Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-03-09
BY !. e. KEXEs.

er. No! she had never exhibited any de-
cided preference. Did any one see to
whom the letter was directed which she
carried to the post on the day Of her leav-
ing home? No; it was not even certain
that she had q letter atall. Conld he see
any OF her handwriting Yes. plenty of it;
and he thereupon secured a specimen.
He then prepared a carefully WI tten de-
scrpton, and forwarded it, together with
her likeness, to the various police stations
/ in New York city and other large towns
He visited every hole and corner of New
York, watched the railway depots, and in
terrogated the clerks. The hue-and-cry
was raised everywhere, but raised in vain.
Now and again message would be sent
to him, saying that young lady answer
ing the description of the truant was at
some distant town, and thither at once
would the detective repair, only to find that
he had his journey for his pains, and that
! he was as much at sea as ever. Once he
fancied that he saw Miss Archbold in a car
r1age IN Broadway, and followed it for
long time, only to acknowledge himself
again mistaken; but he was convinced new
ertheless that she had not left the country,
and he much doubted whether she had
LEFT the town SO
He had carefully examined, OF caused to
be examined, all the books OF the various
steamship companies, and interviewed"
their agents to no purpose. The girl had
melted into the air without leaving a trace
/ behind her, and the trail was about as diff
| hcult to follow up as that of mosquito
over rock.
An unusually liberal reward had been Of
fered by Mr.. Horton for any information
that could lead to her recovery, and con-
slant applications were made by individu-
/ ais who professed either to have seen her
themselves or to have heard from some
friend who had seen her. and many wild
goose chase was the result, until at last the
detective began to fear that she had made
away with herself, and actually visited the
| Morgue more than once when the body of
a dead woman was advertised. Still he did
not relinquish his original idea, and when
pressed by his connpanion to try some 9TH
err tack, only repeated what he had said
! before. ~
stDepend upon it, a man is at the bot
tom of It, One day new thought struck
him, and absurd as it appeared, even to
himself, he determined on giving it fair
trial, and st artled his brother officer by re-
marking ''Daye, I am going to watch old
Horton" The other laughed at him, but
did not oppose his suggestion, as it gave at
least promise Of something to do. Mr.
Horton, IN common with many other gem
tlemen, was extremely fond of driving, and
an afternoon rarely passed without his or
der1ng his buggy. He had, of late, been
much worked at his Office, and frequently
sleps al an hotel when he found it too late
to o JOY an evening at home. There was
nothing extraordinary in all this-more
particularly as that home was no longer as
cheerful as it used to be before the death
of the father and the loss of the daughter
and no one had paid any attention to
his conduct.
The detective commenced his espionage
Immediately, and Mr.. Horton was careful
ly followed wherever he went. His drives
were usually in the direction of Harlem;
and as he was but little learned in horses,
and would have as soon thought OF driving
81 locomotive as a fast trotter, the officer
because curious to see what it was that in
duced him SO constantly to patronize that
road He therefore hired q vehicle. and
having instructed the coachman to follow
Mr. Horizons buggy, waited patiently for
the upshct, whatever it might be.
+ vi one thing he was soon convinced
Wherever Mr.. Horton drove, it was not to
Harlem, for after pursuing that direction
for short distance he turned his horses |
head and drove back towards the city,
Closely followed by the detective in the flv, |
be drove to house in the Immediate neigh |
borhoOd Of the New York hotel. Here he /
drew up, and having rung the bell, entered
with the air OF man who was perfectly at
nome. The detective In the meantime
LETT his carriage and took up q position |
where he could command everything with
out being himself visible Nearly an hour |
elasped, and Mr.. Horton did not reappear.
What on earth is he up to? thought the de-
teetlve; there must be some great attrac-
ton here; and he congratulated himself o.,
the step he had taken.
Presently the front-door opene nd
Mr. Horton stepped into the sire Of 1ri+t .
lady on his arm, whom he tep- -dorIv oosiet~
ed inte the buggy. The )s,dy's face s was
thickly yelled, and the lc co,,Id ,of
guess even at her ace, excent fbat her her
movements Seeme~l those of a Young wo-
L. man MT herton seated himself bv her
sue anu orHve off. and the detective. his
celrioSl'. now excited to the highest pitch.
agar started on his trail This led him
! Esraight to the jersey ferry, and in course
of time he alighted, carriage and all in Jer-
sey city. The chase set off without delay
towards Newark, in happy ignorance ofthe
| presence of a pursuer. When Newark was
reached, Mr.. Horton stopped at an hotel,
and, accompanied by the lady, went in, af-
| hour or two. The detective soon learned
that he had ordered dinner, and, as his
| own appetite was good, resolved to imitat-
his example. While his meal was prepare
ing, he loitered about the passage in. the
nope OF obtaining peep at the fair I'M
known. Presently the opportunity came
One ofthe walters left the door open. and
through the crack the lady was distinctly
visible W.
The detective fell back as if he had been
shot; plunged his hands into his pockets to
find the portrait ofMiss Archbold; present.
ly he pulled it out, looked at it attentivelv,
and then took another peep through the
crack in the door. Apparently satisfied
he slowly walked away, his countenance
exhibiting mixture of the greatest sur
prise, indignation and self-satisfaction At
this moment a waiter him.
'.Hallor' said he, s.Do t'iss gentleman
end lady often come here?" A
''Two or three times week, sir, was
the reply.
The deuce they do, said the detective,
slowly. 'Well, am" what he did not
say, for chuckling to himself, he went out
jumped into the hack, and returned at full
speed to New York. He was convened
straight to Mrs. ArchboId, and demanded
to see her alone. His manner was SO con-
strained that she instantly OWNED that
something most startling had happened
lyon have news;-news of Mary g.
''Yes, Mrs. Archbold, have, but 1 don't
exactly know how I'm to tell You. y 6 -s
'FWhere is she? what is she doing? Speak,
man, speaks -5 --- $50 = ..s>-
"Mrs. Archbold, you ask Mr.. Horton,
he'll tell you better than cam" ..s-
'.Mr. Horton! What do you mean-does
he know where she is?''
81 guess so-he ought to-" fa. "
What is this mystery? Tell me all
59 you i have to tell me. plainly. I can bear
= We'll d"..n't blame me. Mrs Arehbold--
= 20" " ii have the truth-Mr. Horton has
n'i' IN all along where your daughter has
been"
"How dare you tell me so-how dare you
hint t-?"
'.Its of no use being angry, madam,