The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-09-17


a4tsas raaly 81 saYihiag ssrprssing
lave res 81 him. Jake askcd =
ssosQf lndiftaual Wba wAa sitting - ;
desf. ~ &C entered lhe ssaii0n-boase.
4 rcsAoa I hass. auswtred Jake.--
Pretty toaeb.iookinF customer, aini BE- (
NE : loggh.ipaksng Customer ] &C
lsouic1ss shai hAd no hAi, and Only
has is lao hafrvHinsl loa ought 10 ;
seen lbc ci,aso had nearly iweniy.hse
blocks Ana after caught ban, you know,
he tired 10 bride the, don't yoa bclieye.bui
wasu's 10 70 then he showed SIGHT lme
sAow 6ghi.) but il wasn't no 70 then nei.
der And then he tried 10 run array
ilats she WAY he losl hs oaat.iail and bat
bag ssy, Bal, Il yoa doa'l say noihiu'
about nv loaha' tosher night, you can
have ihe $500 resari As already be-
liesea mysea 10 be . martyr, ] listened 20
this uillsoai eyineing the least surprise, or
saying . word in fact, bad preserved a
very quiet silence ever since J Lad tried
10 bribe % ibe yirsuous policeman. The
reward pazalcd INC liisle, bot il was ex-
planned nhen the officer made bis charge
then, confess, | was surprised. In place
Of hearing ila, ! was arrested on CON-
plant IL Mr. White, l had The satisfaction
IL learning thai | was the individual who,
for five consecutive nights, had broken IN
10 q store, who had shot a Waterman,
whose head was worth $500. and who was
the greatest burglar IN New York The
officer further stated that he had been hid
IN the store. expecting that ! would come
for more pluader; that | came 10 through
a back window az two O'Clock in the morn
ing, that be tried 10 arrest me, but ]
broke away and reached the street; be
followed, lost sight Of me, found sight Of
me again (that explained TO me the prob
lem u my arrest,) and after heroic sirug-
gle, bore me off bis captive. now felt
that | was IN a nice predicameni, and in
order 10 yet out OF that predcament, in
formed my eaptor that lac had arrested the
wrong man; a much abused man ut that.
lie would not entertain such AN idea for
moment he was positive; he never was
SO sure Of thing in his life before land
the reward) | told my story, be said
that was M old dodge repeated il, and
wound up with an appeal TO him, as a
father. as husband, and as son. He
smiled ironically. Then | offered to show
proof had ! not left tail behind and
five stories OLA house? i begged him
to take pity on an injured member Of the
community; he thought Of the reward,
and concluded il was better TO take that
Than pity. | asked him TO remember the
golden rule; be could remember nothing
but the golden opportunity before him. ]
said that il he shut me up in a cell, it
would lie the greatest sell ever happened
him; then / demanded my rights as an
Americen citizen, and swore that if he
would not send for old White, who knew
pretty well where had been during the
evening, would tell all about his loafn'
t'othcr night This brought him 10 terms,
and old White was soon standing before
me in a terrible rage. Ailer some time
spent in scolding, he condescended to swear
that had been ut his house all the eve
ming said that had made an awful rum
pus, and had half mind TO make COM
plant against me begged, and he very
kindly didn't make complaint, and was
liberated. reached home at four o'clock
in the morning, considerably the worse for
wear. When | lit the gas, and had look
at myself in the glass, found that stood
about rs follows: without a--but its too
harrowing | casf a sorrowful look NJ that
solitary tail, as was about to retire; il
was like my confession to the policeman, it
was plain. unyarnished tail.