Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-06-03

NO. ma am. no. Mr.. Shaw is q
man of science. in his line. and what
~ more. man OF substance. Mr..
Shaw's exhibition is itinerant. il Is
true. hut that is from the necessity OF
the case. His collection of wild ami.
mails is interesting in high degree. rs
the rector was observing To me only
yesterday But them acrobats is quite
another matter. However. lissom As
they are. they must run little faster,
and climb little higher. | can prom
isc them. before they can get out of
the reach Of John Stott.
They stood upon one another s
shoulders. and the boy clambered up
them. SUPPOSE"
| Yes. ma am. that WAS their ingen-
ious method and if they had to do
| with a common mini-though say i,
! who should not say 1.-THE manner
IN which the thing was done would
have remained mystery. If lad
/ der had been used. il must needs have
made some mark upon the mignonette-
box. My men were all agape when |
stated that circumstance. and began
looking mp In the air. ~ though some
bird had done it, But. of course. when
! said Them Tumhlcrs they saw ey-
erything clear enough Sir Robert who as
sisted our Investigations in person.
was So good as to say that | reminded
hun OF { christopher Columbus and his
egg.
~ gu don't say SO said Mrs. Stott
admringly. and wondering within her
self what that story was. and whether
Mr.. Christopher Columbus could pos
-'hly have been an oyiparous animal.
"And did her Ladyship lose Inuch?"
Some rings anil pins, and three or
four po'pnds in gold. Curiously
enough, there was bundle Of bank
notes upon the ,lrcssing-tahle which
entirely escaped the Young rogne'- nj
tcnti"n. or her los would have been
much more scrious -
And yet he was such frank faced.
honest-looking little fellow. that | new
er should have thought harm Of him. +"
said good-naturci Mrs >tott. but or
course YOU'RE right '
"WcN, most probably. observed
her lord and master with short dry
ckucklc. by ten o'clock tomorrow
morning, when the Justices meet. We
shall have this honest-looking Young
gentleman and his friends in the Town
hall. taking part in n public perform
ance of another kind than that with
which they favolrei the town with last
week. And then we shall see what we
Sir. StnII arose. took ms oihc,ai nat
down from it, peg. and prepared to go
his rounds. nightly precaution he
seldom omitted. notwithstanding the
absence Of all native criminals from
his strictly preserved territory as for
the acrobats. they hal hei with the
first dawn ~ morning. and were not
likely To- return ill they were brought
back hut hc had despatched two Of
his small force " in pursuit of them.
his personal vigilance
II shall he hack at two. a. usual,
nv dear. II not before " said Mr.. John
Stott.
About two 4. NJ. from long habit,
the wife Of the chief constable was ac-
customcd 10 awake. and presently to
hear her husbands heavy football com
ing up the stairs but upon the present
occasion there was no such welcome
sound. She sat up IN bed with her
nightcap tucked behind her ears. and
listened aitentively. but in vain. for him.
Notwithstanding his prccarious call
ing. Mr.. Stott was model OF punctu-
alitv. and as Time (Which in her opin-
ion was almost the only thing that
could do IL went on without him, she
began to be seriously alarmed lest this
admirable man. whom human ingenuity
had never vet bai,ied, had been over
whelmed by enyious Fate. There had
been thundec in the air that night, and
a bolt might have struck him. But at
daylight she heard the front door open,
and slow tread come up the stairs.
The wife nf n chief constable should be
above the suspicion Of trepldition, but
il was so unlike his ordinary step, that
it made her heart 20 pitapat. Howev-
cr. il was her husband. whose noble
spirit something had evidently cast
down. Instead Of kicking his boots
across the room As usual. he drew them
of. and then sat in his stockings, think
ing.
John. said She, in much confusion
and alarm. what is the matter, my
dear? Have YOU not caught them al
batross ses II mean albinos.
AYES. ma'am, they're safe enough.
But the deuce of ii is that-in their
atsence-;here has been another bur
glarv. Mrs. Colonel Peewit's has been
broken into just in the same way
through the second floor back window.
It's nothing less than magic. for that
had mignonette-box, and there is no
mark of ladder to be found there
neither. I've had my bull's-eye over
every square inch Of it. A"
..Lor. John
There was nobody in the room.
went on tie chief-constable musing,
land the window was open. so that the
thing might have been done easy
enough, when he had once got there.
But how he ever did get there-thats
the question-unless the devil had
wings.
But the devil has wings" was
Mrs. Stott's involuntary exclamation;
the good lady was so flustered by her
late anxiety, that for once she spoke
in hurry.
You will presently cause Inc to i'm
| agine that have made a second mis-
take in nv life. ma'am-in the having
married fool. was her husbands
stern rejoinder. Then he went on So