Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-10-25

to good; shall see you again. Good
morning"
The intermediate Sabbath was by nc
| means day of rest to me- Black Care
| that sits behind the horseman, seemed al
| ways to be sitting in front of me in the
form of leathern carpet-bag If an in
cubus ever took that form, | pity those oil
nv ancestresses who were witches. NV
wife, to whom had communicated my ap.
prehensions, pictured her beloved hus-
band with mask on (as beheld in Neoe,
too late to Mend at the Princess's Theatre)
shorn of his name, and answering to q
number with four figures in it. We were
about to retire to rest upon that Sunday
night at ten-thirty, as usual, when the par
lor-maid came up to the drawing room
with very pale face, to say that there
was couple of policemen IN the hall who
wanted to speak with me.
"They shall never part US" exclaimed
my wife, with a shrek of agony. 90
Walter, Walter, why did you laugh at
those poor people at the Crystal Palace
who were falsely accused Of picking peck
cts?n
| unbarred the shutters and looked out
into our crescent. Yes, as had suspected,
there were two other policemen watching
the house from outside.
"Heavcn bless you, Polly" said | with
pathos you at least will know that am
innocent" Then taking advantage of the
temporary Inconsistencies induced by hys-
terics tore myself away from her side.
Ip our little hall there stood the largest
policeman | ever saw out of pantomime,
and one almost as big was standing behind
him. Each had dark lantern stuck in
his belt, which gave them an awful APP
pearanCe and the cook and the kitchen
maid were regarding them as though they
were couple of Guy Fawkeses, with I'M
fegned amaZement. 1t was not the
amazement" spoken of in the marriage
service; however,, between them and those
policemen there was, for once, no tender
bond of sympathy, | feel certain they
were almost as frightened as their master.
"Here am" said /, holding my hand
before me, as [ had seen all heroic crimi-
nails do upon the stage, when "the game is
up," and the darbies" must be put on,
and why not with good grace? me
eyes, sir" returned the giant, respect
fully; "Tm sorry to trouble you, but the
fact is we suspect there's somebody In that
empty house" Che was Irish, of course)
"next door: we have been directed TO
watch it, and certain mark which we set
upon it has been removed, whereby we
know that some person has entered who
has no right TO be there. The owner. is
out of town, so if you will kindly let us
get out of your garnet window and on to
the roof"
Gentlemen" cried j, in arapture, "the
whole house is at your service. L respect
the law above all things What would
Won take to drink ?"
The revulsion of feeling was almost too
much for me- 1t is unnecessary to describe
how enthusiastically seconded the efforts
of "thc force" accompany ing them to the
very roof-top, and only leaving them when
they made their burglarious entry into the
next door, and the possibility arose of a
contest with robbers. They almost fright
cned my eldest child into fit as they
trampcd by her apartment, but | assured
them that she was used to fits, and that it
was of no consequence.
In short, il ever man showed himself a
good citizen, and deserving of the appro-
baton of "the authorities" it was l.
even ventured, while pushing the big man
through the garrett window (where he
stuck fast, and had to have his lantern
taken off J, to give him the heads of the
carpet bag story, i'll orucr that he might
retail them in the proper quarter. But he
gave me to understand that "misdemean-
ors" were not in his line, which lay rather
in the suppression of "burglaries with VIC
lence." / don't know whether they found
anybody i'll that uninhabited house or not;
and don't care.
The next morning / once more betook
myself, CARPET bag in hand, to the police
station. There was another Inspector
sitting at the receipt of rascaldom, and /
had to tell all my story over again.
"When did you furnish this informa-
tion?" asked this terrible official, who was
twice as ferOciOus as the other.
Yesterday" said l.
Yesterday" returned he IN an awful
voice "why, was here all day yesterday
What time was it when, according to yout
ooon account, you came here to give up this
property 2"
"About three o'clock" said |. .I.
81 was here at three. Number forty
two, wasn't here at three o'clock yester-
day.
Saturday. OF course | couldn't come here
on Sunday"
You should have heard the Inspectors
| Umph p when | said that If that man
ever gees to church of his own free will
| I'll forfeit my character for the second
| time-and don't intend tosdo that in a
hurry. hff
"Well, we've got your address," said he
owe know where to find you, if ything
should arise further out of this matter"
Further ?" cried l. "Why you've goi
the carpet-bag and all that's in it. What
can arise out of it further?"
UTt,c imp0csihlp tn saw" returned The
Ipspector, dryly. "But suppose only
say suppose-the whole story should be a
device for getting rid of a-hcrc he point
ed to the dreadful carpet bag" something
announcement"
"Good beavens!3 cried | turning pale
| with horror. not a dead body"
"Just SO" nodded the Inspector; "who
| knows? ?"
found myself at home somehow but
| the shock had serious effect upon my
system. When found myself well enough
to revisit the club, BIS CHEEKY laugh grated
| upon my ears very unpleasantly. lie
would have laughed, if may use the vtil
garism, on the other side Of his mouth, i
| lie had taken home the arpet-bag.
"Well," exclaimed he, chow did that
| little venture of ours turn out ?" Fancy
either of those Inspectors hearing him say
venture"! Remember, am entitled
to halves you know"
eyes, you are" returned |, gravely
"and ii anything comes of it, you shall
certainly haze halves. The reward that Il
most likely to be offered is six months i'm
prisonment with hard labor; and you
shall serve three of them, and welcome =
do not know whether | am not under
the surveillance of the police even now