Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-12-04
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d" Let no dog l,ark."

:" Let no dog bark.
Her lip quivercd as she replied - ... o..
. Indeed, sir, | am very, very sorry but it
must be so, for-for you know | had no other
but that"
" And pray how did you learn it to be a
counterfeit ~
"When | left here, sir, went directly up
to-to place where some of our things were,
| went to pay the little sum we had borrowed
of them when my mother was taken sick, and
the man took the half-eagle, and said it was
counterfeit, and gave it back to me-
q Nonsense, child. the man was mistaken"
She did not argue the point but made a
brief apology for the trouble she had given me
and heSitatrd
" | trust" said /, still somewhat grando
quent and cOndeSccuding, as man whose re-
sources have uniustly been suspected, d" that
the fellows stupidity has caused you no incon-
venicnce ~
\ bright hectic flush crossed her pale cheek
as an instructive denial rose to her lips. Fur
ther than that the falsehood could not come ::
her head sunk between her hands. and the
poor girl weak, and cold, and starving. as
afterwards knew, Sobbed violently
Little by little, learned her sad story. 1t
need not he repeated here it lacks, alas the
charm of novelty Years of still deepening
poycrty-and yesterday, when Mrs. Quidam
and ] were grumbling at our leg Of cold NUT
ton, this poor child and her sick mother passed
the long cold day without food or fire even
the warm clothes and bedding, which this mo-
ney was to have redeemed from the pawnbro
ker's denied to their shvering limbs
put on my hat, and stepped over to Bull
lions to get change for the half-eagle The
clerk threw it careleSSy on balance, and had
already handed me the change, when he saw
that the delicate arm, after vibrating a little,
did not decline with weight He took it up,
and handed it to the head Of the firm and, af-
ter a short consultation between them, | was
asked into the inner Office \ chemical test
soon proved the worthless character of the
coin. Bullion asked me if | knew where |
had received it?
" Certainly"
have seen two or three, of late, precise
ly like it. The counterfeit is dextrous one,
and we have in vain tried to trace its origin
If you can assist us in this, it will be great
service to the community"
| took up the deceptive coin, and scrutinized
it curiously, The workmanship was perfect ;
the Thought ut once flashed across my mind
loo perfect ; where was the knife mark my
self had made ? | could not be deceived 1.-THE
coin had certainly been changed. And this
was the end Of all my fine sentiment about the
interesting young girl
In few words, | communicated the crcum-
stances connected with it, to Mr. Bullion, who
jumped at once to the conclusion.
thought so,' said he, thought so |
knew that some fresh and unSuspected parties
must be made use of in this matter. The old
hands we know too well" he added, with a
chucklc. ...
1t was soon agreed between us that the girl
should be detained, and no time lost in extract
ing from her Il confession, as to the persons
whose tool she undoubtedly was. We accord
ingly repaired together to my office, where we
found her patiently waiting. In answer to
my questions, she repeated her story with much
apparent frankness until asked the name of
the person to whom she offered the coin. Al-
ter some hesitation, she named a very respec-
table pawnbroker, in C street, to whom,
as well as to the police Office messenger was
Immediately dispatched.
Mr. Forccps soou came, and we received
him in another apartment. His answers to
the inquiries We made completely confirmed
our suspicious Such a coin as we showed
him, (the counterfeit had been offered to him
on the previous Saturday night, by q young
woman and Oh being confronted with our
prisoner (for such We now considered her, he
at once recognized her as the same. Her own