The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-05-30

; "fherc was sly smile about the (,
lows mouth for which / could hav
: wrung his neck, but for the safe cor
, duct had given him; his whole man
, ner, as well as the expression of hi
J face, had changed, now he had got hi
way; and instead of villain who ha,
rcpented of a great crime, he locke,
more like successful schemer.
"Ilowever, the dynamite was over
board, thank heaven; we were nearin.
land, and had other things TO thinl
about.
"When we were still some way from
harbor, we were met by police boat
the chief officer of which demanded tt
be taken on board 10 speak with me.
| 1Iullop / said, when we were il
the cabin together; mo extradition bus
iness, | hope? There is no numbering
Engllshman among my passengers, il
therer
"Well, no. he answered: but I've
reason to believe there's citizen of the
ut murder nor anything else.'
"Then thought of the dynamite, OF
course, and rejoiced that the villain had
been discovered without any betrayal
of his secret on my part.
You have a warrant for his appre-
hension, | concluder
We'll, no, captain, that's just my
difficulty, for don't know which man
but I've an order to search the luggage.
Information has come by wire that a
whole plan for forging American bank
notes is being imported by your ship; /;
1t will not be down below, of course,
but in the mans personal luggage in his
cabin
81 smelt rat at once, and I dare say
looked pretty blank and bamboozled.
"'No one has left the ship since you
started, has hep inquired the officer
anxiously; there has been small boat
hanging off and on the harbor, and we
have reason to believe that this mans
confederate may have had hint by
Ono, no. interrupted I, everybody
is on board that sailed with u.s. and /
might have added and one more but |
thought he might just rs well find out
for himself. l didn't want more peo-
pic than was necessary to know that /
had been made such fool Of
According to my Instructions con-
tinued the officer, 'the plant is CON
tanned in portmanteau of bullock's.
hide, with brass nails round the rim,
and therefore easily recognizable
"l nodded, for indeed myself recog-
nized the thing from his description
very readily. Had not told them to
be very careful with it, and not to
knock 1t against the bulwarks, and seen
1t dropped overheard with mine own
eyes thus making myself an accom-
plice in his escape from Justice of
Yankee forger!
"Of course the officer didn't find that
portmanteau among the personal lug |
gage though | am bound to say he |
looked for 1t very carefully; and scan
falized some of my saloon passengers
not little by his unwelcome atten-
ions; nor was it among the larger art
cles, though they all lay exposed on the
ieck, as if for his especial behoof and
His impression was, he
'aid, that his information, as he called
|, had been incorrect, and that that
portmanteau must be COM
ng over in the next ship; which said
vas possible-because everything is
possible, you know-thongh, l own,
lid not think it very probable.
GAS TO the owner of the article in
question, he kept out of my way, and
Tipped out of the ship on the first op-
,ortunity. His story was so far true
hat he had intended to keep the thing
n his cabin to be got quietly on shore,
'nly the steward had objected, and
:aused it to be taken below. That in
ormation had been telegraphed from
England to the New York police was
inown TO his confederate, who had
;ome out to warn him, and they would
10 doubt have saved me all trouble by
iropping the portmanteau overheard
only it was among the other
luggage. How to get it out and dispose
If it without discovery was the prob
EN- they had to solve; which they ac-
by means of the dynamite
tory. don't know which Of them
made it up, or whether they composed
t together, like those two Frenchmen
'ou were speaking to me about the 9TH
II day." | think the captains refer
'nce was to NM. Erckmann-C Chatrian],
but / must say it was devilisn good
tory, and that's why I've told it to
1ou."-lBelgravia.