Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1869-02-05

NY ihaliNS were W nci more inifI . r.
ward for what she hai done.
Lei5aw, her father, told me tha he
heard OF my disappearance and the loss
OF the money, and he mCst kindly pro-
posed that he and Dr. Swinlon should
telegraph to the OH els OF the bank and
tell them what had happened to me.
| communicated with the police 81
Boston, and Il detective officer soon mr.
rived at Lrl}aW'S house, 60 whom | re.
lltcd all that had happened to me.
This detective must be dctccto him
self, somehow said the officer laugh
ing ct will never 90 TO allow any per-
son who chooses 10 assume Che func-
tons OF the Office 20 escape scathlcss.
Can YOU give any clue to- the person who
robbed you ~
conld not say anything definite but
the conviction had grown upon me that
the man who had resent Cd steele was
known TO me.
"Think If all that he said to y,u,u
said the detective. " and try aud fix on
some particular word, and then recall
the voices of the people you can remem-
bcr.n
"Ah!n he half shouted. II -, vol
have it already
And, indeed, thought 50 mysclf, for
the man 'wto had pronounced The word
money in peculiar manner, Is ii il
IL
saying that Il clerk who had formerly
been in or bank had pronounced it III
the same way, and when had met the
| prctenteI detective, | had had vague
! conVictiol OF having heard that voice
before.
"lic's our manr' said the detective,
triumphanuy. "Now we have only to
find him. Description, please
Though ! could not convince myself
| old f-.A 4 .
offender, | was in justice compelled 10
give description aud n soon ~ he had
got il in ful, the detective left, saving
that he would call again in the course
Of the day When he left | was glad
to sleep, for was utterly worn out and
sleep did till seven O'Clock, when was
aroused 10 have another interview with
the detective, whom | found accom-
panied hy the boRt .fdo Steele this time.
llhe latter was hot with ire that he
should have been represented 50 SUCCESS
fully tor such a purpose.
L cy had iii covered that petric bad
been clerk in the telegraph Office, and
that he had resigned his situation on the
day that | had been immurcd in Tie eel
lar. They had found too, that he had
been living Il very fas. life, and that the
manager ut TIC Office whore hc worked,
had not been sorry when he left, for he
|
liquor, and he wa scarcely g. be trusted
about important work. They had fur
Their asccT{aincd that two men had talk
en- two furnished rooms in the vacant
house adjoining Le BaW's on the c en-
ing before, and though neither of them
rescmhod Pctric in appearance they had
no doubt that ii had been Kim in dis
guise. They had tecgraphe ID also to
New York, enquiring whether person
Of ,t.t, l,ro r., ~ /,
~ was o. as he appeaicd with the dis
guise, had been seen there, and they
hoped TO have some corrcc information
for me in thcmornuG. ispent the rest
Of the evening in the society of Annie
lie Blw and her father, and C nsidcrcd
it the happiest of my life. Her pure
heart rcjoiccd that she bad done me
good, and her eyes bcamcd with pity ~
She talked OF the fortunes | must la G
undergone. In short, loved her, and
urconsciousiy 10 herself the fc cling,
which began rs n mere sympathy, deep
ened into love on her part, though |
did not know it then.
Two week. passed before any trace
was found of Petrie. At last it was
discovered that passenger resembling
, him had crossed in the Storage of one
Of the Lamar steamers, and dctc, tive
Steele and myself were despatched in
, what at fault, but by dint of clofc, I'M
firing search on our part and that of
Il scotch detective by the name of Nc
Levy, we at last hunted our prey down
in the city of Edinburgh. Having as
certaincd that Petrie was common
name in Scotland, we went to the capt.
tai Of that country, and there we OBJ
tanned good assistance. Petrie had
dropped die character of II poor man,
| L. L. 4 H..
, the steamer and was now sustaining
that of n millionaire, who had made n
. fortune in America. The detectives
pounced upon him as he was going to
church, and brought him back to this
county to pay the penalty of his crime.
AT his trial he pleaded guilty, and
, said that he had seen the telegram to
} Hardie, as it was being changed from
one line to another at Boston a feeling
| persuaded him that / would be the
bearer of the money, he determined to
, make bold attcmpt at getting posses
, sion, and adopted the plan which was
: so successfully carried out. He lad got
two-thrds OF the money, the accom-
pice whom he found il necessary
to employ having been satisfied with
2 fifty thousand dollars as his share OF the
/ prize. He, too, was captured by Petrie's
description of him, and both are now
serving tnelf llme IN prison.
!. The cashier of the bank retiring soon
: after, the directors were kind enough to
1 beslow the position on me, in reward,
they said, for the suffering L had UNI
| dergoEc in their service. About year
/ after my return from Scotland L paid a
9 visit to Boston-not the first time l had
+ met pretended detective there, by any
1 means-but mention this one particu-
| larry, because then l took home Ami
with uln nc my wifi. and clio haS I'll nna