Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-12-04

the advertisement have read to you. as also
TO AN appended description OF myself. The
transaction flashed upon me. at once looked
up the entries In my pocketoook and found
corresponded with that given I'm the advertise.
ment You see here are the entries: .AItgusf
2s-Bank OF England note s1292, LILO, from Ro-
berts Co. And-'Septenaber 2-Bank OF Eng
land note 65eS2, LIS. from Dioden, knollys 4
Dibden.'
II need scarcely tell you that / lost no time
i IN leaving Paris for London; and when ar
rived there at once found my way to the office
OF Messrs. Smith Oliver. At the very mo-
ment was about to enter their chambers a
young lady was in the act of leaving them. Her
eyes no sooner met mine than she seemed fixed
10 tne spot Thinking she might possibly have
recognized In me an old acquaintance. raised
my nat, and was about 10 speak, when she
ment?'
~ replied that had seen an advertisement
IN the 1tness which believe referred to myself,
anu mat was there that morning In cOnSe-
quence.
"The strained and anxious expression on her
lace seemed 10 become intensified as she
asked: And was it you who gave him the
nOte?' ---' WV
You will see 1 was up till now quite igno-
RANT OF What mad taken place with regard to
tnat ten pound note, or even why any fnforma-
ton was wished from me regarding 1t: | did not
therefore quite understand the question, and
IooK ,eSi lo daresay somewhat taken aback. Ere
could reply however, she sp )ke.
thing dreadful has happened ia connection with
mat note, and l spoke as If you must have
and see Mr. Oliver?
81 went In, and a very few minutes CONVEX
sallon with the solicitor was sufficient to ac-
which the young lady had referred Observed
that she was still mu h agitated. and seemed to
await my reply with SJmethlng like impa-
Sence: ana, as drew forth the blue pocket
book, her eyes We're riveted upon 1t with an
eagerness painful to behold. tnen exhibited
the entries which have already shown you,
and placed the book In the hands of Mr.. oliver.
Both he and the young lady examined aud com
pared them without speaking word. He took
from bunch of papers On the table folded
was criminal Indictment. GlancIng it over
for minute he read out slowly and distinctly
the number 80 49, comparing it figure by
figure with the first entry In the pocketbook.
THANK God, said the young lady, that Is
it. During this time her face had changed from
being palitd to hue like that OF death; and
now as the tears started from her eyes, she
sank, half-fainting into chair / was not
surprised at the nature of her excitement when
came TO know all, and that when l met her
she was leaving the chambers in a state of
dependency almost bordering on despair-day
after day having passed, and no reply being
recel .ed to her repeated advertisements and
"Mr. Oliver spoke kindly and encouragingly
TO her. and In little She had so far recovered
as TO allow him TO prosecute the inquiries which
naturally arose out Of The Information 1 hal
a. Ihave already mentioned to YOU he SAID,
that the note which the young gentleman ad-
mltted having received from you and placed in
the cash box was forged note; trust the fact
that you had that note In your possession can
pe satisfaetorily explained, as We should be very
sorry indeed If the Information that promises to
give such relief to Us should in any way reflect
upon YOU
.. 1 said that hoped not. had received the
note, as entered in the memorandum from a
firm called Roberts & Co.; but knew nothing
further Of them, the firm having been a strange
one to me, and the transact1on-the first and
last had had with them-a cash one
He asked If / remembered the address of the
nrm. told him as nearly as l could; where
upon. again referring to mis- papers, he showed
me me cutting from newspaper containing the
detection and conviction OF a gang Of bank-note
forgers. who had transacted business under va
fiouS cognOmenS one OF these being Roberts
q CO.., and he stated, what was afterwards YER
lied, that the persons from whom had re-
ceived the note which had caused all this trouble
to innocent people were In all probability con-
nected With the fOrgers referred to-
ut was thus that first made the acuusint.
ance OF my heroine. Miss Briefly: and may
say that l never felt prOuder OF my Old blue
poekietbook, with its mass of apparently
tr1fling entries, than When the secretary of
state, after hearing the statement we made to
MIN, accepted my pocketoook memoranda as
evidence, and In due course issued an order for
George Hamllton's liberation. The very day
the order was received I went to Mtlbank
to take him back; and In two hours he
was sitting at dinner In the place vol now
side. The only atonement that / could make
him for the suffering l had innocently caased
MIN was TO take the place OF father, and give
her away on her wedding day.
You VIII now, hope, perceive the value
l place upon such memoranda as my old
pocket book cont aims. TO make such entries
Is only the work OF minute; and when
made, there Is no knowing what useful
purpose they may serve. There can be no
reasonable doubt that, II l had not had the
transactions above referred to, tridng as at
first sight they may have appeared, duly
entered In my memoranda, my statements to
the Secretary Of State would have been of
no avail, as they would have looked like the
trumpet up hctionS OF q later hour, concocted
for the purpose OF defeating justice AS it
was, the entries stood in my book uader their
proper date. were sufficient, OF themselves
apart frcm my parol evidence, to prove that the
person to whom | gave the forged ten-pound
note On the second OF September was not the
utterer OF that forged note, whoever may have
been the guilty party; consequently, / was thus
able to free an innocent person, not only from
prison. and from long and degrading course
OF penal Servltude, but from the lifelong stigma
Which the 1mputat10n OF such a crime would
have left On his character. And now my dear
boy, am going to give you present OF nice
new Memorandum book, and nope you'll make
good use OF 1t.--ChGDlbeg'S Journal.