New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-09-03

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gone two or three miles, when the driver pulled |
ap before small fseu, house, where woman and
atFunk were waiting by the garden gate. The lady
was handed into the coach, and took seat facing
me, and as she turned to give the driver some q.
rections concerning the baggage, she threw her
veil over her bonnet She was pretty--Very pretty
with rosy cheeks and sparkling eyes. Her hair
hung in glossy brown ringlets over her neck aud
shoulders, and was type of beauty in itself. l!
looked ct the rosy cheeks again and into her dark
lustreas eyes. My gaze was hxed upon this latter
point, when she caught my glance, and quickly
droaped her veil. At first felt little ashamed st
having been caught staring at her SO boldly; but
as the face was hidden FROM sight, ard had an OPP.
Eortunity for rejection, it struck me that had
seen those features before 49,.
Here was stady for me, and was buried in
it at once. Where had seen thEt face? whis-
pered to stickRey, and asked him if he had ever
seen her before. He said he had not, and joked
me for being so curious about pretty face.
We stopped at place called Turner'S Mills,
in the edge of 0rtoR, to exchange mails; ana mere
| jumped cut TO see the postmaster, who was an
| old friend of mine--and as was returning TO us
coach the thought struck ne to look at the utnS
which had been East put on, and sec II any nahe
was on it, II was marked with the simple lhitiSls
| ga, M So that was all that gained from taat
4 source. As came to the coach deor appfoacneu
4 from behind and as cast my eyes up ioane tnat
the beauty had her yeh raised, ana was iophiag y
q the post-office as though ANXIOUS for tho mail
| to come that we might be off, The expression OF
4 anyiety detracted somewhat frem her Deaety, and
I as looked upon her now seeing her face@n diff
serent light was struck with sort Of snake=like
east which was perceptible ia the whole character
| Of her Features was on the point of withdraw
\ ing my gaze, lest she should catch nae Q second
4 time, when slight motion OF her head rolled her
curIs over her temple, and saw faintline some
| thing like vein over her iefteye. 1t was a mark,
Q ligid scratch-Awhere something had struck her.
| 1t might have been the stroke of whip. But
no; quickly glided back behind the coach, and
there reflected Such a mark as that could be
| made by fagot!
When returned to my seat in the coach the fair
passengers veil asagain down. Ceudi be posi-
BILE thatmy suspicious were correct, and
had thrown in my way a solution of the problem
which had vexed my deputies 30 much Yes,
was sure Of it; and the more compared the two
faces in my mind, the more / saw resemblance.
Either these cheeks had been painted red to-day
or they had been painted white yesterday. The
eyes were the same, and that brow, with its tell
tale mark not to he mistaken.
We soon stopped at the door of the inn at Or
ton. The driver announced that they would stop
there fifteen or twenty minutes to exchange horses
and wait for the mail and also informed the pas
sengers that they would find plenty of accommo-
dations in the house if they chose TO go in.
The lady at first did not get out, but at length
she did SO and went into the hotel. determined
now to find out who she was. | left my deputy at
the door of the room she entered, having ordered
him to rush in, in case he should hear anything
that warranted his intrusion. On going into the
apartment found the beauty was sitting by a win
| dow, gazing out between the blinds. She started
up as entered and let her veil fall.
g / thought this was q private room, sir she
said. Her voice trembled and sounded unnatts-
| raj.
IS 1t may be- Presumed but that does not ex-
| clude those who have business. ! came on puE-
4 pose to see you.N
There was a momentary struggle, and then she
| appeared as calm as could be.
What are YOUR she asked. 5s
81 T am an officer from Bow street, y replied. q
/ want to know who you are.n
/ she Is md ebn
| spoke she carried her hand beneath her cloak. 1t
| was quickly withdrawn, and in it was pistol, but
she had grasped portion of heI dress with it, and
4 before she could clear it | had sprung upon her
and seized her by the arm. But it was a her no
/ longer There was more muscle in that slight
body than had barganed for. However, my man
popped I'M the moment he heard the scufffe, and
| the beauty was soon secured. The glossy brown
tresses fell off during the seufle, and some of the
4 paint was removed from the cheeks.
As soon as the prisoner was secured, had his
trunk taken off and brought in, and upon ever
hauling its contents found DISCUSSES Of all sorts
and quite sum of money, besides watches and
| jewelry of much value. | made him assume
| proper male attire, and when he stood forth in
propria persona, found that he had not only used
red paint for the bushing beauty of to-day, but
that he had applied more cadaverous eoloring
matterfor the consumptive individual yesterday.
As he stood now, he was little built, intelligent
| looking YOUTH of not more than five and twenty !;
but with cold-blooded expression upon his mar
Bile face and an evil look in his dark eyes,
We carried him back to Lowstone, where we
found the money of the old farmer upon him, be-
sides other money that had been lost by different
individuals. At first he told strange stories of him
self, but finally, when he knew that the worst
must come, he confessed the whole. He was from
London, and had come into the country on pur-
pose to rob. He had two eonfederates with him,
who helped him from place to place One of them
had taken him away from the inn the night before,
and the other had brought him and set him down
at the farmers gate that morning. We made
search for these confederates but they had get
wind of their principals arrest, and were MOTTO be
found.
However, we had got the chief sinner, and had
broken up the game. After he had been found
guilty and sentenced, he seemed to enjoy himself
hugely in telling how he had deceived the good
people of our country. Now he would turn him.
self again into the old woman who had given the
driver SO much trouble about her bandbox. Then
he would be again the meek,browed minister, who
had distributed tracts to the passengers and picked
their pockets while they read. Then he would
draw himself up into the little humpbacked old
man. who had been lifted into and out Of the coach
and robbed his helpers while they fixed his crutches
for him. 1T was funny, very and perhaps we might
never have caught him but for the accident of the
fagot. That was not SO funny for him; and doubt
if he found much fun in working at our hard stone,
hammering early and late, with an memorable
master over him to spur himup when he tagged.