Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-10-05


house rose up before US, and we drew near
tho harbor
l had promised to look after the Grim
bies' baggage. and as walked toward the
paddie-boxes for that purpose, my friend
with the moustache stopped me.
81 must beg your pardon" said he. =
From what / have unayoidably heard to
day, you belong to the one hundred md
twentieth Now, curiousiy enough, it hap
pens that am going over to the rendezv-
Gus OF the United States smashers in few
days, and should be glad of letter of in
PRODUCTION to that brother officer of yours
-Sharples; l heard you mention him, /
am here for day or two, and will call on
you. Where are you putting up2"
AYE, that's n question ] was going to
ask, said he of the freckles. He was close
behind us, and go was the elergymen -
Somehow this brought tho lawyers office,
and my uncle, and the end OF my journey
at once before me.
''Going to stop2' Isaid, hesitating. "Oh,
with some friends OF mine"
care they coming to meet you?"
'No," I said, 81 don't suppose they
will"
''TheE tell you what" went on NV
freckled aoquaintance-he of the NOUS
tache had turned suddenly away, to my
| great relief, 81 tell you what, I've got a
capital joke. We've had jolly passage,
and ] like you. You're just the fellow fcr
my money. Let's have little dinner auu
q bottle Of wine together, out of the bet,
you know. The winner to stand it. Send
on your things by q boy. and tell them
| you've met an old friend. Come, is il
bargain?" and he slapped me on the back.
"Halloi Here we are at the pier" he
continued. before could answer. "Whos
the winner?" yelling to the crowd
| ''Maccaroni!' shouted fellow.
'By George! I've won my ffty and lost
the dinner! You can't hang back now at
any rate-and can't get out of it, nohow.
Look after yo-.r traps, and we'u be off to-
gethei."
| Even at that moment, at the eleventh
| hour, as it were, l might have been saved.
| The man of freckles / feti to be a sharper:
green as I was I knew it. But there /
stood, owing him fifty dollars, and ONLY
my uncle's bank note in my pocket. Any
thing, however, to postpone payment. Per-
haps I could appeal to his generosity after
glass of wine; perhaps
But by the time had got thus far, the
Grimbles bad hidden me goodbye, and l
tered it and 1as lost!
What luxurious dinner! !-seyeral
courses, good deal of wine, punch after
ward. The bill said so and believe it
was correct. l drank ecklessly to drown
the prickings os consciel ce, until at last.
with an imbecile smile, as if liked it, I
actually took out the note to pay the fifty
dollars. My companion gave me fifty in
exchange,
How long the orgie lasted don't know,
I remem Der my companion asking me to
excuse him for minute, and going out
recollect of being dimly conscious that
was alone, and sleepy. / suppose did
sleep.
A rude shake awoke me. There was quite
crowd-the landlord, several walters, two
policemen, and background of curious
spectators. In iront-could it be reai?-
was my silent friend of the steamer, who
was SO like parson.
s'James Moss, ssrest you as a swindler
and utterer OF base coin. It's no use max
ing any fuss, so give yourself up quietly"
Was he al dressing me? G: was it al q
horrid nightmare? I tried to collect my
SELF There, he was speaking again.
1.-The games up, my man. Not badly
played, but lost. Where's your companion,
eh2''
Somebody-the landlord, suppose-in-
eiiA'shtOu hO auA AOAt, saying WOuiu SSltl6
the bill.
s'Then pity you, that is ALL" said the
friend IN black. ''Search him, officers"
No, it should never come to that
found voice at last found limbs. With
the former protested my innocence; with
the latter l believe made an attempt to
escape. I am sensible was much knock
ed about. At last 1 found myself, bruised,
hoarse, ard-O, ye power!-handcuffed
held down in chair, while my pockets were
being searched and emptied. Out came
the fifty dollars which remained OF my un-
cles note. The man in black pounced up
on them, looked at them, examined them,
and threw them on the table and laughed.
81 thought SO. Counterfeit, every one
of them. How much for your dim er, land
lord? Take him away, my men"
The truth flashed on ME. The man with
freckles was the real Simon Pure; he had
swindled me out of my hundred dollars, and
was being sacrificed in his place. But
explanations were of no use now. Perhaps
my words were little incoherent. Bare
headed, ,sthe coat half offmy back praying,
beseeching, the yeriest wretch on earth
caught glimpse of myself in the M
[ was hurried through the streets, Il ng-
ed with pleasure seekers enjoying the calm
summer evening. Amid an applauding,
excited crowd, who would hardly let us
pass-heads thrust out of windows above
people struggling fora view-I WAS drag
ged between the two policemen, personify-
ing the reputed counterfeiier er and cheat,
James Moss. Some ladies and gentlemen
were at an open window, What do per-
ceiye? The Grimbesi and with them
yes, it must bel see her, and she recog-
nizes me; they ali io-Arabella! A shrek,
aud AIr. Grimble's s.Blees my sou,!' were
the last sounds [ heard rs I tainted.
Early next morning was taken to the
police court. To my torn, beggsrly ap-
p9arance OF the previous evening WE sadded
the seedv, sodden look produced by q
nights lodging in the cell. Everything
about me WAS wretchedness. How { revil-
ed that abominable moustache, the eau
of all my woesl implored the jailer to
cut it of for me, or let me do it myself; but
no.
You'll have it off fast enough, my fine
fellow, when you get sent up," he remark
ed, t'and your hair is q bit shorter.
Oh! the unutterable shame and misery as
looked around the crowded court. Ara
bella and Miss Grimbles were not there, but
half the town was, my uncle, and MIR. Grim
and my clerical captor.
ifttCk bpOho lllSt. i1O "aS d tcteCl-
ive-William Shaw, as he stated, of New
York. He had heard that James Moss WAS
coming over to Philadelphia the day be-
fore. TOOK passage in the same steamer
The description of Moss put into his hands
wss, young man, sunburnt, has look of
IGtemperance, large moustache, talks
loud, passes himself off as a military man.
He appealed to the court to satisfy himself
by inspection, with regard to the CORES
pondence, as to personal appearance. AS
to manners, he gave evidence that the pris-
oner had passed himself off as an officer
before the whole steamer; had caused every
one TO notice him; offered bets on the race
ordered an expensive dinner at the R
Hotel; had been apprehended there; re-
sisted with violence, and was fo nd with
$50 counterfeit money (now produced) on
his person.
For confirmation of this he called upon
two gentlemen who had both been repeat
edly addressed by the prisoner during the