Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1867-08-01

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4pu," said the man. "It is to appre-
land you on the charge of house
!breakin' and robbery"
FWhen and where?" inquired
Gorge.
\ Last night" rejoined the officer;
ssaHa 10 the house of George Daruth-
urs%n Niddry's Wynd."
G&ge tried to laugh in the ex-
uHati of innocence.
sAn#Te are authorized to search
you, ein said the officer. "Please
to turn your pockets"
NorVd7 gorge hesitate to obey;
for he rely aupon his innocence
BE, first (siS the table fifteen shil-
lings and pence in silver and
coppers ~ Ulcer proceeded to
coSst them hsly.
IN paid and eightpence to
Mr. Mepelaw morning2' said
the ms1
"Yes, was eofge's reply. 81
gSvenh gave hin !, pound and that is the
every coaect, "1rejpiaed the man,
as he took pp the Iaeney. "What
more?' N
And Georges handsashe cropped
in his coat pockst, laIa bold of the
skeleton key which had @ppped by
the midnight visitN, aud taken mp
by him. He pulledit fesy ylsssly out
"That is a skeleton,''k sid he.
(which l found on the st<Ir last
night, when 1 returned horne from
Dalkeith." s. ~
"a skeleton key, indeed, 4 ed
the officer, Il am sorry to seeit nd
atill more sorry to have to take It
with ne. Any more?" "a
"'sn IN = -e," said George. .FW
iNo mo- self" responded tl&
Except you. ,ow 90 with us. :
officer. "You will a. S;S motbarls
When he turned to i. Tor and
new feeling became the mas. bis
bursting into tears, he flung
arms around her neck; then, as if
ashamed ofa strength which is called
Weakness
"There is not judge or juryman in
broad Scotland" said he, "who can |
ouch a hair of my head for any |
ault. If it be not that am poor, |
md loved my mother so well that l
appropriated for her good what
heaven seemed to have sent us in
'ur extremity. I am ready"
Meantime, the authorities had the
'ound note with the written doggerel
n the back thereof, sworn to by
'aruthurs. They had the skeleton
ey; fitting the doors of the house in
'iddry's Wynd, and that in Halker-
tons Wynd might be opened
hey had, further, two witnesses to (
he fact that George had been seen 1
go up Niddry's Wynd at late
our, but not to the effect that he
as then only continuing his road
'om Dalkeith. And if all this was
OF sufficient to hang man in those ,
ays, when hanging was a species of !
astime to both hangers-up and
angers-on, then no man that had
yer been executed had been con- I
ondemned upon sufficient evidence.
ut well might the men in authority i
e jealous in their prosecution of i
gorge Buchan, for at that time all
began to ring with the c
ews o. strange if not romantic {.
,ent. There are people yet alive +,
ho can remember it. Numbers of
e inhabitants were daily applying
the authorities with complaints u
at their houses and shops had a
zen entered during the night in II
amer which showed that these b
lrglaries were all effected by one
an. 1t appeared too, that the work -
rs performed so adroitty that un- .
IS for the articles that were taken =
Vay, you could not have known that =
y entry had been made; but what
emed most extraordinary, was the C,
ct that the ingenious burglar was as
much philosopher, who liked to fe
We into the inside of things for pl
ere curiosity's sake, as thief who sa
ed to carry those things off; for,
to all accounts of the -,
1e, he went by the help of his uni III
rsal key, into many houses and Nj
rehouses without taking anything .
ay--a fact the more to be won
'ed at, that there were in these
ces plenty of valuable articles
ich he might have distracted
hout difficulty; nay, more strange ms
ngs were said of him, such as en-
t one night he went in upon a lady ga
o was so much occupied in wri- an,
9 letter that she never knew he ag,
) at her back till she saw his face ex,
| mirror opposite her-when she yo,
ned round he was gone. :.
t was no great wonder, then, that or
men whose duty it was to guard a n
lieges should have looked upon mn,
'rge Buchan as a prize. Mean Son
lie, the widow engaged in her NOS
egrinations, which she continued I q,
n day TO day, heard also of this han
raordinary person, and the intel of /
nee yielded her hope, for she
Id clearly enough see that her
might visitor was the very man Yol
} thus occupied the tongue of the pre-
lie. All her wanderings and inc,
derings up and down did not en- per
her to find that face. incl
That would she not have given rive
4 glimpse of it! No opening ray arm
lope to the dying could match the
joy of reflected beam from that ty
ltenance which haunted her, and
eluded her watchful eye. Nor =, :,
she of high lineage in Palestine, az, a.
according to the beautiful story, 1aas Hn'
dered to England, with no more aea. nn
Wedge of English than the name s;ua, au
m she sought, sigh more ardent 81 ~ /
, meet her lover than this loving %. ~ :
ler did to meet her enemy. saar
ore days passed and still all was accc
She had not seen George since or