, 1877-01-27
elnd'y p!edee myself to Ec,naa In ono Of tire de-

Now. must 20 little Ia detail Into the mat
ter Of thc Into rul''lcrr. 20 long a. I was nic |
nf Acyeta: others suspected, felt the lnatice Of
right TO sec exercised. D;saeseeabic as II was,
submitted III perfect good faith, and would do
MI cuul,l u heIp ferret out the matter. ~ II
would only clear all the innocent. but the
the moment thought / was singled nut. or
that At least there wus ground Tor snppo*ing
Tint was strongly suspected Of bclnE imPll.
Gated. lIow bitterly regret that ns repeated
Mt sonlc nlara Intelligent work than dfrecttng
packagrs, was not vouchsafcd consent. lad
then been out Of this j. was not that ! was
dissatisfied With my pofitson-1 70 stated to
had several tines mentioned Il to? Nj.
tutltrie, anil lie answered INC, Why don't YOU
speak To sfr. Wynan ab,ut IT," and did 80
tlc sanle .iny. But waited ny attention &C,
day tu my wurk. would rather be vigorously
employed tlr whole time, than have my hllc
tlli,'shts go back to old says: ! asststcd Eill-
tnGly When wtrk was trcserE a. at'5 othcf
dc'k. but often felt INA. ] was perhaps looked
upon M MI 1,ni,yttcl intruder, atl 30 this gave
tic M sntl lsfattto.
It is only siuce yesterday that Il ercpt over me
that | ain moro singled out thnn tbs rest.
frequent sending for mc,-'hs visit here at tic
huusc; bit ! nsrrIbcd II to an Indefinite expec-
tatio,t that gonla sugEcst SOME idea Or othcr
which might prove = srrt Of slnc to him; But
n WIS fully satisfied that tho tnlesltcd wna
committed afrtr the delivery was mndn In the
express Office, antl as Was not told whRt WIS
going on 10 cover the ground hctwcct, here and
Cllfcavo, dit not sec Of what lHnctlt could
your private Office. aud when Col. Benson re.
minded me that was rtrtn1n Tint package had
not been in my hands, and that ! denied
lsaving addressed It, that you saltl: 'Bnt II IL
full meaning Of thIs expression dld not attract
my attention at the moment. but afterwards It
1oomcd up. In perhaps entirely exaggerated pro-
portions: Then other thnEs pressed themselves
cradle ever since: may bo wrong il iiIy er-
i,ot withhold this. am impressed with the
i;!ea that Mr. o!lfllan alwaya r. hal dt.. ,
experienced What could only describe m
gentlemanty recognition ut his hands. intro
tluccd myself rather Rwkwardly to him after
late TINT he has taken notice of mc,-but II I m,
mistaken in my uotious should te Elatl to
apologize. You can rcad!ly understand that. II
there we're any truth IN my impression, II might
prove Of |ttlful disastrous Importance III the
present junytnrc, where, above a!l, full lIi-
lartIniltv and the most unalss spectcd Fatrnntc1-
ness may prove the only safeguard for suspected
innoccnt parties.
Then Col. benson came to Interview my wife.
F''"p - "h' No'" - "'ttsAots
expected, Ut course, he wanted to ascertain
about ouf cxpensca,-ubout whether | hare
sncnt more Of late than usual. ctc.,-but not
t was onl5 about datss of 'nasIiaec, birth q
whtcl, could lave written distinctly down at
nny moment, and not IN item Of which bears Of,
tho present cnec. You Etll understand tluw all
this could work on one. From tho tlay ~ns 1rst
Investigated Thought there co'l!t! bU no doubt
or no theory. admitted that made the package
! one that lad hccn in my land, bstt as your
words seemed TO sarEy the conviction that
nnorr aa 1een b e svs II sessd -
substitution: Already so,ns .dsSs sse ! W ex.
| Taught, sioot! in danger OF living the rest Of
| my days will, this suspicion over me, rs WIS
| Ii might bc mateiousiy l.in,cd TINT, because /
was knuwn to hAye sor,e bruins, tlltTt{urt rtist
MISC hc tI' possession Of criminal propens'ttcs
Finally, bccause WIS the latest arrival in tic
1wtsh. to rest for little while on the posi-
! billy Tint l wcre tic rrtmiual, Ny Whntcyrr
theory It IL supposed or insisted that Tic decd
tils observation-disclosures been performed it Is Ter.
tain that every stcu In It. execution nccc. sartly
! would presuppnsc
/ t,voprr nr mr. nvraa
harttfboo1, ur wIas Is cn]lcI i cicrE - which
| then shoutd be In possession Of. With the fcar
| Of Immediate exposlrc with 50 manv possihtII.
ny work, b. amongst ny {cl,ovclcrks, @ conlt
back to a pure heIic, aud thus pla,
I n ru,urtly, or asslmc an outward role
| which, | dare say, it would moi
the Uni,ei states. Iut would take a School fro,r
infa1cy up Il. all kInis Of deception, OF lylng, oi
bod aud Jarfng deeds OF darknrss, to rlyc d
man sufficient assurance to move about In! /
inspiring % men, have proven crin.tnals jiut tn
suiaxs W' an ardaod Sod o sas s1ere