Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-10-31
the ebullition of rage which held
possession of him shook him from head to


"The boisterous stranger laid his han'
heavily on the clergyman g shoulder, graspet
it roughly and whispered something in hi
ear, at which his passion left him quickl.
and suddenly as fash of lightning He be
came, in fact, as pale as death, and hnall.
eliminated in rembling violently, while hi
face assumed kind of brick.du hue.
Il did not put this down to guilt; no,
laid it rather to the just indignation tha
would be naturally felt by high.soule'
minister of the gospel accused of such enor
mites.
"The rough-and. ready intruder regarded
the reverend gentleman with unfeigned ad
miration-at least 80 it appeared to me. III
folded his arms across his broad chest, ant
stood regarding him for a few moments
Then he looked at me and winked knowing
ly. ~, q.
"'Our Christian friend is clever. He il
doing the work of certain evil personag'
who Shall be nameless, very admirably, aha
he calculated, reverting again to the bolster
Gus manner. But we old birds are not tt
be caught; we are accustomed to this klnt
of thing o dear, yes, I-your very obedien
servant, Mr.. Filby, belong to the fancy irol
trade, and do my utmost to get as much o
my stock on other peoples hands as l posi-
bly, can.' Saying which he unbuttoned ane
threw open his shaggy overcoat, and laie
bare to my gaze the uniform of an inspector
of police. Then, as quick as thought, h'
drew forth and fastened on the clegyman'
wrist pair of handouts!
''This is shocking-really horrible,'
couldn't help saying
"'No sentiment, please returned the in
spector, angrily. Leave me to do my work
and take care you do yours
"But, my good friend the man of th'
white neckcloth exclaimed in whining tones
you are utterly mistaken. l LIKE, in fine
have naught but admiration for your zeal
but am not the man you supposed me to be
If you will remove these thing-they hur
my wrists-I will 60
"'No you won't ,..
"'I mean I will 90 into the details of oul
transaction. The notes are good, genuine
SIR
"'Perfectly so, I responded; 4 would
stake my life on their soundness.'
"'Then, sir, permit public servant to tel
you that you will lose your life. Kindly lei
me look at these genuine and sound Bank
of England notes"
"What could do but hand them to him
"'Ah as 1 thought? he then exclaimed
Very skillful, very clever ; decidedly 80
Pity our pious friend here doesn't contrive
to turn his thoughts in another direction
sad that he disdains to use his talents more
honorably. Given such consummate clever
ness, he might have surmounted almost any
thing by honest means. These, sir, are ras'
cally forgeries splendidly worked out, I'll
admit, but fogeries for all that he declared
emphatically, laying the notes down on my
counter and placing his elbow on them.
Now, I shouldn't WONDER he resumed, If
our reverend specimen of humanity here did
not persuade you that he desired to make his
daug ghter-his daughter. a wedding present 2
II said that such was really the fact.
"Ah just 80! The old, old game; the old
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Dick is the name by which he is known
among US and his companions), | wonder,
Dick, you don't alter your modus operandi-
it's so stupidity stale you know"
"'Dick' looked daggers, looked as though
he would very much like to annihilate the
inspector on the spot. and retorted in language
not at all be6tting clergyman You're
very clever, amt you. nowf Pah l could
do fifty like you. X X 1t doesn't mat
ter much, though. You've got me. You've
trapped me nicely. What more dye want
Look sharp and let US 60!
From this kind of talk, began to think
him none other than what the inspector at
frmed him to be-especially so when the man
in Office whipped off the silver locks from his
prisoners head and disclosed to my wonder.
ing gaze a closely-cropped iron gray head
of hair beneath.
al should hope you don't want further
proof the inspector interrogated, triumphant
ly. ,,
II replied that was satisfied. That had
been singled out for victim | now felt GER
tain. In short, my dear boy, was complete
ly taken aback, and fell into the whole
scheme
".The whole scheme!' I exclaimed. How
I scarcely understand
"'Don't interrupt. You shall hear direct
"; my melancholy story is fast drawing to q
close Well, l looked from one tt
another with perplexity on my face.
what are you thinking of doing, Mr.
Inspector2" asked.
"Why, take this predatory individual
this pike among udgeons-to the station
(they'll have no mercy ON him this time,
and you must accompany us thither,
I'll take care of these bits of paper, as in like
manner, I'll be the safe custodian of the art
fully contrived wedding present. Saying
which, he deposited the notes, the check anc
the diamonds in the breast pocket of his over
coat
There was no help for it; of course l mus
20 to the station. So calling my assistant
from the back room. instructed him tc
call a cub and look after business during my
absence. Of course did not tell him the er
rand was bound on and, as luck would have
it, he appeared not to notice that anything
was wrong.
"A cab brought, the two entered first
while remained behind for few moments
to give instructions to my shopman. Then
got inside the cab, and we started for Moor
Lane police station, Force Street, London.
"Well, at length we arrived at the station
house. I was the first to alight from the cab
and was about to enter the station. The in
spector, still seated with bis prisoner, called
to me with evident annoyance: There's nc
light in the superintendent room we'll have
to wait little. However, there's no help fol
it. You 60 into that room, the first door
on the right; you'll find newspapers and re
cords there. Amuse yourself I'll cage my
bird-put him under lock and key (safe bird
safe 6nd, you know and then I'll come to you
III be here in few minutes. If / remair
awav anv lenpth of time, ask for inspector