Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-03-01

Ing companion TO Tue lake. he eook HIS
seat in the boat and loosened the chain
from the sapling, enjoining his associate
to maintain perfect silence until they
should be out on the lake. He seemed
to think that all was we'll and showed
off from the shore.
Matte stood in the moonlight. and
watched the boat and its solitary oars
man until both were concealed within
the dark shadow of the mountain, behind
which the moon was fast hiding herself.
.I'm safe now !" she said with a joy
full bound. "But what shall | do? I'm
half a mile from any house. and have no
means of crossing the lake. There is a
road here somewhere, though, which
laadssround to the town. I'll walk to
the hotel, if it takes till morning! There
is no time. to be lost
So saying she began her search for
the road, which she soon found, and
after four hours of rapid walking, for
which the excitement of the occasion
lent the requisite amount of strength,
she reached Orrville.
She lost no time in informing the au-
thorities of the town Of her singular ad-
venture, producing the casket for their
examination in proof of her statement.
Early in the morning. before most of
the guests had arisen, the Orrville House
was surrounded by half dozen men,
evidently intent upon the capture of
some one within. Presently Van Haven
made his appearance on the ground floor
veranda, apparently unconscious that
anything was wrong. The sight of the
police quickly undecelved him; it was
up with him. He was hand-cuffed at
ence, without any ceremonious notiica-
tion of the reason why he was rudely
dealt with. Matte came down just
then. after short sleep, and was re-
quested to follow, when the officers
started down the street with their pris-
oner in custody, attended by large ex-
cited crowd of spectators, which had soon
congregated.
A preliminary examination convinced
all parties of the guilt of Van Haven,
but did not exonerate Lacy from COM
plicity in the affair. The subsequent
investigation however, fastened the guilt
upon two parties-Van Haven and a
James Thompson, an Orrville man, with
whom the former had been on terms of
suspicious intimacy.
OF course, all redress was made to Mr..
Lacy for the hasty opinions of the peo-
pie concerning him, and was accepted
by him as satisfactory. But more
material expression of the thanks of the
bank was made when Mr.. johnson him
self, the senior partner of the firm, rose
in the police court, and said, "That in
consideration of the great injustice done
Mr.. Lacy in so hastily arresting him,
and in consideration of the surprising
good sense and bravery of Miss Harris
in securing the guilty parties in this
robbery, it became his pleasant duty tc
present in the name of the firm, to the
former the sum of ten thousand dollars
and to the latter the sum of fifteen thous
and, and that he could accept no re
fusal."
We need not attempt to describe the
applause and good feeling elected by
these remarks-that is left to the imag
ination of the reader.
No clamerous demonstrations of graft
tude were made by either of the recip
tents of these princely gifts, but bott
expressed their thanks in single
sentence, and retired from the cour
room together, amid the uproarous &C
clamations of the crowd.
Three weeks afterwards Orrville wa
going wild over gay wedding, and hat
actually awakened out of its long Ri
Van Wrinkle sleep; and the happies
couple in that town were-Charles Lac,
and Matte Harris.