The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-01-17

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undeserved.
Let me carry it, Frank Smith," said
grating voice, that had a saw-sharpen-
ing sound in its cutting tones. And in
moment the bag was wrested from Miss
Saville's hand and thrown heavily upon
the deck. Then followed sudden scuf-
Ge, and l saw her bounce back against
the bulwark, and the same grating voice
exclaimed, "Stay your hand, sir, or I'll
frew
There was swaying about, a sharp,
struggle, and was about to throw my
self upon the second-classs passenger-a
rnfian who was committing an outra-
geous assault upon my fellow-passenger-
when strong hand dragged me back,
just as there arose sharp "click-click," "
and, dizzy with surprise, | saw the wretch
drag a revolver from Miss Savillc's fet-
tered hand as she lay torn and dishevel-
ed upon the dock.
" Had not breath to speak before, my
friend" said the second-class passenger,
painting, as he rose from one knee; "but,
for your information, Mr. Frank Smith |
hold warrant for your apprehension.
Bank robbery, gentlemen; cool twenty
thousand; but I'm in hopes it is all
here" And he took up the bag that lay
on the deck.
"Stand up, sir" he said the next
minute as he assisted the prisoner to rise,
and tore off the veil Very clever, very
well done indeed, this false hair; and the
chignon is very becoming, sir. l must
do you the credit of saying that you took
me in while poor Matthews hadn't sus-
picion, but was rather down on your
friend"
"Take me out of this" said hoarse
voice. And | would have turned and
fed, but felt myself wedged in by the
crowd; it seemed impossible that the flushed
face, veined and knotted with disappoint-
ment and rage, could have been that
which had deluded me through the voy-
age.
"All right, sir, as soon as we can get
an officer from the shore. But there, you
need not mind for few minutes"
Take me below, officer" was the hus-
ky, imploring petition next uttered, and
the officer was about yielding when
passenger exclaimed:
" But are you sure you are right, Off
Ger 2"
"Right, sir Yes, I'm right enough
and I hope there's nothing blacker against
him, for there is the death Of my poor
mate to clear up yet. 1t seems strange
that he should disappear the very night
that our friend here suspected that he
was found out; and it seems stranger
still that he should have settled down so
quietly after, and never show at all when
the officer who suspected him was gone,
for he did not know | was on board. "
"I glanced once more at the deathly
pale face as the detective led his prisoner
below; and then, giddy with the rush of
thought through my brain, | made my
way back to my cabin to stay till the 9th
or passengers were ashore, when | has
tened to hotel, but not as | had hoped,
unseen, for encountered the officer just
returning from placing his prisoner in
security
He took me by the button, as he had
seized the captain, and held me for a
few moments.
"There, you need not be ashamed of
it. Young man." he said, with dry
smile; "he's got about as womanish a
face as ever | saw, and his disguise was as
clever as it was possible to be. was
hard pushed, but felt pretty sure, and
at the last | got one look that settled it.
There's a resemblance between you that,
had he put on good beard would have
made him look deal like you, and it
was that which made my poor mate have
his suspicious of some one else but, any
how, fourteen years will make him rather
different, and he won't come the petticoats
again"
"Fourteen years" | said.
eyes, perhaps more for it's bad
case-confdential clerk"
We parted, and / saw no more Of the
police-ohicer From the report Of the
trial. though ] learned that the police
had certain information that the culprit
would sail from Liverpool in the Helce'iyn,
though his disguise had been nearly
clever enough to throw dust in the keen
eyes of every one. | was only twenty
then--a fact which plead as an excuse
for my want of discernment and no doubt
formed in the culprit's eyes capital
screen, and one which would make it
almost impossible for his sex to be for an
instant doubted.
The sergeant was right; the prisoner
was brought back to the scene of his
1anredntions and fourteen vaors' ronol