Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-12-29

her wishes, saw to her luggage, and,
N brother or no brother waiting, determined
u 70 see her to T hen1e: FEEE
i was ready to uPraid her with 60,
Y -austry; but refrained feeling thatit was
I possible she had taken my attentions as
being merely intended to last the voyage
and at last, cold and constrained, we stood
close together, for in another ten minutes
Y Weshegld be debarkiRg. Il
n SHaonehinr to gaze around, IsuddeuIy
Il beeaihe-4vaEe of tAe eecend class PASSENGER
standing close to my elbow, and cnuld
not avoid start-one which made Miss
Savi1Ie turn wonderingly to me, at the
same time holding her veil closely to her
face, fdrfthe brpeze was rather brisk.
1T was nothing" said; =" but pray,
| Miss Saville, allow me 30 carry that bag it
seems heavy And pointed to the lit
lle black laallk! travelling bag she carried IN her
b9ssNo, no. I thank you, nor she Aid si65
deed, sir 4 can dispense with yenre ftefs
Is You please s@onissd MADAM" said Esharps
| Iy ;f6re there was a. SharshHess in hetToice
that Jared bitterly, and 1 felt that ~ Mas
80 Tet me 1 Garry It, ri Prank Smith" said q
grating voice. thsts had q sav-sharpening
SogSa II bs iss cutting ISSsa f-am And M
vilIe'sshand aads thrown heavily pponthe
deck, Then followed q sudden scufffe, and
saw her bounce back against the bul
Fwark, and the same grating voice ex-
claimed, - Stay your hand, sir, or I'll fire. !"
,fEheres Was 3 IsYaying about, sharp
struggle and 1 was about to throw myself
upon the second-class passenger ruffian
who was Committing an Outrageous assault
upon my fellow wpassenger-when strong
hand dragged me back, Just as there arose
asharp tcliek eliek,' y and, dizzy with suT-
priseaI saw the wretch drag q revolver
from Miss SaYile's fettered hand as she lay
ie - Had not breath TO speak before, my
friend, y said the Isecend-class passehgefS
painting, as he rose from one knee; but,
for your information, Mr.. Frank Smith, 1
hold q warrant for your apprehension{ r
Bank-Fobbery, gentlemen; cool twenty !
thousand but Pm in hopes it is all here"
And he too took kp up the bag that Lay, on the rs
Il s'sStaad p,1sir,3 he, said the next minute,
o6 bs tssff 1s A eeTer 70 S eeaT %e sOIG
done, 'fndeed,5 this fAlse hair and the CHG
mons Is tverySbeeoming sir. s must do you
the credit of saying that you took me in
while poor Matthews hadn't suspicion,
but was fathef down on y6ar friend"
ssy Fakeo me- out of this," said hoarse !
voice And 1 would have turned and fled, \
but I felt myself wedged in by the crowd
for II seemed IMPOSSIBLE that the flushed 4
face, veined andSkHgtted with disappOint- !
ment and rage could have been that which |
had deluded me through the voyage.
All right, sir, as soon as we can get I
am officer fnm the sshoreSd dBnt there, you |
need not mind fora few2minutes; a.
implorfng petition next uttered; and the
officer was about yielding, when passen-
ger exclaimed, 'qssI ,fss4<
" But, are you sure you are right,
Right, .sirfz GYess I'm right enotgh. and ?
hope thsreIs nothing blaeker against him II
for there Is the death of my poor mate to
clear yup yet - 1t seems strange that he |
should disappear the very night that our
friend here suspected that he was found
Dut and it seems stranger still that he
should have settled down so quietly after,
md never show at all when the officer who
him was gone, for he did not
know was on board"
1 glanced once more at the deathly pale
ace as the detective led Ms prisoner be-
Ow ); and then, giddyu with the rush of
hought through my brain, made my way
pack tony cabia to stay till the other
passengers were ashore, when I hastened3s
o an hotel, but not as / had hoped, un-
een, for l encountered the officer just re- +
urning from placing his prisoner in Sc
urity. sasE-s III
He took me by the button, asshe had
eizedythe captain, and held me fora few
nopents. :. .,e..,.sY - sJ
There, you need not be ashamed. of It.
'oung man, I" he said, with a dry smile;
he's got about as wOmanish a face as ever
saw and his disguise was as clever as-it
Tas possible to be. was hard pushed, but i
'felt'pretty sure, and at the last / got one
BOX that settled it.. There's a resemblance IA
etween you that, had he put on good
card, would have made him look a deal
Ike you, and itwas that which made my
oor mate have his suspicious of come one
Ise; but, any how. fourteen yeats will I.
lake him rather different, and he won't
1me the petticoats again" ~E
Fourteen years ~ / said. +,
Yes, perhaps more for it's a bad CASE {
)nfldential clerk" - 1
We parted, and l saw no moreso of the
olice- officer. From the report OF the
ial, though, learned that the police had ( 4
ertain information thst the culprit would l
Ill from Liverpool in the HeEc0Eyn, though c
is disguise had been nearly clever enough
} throw dust in the keen eyes of every C
ne. was only twenty then-afact which ! @
plead as an excuse for my want of dis b
and no doubt l formed in the
llprits eyes capital screen, and one
hich would make it almost impossible Up
r his sex to be for an instant doubted. d
AH'- sergeant was rlgnIi Lne prisoner was II
ought back to the scene of his depre- s
ltiOns, ard fourteen years penal servitude d
as his award. As to the work-of that l.
Irk night-whether Sergeant Matthews, "
herwise NJ. Lister, met with foul play.-i o
.dyas sent to his death by push in the T
X Ethe mystery, if mystery there was, h
ysa secret between Frank Smith, prison. fc
at the Tar and him who waslf forever4 m
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