The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-01-03

sIts gone, ,says he eb'went last
might
That's no good, them says Mr..
IT. And he was very angry at
bein' done.
Il think, Mr.. T / says as we
, walked away, Il think we can catch
him yet
'How ? says Mr.. t.
] why says 1, 'let us take the
mail steamer to Dublin this afternoon,
and 60 by the mail train to Queens
town, we can catch the steamer there,
and pin. your man in New York >
y 'By jingo! we will,' says Mr.. T.;
that's a good idea; only I'm afraid
1 shall have TO go alone, for you will
be wanted in London, you know /,
, next week.
Il had forgotten that, and was
very much disappointed at not being
able to accompany Mr.. Ito New
York.
! However, says he, 'Pll not for
get you when come back
Il And in order -<o-e-rango our
plans and have some breakfast we
returned to the railway station.
Well, l saw Mr.. t. off for Holy
head, ard felt very much annoyed
at not being able to go with him,
, although had l knowed it was the
best thing that ever happened to me,
/ shouldn't have felt so sulky, you
may depend. AS the boat left the
, landing stage, turned into--street,
and walked about bit until l saw a
great crowd opposite a jewelers.
lshop. What's upP thinks l, 'any-
thing in my way =? so l asks by
stander, and he told me an immense
amount of jewelry had been stolen
the previous night, and there was no
, trace of the robber. 'Ho! hon j
thought. And L asked to see the
| owner of the shop; and telling him
who / was, | requested to see some
, traces of the thief's work, for, sir,
some men work in exactly the same
way at their CRACKS and you can
tell their 'hand writing after a bit
I of practice. l therefore examined
, the place, and as | suspected, found
| that the robbery had been done in a
I similar way TO the one in London.
, For it had occurred to me that Mr..
Dover had not left London for moth
a ing, and now / was pretty sure that
he aad his pals had done this job
as well. After making my inspec-
ton, and asking the proprietor to
, say nothing about my visit, / return
, ed to Lime street station. l then
found that | could return to London
by a slow train at one o clock, which
, as l had nothing to do IN Liverpool,
!, !, l preferred to take rather than to
wait for the $40 express. i was in
much better spirits than l had been,
and as | entered the train made up
my mind to look after Dover in
London, whittier / had never dOab,
| ted he had returned, for of all hiding
= places, sir, London is the best. So
t made myself as comfortable as pos
: sible Nothing happened till, as we
5 were nearing Stratford, bit of pa
perwas blown into my face, and as i
I out of mere curio sity, stopped to
pick it up from the seat where it had
fallen, two other larger pieces came
in and fell on the floor.
There was one else in the com.
3 partment, so put the scraps togeth-
er just to see what / could make out
of them, and to my establishment
! read-Iwill be at o'clock you dc
/, l. DOVER
Good time.
1 That was all. The last words
ON the smallest bit of paper, l didn'l
I care for, but the other parts made
l my heart jump when l read them
5 for / made sure that should now
catch Mr.. Dover for the robbery al
D Liverpool. The instant the train
Stopped, out l jumped, and began
! looking into the carriages as pas
sed, pretending that had lost some
!. thing.
: At last / came to a carriage neal
the engine "a second class) on the
: flooring of which could see seversl
bits of paper, and upon going in
: found flor the carriage was empty
e an envelope, addressed to some place
, in Camden Town, in the same hand.
D writing as was on the bits l had.
While / was examining the en-
D velope saw three men coming from
e the refreshment room in the direc.
: tion of the carriage, so l seated my
self in corner next the door and
: shut my eyes. l was more than
ever convinced that / had now got
J a clue to the Liverpool job, and ]
: determined to keep my eye on the
former occupants of the carriage,
e who now returned to their seats.
The smell of rum which pervaded
! the compartment convinced me thai
they had been indulging pretty free.
'Ily, and while they were in earnest
: conversation opened my eyes, and
: : sitting nearly opposite to me wa:
Dover himself; the other men ]
: did not know. Before the train GO
> to Rugby they were all fast asleep
: and as soon as we stopped, out
jumped, and left them still snOr
:, ing
You went for assistance, / suppose
I said
NO, sir replied the guard, with .
d knowing wink, Il wanted them il
;. London, not Rugby; for, ye see, b,
: keeping the train / might have ex-
:. cited suspicion, and my birds nigh
a have flown. No, sir, London wa
k their destination, and could catcl
/ them on their arrival
/ 'Well,' said /, 'but you left the train
n you say
e Il did, SIR for it occurred to me tina
a the 3:35 express from Liverpool wa:
s due, and | knew that it left Rugby
a few minutes before the train il
g which Dover and his friends were
just as 1 got out, and had shut tn
e door, l had the satisfaction of see
l. ing the train shunted, to make room
e for the express which came up fe'
e minutes after. / was soon on m,
/ way to London, where 1 arrive,
;, about @ o. clock.
5, / had just an hour and half t
'e make my arrangements, and whilelth
e men were quietly jogging along nea
a Tring in the slow train, was on m
n way to Bow street. Notwithstand
s ing the lateness of the hour, / wa