The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-08-26

tie ehiei lhe following leusr:
PfrnHrRs, May
Friend Ned have got rid q al t1e
"qac which I aroaRhs, and shall be il
n gBseug eek week iot fanbef supply
cave i.und aud viii brug with me
arsg ciass vugFsver Tie postal currency
masses rlEbt Along, bat | have come irou
bic witt thel's and SIS Lock out iOl
NV arrival DICK.
We lad l0f a " hole year been trying e
dpd the headquarters Of hsif dozeu
couuterieiiers wbo bad banded iogelbei
uuder control Of man named Edwarc
Rogers, iormey employed as bank noIs
engraycr By New York establishment
lie bad flooded Cincinnati, Piltsburg and
other cities with counterfeit postal cur
reocy and hAtionsl bank notes aud frsI
aud last, ten or dozen deteclivsa had
failed to lind The headquarters Of the gang
and break them up. Several parties bad
been arrested for showing" the counter
feits, but they were saloon keepers and
stowmeu merely acting rs agents to get
rid Of The money.
We argued among ourselves that Rog'
ers and four or I've (perhsps more) en-
Rravers and printers had headquarters in
Verginia, Ohio, or Pennsylyania, where
they printed their money, aud that they
employed general agent TO take il from
them and sell Il out TO such unprincipled
persons Ia towns and cities as would en-.
ter into speculation. II would not help
us much TO arrest those " ho at last passed
the staff out, but we could only stop the
busness by arrestng the engrsvers and
printers With their tools and stock,
We had once sent detective TO Park
ersburg, aud bad them 10 other cities
where the money bad been most freely
passed out, but they bad not been able TO
get clue TO Rogers headquarters. The
letter really amounted TO HotbiHg. Dick
might have made previous arrangement
to meet Ned iu that city, but the fac. that
the letter had not been called for was Q
proof TO several OF the detectives who
were looking over the case with me, that
Rogers was not in that part Of the coun-
luy. Had be been be would not have
allowed The letter to remsiued uncslled
tor.
Nomatler what my companions thoughI
had an idea OF my own. Among all The
complaints coming in from the cities and
towns, we bad not received = single one
from Parkersburg, although towns twenty
miles away from there we're sending In
! complaints almost every day. This made
me believe that the gang were located al
or near Parkersburg, and reirained from
utt,ering any of their notes there In order
not to alarm the local authorities. Al
any rate, might as well go in that direc.
ton as any other, rs l must Start. oul
Ibindfolded, aud let luck furnish me .
clue, or abandon the case as others bad
done.
| took the letter along with me, and
read and re-resd II so often that could
repeat every word, and the crsmped char.
actcrs were before my eyes like a photo
grsph. II Is no new theory that one can
judge something of the looks OF man, as
well an oi bis character, by studying his
chirogrsphy. never sec line of writing
from a man or woman, without holding
up an imaginary photograph of the writer
and have often been quite correct. AS
| sat on my seat in the train, ! made up
my mind about how "Diekp would look,
and was determined that If ever ran
across an individual resembling my men,
tal photograph, would watch lis move
msuts until satisfied that be was an honest
man. | arrived IN PsIkersburg in due
time, aud registered myself at the hotel
for the weeks stay In the name Of "John
Fay, Snowman, New jersey" bad
scarcely finished writing the line when
the iuquisitive landlord ked where my
show was, and II ] intended visiting
parkersburg with il.
replied that my circus establishment
was travelling in Nsw England, and that
my health being poor bad made up my
mind to hunt aud fsb aud do general
"loafngp business for two or three
weeks, choosing Parkersburg because
had some tcquaintances back in The coun.
Try.
These explanations we're entirely salts.
factory to tho landlord, and he at once
proceeded TO make me at home.
To carry out my plans, l purchased q
rifle, ammunition and fishing tackle, and
for the fret four days wss in lhe woods
aud among the bills tbe greater portion OF
the time. In unth did and do yet love
4 rAmble in the woods, aud did not have
TO force myself to take the long jaunts
which | did. grew tired, however,
after The fourth day, and lounged
aboul. the hotel nearly all day, closely
watching the guests aud townspeople
who came in. Toward evening walked
down to tie landipg, aud after being
gone bali an hour came back. ] wa' iusi
shout 10 enter The door when some one
came out. Looking up saw familiar
iacc-oue hsd seen d dozen times before
but eonld not remember where.
How are youf exclaimed, holding oui
my band remember your lace Ike 8
BOOK but hang me II can recall your
name.
don't remember that ever saw you
before, replied the man, slowly, but ac-
eepting my hand and giving ha hearty
squeeze.
Wbs, msy call your namet
nrn lin a., aasnmed naIne and stat