Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-07-27
THE EVENING STAR.
THE ECCENTRIC WILL.
ICoNTINUED.J
SOW en- tD n,

.Lcr' bless us don't know Newman,s. the
posf-chaisp placer"
II know " cried the Judge.
ATc be sure you does! Why. Your henor
ALWAYS parwidea you can pay, you may get a
shaise and pair, or u chaise and four, ut New
mans any hour OF the twenty -four. at ten
minutes notice. That's where I took 'em to y
THAT will do. There is your other guinea -
"Thank your honor"
"Stopn cried Edmund. "was the young
lady fair and with beautiful blue eyes!''
The coachman shook his head
Bless you, no, sir /! she was one o'your dark
sort"
ut was not Millicent."
Come" sand Sir George Taunton. AT will
not pause until see the end of this Mr. Mar
tin. yon and are clearly answerable for two
hundred and twenty thousand hounds, which
oegin 10 think we have paid over to the
wrong person"
Martin uttered deep groan.
"Come at once Follow mer
We all got into the carriage again. after shut-
ting the door of the splendid mansion in Park
Lane. and the order that the Judge gave was
to drive to Newman's, the celebrated post
chaise depot
When we got there, we had confirmatory
testimony at once
TWO eentlnmen and a lady had started in a
chaise and four. for Dover about one hour AMI
a half before our arrival, with about a half
dozen boxes.
"what name % saidI
.Look you here, said Sir George Taunton, as
he laid his card in the hand of the clerk at New
mans eyou see now who am. These people
must be caught. They must not reach Dover
Can you send out horses that will oyartake
them -
"Certainly not, sir. They paid for the best
and they had me best. They are now nearly
twenty miles OFF,
..Holdr' cried /. "Can you ride well, Mr..
Edmund.''
"PerfeciIy'
land You. Mr.. Martin 7"
"Pretty we'll"
"Ah, seer cried Edmund. I'VE shall
owe take them horseback,
"Haye you any hunters 7" said I to the
clerk.
"Oh, yes. sir. We always have hunters in
the stables; but really / don't know if we can
let them out for, perhaps fifty mile race.
They are worth at lie st a couple of hundred
pounds each"
"Therer' said Sir George Taunton, as he
took out his pencil case, and wrote on the card
the words, '.Good for a thousand pounds. if re-
Uuired, on account of the hunters GEORGE
TAUNTON" There! viii that do!''
"Perfectly, sir"
The clerk reng bell.
HThree best hunters, at oncer'
There was n rush and a subdued sort OF
hustle in the stahle-yard, and in five minutes,
three NEST beautiful animals were brought
ont
We mounted. Young Taunton waved his
hand TO his father, and OF we all wentlike the
wind.
Inever was partial to hunting, an never rsde
so fast in all my life before. Not that there is
any more difficulty III riding fast than at an
ordinary pace, and perhaps net so much, but
il looks terrific
Over one of the bridges we went. and soon
were on the high road to Dover. We stopped
for nothing, but tore On at a desperate speed
Young Taunton went ahead Of us. and flung
down some silver whenever he saw turnpike;
the man opened the gate wide at on a SO we
an. nuiling mp, and soon the wide, open
mad no before us
country was Through good sized bus
. lhIough VllIaRt- made our way: until at
iing Town or TWO, we >of a hill on which
last, as we reached the top I'D one moment
there was milestone we paus.
70 look at it and about us. NJ
"Thirty EIGHT miles to London" said -
Martin. i
A cry of exultation at that moment burst
from Edmund.
Behold-behold ~ he said.
Before us lay the road. At the foot of the hill
on which we were there was about mile S Of
level, and beyond that there Was another hill. /
Slowly crawling up that hill, and looking |
like nut shell drawn by four beetles, was the .
chaise we were pursuing.
Down the hill, along the mile Of level read, |
and then up the other hill, we sped. The car |
riage had rounded the top of that other hill,
and was out of sight, but we felt that would !
only be for very few minutes.
Yes, there it was again. |
Wewent down upon it like whirlwind. |
oHilIoa hiIloa 70 shouted Edmund. "Pull |
mp pull up, Stop there! Hilloa,''
The Positions were well paid, and they |
dashed on their horses, but they were match |
for our hunters; and with rush we reached |
The chaise.
Halt ~ erie L.
Bang went pistol-shot from some one in |
side the post-chaise; and something's suppose /
il was bnllet-passed very close to my eyes.
Bang went another shot; and one of the hun
ters-it was Mr. Martin's-was hit.
Edmund tore open the door OF the ehaise with
ort dismounting. and dragged out man.
1t was Thomas Jones.
Another man tried to escape by or .nino rho |
door, and taking to the hedge by no ,ad sid
but ran him down. and my noraa tirna min,
him 10 the ground.
mat was Jost =, ZONES
hfs", dismounted now, and secured our
tive prisoners, who both fell on their knees,
and began TO cry in most abIect manner
/ opened the other door OF the post-ehaIse,
and politely handed out ayoung female, who
looked very vicious and savage.
ssOh.' she said. $50 it's all up is itl
Eyes" whined Joseph Jones
LET me CO., said the female, ''and Will
tell ALL
ssNo provisos," said j.
There is only one question which, il
answered with truth, will bring mercy" said
Edmund.
"Where is Millcent Deyises =
tiled up in one OF the attics in Park Lane
cried the female before either Joseph or Thorn
AS Jones could open their mouths TO speak.
mo said Mr.. Martin; "certainly not
ma'aIn.''
..Ihen won't say one word more"
We now took our way back TO town. but It
was late in the night before We saw London
again. On the road, the female with the vicious
looking countenance was fully communicative,
and told the whole story.
The two brothers had consulted together,
and found how easy it might be, by a little
boldness and cleverness, to appropriate the
whole of Miliicent Devisess money, and the
plan they adopted was this.
Joseph Jones went 10 Dover, and met MILL
ce mt on her arrival in the packet, and told her
he was sent by her uncle TO escort her 10 Lon
don: SO that she easily fell into his hands, and
was brought to London and made prisonerin
house they had taken for the purpose in the
Edgware Road.
Then the two brothers got this young woman,
who was an old acquaintance and anything
but reputable character, TO help them, by
personifying, TO the Judge and Mr.. Martin,
Mllcent.
She had no difficulty at all in playing her
part, as neither of them had ever seen her,
That she got the money.
The only indiscretion, them that they all fell
into was the folly of setting up a grand estab-
lishment in London with the money.
They might have been sure that something
which they could not know would bring dam
ger and exposure upon them. ~
N this case there were two most urgent and