Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-07-22
"And, on your word and honor, Mr..

tacked?"
"On my oath, I remember no more
than / have told you
"And the money; where was that p
'In the driving-seat under me, in the
padlocked leather-bag which Mr.. Shep-
fold always used"
"You know nothing more of it than
that it was there when you started %
Nothing !; on lny oath.''
Then, after long pause, during
which many signs of dissatisfaction
spread through all listeners, the chair
man continued, as he referred to Chase's
statement:
.sEtis now my duty to ask you to
whom in this extraordinary story you
have gwen of your dream, you refer as
your visionary assailant. 1t is most es-
sential-yital to your interests-that
you keep nothing back from us, whether
asleep or awake"
Here Chase was visibly moved. He
shrank, as it were, within himself; he
dropped his eyes, covering. Presently
he said. recovering slightly:
81 had hoped to have been spared
this. seeing that my words were intend
ed for no eyes but my Mothers
"The whole business" went on the
chairman, sis SO visionary and unsatis-
factory, that you are bound to explain
to whom you refer; your position with
US demands it. You have been tried
and trustworthy servant, but you will
forfeit all the past if you do not aid us
in our efforts to discover the perpetrator
of this robbery. An indication of who
this mysterious person is may give us a
clue. | conjure you to tell us every
thing, Mr.. Chase"
Again he resisted again he was urg-
ed to speak he continued silent, grow
ing paler every moment. There was a
nervous clutching of the hands and
twitching of the mouth he staggered as
if he were going to faint he sank upon
a chair and his head dropped it was a
very painful scene now, for he was much
respected. Once again the chairman in
sisted, commanding him to say to whom
he alluded.
AT length be arose, looking more like
a ghost than anybody ever saw, and,
gazing vacantly round the room with a
return of his old, dreamy air, said, in a
faint and hollow voice, and without seem.
ing TO auuress any one IN particular
alt matters little now. The shadow
falls upon me for the last time; it car
never lift again. He casts it upon me
he has blighted my life he hastens my
DEATH"
"Who ? Whom do you mean ?" crieG
the chairman. For one minute Chas,
seemed brought back to a waking state
He looked straight at the chairman a
he replied: "My brother, sir my twil
brother. | will conceal nothing from
you now. When only sixteen years o
age he was transported for forgery. W.
contrived to hide the business from ou
friends; had we not done so, l shoul,
never have obtained the post of trust
have held in your bank. Had the fac
OF his existence even reached your ear
while | yet held it, you would have tax
en- it from me, and | and my mothe
would have been irretrievably disgraced
This is why l did not write his name i
that statement. But his name was Ed
ward, and you will find the record in
The speaker suddenly stopped, put hi
hand to his forehead. once more staggel
, ed back into the chair, and thence fe
. heavily to the floor.
The doctor, who had watched his cas-
throughout, was by his side instantly
and after the very slightest examin;
tion, pronounced him dead
There is no occasion to dwell upo
what Immediately followed. His dyin
i, statement was found to be correct, an
an Edward Chase-twin brother to job
: proved to have been transported tv
n years before the latter obtained his ban
y appointment.
e Our directors made it their busines
e through the Home Office, to get evel
information concerning this man, an
n the whole of this strange business
e made the stranger by what they thu
I discovered. 1t turned out after the mo
% careful scrutiny and comparison of date
n that the convict. Edward Chase, had n
/ only never left the Australian penal CO
n ony to which he had been consigne
d and therefore could never have had
e, hand in the robbery on the Whiteway
l but that, after committing series
e crimes as a bushranger, he was convic
t, ed Of having robbed and killed ms
N on lonely highway, on the 10Th
d. November, '46; that he escaped. and b
IS ing recaptured at the end Of some month
as was actually executed on the very d.
IN that poor John fell down dead in o
hs board room
These are the facts, and, I suppos
no justify the name which. in this neig