The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-18

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not unIfequently was discovered In tears
but ever refused to give any Glow TO the
why or the wherefore, attributing her sad
ness to'hernot feeling quite we'll, or some
other equally trivial excuse. Thinking
thstit would he. best to allow matters tC
take their own course, and totally unsus
piclous Of any impending evil, her mother
ceased to speak with her on the subject
and cndcavorcd to dtssipatc her melan'
choly by providing all kinds Of amuse
ments to divert hCr. All was In vain
and one day the house was thrown into
tho greatest grief and alarm by her diSap
pearance. She had gone out, Us shc said
to most letter, and nothing unusual was
nOtod In her manner, but from that err
rand sllC did not return, and her distract,
cd mother was almost heart-broken. Nv
No ono felt the blow more than Mr.
Horton. After she had been absent some
hours, he had been sent for from bis office
and his pale looks, and evident agitation
proved thatghC feared the worst. But he
did not at all waste time. Tho evil was
dono, ind the remedy was to be found:
"It may hC," he said "only giTlish
freak. She may llavo run away to some
other friends! Let Ils Immediately COM
muniCatc with all 10 whom she Is In the
least likely logo" Flo assured Mrs. Arch
bold that all would yet be well, and as.
serted that Ii was prcpoSterous to think ol
any great harm happening TO one brought
up with 50 much care. "Hou must scold
her finely when she comes back, for CIV
ing US such a fright" h.'
All lie could say or do, however, led to
no good result, and he wNs at last unwill-
ingIy compelled by the constant cntreaties
OF tho mother to call In tho aid Of the
police. Against this step lie had protested
most emphatically; hc was afraid Of the
publicity TINT must inevitably cnsue, and
tho consequent scandal. BIS objections
werc oyerruled ono by one, And!thC case
was entrusted tn wcll known detective
Of this city, with full powers and authority
to act in ftas lie thought best iE,,h ."'
This gentleman cfcditing tho old adage
that "two heads arO better than one
procutcd the services Of companion WHO
Ind often been specially retained for cases
Of this kind. Alter having been put IN
rosscssion Of all the information that could
be piyen him, tho character Of the young
lady, her portrait, her dress, the names Of
her companions with their addresses, her
admirers, andsundry little peculiar charac.
tcristics, he set himself owork to solve the
problem. u "+ +
Both tho detectives agreed at once on
one point; although they carefully kept It
to themselves. AS the officer in question
remarked to the writer Of these lines
"WhcnevOr girl suddenly runs. away in
this fashion, man is at tho bottom Of t.
Let US only find the man, and the rest Will
be easy" He thercupon cautiously qles'
toned her sisters, and oven the domestics,
as to whether any ono gentleman had up.
peared to be more agreeable than any
other. No; she had never exhibited any
decided preference. Did any one see TO
whom the letter was directed which she
carried, to the post OH the day OF her
leaving homer No, itwas not even Ger
tain that she had letter at all Could lie
sec any Of her handwritingr Yes, plenty
Of it; and he thereupon secured " speci'
men. IuEl.. rrSuHup ,...y.
lie then prepared IL carefully, written
description, and :, forwarded \, together
with her likeness, 10 the various Ipolice
stations in this city and other large towns.
He visited every hole and cOrnGr Of Now
York, watched the railway depols, and
interrogatcd tho clerks. The hue and cry
was raised everywhere, but raised in vain.
Now and again u message would be
sent 10 him saying that u young lady an
swcring the description Of the truapt was
at some distant town, aud thither at once
would tho detective repair, only 70 find
that he had his journey for his pains, and
that he was as much at sea rs ever, Once
he fancicd tlathe saw Miss Archbold In
n carriage in Broadway, and followed II
for u long time, only to acknowledge him
self again mistaken, but lie was convinced,
nevertheless, that shG hal not LEFT the
country, and he much doubted whether
she had lel tho town.
Tie had. carefully examined, or caused
10 DO examined, oil the books Of tho yari-
GUS steamship companies, and interview.
cd" their agents, 10 no purpose. The girl
had melted into the air without lcaving q
trace behind her, and the trail was about
aS difficult to follow up as that of u mos
quito over rock. vi IN,
An unusually liberal reward had been
offered BY. AIR. Horton, ,forany information
that could lead to her recovery, and con.
slant applications were made by individ-
uals who protested either to have seen her
themselves or 10 have heard from some
friend who Ind seen her, and many wild
goose chase was the result, until lt last tue
def Be I'm 10 fear that she hal InAde
away With herself, and actually visited the
Morguc more than once when the body Of
a dead woman was advertised, Still he
did not relinQuish Ills original idea, and
when pressed by his companion TO try
some othor track, only repeated what he
had said before. ri
depend upon 1t, u man Is ut the bottom
oflL." Ono day . new Thought struck
him, and absurd rs 1t appeared even to
himself, he determined on giving 1t fair
trial, and startled his brother officer by re.
marking: "DavC, ! am going to watch old
HortonY frhe other laughed at him, but
did not oppose his suggestion, as It gave at
lcAst q promise Of something 10 do. Mr.
Horton, in common with many other gen.
tlcmen, was extremely fond Of driving,
and an afternoon rarely passed without
his ordering his buggy. He hadzOf late,
been much worked at his Office, and itc.
quentIy slept at hotel when he found II
too late 10 enjoy an evening at home.
There was nothing extraordinary in all
this-morc particularly as that home was
no longer Ms cheerful Hs It used 10 I've be.
fore the death of the father and the loss Of
tho daughter-and no one paid any attcn-
tiOn to Ifs conduct,
The detective commenced his espionage
Immediately, and Mr.. Horton was caro-.
fully followed wherever he Went. His
drives weros stguallYrl IN tho direction Oi