Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-02-02

only be in roqusition in wet or dirty
weather, aud he began TO pray that it might
rain. lie kept severe and a close watch
upon the Engishman, and followed him
. always when he could do 50 without detcc-
ton.
y n fortnight passed away, and the Eng
lishman began TO exhibit signs of great un-
easiness and unrest. lie was always going
out at night, and Pinkerton was always
following him, and his face was always
turned toward the railroad, upon which he
was sure to descend and make eNamina-
lions of the road for about mile and half
on both sides of the village. One day he
b had received some letters from New York.
and Pinkerton watched him more closely
than usual. About a quarter of mile
from the village was graveyard on a hill
which commanded the railroad and AT dark
the Englshman set ont toward this wild
and romantic spot, and Pinkerton after
him. The night was cloudy. but every
now and then the moon broke ont and
lighted up the lovely scenery.
To Pinkerton's amazement. he climbed
the fence of the graveyard. and sat there
looking toward the village, 50 that his
SHADOW" had to hide himself. Presently
| Hc Oh II grave, anu SllolC along !
towards the middle of the cemetery. with
Pinkerton still after him, but lodging be-
hind the trees and gravestoncs He could |
hear him muttering TO himself and occa-
sionally talking aloud. and he stole up to |
him as near as he dared and managed at |
last TO creep into a vaulted gr We close to
him, one of the side slabs ofwhich had fall
| en- down. The dew was heavy and grass
so surcharged with it that he was wet
through but he kept on listening, and fl
naly made out that he was reciing solil-
oquy from Lord Byron's Manfred" and
occasionally Gestcuating wildly to the
moon. Was the man mad? What remorse
had brought him here to vent itself in the
| terrible and dreadful line of Manfred?
At length he drew out his watch and tried
| to make out the time.
Then he jumped over the fence and ran
down to the railroad. lie was evidently
waiting or somebody. For whom Time
would show perhaps for Pinkerton still
followed him. Once he lost sight of him.
Then he fancied he heard voices, and hur-
ricd in the direction whence the SQUAD pro-
ceeded-and as he gained upon them he
found that his man was returning. So he
.
the churchyard. Here he stopped several
times and listened. What had he been do
ing? Had he laid another trap for the
overthrow of another train? 1t was a
dreadful thought and as it struck him,
the due train was heard in the distance.
On it came, and no one to warn the en-
gineer of the possible danger. In another =
moment it 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 u was not to be- The man
watched it as it fled past and then turned
toward the village and Pinkertun followed ,
him back TO the hotel. He was all this
time in secret conference with the superin- ,
tcndent of the railroad, who lived hard by.
The next day, when Pinkerton called on
him he showed him letter which he had
received from some one who said he knew
the gang that had thrown the last train ov-
Grand that they wanted to get him to Join
them-their object being to cause more ''ac-
cidents' before long. lie offered for con-
sderation to join them and become a spy y
on their actions for the company -
Pinkerton advised the superintendent to =,
=
be allowed to come to the Office while the :,
conference took place, in order that he I,
might see Kim and thus be able to identify ~
him hereafter. He had no doubt in his :,
own mind who the man was. He felt sure !,
that he was the same person whom he had -
followed so often and so long up hill and :,
down dale, ard into the very jaws ofdeah. +,
And so ii turned cut. The man was en- q
gagged by the superintendent, and was in f
correspondence with n clerk in the post /,
office in New York, who informed him n
whenever large sums were sent from that
office west. This is fact, however, which II
transp'red subsequently when all was ov- NJ
or with this very smart man who was so II
fond of playing the spy. Fl
Mr.. Pnkerton found that there was A. :
mother man al % in legue with the "spv" N
and that his work kept him chiefly in New ii
York. Pinkerton now expected every Of
day that there would be Il "smash up'- h
but under the pretense that the conspiracy Of
called him to New York, the "spy" left the +
West and was gone so long that Pinkerton @,
returned to Chicago. q,
About three weeks afterwards, he receiy- III
ed another dispatch to go Immediately to S,
tho old station, his expectation being re- n;
allied in another overthrow and robbery in
of the mail train. On his arrival he found st
the same boot marks - in the former cases, In
and was now satisfied that he lad got the ol
real criminal-lor behold he had returned 70
to the hotel two days before the "accidemt' mr.
occurred, but he had the cunning to be a. I'm
bed with some other person all that night, pl
that he might establish an alibi, in case he of