The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-04-05
No. II.


In little less than ten minutes Sherwood
came out Of the store and walked hastily
toward home. He then entered the store,
several others also coming in bought %
pair of gloves, and waited further develop
ments. He had theory that some means
were to be put in operation to procure the
money to meet Gorham's bill next day, and
thought possibly the store and contents
were to be moltgaged.
Presently the sound of wheels made me
lift my eyes" he continued, "and 1 saw
Robert Sherwood, and y fellow whom
judged to be one of their servants, drive
up i'll carriage. Lindsey went hastily out.
There was no one in the store, and strong
impulse to open the office door and look in,
took possession of me. l did so, and the
first thing that caught my eye was piece
of crumplcd paper lying in front of the
desk. took it, and without looking at it,
put it i'll my pocket and hurried out. Sher-
wood was still talking with Lindsey, who
was seated in the carriage with the Irish
man. | walked immediately out, and when
at a sufficient distance, smoothed out the
paper and read, IT. D. Morrison written in
half dozen places, together with the time
and place of date. But the date was Sept.
llth, instead of thirteenth as it really was.
L was shocked at the suspicion that forced
itself upon me- had letters in Sherwood's
hand, and | compared them with the writ
ing on the paper, and saw at once, that il
was the same, only a little disguised | had
also letter of Morrison's, and 1 remem-
bered all at once that l had previously OBJ
served that there was a striking similarity
between the handwriting of the two men,
81 knew Morrison had gone West. /
wrote him Immediately, asking if he had
| loaned Sherwood a sum of money to be
drawn from the bank during his ABSENCE
He telegraphed back that he had not, and
Mr.. Dole and myself visited the bunk, and
found check for $4,000 had been presented
! by Lindsey the afternoon of the 18th. We
went down at once and put an attachment
on the store. Subsequent developments you
are familiar with. l demand now that Lind
sey give us proof of his handwriting being
the same signed to the check, or that OH
this piece Of paper" producing it and lay
| ing it on the table.
! Lindsey firmly refused. There was little
excitement, and before it had subsidized
Robert Sherwood, his face pale, yet firm,
walked into court.
"StopH' he interrupted. "It is l, who
am the culprit--"
"No no, it is not, gentlemen-O, do not
mind what he says ~ Lindsey cried, inter
rupting him. 80 Robert you promised
me you would not interfere a pleading
pathos in his voice.
Damon and Pythias," sneered Hunter,
| Well, Of course the entire complexion OF
the matter was changed, and Robert Sher-
wood, the handsome, generous, talented
son of one of the oldest and most respecta-
BILE families of Glantley, was condemned t.,
imprisonment for forgery and Alfred Lind
| sey's noble conduct was on every tongue
Public opinion, that tickle creature, fell a,
once to abusing Robert Sherwood, and if il
could have had the fixing of the sentence
am afraid the gallows would have had
another victim. By-and-by, however, tho
excited state of opinion subsidized Lindse,
used every effort to soften the feelinp
against him, and at the end of a year sue
ceeded in getting up petition headed b,
Mr.. Morrison, for his pardon. After SOM
delay it was granted, and Robert Sherwood.
grown sadly old and altered in year, cam,
back to Grantley. During his incarcera
tion, Lindsey had acted the part of a sou
to the poor, broken-down old man, who
seemed iittl enough like the proud mel-
chant of former years. All Grantley propl
esied that Lindsey's love for Corrie SbeI-
wood prompted him to this course of labo.
and sacrifice, as wellas being at the bottom
of his devotion to Robert.
Wen, as | said, Robert Sherwood came
back to Grantley, broken in health ana
spirits, his good name tarnished, povert,
and toll before him, weak, almost imbe-
clle father, and n helpless mother and sis
ter dependent on him for support Did his
old friends, remembering all his long, nj
right life, his pure morality, his generous,
noble nature, forgive him this one sin, com.
mitted under such great excitement and
proyocation, and not deliberate wrong?
Mr.: Morrison showed not only his true
noDiiity as gentleman, but his Christian
how fully and thoroughly he forgaye hin
and wished to have it quite forgotten. Hr
also t1ed bravely to combat the preiudiceS
OF his 1ellow-citizens, but with very indil-