Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-05-07

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!" You are right ma'am," returned the
chiet constable, with a tratified look I;
!" you have hit the nail exactly on the head.
They were NOT ordinary men they were
Acrobatsl" answered Mrs. Stott, SOFT
"; "dear mel" FF0 Ifl
She had no very accurate idea what
acrobats we're; they might be re-
ligious sect or they might be a savage
tribe, or, possibly, even both. But she
had long passed for woman Of sense and
sagacity, through maintaining discreet
silence except when her husbands talents
seemed to demand her eulogies, and she
was not going TO risk that reputation now.
She had = full share of the curiosity of
her sex, but she had more than their ordi-
nary patience. She waited to be informed
upon the subject in question, without haz.
arding the remark which occurred to
her, that acrohats had white hair and pink
eyes, and, therefore, could be easily recog.
nized by the constabulary; and she had
not to wait long ..s a,s-i.sr q
"Yes, it must have been them Tum-
blers," mused Mr.. Stott, slipping kis
punch out OF teaspoon; sand less than
three and the boy could never have
done it. 1t was her Ladyship's dressing.
room window, as looks out on the back,
as they broke in at, and no ladder could
have been put there because Of the flower
stand. 1t must have been that little devil
in the tights and spangles at top of the
three others. have measured the height
from the ground, and it just tallies.
That's what comes of allowing them itin-
Grants to be in the place at all. The idea
of the mayor letting them have the Town.
hall to show their tricks in I'd put a
stop to everything of that sort, If I had
my way and l will do II, too, in future"
"But you will not interfere with Mr..
Shaw, John, do hope, since he has been
80 pleasant and civil"
"No ma'sm, no. Mr.. Shaw is man OF
| science, in his line, and what is more a
| man of substance. Mr.. Shaw's exhibition
is itinerant, it is true, but that is from the
necessity of the case. His collection OF
wild animals is interesting in a high
degree, as the rector was observing to me
only yesterday. But them acrobats is
quite another matter. However, lissom
as they are, they must run a little faster
and climb a little higher, l can promise
them, before they can get out of the reach
of John Stott."
"They stood upon one another's shoul
ders, and the boy clambered up them, ]
suppose?" . a.
ayes, ma'am that was their inpeniou.
method and if they had to do with a com
mon mind-thorgh 1 say it who should
not say 1.-THE manner in which the thing
was done would have remained mystery
If ladder had been used, it must needs
have made some mark upon the migno
nette-box My men were all agape wher
stated that circumstance, and began
looking up in the air, as though some bird
had done it. But, Of course, when sait
Them Tumblers 7 they saw everything
clear enough. Sir Robert, who assisted
our Investigations in person, was so goot
as to say that reminded him of Christie
pher Columbus and his egg"
| You don't say sol" said Mrs. Stott
admiringly, and wondering within her
self what that story was, and whether Mr.
| Christopher Columbus could possibly
have been an oviparous animal. "Anc
did her Lsdyship lose much9"
"Some rings and pins, and three or fou
pounds in gold. Curiously enough, ther,
was bundle of bank notes upon tn,
dressing table which entirely escaped tn,
young rogue's attention, or her loss woulC
have been much more serious"
"And yet he was such a frank-faceC
honest-looking little fellow, that l neve
should have thought harm of him." sail
good-natured Mrs. Stott; "but of cours
you're right"
"Well, most probably" observed he
lord and master with short, dry chuckle
"By ten o'clock tomorrow morning, whel
the justices meet, we shall have this hon
estlooking young gentleman and hi
friends in the Town. hall, taking part in
public performance of another kind thar
that with which they favored the tow
last week. And then we shall see wha
we shall see."
Mr.. Stott arose, took his official ha
down from its peg, and prepared to go hi
rounds, nightly precaution he seldom
omitted, notwithstanding the absence O
all native criminals from his strictly pre-
served territory; as for the acrobats, the,
had fled with the FIRST dawn of morning
and were not likely to return till the,
were brought back but he had dispatched
two of his small "force" in pursuit @
them, and hence there was the more neet
for his personal vigilance. t#4
"I shall be back at two, as usual, m,
dear, if not before" said Mr.. John Stott.
About two q. m, from long habit tn
wife of the chief constable was accustom
ed to awake and presently to hear her hus
bands heavy football coming up the stairs
but upon tie present occasion there wa
no such welcome sound. She sat up i
bed with her night cap tucked behind he
ears, and listened attentively, but in vair
for him. Notwithstanding his precariou
calling, Mr. Stott was model of punctu
atty, and as Time (Which in her opinio
was almost the only thing that could d
it) went on without him, she began to b
seriously alarmed lest this admirable mar
whom human ingenuity had never "
baffled, had been overwhelmed by env
GUS Fate. There had been thunder in tn
air that night. and bolt might hav
struck him. But at daylight she heard tn
front-door open, and slow tread com
up the stairs. The wife of chieE-constS
BILE should be above the suspicion of trep
dation, but it was so unlike his ordinar
step, that it made her heart go pitapa
However, it sodS her husband, whose nobl
spirit something had evidently cast dow
Instead of kicking his boots across tn
room, as usual, he drew them of, and the
sat in his stockings, thinking.
"John" said she, in much confusion an
alarm, "what is the matter, my dear
Have you not caught them albatrOsses? p
mean albinos."
Yes, ma'am, they're safe enough, bT
the deuce of it Is that-in their absence
there has been another burglar
Mrs. Colonel Peewit's house has bee
broken into just in the same wsy-throug
the second floor back window. It's notl
ing less than magic, for that had a mignl
nette-box, and there is no mark of lat
der to be found there neither. I've ha
my bulls eye over every square inch
"Lor, john"
"TheTe was nobody in the room," wei
on the chief constable. musing, sand Il
window was open, so that the thing migl
have been done easy enough, when
had once got there. But how he ever dl
get there,-that's the question, unless Il
devil had wings" u
"But the Devil has wings" was MI
Stott's involuntary exclamation I; the goo
lady was so flustered by her late anxiet
that for once she spoke In a hurry.
: "You will presently cause me to ina
inc that I have made q second mistake
! my life, ma'am,--in the having married
fool" was her husbands stern reioindt
Then he went on aOlilOnuiZin0 HTl