The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1876-04-14

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g Silverwing a. was the name of a
ccnntryFinn where I4requently stopped
nearly halt a century ago, when con-
nected with a surveying party, establish
known as the .sfirelands.o II was one
of these places where travellers liked to
.tarry, for the host was i genial fellow,
a good .provider, and made everybody
feel comfortable who found it conyen-
lent to stop at his Eouse. fne lie.
Only one thing was there to, mar the
perfect quiet of the. place; now and
then robbery had been committed
there by some exp xpert burglar, and with
all the efforts put forth 70 detect the
thief or thieves, no Clue had been OBJ
tRiEAd AdaaAiAt aw5inte6 mdelE WersaantyiB
any.direction. It was generally sup
posed, however, that some member or
members of regularly organized band
Of thieves, known to exist in that part
of the country at the time of. which
write, carried on the work In every
instance the robber had got away with
the plunder, leaving no distinct trace OF
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landlord had standing reward posted
mp in the bar-room and other places, Of
tive hundred dollars, for the appreEcri-
sion of the guilty party.
/, perhaps, felt a greater interest in
the affair than any otI er outsider !; not
from any danger of losing any great
amount OF money, for it was, unfortu-
nately, not in my possession, but because
/ had formed warm attachment for
the beautiful daughter of the proprietor
Of the ~Silverwing. I had indeed be-
come infatuated with Eleanor, and had
the blessed saeisfactionof knowing from
her own sweet lips that my love was
not bestowed III vain.
For more than a year I lad been a
frequent guest at her. fathers house, and
each occasion had been one of exceed
ing Happiness. The parents of.ny ideal
knew that our fancy for each other had
ripened into strong affection, and they
most heartily encouraged the proposed
union. 1 n
4 Eleanor at times wore troubled
look; often i'll the midst of a spirited
conversation would lapse into silence or
burst into tears, and especially was this
the case when reference was made to
the disrepnte her fathers house was
likely to fall into ii the crinesperpetra-
ted in it were much, longer, continued.
and filial affection which strengthened
my admiration, and led me to VOW over
and over again with solemn oath, that
| would not rest until the rogues had
been detected and punished.
Ny first Investigations developed the
tact that room 13 of the chamber was
the one in which the greater number OF
robberies had taken place; but this was
accounted for from the fact that it was
the best room in the house, and the one
usually occupied by parties of consider
able means
The second development was, thatas
the doors and windows were amply sup
piled with locks, bolts and bars, there
must be confederate connected with the
house, for these appeared to in no way
interfere with the silent aud successful
workings of the thieves.
My suspicious naturally fell upon the
hostler, who was . shrewd fellow, faults
less in, department, but man who KEPT
his own counsel. fsse.s.s. .,...s .ag
The more l thought of it the more
certain | became that / had a clue
These suspicious were conveyed to Ell
eanora and her father, who were some.
what surprised at first, but finally ad
i mitted that they Were. not, perhaps
gIoundless,9 and both. promised thei
full cooperation in working up plai
/ to bring the criminal 10 the surface
ots had only got my network well ar
ranged, as supposed, for capturing th'
thief, when | was called awayto attent
to other and important business, which
might aetain me for q month. in
forinedsm host aud Eleanor of my cal
Ito leave, and after getting full assur
ance that they would play the part g
detectives, according to the plans hat
laid out, took an affecsionate leave G
my afiauced, promising 10 return at th
earliest possible day. m s7sss-a q 4ss
i / had not been away from the Silver
Il wing more than week, when my mai
tersfook such shape as to allow me
return. Il was glad it was SO, tor m
heart felt strangely sad away from tn
one who had awakened its first emo
tions Of love, and / made haste TO n
trace my steps, Ny mind had been
good deal occppied with The robber
/, matter, and I invented . new device fl
detection, which led to the nnravelin
|, of the whole affair. s.s - - s
I changed my clothing entirely ,darl
enfng my face put on q heavy pair