The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1875-05-06
not stirred since.

buiNcTiuH CTOWu, Cuileu hS nau Deeu,
half an hour too soon, and execratiug
the night they had passed II was
plain that few Of them had found
companions as inoffensive rs mine
had been.
The up-train camo, aud We scramb
led on board, glad, at last, to be able
to shake the dust of Skimpton from
our feet.
Fifteen minutes for breakfast T.
shouted the conductor, rs we stop
ped Mt q place that ought to have
boon called Mugby.
/ got out. and was In woful con
temptation Of u morsel OF some mod.
ible substance misuamod beefsteak,
which had bcen set before me, when
somo one tapped me on the shoul-
dor.
Take it away I said supposing
| addressed the waiter.
"You must come with mo" said
The man. in tone Of authority
gave him an indignant look
Such liberties wore unbearable
"fou are my prisoner he added
Your prisoner ~
Yes my prisoner. ! have been
tclegraphed to arrest you.
"On what charge :" | asked, ris.
ing.
Robbery and MURDER" was the
answer.
l can hardly tell whether I was
more amazed or amused.
Whether afjoke or mistake" |
said, your conduct is oil the same,
stupid.
1T will be all the same lucky for
you, the man replid, "if it turns cut
either joke or mistake. The nun
you slept with last night was found
dead in his bed this morning. There
are uarkos on his throat indicating
that he was strangled, and his money
and effects are missing"
protested my innocence, offered
TO be searched, recountod the occur.
rences Of the night but nobody
took my part. Tho train went on,
and was detained and taken back
on the next one down.
Skimpton was in ferment. As I
was marched through tho streets to
the magistrates Office. moro than one
excited citizen suggested that my
case was ono demanding the applica.
ton OF that rulo Of the higher law
which prescribes hanging first and
trying afterward.
Old Titcfst dcposed to my having
been put to sleep with the elderly
gent and to his being found dead
in the morning. He had further OBJ
served that tho deceased had q
watch and a considerable sum Of
money, both Of which wee missing
While half iledged doctor gave it as
his opinion, from certain discolora
tions about the mock, that the man
had been choked to death. -
True, nothing belonging to the do
ceased was found upon mo, ro-
counted my own version Of the facts,
calling attention to the circumstance
that another person had shared the
dead mans apartment before me, aud
had left suspiciously. I begged for
"A brief delay till an experienced ply
sician, then engaged, as understood
in making post moyi,m examina-
ton, should be ready to report. But
my words made no impression. The
deemed the case complete,
and my full commitment was on the
point OF being made out.
l was nearly frantic at the thought
that another hours detention would
prevent the keeping Of my wedding
and what would Margie
think when she learned the cause
"Stop a moment" interrupted a
stranger, entering in company with
another whom he heldby the arm.
"This man." he continued, is n no
tod thief. whom it has been by busi-
ness, for some time past, to shadow.
came down here with him last
night and when after stopping an
hour or two, he started my private
conveyance to catch the train as it
came up, kept myself informed Of
his plans, and knew exactly at what
point I should meet him again.
When I saw this gentleman arrest.
cd this morning, and heard the cir
I Immediately suspected
who was the real culprit; and when
my man here got aboard at the next
station above, | arrested him at
once, and found in his spossession this
watch and packet Of money"
Engraved on the watch was the
dead mans name.
81 confess TO the robbery whined
The other prisoner, "but the man was
dead when | committed it. He died
in fit just as We laid down together,
and the opportunity tempted me to
tako his watch and money
And the thiefs story was true; for
the doctors examination proved that
the old gentleman had died Of apo
plexy, and that tho supposed marks
of violence had resulted from natural
settling of the blood after circulation
had ceased.
I got off in time to keep my en-
gagement, and had quite an adven
ture to relate besides. s.-.N T.
Ledger.
Parson Talmage says, in his sub
dued style, that Brooklyn eats, drinks,