The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-02-09

lMr lt Hli. HefeE la ta 4.IoW ans pal-
an who t1as assume tbe FINE.
toms oi tba Office ta escape ssthless
Can yon g.ye amy e.ao to tbe parsap
who robbed you
I couid uot sag anything definite. a
though the cauvaHou ha4 eravu upon
me that the man vharcpsesealed Stcel
was known Is mo.
"rbiu1 10 al tho; ne said oyou. said
the detective aud try aud Ok on some
particular word and thenreceIltbe yoi-
ces 81 an ,he people yaa en- remember.
sthN be hall sbouted ! soc you have
Il already
And, indeed, | thoaght 80 myselt, for
the man who had pronounced the word
money in a particuia, manner as il it
were mnnee stated this to him, say
ing that q clerk who bad formerly been
il our bank had pronounced it in the
same manner, aud when had met the
pyeteacl detective, ! had bad gague
conviction Of having heard bat voice
before.
He's our man = smd the detective.
triumphantly Now we have only to
find him. Description, please.
Though | could not convince myself
that Petrie, my old friend, could be tho
offender ! was in justice compelled to
give bis description; and as soon as he
had got il in full. the detective left, say
ing that be would call again during the
day When he left | was glad to sleep,
for | was utterly worn out; aud sleep
did until seven O'Clock, when / was
aroused to have another interview with
the detective, whom | found accompa-
MED by the bona dde Steele this time.
The latter was hot with ire that he
should have been represented SO sue
cessfully for such purpose
They had discovered that Petrie had
been clerk in the telegraph Office, and
that he had resigned his situation the
day ] had been immured in the cellar
They had found, too, that he had been
living n very fast life, and that the man
ager Mt the office where he worked had
not been sorry when he left for ho had
often been under theinluence of liquor
and was scarcely to be tausted about
important business They had further
ascertained that two men had taken two
furnished rooms IN the vacant house
adjoining Le Baw's on the evening be-
fore, and though netherof them resem-
bled Petrie in appearance they had Nc
doubt that it bad been him in Disguise
They had telegraphed also to New
York, enquiring whether q person o.
Petrie's description, either as he really
was OF as he appeared with the dis
guise, had been seen there, and they
hoped to have some correct information
for me in the morning ] spent the re
mainder Of the evening 10 the society
Of Annie lie BaW and her father aud
considered it the happiest Of my life
Her pure heart reioiced that she hai
done me good, and her eyes beamet
with pity as she talked Of the tortures
must have undergone. In short, | low
ed her, and unconsciously TO herse
the feeling which began as mere sympa
thy, deepened into love on her part
though / did not know it then,
Two weeks passed before any TRACE
was found Of Potrie, At last it wa
discovered that passenger resembling
him had crossed in the steerage of one
Of the inman steamers, aud detective
Steele and myself we're despatched il
pursuit Of him, At Liverpool we @er'
somewhat at fault, put by close searcl
on our part and that of Scotch detec
tive named McLevy, we at last hnntec
our prey down in Edinburgh. Having
ascertained that Petrie was a common
name in Scotland, we went to the capi
tai Of that country, and there we oh
taIEed good assistance. Pctrie her,
dropped the character Of a poor man
which be had sustained on board th,
steamer, and was now sustaining tha
Of a millionaire, who had made a for
tune in America, The detectives haC
pounced upon him as he was going t
church, and brought him back 10 thi
country to pay the penalty Of his crime
At bis trial be plead guilty, and saic
that he had seen tae telegram to Har
die as it was beng changed from onelin'
to another IN Boston; feeling persna
ded him that | would be the bearer o
the money, he determined TO make
bold attempt at getting possession, ans
adopted the plan which was SO success
fully carried out He had get two
thirds oi the money the accompliee b.
had found It necessary to employ hag
ing been satisfied with fifty thousan,
dollars as his share Of the prize lie
too, was captured by Petries deseup
tion 81 him aud both are nov serving
their time IA prison.
The cashier Of the bank retiring 1901
after, the directors were kind enough
70 bestow the position on the, Ia reward