St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-08-27

"SiIrncc -
Il wish To observe" again.
"SIlcncr ', again. and more pcrcmp-
toriIy.
81 TW speak ', | said. growing reso-
lutc. Il wish to observe hat my name
Is John NraN of Crutchcd FriarS
At which announcement the little
court was Immediately convulsed with
laughter. Evidently the Joke of my
alleged mistaken identity WAS con-id-
cred highly amusing.
Il repeat. my name is WraN, and not
RaSchk"i1.'
The governor for the moment looked
as if he would eat me. and his myrmi-
d"nS were little less aghast AT my per
~iSlrnt in>olcnce.
But DuuhlcN at last found his tongue
"llcs hight. sir He's not Rn>chkuli al
all -
NO, R;l>chkoif,'' from the governor.
who felt himself still one short of his
total number.
Not Raschk"if," from the police
man. who felt himself Il fool and five
pounds p""rci.
Not Ra>chkolf '" from the pious
%Ltrkccpcr. from the lirSl wardcr To the
second. To the third. and 81 on along
the scale. :i> all in tuuI expressed their
surprise. But there WIS no doubt
about it: DunklrN WAS positive and
other officers rorroborltcd his state
mrnt. There we've plenty NOW who
knew the real Rl>chkoil 10y sight ::
waldcrs with whom he had been in
daily contact. and who SIM at once that
/ | WAS quite II different man. 1t WAS my
misfortune that. on the pIcNinu- even
iug. none OF thr>, had been ON duty {:
int in II prison containing" nearly two
thousand trl"li>. the mistake WAS more
than pn~Sihlc.
NJ last the Governor spoke. and an
%Iily : "Oh hur this Is TO" absurd
What were lom about. all of l"u lt'>
di>%rarttnl And Nnu. ~ir =, this to
me ''hoW dare lou com" here /" insult
Us. AMI make u> look like fools -
/ omc might have Thought that had
/ been guilty of breaking into the prison
/ lay force. and that | had insisted they
should keep me there for the rest OF my
life.
But let me tell Nnu. >iI - he went
"ir. ''thar here i such Il thing ~ con
ui'amcr. and that ii j. trl"mN I" assist Il
convict Ia escape : aud that. before
l"n arc many hours Older. y"u will hr
i'l he heels in Dorchester Jail for trial
/ =; the next ;i>>IIc>.
".\ud let me tell l"u. sir =" replied
h"tl> in my turn. ''tilat there i such Il
thin" H. action inr tIl~,. imprisonment ::
and that it \uu do not instantly set m,.
free. il there j. ANY law III the land. I've
t"rc N"u are many months older. Nuu
L.. L. II,
Cont "t Queens Bench.
"N"n>rn>r. ~ir. insist on hearing
N"ur explanation.
My expiration ~ if | hadn't wanted
+" give it these twelve h"ur> past
Then. in Il few hurried words. | told
him the whole story.
But can this hr collnhnratrd Have
You any one within reach /" speak to
Your identity -
There i the inkcrprI at LuiN"rth.
t" my firm. stokes. Wrty y Co.. OF
Crutchcd FriaI>.'
'Will one of the patnrr> come
down -
'lr>. n" dnUhi. il ir> urgent.
'.II j. urgent. | am ~nIIN Ia appear
'.i>c"ultcor>. "r /" di>hclirNr N"ur >t"-
~ all | ask i. that l"u will IrnIail
here
''m prison
'-BN $50 means IN my house. ~ my
guest. said the governor. with the bow
of a finished c"mtirI ".\ll ask i t,
hr quite convinced. trust N"u viii
understand that am bound. in my
serious and responsible position. /" iak,
nothing for granted.
"And my clothes ,.
Il daIr~lN VT, can tit l"u out" sale
the governor. with Il slight smile. Nv,
kcrpa large stock OF ready made cluthrt
. no. not c"nN lets. hrl ticc mems. f"
pli>"nrr> ON discharge. Step into m,
private room. and You shall make thu
. chan%, at nm.r.
la half an hour WAS at hrrakt:i>
aud 1T the right side OF the gates, Will
1 my host.
+ ..Ou Mr. ~i"Lcs" arrived that even
, in" hN five. with full proof nt my idcn
;. lilN the governor WAS satisfied; and
,I l,iI Portland gladly enough within hal
an hour afterwards Mr.. stokes wen
!, back io town at once. hut | got ont
:, W ""i. intending I" walk Ia the I'M
:. Strangely enough. there MAS WE. VIII
had trkcu me and my luggage IN ll
cart from the station at my first alri\,
: tLrr, week.. hrlnr,.. hailed him. II
:. ,.;d,utl, diL n,, r,.,.o,rni,,. mn. i'm th
I,.,.t
~, wander van Jnu., Lu,v m.
said "A nice, linn, r,, hr,u L,>i,I,, ,
.. il ,L,.. I,st f,u,.-.,nJ -tv,nt, hn,u.s' =
u , NJ, ,ui,, .,l,,,, seemed tn h,;ur hl,.
l. :, .,i,uum nf iut,Ili",urr inf, his fac,
i Slowly his eyes oirued wide. and h
" lower inv drnrrcd
..Surrll." -" ne said IL sav >nu a-uni,
AWAY E,>t ui"hI uuitr lItr with fine. tN
= lain. .TL., sands ,I,,,, f., tL. r,,,