The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1870-03-11

The rrport. In this case, prrs-Ute nature Of the
'Do yos ihink Mr. Isser has taken the Mconstone
i b"uie with hlnlr ask'sL
Net he saIi Mr. Brua. lie would never have Dis
msSs the n he had the Tisk Of keep
i ing the Dlaiuonsi IN his own house again.
We waItsi anothsT bali l0HT fBr t. boy, AMI waitsi
IN vsln Il vas thcn time for Mr. Brud to 20 a. iIsr,-
stesi and to Te1rn to Hsci's IN Portland l'ac".
III earl a.S ~ sas ar IL :. 10. sy tSs, .sda H. Al nay
lodgings NJ hafpsst ten that night The card was 10
/ b. given to the bs,y II the biy cam" hack.
Nv servant haPlrd mc n,orsel of apsr when he let
me Ia. rad. la a neal. legal hand rting, thsss'
ssSs bach ,',-msrrS~ nornlnE bst~ssa nine and lsn
Al nine th" neNt mDTittnz was rradN r my visitor.
Some In, GoOssberry! called out Thank you, slr,
answered grave, melancholy Noiee. Tie DIOR oInsd.
a,. 70 ny ' ss, s"h 1,, hsS. NJ ,,.I m the
ehanc" uf your being In town, before wrote tO York
shirr' SsII the s-r1esnt.
lost their old trick subtiy nOtleei In etisres
hsrratNe, al lookiRE a. ~ they expscted son,sthng
FAR dress alter man. tie great tnn chsnT'i
| h.y"nd all r'c,snition. lie ~ore broad brimns'i
rab xai,srs. lie csrriri stout osk stick. Ills whole
aim an vbect seens io h. Ia hoax as he had lived
Il only Ent bsrk ff"u Ireland last nlEht' said IN.
Sergeant coming round to the practical "6ct "f his
visit In his impsnstrahc manner. Before went
ta he read your letter. telling what has hapIrned
since nv inaary amer the Dianond Wa sasp.n'i last
year. rb-rvs only thihg "a be Salh about the mai
ter on my side. conIpletsly mstnnk my case How
any living io have seeu things In their true
prufss q" know. But that doesn't alter the facts as
they stand.
Sea ssSs come tn the nick Of time to recover your
4 beg y"ar PARDON, Mr.. Bake, rrolped the ssrVeant
New have retT,si frOm business don't care straw
about my reputation. am done with my reputation
thank God! am herr, sir In grateful remembrance oi
10 nv old WORK. ifyoI want ne, and n you viii trust
me. "n that Consideration, and on no other. Not
me- This Is on honor. Now jeII me, Mr.. Blake, how
the ease stands since you wrOte to ne last.
t.,i hf'i the cNp~rincpt With the opum, and 81
whsi had occurred asrwsri at the bank In Lombard
4 don't hold with Mr.. Jennings that you hd the
Noonstone, said SerEvant Gun Hut agree with him
that you must certainly have taken t hack into your
'weur I asked 'api what happened thenr
'llaNe You no Suspicion yoursef Of what happened
None whatever
'Has Mr.. Bruu no susplconr
Sergeant Gun rose snd went In my writing table. lie
hack with sealed enyelops UwNs marked Fri
yae ~ss airess-d to me, and u hs'i the sergeants
Z suspsct thr person last year,he said, and
sr ,Ss s%ssSpS Mr. Bass, tilI yoa have got at the
truth; and then compare ihr name of the guilty pers'n
With the that have written la that sealed let
put the letter into my pocket, and then asked far
Cur-s opinion Of the measures which we had
VERY we'll InIen.ig sir he answered. and quite the
right thing To do. But tlcre wss snotL.r person Who
ou ght o. have bssn ooke,t after besides Mr.. Luker
The person named In the letter you have Just given
| - me
Yes, Mr.. Brake, the person named In the letter. IL
can't he helpsi new. bhall have sonisthng to pro-
pos to You and Mr.. Brun, sir, when the time comes
lsts wait, fst and n the bOy has anything to say
90 Us thai j. worth hearing'
Ou beiHg brought iutn the r"om Gooseberry stopp~
at the threshold 0T the door aud looked dstrustlly at
the STRANGER who In Company. called the boy
/ o. c1nIe to me. -
'Yo1 ulay speak before this EentiensnI said. lie
l. here assist me: AMI be- kn"ws all that has hap
penssl Serg,ant Gun, added, this Is the boy frOui
Come herr. my lad ssL the Sergeant, and let's hear
what you have got o, tell u.s.
