Litchfield enquirer., 1858-02-25

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 aware Of the state of my affections. He was
 il the passive mood when encountered him
 on the platform, ard looked the most amiabl.
 and articss of men
 How are you this morning P he said as
 we shook hands. "And how is Cary? Have
 tie old man and yon made matters up yet ?" shook my head disconsolatcly. :. Well, faint heart, you know," he added, with smile. What brings me down here Business, to be sure The fact is," mysteri-
 ously taking me by the button, "there was 6 aaring burglary committed last night at Iron
 siile, and property to a large amount was sto-
 len. From information received half an hour ago by telegraph, have reason to believe that one of the accomplices, having iu his posses son 2 considerable part of the stolen proper y, arr'v d here early this morning by the mail train. slender young man, fashien ,bly dressed, light faxen moustache wearing d pair Of lemon-coored ilgloves, and carrying a small black portnanteau"
 Mir, Da1k"'s friend, by Jupiter !'
 Eh, wh't do yoa mean?" asked Choop sharply, with his eager ferret-look that chan ged hm at once iuto another man. Three ns- utes suffice' to put him in possession of all I k,"w. Mr Choop gave an almost inpercs,,- tlbie Jerk with his thumb and a tall u..gair,- iy-looklng man, having the appearance of d iarln-lahorer ill his best clothes, ounged up {; and l recognised Timothy, Mir Choop's co,6- dental subordinate
 MT Choop scnt Timothy of to Nunb,r fh'rty-nlne to make certain inquiries then. Went himself to the booking office to ask of the clerk whether ne remembered to what sta ton Mir. Darke and his companion were boe,k cd. Tise clerk booked so many passengers by that tran that he could not positively remeln- Der; but he thinks through to London Mr. Choop then desired mo to accompany him to the telegraph cffice. Tie eight o'clock trail. had hardly got half wny to London yet. Bv consulting timetable, Mir. Choop forsd out at what iart of the line the trsil, ought ts bp {; so, at lis reqnest, tolegrapled to the station at which 1t w"n!d next stop giving a brief description of Mir. Darke and his cor1panion, desiring the train to be searched on its arrival and the individuals in question to be detained In quarter of an hour we received reply: The train has been searched, but no individ- uals answering to the description given by you were in it."
 Telegraph to each station where the train has stopped,'' said Mr. Choop till you dis cover at which of them the man and woman got out"
 So I telegraphed to four stations without success, but the fifth answered, Yes the individuals you mention reached here by the eight A. NJ. train" . ' " I'll have you yet, Jim Riley ]" exclaimed MT. Choop, with grim smile 6 Fred, my boy, if you want to see bit of fun, and Iik, to go ith Timothy and me, you are wei come"
 As the clock struck twelve, We found oug- selves at Flu wood staton--Mr. Choot, Tiuo thy and myself. After making few nuuri.~ Of the statlon-,naster, Mr. Choop sent Tnno thy in one direction, while he and took ..n other. Mr. Choop rut cautious questions to several indiv' 'duals, but without gaining .ny decisive information. Neither vas Tnothy- when we met him-able to furnish any satis- factory intelligence. MT. Choop cons deresl fora few moments "It must be as l hav, suspected all alo,g," said he at last. "W shall find them at he Tn TranIs. Step out, lads /; best leg foremost"
 We left the village at a rapid pace, and still keeping on the high road, got into barren, moorland country. Fields, hedgcrows and trees were gradually left behind until at length we were shut in on every side by swei- ling hillocks of moor, which swept away as fat as the eye eau reach, and bonn;i the hor;zou with their sinaous graceful lines. Fol wisg the guidance of MT. Choop, We quilted th. high road after a time, and c,mr to halt ui,- der the lee of higher h4llock tbau common Mir. Choop. t,king of his hat, elamb Ted up the hill, and took a stealthy survey over it's summit He then bcckoued me to follow Peepng over, found that we were on the summit of a ridge of country, from which the road swept down into q small valley, in the middle of which, aud close to the higit road. stood small square house
 "The Ten Tramps dare wager that Jim Riley and his wife are in that house." said Mir. Choop. {" It is notorious gathering place for all the rogues in the district.
 MT. Choop descended, and he and I'm othy held secret council for some minutes Then Timothy opened a small bundle-brought all the way from Newstone-and proceeded, with much gravity, to induct himself into a wagon er's blue smock-frock, plent;fully braided and buttoned, after the fash.o in which wagoners delight He next tuinsd up the bottoms Of hs fustlan trowsers, so as to bring into la0re prominent view his lacee-ap boots taeh he gave his hat push back and his hair a pail forward, and set of at a swinging pace iii the direction of the Ten Tramps, whistiing the Plougk-boy as he goes. MT. Choop and 1 passed the next halfhour together, smoking cigars and discussing various matters with glance over the hilloek in every two or three minutes in the direction Of the inn.
 Why not wait till night.'' 1 asked Mir. Choop, "when yoa could approach the i'm without being seen f''
 z Because. after dark, we should be prei y sure Of finding halfa-dozen rough customers there, who would make the matte awkwars.
 Then why not take haifa.dozen men with you, so as to avoid all risk ?"
 :. What credit would there be in that? When Timothy and | fail, it will be time energh to talk about calling in other assist