The Shasta courier., 1869-01-02

tleman if he could give me glass of wine.
Scarcely had he uttered the request when
my fair friend bounded from the room and
presently returned with some cherry. The
wine revived me SO much that was able
again to speak, and to thank them for their
kindness. Naturally enough, they inquired
how had come to be in the cellar, and at
once told them my story.
:" You Lave to thank God, my friend" said
the gentleman ,e'' that my daughter there is
gifted with the faculty of acute hearing
Two days ago she returned from the country,
where she had been visiting. and on going
into the yard behind the house, yesterday
morn +S. she heard a voice, as if down in the
boweis ofsthe earth, calling for help. She
listened for a little without.he ing able to dis
tngulsh from what directions the noise pro-
ceeded, and presently the sounds ceased.-
This morning she heard them aglin, and
after little hesitation decided that they
came from the cellars of the neighboring
house, which has been untenanted for some
time back. She told me of the matter, and
prevailed upon me-for | can refuse her
nothing Ito get the house searched. Pro-
curing a couple of policemen and the neces-
sary authority, entered the house, and
after searching IL number of small closets, at
last came to the one where YOU were con-
fined. We had to break open the door, as
we had no key, and this we hesitated aboul
doing; but Annie was so sure that she was
correct as to the locality, and had previ-
ously got so many proofs of her extreme
acuteness of her hearing, that | consented at
last to yield to her entreaties, and | thank
God that we did so, for we found you living
IN stupor, from which you would probably
have never recovered without assistance"
When he ceased speaking, | turned my
grateful eyes upon the beautiful girl who had
saved me, and in broken words of gratitude
uttered my thanks. A woman feels greater
interest IN a man whose life she has saved
than IN one who has saved hers, and there
fore my thanks were to her more than a re.
ward for what she had done
Mr.. lie Baw, her father, told me that he
had heard of my disappearance and the loss
OF the money and he most kindly proposed
that he and DIR. Swinton should telegraph to
the officers of the bank, telling them what
had happened to me. At the same time
communicated with the police of Boston, and
a detective officer soon arrived at Mr.. LIE
Baw's house, to whom | related what had
happened t, me.
This detective must himself be detected
somehow said the officer, laughing. ''It
will never do to allow any person who
chooses to assume the functions of the Office
ard escape scatheless. Can you give any
clew to the person who robbed you?"
could not say anything definite, but the
conviction bad grown upon me that the man
who had represented Steel was known to me-
" Think of all that he said to you,' said
the detective, and try to fix upon some
particular word, and then recall the voices
of all the people you can remember All ~
he half shouted, : see you have it already"
And, indeed, | thought so myself, for the
man had pronounced the word " money! in
| peculiar manner, as if it were - muIi-ee" J"
stated this to him. saying that a clerk who
had formerly been in our bank had pronounced
1t IN the same manner, and that when had
met the pretended detective, | had vague
conviction of having heard that voice before
. Hes our mani said the detective, tri-
umphantly. Now we have only to find him.
Description. please.'
| Though could not convince myself that
Petrie my old friend, could be the offender,
| was in justice compelled to give his des-
cription and.a soon as he had got it in full |
the detective left, saying he would call again
in the course of the day. When lie left | was
glad to sleep, for was utterly weFn out /;
and sleep did till seven clock when was
aroused to have another interview with the |
detective, whom / found accompanied by the
bona fde Steel this time. The latter was hot
with ire that he should have been represented |
successfully for such purpose.
They had discovered that Petrie had been
a clerk in the telegraph office. and that ne
had resigned his situation on the day that |
had been immured in the cellar They had
found, too, that he had been living very
fast life, and that the manager of the office |
where he worked had not been sorry when
he left, fer he had often been under the in.
huence of liquor, and be was scarcely to be |
trusted about important work. They had
further ascertained that two men had taken
two furnished rooms in the vacant house ad-
joining Mr.. lie Baw's, On the evening before.
and though neither of them resembled Pc
trie in appearance. they had no doubt that
it had been he in disguise. They had tele
graphed also to New York, inquiring whether
person of Petrie's description, either as he
really was or as he appeared with the dis
guise, had been seen there, and they hoped |
to have some correct information for me in
the morning. L spent the rest of the evening
In the society of Annie LIE Baw and her |
father, and considered it the happiest of nv
life. Her pure heart rejoicing that she had
done me good, and her eyes beamed with
pity as she talked of the tortures must have
undergone. 10 short, loved her, ard un-
consciously to herself the feeling. which be-
gan as mere sympathy. deepened into love
| on her part, though did not know it then
Two weeks passed before any trace was
found of Petrie. At last it was discovered
that passenger resembling him had crossed
in the steerage ofone Of the Inman steamers,
and detective Steel and myself were des
patched in pursuit. At Liverpool we were
somewhat at fault; but by dint of close, un-
firing search on our part and that Of Scotch
detective by the name of McLevy, we at last
hunted our prey down in the city of Edin-
burg. Having ascertained that Petrie was
common name in Scotland, we went to the
capital of that country and there we got good
assistance. Petrie had dropped the charae-
ter of a poor man, which he had sustained on
board the steamer, and was now sustaining
that of a millionaire, who had made Tor
tune in America. The detective pounced
upon him as he was going to church, and we
brought him back to this country to pay the
penalty of his crime.
AZ bis trial he pleaded guilty. and said
that he had seen the telegram to Mr.. Hardie,
as it was ,being changed from one line to the
other at Boston: and feeling persuaded that
| | would be the bearer of the money, he de
| termined to make a bold attempt, at getting
possession. and adopted the plan which was
! 50 successfully carried out, lie had got two