What i Your name said the Sergeant, beginning
/ with the hrst question Ia the catechiSnl.
'octsVus ,iHyi answered. the boy: They call me
'Octayus Guy, otherwise Gooseberry.' pursued the
Sergeant gia!cly. You WIRE missed at the bank yes
teriay. What wertsyOu abOutr
'lIyoa pleas. sir, was following man.
n tall man with ablz black beard, dressed like q
sWey he said. and why dLi you follo~ the saIiorr
Mr.. Lnksr passed snythInE 90 snyboiy his way out
of the bank. saw Mr.. L.ser pass somsthias IL the
why dIinr you tell Mr.. Brun what you.awr
4 hnt time to tell anybody, sir, the sailor went out
Aud You ran amer hlu-ehr
toassherry said the Sergeant pattlng his head ycu
have something ln that small skull uf yours, and
isnt cotton and wOoL am greatly pleased with you,
tar.
The boy blushed with pleasure. Sergeant Cua went
Wen, and what did the sailor do when he got into
'Iie called cab, STR
And what did YEA dor
'lIeld Ou behind. snd run amer it,
B-tore the sergeant eoald pat his next question,
another visitor ~as announcrd-the head clerk frOn
Mr. Brutf's uffcV.
Frcllng the lnIorianc. of not nterruptnE Sergeant
Cufs examination cf the boy, received the clerk Ia
anotber lie with hsd of his employer
The agitation and cNeitccnt "l the last two days hal
proved too much ior Mr.. Bruf. lie had awOke that
in"rning With attack of goat; he connpei t his
at Hampstead. AMI Ia the present critical state of
ms wfoui Ihe aSIcc and aSsisIsncs .T an experienced
p-rssn. The ehicf elerk hsi received orders 10 hod
himself at my disposal and was willing 10 do his best
Iwruic at orcg tb quiet the old Genf'rmans mind by
telling him Of sergeant Cuffs visits Nkiing that Gose
bcrry was at that nOment under examination; sI'd
promising to nf"rm Mr. Rruff either personally or by
letter uf I,ai,yeT n,igt uccuT later ~ the day aV-
ng dispatched the clerk Ia IIanipsteaI r,tarnrl To
the rsnI which hal len, an't found Sergeant Gun AT
4 hey yuar paplu. MT. hlske said the sergeant. \
wss iast golRs &, Senl word by your servant that
mind thai this bay, this most neritorious bay, added
The sergeant. pdtting Gonsebcrry on the head, has
~ an s,6 ,s,r ,,' 49,, I.,, :, I, y;
hall past night 1i,s only thing dn, nb~ u
| "a scnd Tor a cub immediately
in HNe nilnues sergeant Cuf an l, with Goose
hcrry ou the bnN 20 guide the driver, way
| Eastward tuNari the city.
