The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1860-09-08
rom PARISH JEFFERSON La SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1860

the beauty had her veil raised, and was
looking in at the post-officc, as though
:tsnxious for the mail to come, that we
might be Off, The expression of anxiety
sdetracted somewhat from her beauty,
and as l looked upon her now, seeing
her face In different light, I was struck
with sort of snake-liko cast which
was perceptible in the whole character
ssof her features. l was ON the point of
withdrawing my gaze, lest she should
catch me a second time, when u slight
motion of her head rolled her curls over
her tcmple, and ! saw faint line, some
Ething ike u vein over her left eye. 1t
WAS a mark, livid scratch-whcro
Esomething had struck her. 1t might
have been the stroke of Il whip. But
no; l quickly glidod back behind the
Coach, and there l reflected. Such
mark as that could be mado by fagot!
When / returned to my seat in the
coach tho fair passenger veil was again
down. Could it be possible that my
suspicious were correct, and that chance
had thrown in my way a solution of the
problem which had vexod my deputies
so much Yes, was sure of it and
the more l compared the two faces in
my mind. the moro i saw resemblance.
Either these checks had been painted
red to-day or they had been painted
whit6 yesterday. The eyes were the
sn1iie, and that brow, with its tcll-tale
niark,snot to be mistaken.
We soon stopped at the door of the
inn at Orton. The driver announced
that they would stop thero fifteen or
twenty minutes, to exchange horses
and wait for the mail, and also informed
tho passengers that they would find
silently of accommodations in tho house
fthey chose to go in.
The lady at first did not get out, but
at length she did so and went into the
hotel. L determined now to find out
who she was. | left my deputy at the
door of the room she entered, having
lordered him to rush in, in case he should
lhear anything that warranted his intru-
sion. On going into the apartment l
| found the beauty was sitting bya WIN
| dow, gazing out between the bliaas.
| She started up as entered, and let her
veil fall.
81 thought this was private ROOM,
sir" she said. Her voice trombled and
sounded unnatural..
sit may be-" L resumed; ''but that
does not exclude those who have busi-
ness. l came on purpose to sec you"
There was u momontary struggle,
and then she appeared us calm as could
be.
"What are you 2" she asked.
II am an officer from Bow street"
[ replied. g want to know who you
| are"
| sStop-one moment" she said; and
| as she spoke she carried her hand be-
| meath her cloak. 1t was quickly with
| drawn and in it was a pistol, but she
had graspod portion of her dress with
it, and before she could clear it | had
| sprung upon her and seized her by the
| arm. But it was u her no longer
There was more muscle in that slight
body than I had bargaincd for. How
over, my man popped in' the moment
he heard the scutilc, and the beauty was
soon secured. The glossy brown trcsscs
fell off during the scuiile, and some of
| the paint was removed from the checks.
| As soon as the prisoner was secured,
| I had his trunk taken off and brought
in, and upon overhauling its contents,
we found disguisos Of all sorts aud quito
| IL sum Ol IloIlcy, DSolSC9 .SStxsfySss .Ffsi,t
iewclry of much value .,..,tli:mrit q tfs6s, sss
sumo proper male attire, axs sSfjTeIL he
stood forth i'll Proprja persMss. ] found
that he had not only used:rsd paint for
the blushing beauty of to4day; but that
he had applied more cadnY9gous color
ing matter for the consumptivo individ-
ual of yesterday. AS he stood now, he
was a little built, intelligent looking
youth, of not more than five and twenty,
but with Il cold-bloodod expression upon
his marble face and an evil look in his
dark eyes.
We carried him back to Lowstonc,
where we found the money Of the old
farmer upon him, besides other money
THAT had been lost by different indiyid-
mals. At first he told strange stories
of himself, but fnaIly;.whcM he know
| that the worst must come, he confessed
the whole. He WIS froR London, and
had come into the county on perpoac
to rob. lie had two confcdcrates with
him, who helped hlm frQnplacc to placc.