Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-05-18

Of young Munsel.
"Well you are right about that young
man." said Dir. Cameron to me, the mo-
ment [ entered his private room.
s'You have come to that conclusion,
have you?'' I replied.
eyes, after you had gone yesterday, I
icaused his accounts to be examined, and
found a terrible deficit, amounting to
$780, 600. I called him into the room,
and asked him for an ezplanation-''
"The worst thing you could have
done" I interrupted.
"You are right-he has escaped"
II expected as much and where has
he gone ?"
''He left last night by the southern
train, at least SO We suspect. He has an
uncle living about fifteen miles from Au-
gusta, Ga, and it is very likely he has
gone there. Now, Dir. Brampton, you
must follow him.
eff you had left the matter in my
hands, he should have been arrested with
out any trouble, .
Il acknowledge am in fault, and am
the more anxious to have him captured.
Come, I will pay you well: Say that
you will go'
1t was the middle of summer, decided
ly not the best time to travel in But
the affair was imperative, and [ was OBJ
liged to undertake the journey. That
same afternoon at ) o'clock [ had start
ed on my journey.
Railway travelling in Jaly! Who is
there that has experienced it. that does
not vividely remember its discomforts.
The hot glaring sun, the dust, tie intoler-
able thirst, and the warm water in the
coolers, are evils Of such magnitude,
that they make an indelible impression on
the mind. Why, at the very thought OF
it at this moment, my throat feels chok-
ed up, and I feel the pricking Of the
finty dust in nay skin. And then the
view from the car window: how hot and
glaring everything looks. The poor cows
are painting in the meadows, the dogs at
the stations appear to be on the verge Of
hydrophobia, everybody and everything
is lazy, excepting the flies and it ap-
pears to be their particular province to
keep passengers from doing, SO that they
(the passcngers) may not loose any Of
the beauties Of the scenery.
The longest journey muss eventually
come to an end, and after three days Of
really hard work, [ reached the pleasing
town Of Augusta, in Georgia. I was,
however, in very bad humor I was
annoyed at the bankers want Of thought
in allowing his dishonest clerk to escape.
Now when a man is in bad humor with
a journey he is obliged to take, he is
very apt to consider the town at which
he is compelled to stay as the most odi-
Gus place in the world. | wasno excep-
tion to this general rule. I hated Au-
gusta, [ detested it, I abominated it, I
but | cannot just now think Of any
other word to express my abhorrenco- of
that unoffending Southern city. went
to the best hotel in the place, and enter
ed my name in the most savage manner,
actually blotting the book in the act,
much to the disgust Of a precise looking
clerk, who stood looking at me while
made the entry.
Atl / partook Of supper, and must
confess after that genial meal ga change
came over the spirit Of my dream. .
After all, Augusta was not such a very
bad looking place. actually BEGAN to
think that it possessed some fine streets
and elegant houses. A cup of tea will
sometimes work marvel. [ determin-
ed would go and explore the city till
bedtime, and make inquiry after the alb
seonding bank robber
This young man 5 fondness for flowers
seemed to be the greatest misfortune
that could befall him. have mentioned
that single bud remained on the rose
bush in the hall During my investiga-
tions this bud had blossomed When he
absconded from New York he took this
flower with him. BY means oft [ had
no difficulty in tracing him to Augusta.
There was something peculiar about that
IOoe IL W do d !di &c hnAi0 ohe, ana loi
tunately attracted the attention Of all
the conductors on the route, My bust
ness now was to visit all the hotels in
the city, to see if he had been there
The very first one entered Immediately
settled the question in my mind that
Munsel had left Augusta, and this, too,
before / made a single inquiry.
entered the bar room, and the first
thing [ noticed was a faded Province
rose on a chair. On the back Of this
chair was newspaper. I took itup, and
my eyes at once fell Oh paragraph con
tanning an account of the bank robbery
in New York but | was Immediately
struck with the fact that where the per-
son of the deiaulter was described the
paper was mutilated, seemingly acciden-
tally, but sufficiently so as to mar the de-
scription. This paper was the New
York Herald. and from its date [ knew
it had only been delivered in Augusta
that morning. | walked up to the bar