The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-01-03
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'Confound itp / muttered; swh
did it wake me, then p and ! returne
to the fireplace.
Gold night, SIR remarked til
guard as he came towards me.
YES said I, 'and wretched fire
too
d think We can mend that, at an
rate,' he replied and leaving tn
room, he returned in a few minutes
accompanied by an individual whOr
/ rightly conjectured to be the stoke
of the goods train, carrying a larg
shovelfal of live Goals, which place
upon the cinders, soon improved ou
fire, and gave quite cheerful aspee
to the dingy apartment.
Thank ye. Jim,' said the guard, a
the stoker departed. sNow, sir, that
an Improvement, amt 1t z he adore
cheerfully.
1T is, indeed 1 replied; 'and l al
much obliged to you for procurin
the Goals
Don't name it, SIR was the reply
'One must do something when on
has to wait, you know
How long do you remain here
then 2 / asked.
Till $40, sir; take up the mail
was the reply.
'Oh, indeed said 1.
yes, sir. -I'm on :hIs job all thi
MONTH And as he spoke the guar
drew a pipe from his pocket, an
having filled it and lit it, he bega
to smoke in silence.
Have you been long On this line
J asked, after pause.
well, sir, about three years, an
on the mail duty, on and off, abou
one. I'm q regular man of letters
he added, with grin.
l laughed, and he continued.
4 was nearly checked with cap
tai letter when / was baby. ha
letters ON my collar when / was i
the police. / was made a guard a
along of a bit of letter. And now
| am a guard, l look after the letters
Having made these remarks in jo,
ular tone, my companion saye LIE
knowing nod, and puffed away at hi
pipe with greater vigor than before
/ was much amused at his rejoindel
and asked him what he meant b
having been made guard 'all alon
q bit of letter
Il wasn't always q guard, SIR l.
said. 4 was once in the police, an
it was through being a detective
got to be employed on this line
Il suppose you didn't like the pt
lice, then 2 said [.
We'll, sir, not much, though .
times it was pretty good, and We ha
some jolly business. Abr he col
tinued, with good scent it's almo'
as excitin' as huntin', is thief-catcl
in; for some of these fellows is 6
| eannin' as foxes, every Bit
/ ft was through robbery and b
of paper that / was made on guart
as / said just now
How was that 2 said /, catchin
at the idea of a story to beguile th
tine. Il should like TO hear bit {
your experience as detective
1T ain't much of a story, sir, bt
I'll tell It to you with pleasure ; an
taking a few rapid pulls at his pip,
the guard commenced.
1T was about two years ago, an
there had been g great plate robber
in the city, and the thieves had g
clear away, so we were all oblige
to keep our eyes open and our vii
about us; though we had some SUI
picion, there was no real clues to g
upon it; it was mostly guess wOrI
Two or three men were arrested, bt
nothing was ever proved again:
them, so they were let go. of cours'
Nothing ever transpired respectin
the robbery, and it was almost fo
gotten, except by some Of US dete'
tives, for a reward of f1OO had bee
offered, and we was, il course, am
ious to catch the men, as well for I'll
credit of the force as for the none,
which, sir, was not by no means
be despised. Well, sir, / wasn't ha
satisfied about one Of the men VIII
had been arrested, and whose nan
was Dover. He and another was a
ways together, and we in the fore
nicknamed them Chatham and d.
ver,' in consequence. We had 'Cha
ham, (whose real name was Byles
up, too, but nothing turned up. How
ever, one night as the business ha
blown over bit, I thought I'd hay
| a look after Dover ; so goes to whel
Iwas sure to find him or his pal
an out-of- the-way-place near Fiel
Lane. When the door was opene'
| 1 soF as the woman was a new ham
and didn't know me. So 1 asked
Dover was in. fsNo,' says she, she
gone out of town 'In which dire
ton p saysI. She pointed upward
which meant north. Indeed say
| 1. We'll, tell him as Mr.. Moss wan
to see him as soon as he returns :
maxim q shot, sir. i was at ms
as had my eye on. 'All right say
she, and shuts the door.
Thinks 1, I've not done a ba
stroke of business this evening. nj
! Moss and I will settle our little a
count now ; so / went quickly hom
Next afternoon, just after dinner,
| message comes from the - Bar
for Mr.. T., our inspector. Tel
ing me to be ready in case of bel
wanted, off he goes, and in about s
!, hour he came back and said, 'We',
got a job to night, he says, 'for
party has wrote another gentleman
name by mistake, and bolted with
large sum OF money and his your
4 woman, as is supposed, to Americ:
We had to start that evening by Il
nine o'clock train for Liverpool
which we did, and arrived the
about four the next morning. v
Immediately put ourselves in cor
! munlcation with the local authoritie
} and searched several outgoing ship
but without any success. just as ,
u were leaving one of the vessels, Il
] captain said to me, Its a pity "
| didn't know o little sooner, for
American barque sailed yesterday
tide for New York
| The devil it did, says Mr.. T
u YES says the captain /; and y
may depend upon it your man W
4 off i'm that vessel
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