St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-09-01

Il luIl iii Hl)Ic>Slon al-D Oh the fl9tt boot.
OF course he said nothing, but bega
To make det0urS i'll all directions To Sc,
ii he could pick up the rc:rcaling trail
lie thought it most likely the man woul
90 boldly towards the village after h
had laid his trap, and so he FASTENED ol
TIL hc came To Il bit of mraSS leading {,
the main road on The nights above. Her
lac Stumbled upon the fnotmark one,
more, and proceeding right and left upoI
Il line with this discovery, he found th'
advancing foot too. The grass, how
ever, threw him off all further trail, bu
Lc had proved that the same man whC
had a lanl in the previous robbery had
planned the present disaster also an,
better still, that he camc from and re,
turned 10 the village. OWN. 10 som,
Il, cidrnt elsewhere, this train was late b,
several hours. 1t WAS an early mornir.
tram, and the design clearly was t,
throw ii off the lines and rob the mails.
but it WAS defeated.
MIR. llnhcrton remained privately III
the village. putting up at the chief hotel
and paasln" for Il salesman Of dry goods,
Tor several weeks, making observations
and notes. He suun knew every body in
the place, and had not been there a week
bei"lc lac BEGAN to suspect a man who
was then absent, hut who, when in town
St"prrd At the hotel where he then lod"-
eel. n short time altcrward hc returned
and PInkcItom found that hc was an
l-n%ll~hman, and lr"nn To look for his
clnIcn foot. Hut Ia did not wear it al
the time hc WAS introduced To him, and
those h"b-nailcd ones could only he in
rrqulslIIon in wet or dirty wcrthcr, and
he began 10 pray that it might rain.
lie kept Il severe and close watch upon
the i-n@ll>hman, and followed him I'll
ways whrn he could do s1 without de
, lection.
y fortnight passed away, and the
| l.nglIshman BEGAN IT, exhibit si.ns of
9reat uncasinc>S and unrest. lie was
always %oInG ont ut ni4ht, and Pinkcr-
ton was always following him, and his
face Was always turned toward the rail
road, upon which he was sure To de-
Sccnd and make examinations of the road
iur about IA mile and u half on both sides
SIDES OF the village. One day he had
received some letters from New York,
and nkerton watched him more
closely than usual. About "A quarter of
II mile from the Village vas "a graveyard
on Il hill which commanded the railroad.
and ut dark the En.li,hlman set out to-
ward this wild and romantic spot, and
Pinkcrton after him. The night was
cloudy, but every now and then the moon
broke cut and li@htcd up the lovely
scenery.
To Pihkcrton's amaZemcnt, lac climb
cd the fence Of the graveyard, and sat
there lookin" towards the VILLAGE, 50
that his ''ShadOw" had 10 hide himself
Presently he jumped on grave, and
strobe along toward the middle of the
cemetery, with Pinkcrton still after him,
but dodging behind the trees and crave
stones. lie cOull hear him muttcrinu
to himself and occasionally talking aloud,
and hc stole up to him as near rs he
dared, and managed at last TO creep into
Il vaultcd grave close To him, one of the
side slabs OF which had fallen down.
The dew was heavy and the grass SO
surchargcl with it that he was wet
through but hc kept on listening, and
finally made out that he was rccitng Il
SoliloIuy from Lord Byron'S ''Mantrcd,"
and occasionally gcstulating wildly TO
the moon. Was the man mad What
remorsc had brought him here 10 vent
itself in the terrible and dreadful lines of
Manfred At length he drew out hIs
watch and tried TO make out the time.
Then he jumped over the fence an
ran down 10 the railroad. lie WAS evil
IDENTIFY waiting for somebody. For
whom !! lime would show perhaps, for
Pinkerton still followed him. Once he
lost sight OF him. Then he fancied hc
heard voices, and hurried in the direction
whence the sounds procecdcd-an as he
gained upon them he found that his man
was returning. SO he skulkcd again,
and the man went over To the church
yard. Here he stopped several times
and Listened. What had he been doing ?
Had he laid another trap for the over
throw Of another train 1t WAS Il dread |
tnl thought; and rs it struck him, the
due train was heard in the distance On
it came, and no one to warn the cnei- |
ncer of the possible dlngcr. In another
moment 1t rushed past them, and went
laundering on in the darkness
Then with all his soul in his ears did
the detective listen, expecting crash
every moment. But it was not to be-
The man watched it as it fed past and
then turned toward the village and Pink
crton followed him back TO the hotel. |
lie was all this time in secret conference
with ;hc superintendent of the railroad,
who lived hard by. The next day,
when pinkerton called on him he show
ell him letter which he had received
from some one who said he knew the
gang that had thrown the last train over
and that they wanted to get him TO
join thcm-thcir object being To cause
more ''accidcnt>' before long. lie Of
tered, for IA consideration, 10 JOIN them
and become a Spy on their actions for
the company.
pinkcrtnn advised the superintendent
to employ the man, stpulating that he
should be allowed 10 come into the office
while the conference took place, IN order
that he might see him and thus be able
TO identify him hereafter. lie had no