The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-08-11

street, the other night. You must have,
heard o. II. Seventeen thousand dollars
worth Of goods missing in three hours. 4
iatier myself that was neat job--credita-
bic even to my handiwork.
The editor started.
Oh, its all right, sir. The police know it
very well. But they have not the proof
They put, therefore, one half the reward Of
frred in one private spot, and the other, the
next day all the missing goods are found -
This, you'll perceive Is a fair business trans
action And as the law must have victim,
a greenhorn, whom took into the specula-
ton with me to watch the door, gets nabbel
by the police, and goes TO the penilentiary
to keep out OF further bad associations
Is il possible mused the editor.
But did not come here to boast. And
now after this preface, which YOU will find
necessary to enable you fully to compre hend
my position, sir, let me explain the purpose
Of my visit. have family--a wife and
three daughters. They are respectable, as
the world calls it. They eat we'll, drink
well, dress well, and were happy, until you,
sir, interfered with their felicity, and tried to
render them miserable.
Isir, POOH! said the startled editor.
Yes, sir, you--but indirectly of course
My family did not share my ignomy. They
passed in society BY another name, and hav-
ling comfortable means, were always wei
coined by troops Of friends in every quarter
Yes, sir, they were happy. And If ever
enjoyed myselfin my life it was in these mo-
ments when, having completed some pro-
fessional job in truly artistic manner, ]
have gone home contented,& listened to the
endearing prattle Of my light hearted and in
nocent children Z,
Here the robber wiped away q tear and
continued
/ You. sir, have put an end to all this ie-
llicity. You have snatched from me my only
cup Of consolation. You have plunged four
unsuspecting and guiltless creatures into dis
Itress and | have now come, sir, to see ifyou
|have the heart of man, or are disposed to
strew with poison the life path Of these help
less beings, as an atonement for what you
may conceive my depredations upon the
community
j don't understand you, SIR
Twas temporarily arrested the other day,
and discharged. The next day started of
for Wilmington, TO place my daughters in
an elegant school, 10 fit them with the &C.
complishments society deems indispensable
| left them there-went to Bal.imore-re-
turned to Wilmington. At the school
found your paper, sir; ald your reporter
not content with publishing my arrest, and
lspeaking of me in terms calculated to in
duce everybody to look upon me as leper
gave my alias-tle name under which my
| family had lived SO long and so happily, un.
tainted with my professionl reputation -
| My daughters were courteously turned out Of
school.
when ! arrived here, discovered that
| my wife had been compelled TO abandon our
home. The ban was upon us. We had no
lriends--no home, The finger of scorn met
us a. every footstep. And though l could
well have borne this myself, it talmost breaks
my heart to see my innocent wife and chill
dren thus stricken down, as it were, by the
lightning of the press, atmy feet
4 Upon my soul, it is hard exclaimed the
: editor.
Hard, sir. could have killed you-but
murderis not in my line, and is sseldom prof.
table,
my family are now about to take up a
/ new residence, under new name. Lei
that name be sacred, and they may again be
| happy. Expose il, and as life will no longer
be valuable to me, yours will certainly have
tenure limited only by my own. You un-
, derstand, SIR
Perfectly. Their name shall never be
mentioned-not on account of your threats,
however, but upon the score ofhumanity.'
Mr.. Wood bowed his sthanks and withdrew.
This incident is truth-every word Of il
although it may resemble romance.