Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-01-15

All rlSnU, hhlSS, odlu, 1dhIHSS ou0
door from her, and standing while she
got in. ANY luggage p For from
that very moment [ took her in sort of
way into my charge, because she was SO
thoroughly alone, you see, not having
any friends there even to see her off.
"No luggage, thank you" she answer
ed, putting her little leather satchel
down beside her on the seat, and settling
herself in the corner farthest from the
open door. do we stop anywhere be-
tween here and London 2"
Don't stop again, Miss, except for a
few minutes to take tickets. u. Th-r&4
looked at her as much as to say, "You're
all right, because I'm the guard" and
shut the door,
I suppose that, without exactly being
aware of it, kept a sort of watch over
this carriage, for [ saw plainly enough a
lazy young gentleman who persistently
kept lowering about it and looking in.
His inquisitiye eyes had of course caught
sight of the pretty face in there alone,
and [ could see that he was making up
his mind to join her; but he seemed to
be doing it in most careless and Ian
guild manner He was no gentleman for
that reason, [ said to myself, yet his
dress was handsome, and the hand that
played with his long dark beard was
small and fashionably gloved. Glancing
still into the far corner of that one first
class compartment, he fingered until the
last moment was come: then quite leis-
urely he walked up to the door, opened
it, entered the carriage, and in an instant
the door banged behind him. Without
any hesitation | went up to the window,
and stood near it while the lamp was
fitted in the compartment. The gentle
man was standing up within, drawing
on dark overcoat; the young lady in
the distant corner was looking from the
window as if the half darkness was bet
ter to look at than this companion. Nor.
titled good deal at the failure of my
scheme for her comfort [ went on to my
van, beside which the detective waited
for me.
''No 90, you see" he muttered Grossly
land yet it seemed to me so likely thai
they'd take this train,
81 don't see how it should seem likely,
[ answered, for [ hadn't gone with hin
in the idea .It doesn't seem to MT
very likely that three such skillfu
thieves as you are lodging, who did thci
work in this neighborhood so cleverl,
two nights ago, should leave the station
any night by the very train which tn
police watch with double suspicion. "
Doesn't it 2" he echoed with mos
satirical knowingness. perhaps yo1
haven't yet got it quite clear in you
mind how they will leave the town fO
it's sure enough that they haven't left
up to now. That they'll be in hurr
; to leave it, is sure enough, too, for thi
isn't the sort of place they care to hid
in longer than necessary. Well, what
the hardest place forus to track them in
London. And what's the easiest plac
for them to get on sea from ?-Londol
, Then naturally enough to London they
0 want to go. Isn't this fast train, an
t shouldn't you choose fast train if yo
}, were running away from the police p
| didn't tell him what sort of a trai
r I should choose, because [ hadn't qui
+ made up my mind and he was lookin
d cross enough for anything in that la
d glimpse l caught of him.
/ Having nothing better to do, | wo
dered good deal how these thieves cou
: arrange their getting away while Il
: walls were covered with the descripti(
e of them, and every official on the lii
was up in it. There was no doubt abo
It their being three very dexterous knave
n but then our detective force was We
dexterous too, though they weren knave
!, (and I do believe the greater dexteri
: is generally on the knavish side), and
it was odd that the description still W
Ineffective and the offered reward u
:. claimed. [ read over again the bill
~ had in my pocket which described t
robbers, edwin Capon, alias Ca
tain Winter, alias John Pearson, ali
DR.. Grow; a thickset, active man,
u middle hight, and about fifty years
- age; with thick iron-grey hair a
- whiskers, dark gray eyes, and an aq
= line nose Mary Capon, his wife, a t
49, woman Of forty with a handsome, f
80 face, a quantity Of very red hair, anc
= cut tacross her under lip. Edward CapC
- their son, a slightly built youth of l
more than fifteen or sixteen" Though,
= the matter Of that, | think he might hi
= had cunning enough for twice that ag
- - with closely-cut black hair, light g
: eyes, and delicate features
= - We all knew this description W
= enough, and for two days had kept
- eyes open, hoping to identify tn
- among the passengers. But our serut
had been in vain; and as the train ru
IN ed on, felt how disappointed the POI
at Euston would be when we arri