t,'e noni window of the cab ,tnat by viii do great
things n 'ny late prissi" You shall hear the sub
stance, Mr. lllakr, at what he t"bi when you
,ut uf the r-'n. You prrssnt, think, When he
sa he hcld on the back "r the cab aud ran alter itr
Wen, SIR, the cab went nun Lombard street tn
Tower Wharf. The sailor With the hlack beard got out,
and spike "a the steward q" the 'i"tteUan steaubat
whlch o. start the morning. lie a~ked II ho
cuud be allowed in ,,a board at once, and sleep In
hts birth over nght. The steward said, M. the cab
ms, sBd bsrths, and be,iiing all have thnr
ouxh clca,ing that evening, ami passenger could he
es rnand anil len the wharf Whsn he got into tlIe
srcct sgain the hs'y notics foT the nrst time,
dres->i Ike areslctahle mechanic, walking on the Op-
psiIr ss 81 the rsd, apparently kccping the sailor In
view. III" siil"I Soppsd at an eating house In the
neghhprlnos aud wrut IN. Aftsr q minute cab
by slowly snd stopped where the mechanic stand
ing The boN cnud only see plainly one person In The
descrhc that I-.rs, ". Blake wtloat sIy prompting
irou nee, a. having sdsrk fscc like the face of an ln-
Arsr lttle' parsae,l the Sergeant tile cab moyed
oN slowly down the street. The mechanic crSSed the
& s ~, Zen, ut into TIE s,,ins G sIs , Ins by % ~s,s
inta th. esiing H'nss Ia his aru.
| What dbl he s~e in the eating house, sske.t.
Wei, Mr. Blake, he IN. sailor r,adlag the
paI"r st i,le and the nschanic reading the news
ralsr 81 scthcr T. Wa dnsk ec1rc the sailor Et gp
wbea hs E "ut int" ihs street. THE bay-bciix boy
-nSSs,,l ans,uc,'l Tbs mechanic hal not co'ne oit
csrentll u't NsrN crrsin ~ere he E,,i,x next
skr ~ the p,s'i. The sailor vent oa InI he Eot i
slar. Ians, lea'ilng intu Thames strcet. There d.
stpps, AZ pahc horiss upirT the sigu ot The whs,
of furtune, ai'd alter examining the place outside,
went in. Gos'ssb"rrN went Ia "a. fhsrr were great
many Ts,,ls nstStly uf the dscsnt sort. the hsr.
'Tir sailor askr,i II hc coaId have bci. Tue lsn-
lord Ssid M, thsy ml The bar mali correct-
e>i hiii. aihi >ati No. 10 was empty. waller was
slw tie sailor a. Me- ~ just befsre that.
tashsrrN hal H''ticyi ths mechanic suong the Isy-
pie at the har. Rcrr the Wsitft hal Is~~rS the call
ths uiscitsniC hal vanished. The sailor taken of
o. ~. Net kn"su that b. ~, newt, t'OsS'b-r-
" hai the ni a. ait AMI see nythllE hsppsne,t
Ss,ntsthing dp hsppsu The lansiori csllei fsr.
Angry Nuirss b-srt M stairs. Tvs. mechanic sud-
duly made hts sIrsrsncs axsin. c,srSl by the land
t'e sigIis AMI akrns ~ hcing drunk. Tie landlord
thrust him eat II thc ST ani Threatened him With thu
Js,icr u he hack. frsm thu sltercst,n bct~ern
t'eni, while this going Un spIsaT,i that the
hal hsu diss,,y-r,i n Ms, N ani hal declsr,s With
dranAeU usnacN thai H.. hal taken the Gosse-
b"rrN struck By this snsiieu inoNIcaibn Of a
rr,tcosiy ss,.r Isrssn tlNt he cs,uat resist rn-
nins uut after the o1srsnc into the stret. As hong
be VS. in sight wf tb- pallic hoass the rtsl,st
about tn "" usst diszrsc iul The non,snt he
ar',i tbs e.srp-r ~ ths street be rcUSer,si his hl-
aH" tnstsoily. and hsc Ss,l,-r usatber of
C'.N a sa r,'al Wish tu st ts,.,ssNrrry wrut hack
@ ~" h'"' "f fertups' a yer, bcSdierv,i state of
MINT "" Nait>i sls,ht axsin IN. c.anc- of
tldaz hslfs niaf. N"thins happsnss- sIFl nat,inz
h'"ir va !" ~ ssr "r Ot tia sa,lr. Uossssbrr-
~ srhis,l piag hark q, the lr. Jasf A. he ,.,,e