River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-07-19

hall, on their way to the chambers, Mr..
Moreton, who had been requested TO as
sist in the search, pulled our the hat-raci,
and, passing his hand down the old
fashioned ceiling behind Il, touched hid
den spring. The door of secret cupboard
that was framed into bend of the Chin
ney Immediately few open.
There, on the lowest shelfof the small
AID otherwise empty recess, lay an EN-
/ Droidered travelling bag, which Mr.. More
ton took out and unstrapped. To his
and the officers establishment, and to
the dismay Of the Remingtons, the bag
was filed with packages of bank-notes
which, on examination, proved 10 be the
+ identical ones taken from the Flint Rock
/ Bank.
Tie Remingtons both affirmed that
+ they had never known Of the existence of
I lhe cupboard, which Mr. MOreton said he
[ had made himself. SEINE years ago, rs
T storage place for a quantity of valuable
+ but unused silver. So far as he knew no
I one had been aware of the location of the
cupboard excepting himself, his wife, now
dead, his son Walter, who was in South
America, and bis daughter Ethel. who
had not been out of her room for months.
He had left il TO her TO show Mrs Rem
ingtOn over the house at the time of the
purchase, and supposed she had told her
/ about the secret cupboard.
The attention of the little group
around the bag was now called by Mrs.
Remington 10 an ornamental scarlet mon
ogram-"E. Non its front, embroid-
cred within a wreath Of brilliant autumn
leaves
This bag surely belonged to my
daughter" said Mr.. Moreton, excitedly.
When Ethel MOretou was questioned
with regard to the ] r, she said she
bad not thought of - bag since she had
been i'll. Mrs. Remington had called on
her few days before the robbery, but
she could not believe that that lady would
have stolen anything from the house. She
did not remember whether or not she
had told the Remingtons about the secret
cupboard
The term of court at which the Rem
ingtOns were to be tried for the robbery
was now at hand, but. ON motion of the
eminent counsel whom they had retained
the case was continued to the next term.
As the money had been recovered, and
there wasa pronounced public sympathy
with the defendants, the bank officials,
especially Mr.. Moreton, We're anxious to
have the prosecuting attorney quash the
Indictment; but Mr.. Remington insisted
ON legal eXoneration.
One day during the early summer the
family physician, who had known Ethel
intimately from her birth. surprised Mr.
MOTetUn with the announcement that his
daughter was kept i'll by some mental
trouble, and that he believed ii TO be in
some way connected with the bank affair.
she fell ILL., said Dr. Knowltcn, 1.-THE
day the robbery was discovered. From
child she was never afraid TO go out in the
dark She is familiar with all the ms
and outs of the bank. Silver-stocking is
fond of her and she would have no fear
OF him. She knew of the secret cup
board, and the money was found in her
bag. Besides, her nervous attacks al
ways occur whenever the bank affair is
mentioned in her presence. The bur-
den upon her mind must be allevia-
ted or She will never live TO see another
autumn.
The private interview, which the faith
full and skilltul old physician had sought
with Mr.. Moreton. was hardly over before
the latter. almost broken down by be-
wildering SORROW, repaired to his daugh-
tcr's sick chamber.
1t took much persuasion, and the re-
itcrated prcscntment Of the fact that the
innocent were suffering for the guilty, to
induce Ethel, with sobs and tears, TO tel /
her story. At last she said:
You know. papa, that ! was 1T that /.
French boar,ting-sch0ol in the city two /.
years. There were in the institution /
what was called secret Ciiqucs.' Just a /
few of the girls with congenial tastes I
met regularly in each others rooms. +
There were the lovers of Laughter, and i
the Ten Tried Travellers each having
pass words and signs. belonged 10 the
Ten Tried Travellers The society was
at iiIsi useful IL lis design anil tcnden-
cies.
w q went 0n imaginary trips around
tie world. and IL cur meetings, dressed
ia travelling suits, and had our maps,
puidc books and well stored lunch bas-
kets. We would stop and explore every
considerable town and interesting point.
Toward the end of the first year Julia
McMarshall came to the school She was
a very stylish young lady who had trav-
eled all over Europe and the East. Each
of the cliques We'd in efforts to get her,
hut ours was successful. One of our so
ciety having left the school she was in
stalled as one of the Ten
.She was very handsome and fascina-
ting. and had been in society great
deal. but came to Madam Leclercs to per-
feet herself in music and French, previ-
Gus 10 going abroad again, This time on
her wedding tour She fairly bewildered
Us with tales of adventure, and proposed
that when she went on this trip we should
all accompany her; being married wo-
man she could chaperonc US.
we all asked our parents, when we
went home at Christmas, If VT could go
with her. and were ali refused-as you,
papa. NAV remember in my case. Then,
on our return, Miss McMarshall proposed
that We should get up fund, putting in
To il all the money We could by any dc
vice coax from our parents, and place 1t
in her hands to pay our expenses. She
was 10 invite Us To- 90 with her and our
parents were to believe that we
were To be he free guests. But
we could not get near enough money
for the purpose.
At the beginning of the spring term,
Julia got changed around so rs to room
with me- She used to talk to ne until
became completely carried away with the
alluring details OF the proposed trip. She
pictured the sensation ten elegantly
dressed and handsome young American
ladies would create in the fashionable
circles in Europe, with titled young men
following in our trail AID giving us en-
tertainments.
AT last she proposed that should take
some money from the bank, knowing as
she did that you, papa, kept the keys. l
remember how 1 started when she
preached the subject. but she told me
how many thousands Of dollars there
were in n bank. and said that lust enough