The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1871-12-30

Halo! what's that What is the traia stop
ping again for 80 soon r
was well acquainted with the line and
knew the express ought not to stop at the next
| station. Some accident, thought.
| Tickets, tickets, all ready here"
| What on earth is the meaning of all this: I
draw out my frieud's ticket. His is only to
| F.; am going to London. Never mind, it
is OF no consequence, can pay the difference
All, bat then have no purse. N'imp0rte. can
draw cheque at Paddington and Wait till it is
Cashed.
The door was opened, and beheld the guard,
station-master and two policemen.
"All right" said one Of the lat, to the
| station-master, this is our man; directly he i
out of the carriage the train may GO
"Al wrong" said /. You have made
mistake--.l have no intention OF getting out
here. Inn going on to town.
Inever saw a policeman on duty laugh before
bat over the stern, hirsute face of W. C.---w}ich
stands tor Willis Constabulary-No LIZ, there
passed something like grim smile as he replied
at is OF no use, my man-you must come out
at once; you are fairly caught. II you obey us
quietly. we will give you unnecessary pain
but II you hesitate or resist fOr one moment, We
| shall at once put Oh these"
AS he spoke he got on to the step OF the car
riage and held up before my bewildered gaze
pair OF handouts, which ratified most ominously.
Good gracious! what could be the joke OF all
this? Mechanically, did what others would
have done got out Of the carriage. The train
moved on. assumed stern Indignation, though
| ill at ease.
"Now, them" said. "what the dickens do you
mean by all this"
Come. come, my man, your swagger won't do
with us. You must come along" was the
swer of my guardians.
But what am charged with? What do you
want me for ~
"Well, tina: is good joke, and you are cool
hand replied w. g. 1,172. 'But now, business,
my man. We are bound to take you up, and you
are bound to come with US, quietly if you will,
ii not" Here he again held up the handc utf,,
You are charged with forging a cheque for
1870 on the Sandstone Bank and with half
killing, if not actually numbering, 2. G. Smith,
of the Somersetshire force. We are going to
take you to the lookup; and tomorrow you will
have to appear before the magistrates. l am
obliged to caution you that you need not say
anything; and that if you do say anything to
commit yourself, it will be brought up rs evil
dence against you"
Good Heavens And so was forger and
murderer.
''Well-but," said l, ''these are not my own
| clothes. A gentleman in the carriage changed
clothes with me; or rather, he lett me alone
ahem asked and Iput on his clothes, and
then you came, and-and-confound it, yOu
don't think | am he!"
"Oh, no." said w G. 1,112, "you amt him
not bit of it, you are yourself. Well, you
must think Us green to try and palm that off On
us"
And Immediately there arose subdued official
chuckle
Ere long it came to pass that / was obliged
quietly to accompany my captors to tho police
station. Mr. Inspector booked the charge, where
by it seemed that WAS really forger and all
but murderer. 1t WAS quite in vain that pro-
tested and vowed that | YVES not the forging
murderer in question, but Edward Brownsmith,
/ Of sunny Villa, near Sandstone was cut short
! IL my protestations with
"You must prove that before the magistrates
tomorrow ii you can Bat first was searched;
and on me, to my DISCUS, were found ticket to
| F. not to Loudon where | said | was goiug,
and clasp-lnife slightly stained with blood.
| mo use denying it, my man. We have got
| you, and shall not let You escape
l fel: half distracted by the position
! placed in.
Please, Mr. Inspector, may telegraph to my
! wife ~
The Inspector was naturally kind man and,
probably, nomentary dream OF my possible in
nocence fitted across his official mind.
Well, hardly know" be said. However,
write down the telegram and let me see it.
suppose, too, you will want me to lend you a
shilling?"
| Quickly wrote
From Edward Brownsmith, Police.statiou G,
| North Willis to Augusta BrownsInith, Sunny
| Villa, Sandstone:
| ''DEAREsT-l an taken up wrongly on
suspicion. Come at once, Bring vicar of parish
to prove my identity.
In an hours time, grim policeman handed
me the following telegram in reply:
"EDWARD-I am not So easily taken in by
your dodge. Come home; take me to seaside
then all forgiven"
Now, never before in my recollection, swors
at man or woman; but am afraid that then
my mouth did form what suppose the sapent
concoctors of the Public School Latin Primer
would term monosylabled word, ter,nina.
ting with the stem n and they would probably
further describe il as transitive verb. Thank
goodness my wife cannot understand all that.
Depict the utter wretchedness OF that night
spent locked up in my cell Before ost-bu.
subject to police inspection, and, believe, also
police copy-I wrote most humble imploring
letter to my wife. Goodness knows what amount
OF dirt ate in that epistle. Next morning
about twelve o'clock / was had up before the
magistrates. Everything that you already know
was brought up against me and, moreover, it
was sworn that Jabez Cough, dressed az l was,
had left Sandstone station dressed in the very
clothes had on, had knife and ticket such as
were found on me. My Telegram and its answer
were brought forward rs condemning evidence
1t was stated chat the reply was supposed to be
from an accomplish, and in cipher and re.
mand was asked for. / was remanded. One or
two OF the magistrates seemed slightly to hesi.
tate; but, really, my slangy dress, my worn and
| harrAssed appearance, and Circums in