Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-03-10
STANTON, VIRGINIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1876.
She held up her hands imploringly as hel
frightened lips called

frightened lips called
CDR. Gleason! stop .stop"
ssWhy, Mariana, what is the matter p
said he, alarmed at her appearance. 'Wh(
is ill ?''
'sCome into the house, doctor. quickl
} found man at fathers desk taking mon
ey, and believe I've killed him!'' and sht
shuddered at the very thought.
"Was there but one ?'' he asked.
Il think not," was the reply.
''Well, child, jump into my chaise, drive
down the road to where those men are
working, and tell them DR.. Gleason wants
them.'
When. Mariana returned, she found the
doctor trying to restore the man to consci-
BUSINESS. Soon the four workmen made
their appearance, and an officer was sent
for. While they were doing all that was
possible to revive the man, Janet came in
at the back door. Seeing Mariana in the
dining room, and, not observing the others
she said,-
ssSister Julia,wasn't at home, Miss Mari
ana, so didn't stay long, only called on
a neighbor." Then, coming into the room
she exclaimed, 1.-THE tramp! The tramp :
How came he here ?'
My good woman" said the doctor, this
man was found by Mariana, helping him
fself to money from her fathers desk.
What do you know of him %
"Why, sir, he must be the one who en-
tered Squire Smiths residence this FORE
noon, and stole several hundred dollars.
He has been lurking in this vicinity for
some days."
The man gradually returned to consci-.
BUSINESS, and Mariana could but look on
him with plying eye, although when he.
to have vengeance upon her. By that time.
an officer arrived. and he was conveyed to-
the station house.
Upon examination, there was found un--
der the lining of his hat several hundred
dollars, which was identified by Squire.
smith as his property. 1t was afterward
proved that twas his face which Mrs.
Creasey saw at the window Of the dining
room, and that he saw Lawyer Creasey de-
posit the money in his desk. Keeping
watch of the premises, he saw Mr.. Creasey
and his wife leave the house in the MORN
ing and Janet go away about noon. Think
ing the family all way from home, and dfles
house fastened, he entered by cutting @.
pane of glass in the kitchen window, and
heard not a sound till he was felled to the4
floor by our heroine.
On the arrival home of her father and
mother that evening, Mariana related to-
them the adventures of the day. They
listened with breathless amazement at the
recital Of her story, and praised their
daughter for her presence of mind and
prompt action in a time when life and.
property were in jeopardy.
,''But then," her father playfully re-
marked, ssthe money was. Arthur's, wife,
which explains all. -
For days and weeks Mariana was the
heroine of the place, while the, newspapers
were warm in her praises. In an account
of the affair written to Arthur, she:
said,-
eff were born princess [ couldn't re-.
ceive more admiration. Wherever I go;
the affair is mentioned. Squire Smith
says if it had been his daughters they
would have tainted, while father persists
in declaring that did it because the mon--
ey was yours. Well, let him tease. Now
do not relate the affair to your college.
chums; if you do, another time shall not
interfere"
The tramp in the course of time. 49,
ceived his just deserts. Mariana is now
the beloved wife of Arthur Clayton, WING
graduated from college with high mono, IS,
studied law with Mr.. Greasy, and enter ed
into co-partnership with him. When the Sc
nior partner retired, several years later he
left the business with Arthur. and in tin ne
he was prominent and successful mel n
Der of the bar. He often relates to bus
noisy children their mothers adventu re
with tramp.
How CASE WAS WORKED UP.-A Ger
tain bank kept losing money, only small
sums, yet the loss was constant and mystic
rious. A celebrated detective was called in
"Let every one leave the directors
room," he said. ''Send in everybody, one
by one, who has had chance to steal"
So the president, the cashier, the tellers,
the bookkeepers and clerks had a private
interview with the detective. Every one
in the bank knew the purpose of the visit,
and all but one were slightly nervous and
uncomfortable under the searching ques-
tions Of the chief. The last who entered
was nephew of the president. He walked
in cool, unembarrassed and Indifferent and
with an air that said proceed" He was
dismissed as well as the rest The detec-
tive said not word, left the bank and in
one week returned. He had been shadow
ing the presidents nephew. In a clear,
fair hand, was written the whereabouts of
the young man for the last six days, the
company he kept, what he drank, the hours
he spent on the road, his night orgies, and
all his movements by night and by day.
Nobody in the bank knows to-day that the
presidents nephew was thief. That his
health was not good, that he was travelling
in Europe, and that his place in the bank
was filled by another, was well known. The
bank was saved from robbery, the family
from dishonor, the detective commended
for his skill and prudence, and was all the
happier for check of one thousand dol
lars. A detective told me that in ten years
he had never failed to detect a culprit.
lido NOT KNOW whether we are capable
of forming true Platonic attachment for
an inanimate object, but I sometimes be-
lieve that we may. The shrine in which
friendship has treasured up it's cherished
keepsakes, the ring that sparkled on the
finger, and the ringlet that once shaded
the brow of the departed in