The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1870-04-28
WHOLE NO. 1893.

/ W bat shall We say?' she asked.
I u do notknow. Heaven will direct
us for the best" be replied
/ The step did not pause for ceremony,
but came in and up tho stairs as if on
some pressing errand. Then the door
opened, aud Harry Houghton ran 10,
Ills curlg wet with the fog Of the
morning his cheeks rosy as from rap:
ID ride, his eyes dancing with excite.
menl
His father and mother stood spsech-
less and bewldered, filed with a new
alarm Bat the boy was too busy with
his own thoughts to observe his reeep.
ton. Thick and fast came his words,
questions waiting for no answers, and
narrative never pausing for comment.
"What is this Bixby shouted to me
when / met him about robbers And
Iwjas Is thsre such a crowd at the bank
aJgngl Did ! come sooner than you
IcZpec.ed me3 We had 4 glorious time,
at Tiuborough, you know, and when we
were through dancing | decided to
drive home At oaco And few miles
oul I me: siIas in his gig driving like
ual, and be shouted at Inc till he wAs
gu: Of hearing, bat ! could not catch
one word ii q dozen But before any
thing else, Iwar. = beg your pardon
. for my Toughness last night 1 am old
enough 10 know better, bat | was su.
1 cry when I spoke and / have been
thoroughly ashamed Of myself ever
since You viii forgive and forget,
father, wort tyou?-Hallo, I didn't sup:
pose you felt SO Badly about it, mother
darling"
Mary Hougbton was clasping her
sons neck, crying a. she had not cried
that night But The cashier, slower ia
seeing his way as usual, stood passing
his hand across his brow9 for q mo
ment. Then he spoke:-- #
Henry, where is your grandfathsr's
watch 2"
There, did you miss it so quicklyf
| meant to get it back before you dis.
covered it was gone. will have it
after breakfast The fact is, l was not
myself when left the house last night;
with temper, and Harrison Fry offered
me two hundred dollars for it, to be-
paid next week, and in my temper /
let him take it to bind the bargain, I
was crazy for money, and l sold him,
my pistoltoo, regretted about the
watch before had fairly quit the vii!
lagej but he broke his engagement aud.
did not 60 with US to Tinborough after
all, so | have had no chance to get it,
back again till now"
"HaTison Fry" exclaimed Foster
Hougbtou; and his hands clasped and
his lips moved in thankful prayer. ab
"But if you don't tell me what is all
this excitement in the village, shall
run out and find out for myself" cried
the boy, impatiently. "You never
would stand here asking me questions
about ti7fes, if the bank had been brok-
Cn open in the night" 2
Foster Houghton put his hands on
his boys shoulders and kissed him, a.
he had not done since bis sons child
hood. Then be took from its hiding-
place the watch and hung it on Harry's
neck, his manifest emotion checking
the expression Of the lads astonishment.
"There is much to tell you, Harry
he said, "snd perhaps you will think ]
have to ask your forgiveness rather
than you mine. But my heart is too full
for word till after prayers. Let Us
go down" a.. $50
Then the three went down the stairs
the mother cliuging 10 the boys hand.3
which she had never relinquished since
her FIRST embrace. Foster Houghton
took the massive Bible, as was his daily
custom, and read the chapter on which
rested the mark left the morning beIl
forc but his voice cboked and his eyes
filed again when he came to the
lines:-
"For this nay son was dead and is
alive againj hcw was toStaad is found.p
SiIas Bixby galloped into TinbOrough
two minutes late for the owl train; and
The fugitive was two sharp to be caught
by the dectives who were put on the
watch for him by telegraphic messages,
In a few hours all Elmfeld had disooy-
sred that Harrison Fry was missing,
md had made up its mind that he was
he escaped confederate in the burglary.
The Blue River National Bank offered
| reward for him, but be has never yetil
)een found. The jealous constable
ound Compensation for tho loss Of one,
prisoner in the discovery that the
,ther two were a couple Of the most
kilful and slippery ofthe metropolitan .
Known among other aliases
IS Gentleman Graves and Toffey Ben.
5ilas BiYby's courage and discretion
eeeived due tribute from counsel, press,
md public during the trial that ensued
he next month in the Tinborough
Court Houses and by some influence it
vas so managed that Mrs. Houghton
vas not called to the stand nor was
Foster Houghton closely questioned in
egard to the manner in which the
bird robber had escaped from his GUS
ody on the steps of the bank.
Harry Houehton went to Lake George
hat summer, starting day after the
lepartnre of Grace Chamberlain; but
his year they go together, and the
of the tour includes Mag