St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-08-25

received 1t, and SD on which, OF course
had no difficulty IN answering HtII
!. he did not seem satisfied, ami cohtInHrI
to question me in manner which wa
fast making me angry, when the doc
opened aud quiet, gcntlcmanly look
in" man of middle age entered the room
and wished Mr.. Musgravr -'gondmorn-
inc"
This Is the young man, sald I'll,
banker 10 him, and proceeded +" repeat
my answers to the newcomer. i;y thl,
time was Getting very uneasy, and ask.
cd Mr.. Musgravc somewhat impaticnily
what was wronm about the check.
"WrlI. young man." sail the nnw-
conner, quietly, "iha fact Is, the genuine
check was presented yesterday AMI cash
pd, AMI Hi5 is Il forgery, for which |
shall have to dctain YOU until we have
communicated with the drawer
was utterly stunned ut this state
mrnt, and declared ychcmently that it
WAS impoSsiblc; that the check haI new
or left my possession since it was handed
over to me and that the whole story
WAS some yiIlainous conspiracy to ruin
me, or to avoid paying the money. The
banker seemed somewhat nctllcd at this
remark, and was bcginnin. to make an
au@ry reply, when the stranger stopped
him, saying the less said the better. lie
then said that hc was the superintendent
OF Police at Dclborough, and that !
mI-t CONSIDER myself III custody; bat ii
| would give my word to 20 quietly with
him, no fuss or scandal need be made
about it. | felt like 4 person in 4 dream.
Could it really be possible that was ar
rcStc! on charge OF forgery! -! My head
SWAN ut the thought, and sank faint
Ing on a chair behind me. Mr.. Mu-
crave. who .Sccmc'l 4 humane, tatherly
sort OF man, appeared to br greatly -hpck-
eel at the whole aii,Ilr, and persuaded
my custodian TO let me have some VINE
before We left, which brought back my
, scattered senses. II" then told me that
the check had b"eE presented about two
o'clock on the previous day, and lad
! been paid III notes all but the odd -iXty
pounds, which was ca-hcd in .oId The
/ person presenting it was a youngi~h man,
with muStachc and dak hair, who had
answered with perfect correctness several
/ questions about my employers which lrr'l
! been pat to test his identity.
"And now, yuung man" sud the po-
lice officer, "thc less yuu say the better.
bccapsr. You know, il will only b, used
a.ain~t you | must trouble you TO
come with me; but first must take You
back to your hotel to search your room e
Ey this time | was 50 entirely crushed
10y the whole affair that | seemed 10 have
Io-t even the power OF speech and hal
he proposed 10 cut oil my head there and
then, | think | should hardly have offer
cd amy objection. | walked mcchani-
caily 10y his side through the streets OF
Dcdborough, bat they did not look like
the same streets which | hal passed
through, tull of hope and confidence,
but Il short hlll hour before. t,tncicd
that every one We met looked askancc
at me, and that the guilt of the crime
winch hal not committed was brand
cd like Cnn'a upon my brow, Was II
really only hait an hour since | had
been tree . 1t seemed an age aga. We
passed br%.ar-a wrcirhed, halt-Starv-
cd object clad in dirty rag>, with pallid
face and cyr-, out OF which all hope had
| nE since dlrd-and how drVoutCdly |
!"l@'d +" chan"" place with him, if |
could have but shaken oil the incubus
/ which oppressed mo All nv old lIlt.
rose IN review before mr. Where were
the troubles which had thought 50
heavy Could 1t Lr possible that had
been unhappy ever before The "ilic"
III spiders Inn S'rmei to me mn" to have
been the very late ot heaven, and Law
rudcr Crescent a dream of bliss And
Ian,-would She, too, hear OF mc as Il
tor2Jr My mind pictured her reading
tia account of my committal in the
Standard. Which her mistress INDUCED
III, and which generally found its way
INTO the kitchen alter Mrs. Johnson had
done with 1t up stairs. The very para
graph swan before my eyes. The
prisoner WAS Il young man ol shabby
gcntccl exterior, and appeared TO feel his
position very acutcly. In answer to the
worthy magistrate, lie protested his IN
noccncc of the charge against him." etc
etc, in the stercotypcd phraSrology
which meets our eyes from day to day,
and which enables onehall OF the world
to @loat over the miserics OF the other,
and TO thank Mcd God that they are
..uOt rs this nuhlicau."
No, u, sir, certainly. This way,
ii you please, Mr.. Bracelet" said tho
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