Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1865-02-17
After q Forger.
WITH BoAT-RIDE ON THE ST. LAW
RENEE.

adventure to become the temporary com
panon of Detective Ballagan of HI
states. He was 10 pursuit of an adroi
forger, Jules Ingram Of Martinique
whose drafts on various banking houses
in the northern states had been so skill
fully executed and so heavily bonored a;
to rouse the entire bank interest to raise
means for bis arrest. Ballagan had
traced him, with female accomplice, tc
the outlet of Lake Ontario, among whose
many islands he was believed to be con-
cealed, but here the clue was lost.
1t was on the twelfth day of our ad-
venture, that the detective, sick of care
and exposure, made over to me the boat
and outfit. The Waterman rowed me at
dawn to a cove within Wolf Island, the
largest Of the group; it was lonely
place removed from either channel OF
the river, visible from neither mainland,
and cut of sight Of every sail and hablta-
ton. I made fast my line at three hun
dred yards the FURNISHED bait skinned
The surface like a star; the rover never
tired nor slackened, and before nine
o'clock, | had taken a score Of pickerei,
not one of which weighed less than six
pounds. | was now reminded OF break
fast the island was near at hand; AMI
as we pulled along the border TO lind
landing, turn in the coast revealed
comfortable frame dwelling, set against
ridge OF thick timber, and fanked by
smooth beach. Smoke curled from It's
chimney, beat bordered .he strand, and
a dog rose up and howled as cur oars
awakened him. Directly, man and
woman appeared at the door; the former
walked down to the skf, and leaping in>
TO It, sculed rapidly away, without say
Ing a word. The woman received US
sbyly, but Hospitality. She gave my man |
the use Of fire and kettle; and while he
cleaned and prepared the fish, strolled
into the yard to regard the establishment.
The wood grew tall and tangled close to
the premises there seemed no approach
by the cove; the dwelling was almost
without furniture; neither cattle, nor
sheep, nor poultry inhabited the barn
and the only sounds to break the gener-
al hush were those Of wild birds careen-
ing overhead, or tue waters FLASHING up
on tbs sands. A turn in the edge Of the
cedars brought me to a path, which |
pursued curiously, till it stopped at the
brink of pool or inlet, where raft lay
moored to the shore. As similar chan
nels environed the dwelling, concluded
hat it stood upon small, separate island, q
md had for this reason escaped our pre-
,ious notice. The woman was watching /
ne from window as returned. She 9
vas handsome, but not prcpossessing--a 3
inc animal face, little dssolute perhaps, L
md strangely out Of place in this bleak, t
ecluded country. She was indisposed p
o converse, admitted that she had lived b
lere but a littla while, and at length, L
weary with eRnui, took yellow covered
Iovel from a shelf and read in uneasy
Hence, eyeing me at intervals. The +,
Gene was oddly composed; a painting Of r
would have been unpardonable-the
are floors and walls, the wild pines and u
edars, the desolate lawn and water, and
his fine, fashionable, sensual woman,
eading a loose novel amid the ruin.
ook down the few books from the shelf
Iunt's Merchants Magazine, pile Of
hipping lists, manual of bookkeeping,
lot of business directories, treatise ON :.
ommercial law--an odd library, surely, u
II the wilderness. Revolving these >
,ings in my mind as | ate, | made a Is
,cond abor.ive attempt TO engage "'
adame's attention, and at last bade her -
,od>by, :,
"Row me to the Canada Shore" / said 81,
the waterman eve will spend night ro
ith the British Lion" or
I landed at a hamlet near the city OF as
ingston, and proceeding to tidy tav- th
n, stretched myself beneath window sn
ID essayed to read a newspaper. Dull up
,ss and fatigue induced drowsiness. tn
as half way iuto a dream, when the bill
ltrance of somebody disturbed me. A ca
.rson in gray coat bad taken up the &c
urnaI, aud was perusibg it by the aid ha
an eye glass. His side and back were no
rued towards me, but / thought | re- liv
gnized him as the surly occupant of the pc
Yelling upon the cove. He was small, gr
he, and genllemanly.i and after awhile II,
took billet from bis pocket, folded it. to
4 Ert,;no q ciUar threw awav the de