The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-06-08

started, the train was searched, as you
may say, at Rugby. Every passenger
has undergone close scrutiny, can
tell you. What causes such scientific
preparations for us here ~
A telegram received ten minutes ago.
he answered. "It seems that two of
the thieves we are dogging are in this
train in clever disguise. We have had
pretty full particulars, though the dis
covery wasn't made until after you left
the junction. Have you noticed p
dropping his voice little here" a
young lady and gentleman together in
either carriage 7"
1 felt asbit of odd catching in my
breath as he spoke. "No," L said,
quite in hurry, No young lady and
gentleman belonging together; but
there may be plenty in the train.
What If there are, thought There was
no young lady or gentleman among the
robbers ~
Among the robbers" Iejoined
Davis, s,with suppressed enjoyment " was
a woman who'd make herself into any
thing; and you must own that gen.
tleman with dark, long beard isn't bad
for lady known to us pretty well by
her thick red hair and cut under her
lip"
"But the young lady? 1 asked, cogi-
tating this.
"Ah the young lady. True enough;
well what would you say now, If / told
you she grew out of that boy with the
closely cut, dark hair, that we're after"
1 remembered the pretty plaits and
the loose falling hair. 1 remembered
the bewilderment in the eyes which en-
tirely had their natural expression, and
didn't answer this at all.
" / wish had as good chance of
catching the old fellow as / have of
catching the woman and boy" continu-
ed Davis, as we moved slowly past the
locked luggage-van. "I know they're
here and that shall recognize them
under any disguise; but we've no clue
yet to the other rascal It's most ag-
gravating that by some means we've
lost sight of the biggest rouge of all.
Come along"
did come along, feeling very stupid
ly glad that there was all the train to
search before we could reach the car
riage at the other end, where sat the
girl whom had in way taken under
my protection.
"When are we to be allowed to leave
this train, pray! Call me cab," cried
the deaf old lady, plaintively, as we
reached her carriage, and found her
gazing out in most evident and utter
Ignorance of all that was going on
around her. 81 am locked in, Ga'ad.
Do you hearp"
/ heard, ay, sharp enough. only
wished she could hear me as readily.
Davis stood aside watching while un-
locked her door and helped her down.
Then, seeing her helplessness and her
countless packages, he beckoned por-
ter to her, winking expressively to call
his attention to probable shilling.
Carriage after carriage we examined;
and though Davis detected no thief, he
turned away more and more hopefully
from each. He was so sure they were
there, and that escape was impossible.
We reached the last carriage in the line,
and now my heart beat in the oldest
way possible.
=" Is this compartment empty, then ?o
asked Davis while my fingers were actu-
ally shaking as put my key in the
door of the centre one. g Empty and
dark 2"
"Even if it had been empty it
wouldn't have been DARK muttered,
looking in. "Hello! what's come to
the lamp?"
1 might well ask what was come to
the lamp, for the con partment was as
dark as if had never been lighted yet
bad not l myself stood and watched the
lighted lamp put in at Rugby9 And
the carriage was empty too!
why was this ?" asked the de tee
tive, turning sharply upon me. Why
was not the lamp lighted ?"
But the lamp was lighted and burning
now as senslbly as the others-if we
could have seen it. AS we soon discov-
cred, the glass was covered by kind OF
tarpaulin intensely black and strongly
adhesive, and the carriage was COM
pletely dark as II no lamp had been
there at all. The perplexity in Davis