shop. She had not seen either him or
his companio@ 9iuee,
On the evening Of the previous day, a gem
ueman whom she never remembered to have
seen before, entered the shop, took seat, and
helped himself to a tart She observed that
after while he looked at her very earnestly,
and at length approaching quite close, said,
"You were at Coveut- Garden Theatre last
Tuesday evening week p Mary was struck,
and she said, all of heap, for both Mr. and
Mrs Morris were in the shop, and heard the
question. 'fF Ef Hf.a
"oh no, no you mistake, she said hurri-
edly, and feeling at the same time her checks
~kindle into flame.
Nay, but you were though" rejoined the
gentleman. And then lowering his voice to
whisper, he said, ''1tnJi tet TIg attyisc you,
if you would avoid exposure and coudign
punishment,to TO restore me the diamond brooch
you robbed me of on that evening"
Mary screamed with terror, and regular
scene ensued. She was obliged to confess she
had told falsehood in denying she was at
tho theatre ON the night in question, and Mr.
Morris after that seemed disinclined to. be-
lieve any thing of her The gentleman per
sisted in his charge but at the same timc
yehemeptly iterating his assurance that all
he wanted was his propertyi and il was ulti-
mately decided that Mary's boxes, as well as
her person should be searched This was
done and to her utter astonishInent the
brooch was found concealed, they said in a
black silk redculaI Denials, .asseryations,
were in vain. Mr. Sayille identified the