Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-08-24

be watched by detectives while attending
10 me, aud his stock Oi notes Was 10 be
examined directly after lad left,
Should the first attempt fail, ! was 10
repeat II, and others would DO employed
10 play similar part,
did not greatly admire my share IN
the Transaction, hut therG was no help
for II, as llyle agreed, with much SYM
pathy, when I told lin, Had we not
talked tho business over before, ! prob
ably should not have told him about II
nov that WAS taken into confidence I
but II coull not do much harm, and !
was glad 10 have some ono 10 consult
with, especially one so trustworthy,
Ilylo really showed more intelligence
aud friendly feeling than | lad given
him credit for, and when We parted At
night he babe me "GOOi'ly," ~ he was
going Into tho country Tor day Or two,
aud wished me luck saying, b sides,
that hO should bc all anxiety until he
knew whether wo had caught the Scoun'
dfcls or not,
may as well ay that We did not
catch them by this scheme tho suspect
cd clerk gave me tho notes, and seeing
that was rather green aud awkward, he
took u deal Of pains TO assist me, Tho
notes | received were all good enough I;
the Clerks account was accuracy ilHcli !
aud No II was on my trying second cS'
pertinent F, No wo were ~ lar ~ ever
IRON unaycling tho mystery,
went home on the next dayaS usual,
which was about an hour earlier than
tho time ut which lyle commonly ro'
turned, Int just IN sat down to my tea
| heard tho strcetdoOr open quickly,
aud then u step, which | knew to bo
Hylc'a, entered and dashed upstairs at q
desperate rate. no, at nll like hia usual
tread. ] wondered Vt this, and still
more at hearing him throw open aud
close violently his own door, aud then
at hearing II great noise m Of boxes or
drawers flung heavily down, for his
room was next 10 mine. This did not
last long, and while was listening IN
amazemcnt TO the unwonted racket, his
door was again slammed to, his hasty
step again sounded In tho passage, and
my door was thrown open.
/ looked up with n smile, intending to
remark upon the unusual hustle OF his
movements, but tho words and the smile
alike died on my lips as ] wtho figure
which stood in my doorway.
"Comc out no once with mo, Dcrgally,'
said the man "to waste minute means
ruin"
TWAS Hylc thcn. Theharsl.featured,
closes ,shaven, closo.cropped figure who
confronted mo was my oldacquaintancc,
for tho voice was his but the stern
mouth, the frowning eyes, could they be
his? And where were gone tho ragged
whiskers and struggling hair
"Arc You coming or not 2 he do
mandcd.
took my hat, and joined him, wc
hurried downstairs without word. AT
q pacc which was almost run, and
would have been quite so but Tor my
companions evident dread of attracting
observation, We left our street, crossed
the main road into which it runs, then,
plnnging into a ncighborhood where the
retired, littlc.freqnentol terraces and
crosccnts leading to nowhere in partcu.
lar were as dull as il they had been ON
the outskirts of some small country
town, We at last slackcncd our pace.
"Now, Bcrgally," began Hyle, "tllcro
is no time for preface or pllaver.
"My name is Jcm Edmonds, and am
wanted for those bank-notcs. Ycs| he
continued, as / uttered an ejaculation of
utter astonishment, 81 believe it is
through YOU am found out, but don't
blame you you knew nothing Of it ;
but even if You had, l could not have
complained, as / was deceiving you.
Now, I'm off to Liverpool; they can't
catch me now, but have escaped by q
miracle. But even I am not such n bad
one as tho police will make out. I
promised to lend you n thousand
pounds"
"Don't think about that now," said,
half stupciicd by the extraordinary an
nouncement had heard.
"But L do think about it--I must
think about it," he retorted. "Here
In this case are notes for that amount
honest, real ones, Japhet !" he laughed
here "and l give them to You upon
condition that you marry the girl you
spoke of within a month. Do you give
me your word for that ?"
81 do certainly, if she will have me-"
I answered 81 swear to that, money or
no money. Indeed, as to these notes,
do not wish"
"Thcre I know what you are going
to say exclaimed Hyle or Edmonds
"but you may take this money with
n clear conscience, unless you regard
money won on the turf as poisonous"
"Certainly not, I said promptly.
"Woll then, this money came in that
way," returned Edmonds ; 81 keep my
business separate. When you are mar
ricd send me copy of the certificate,
and your address. Now, good-by, old
fellow"
"But where am to write to you ?" I
IlattiIully itShcu'
"You shall be told" he replied. Il
hope you will be successful. Should it
ever bo So g for me to return [ will come
and see you, but that is hardly likely.
Good-by." He grasped my hand for an
instant, and then, without further leave
taking, he was gone.
Icxpected to find the police at my
lodgings, and 1 did. There they. were,
and with them was Mr. humphreys.
This by no means restored my eluanim-
ity, nor did the exclamation of Mr..
Humphreys -
"Hallo, Bergally! where have you left
your old friend EdmOnds p
They had learned that he had quilted
tho house about five minutes before their
arrival and when 1 told where I had
been with Hyle, and in the main what
lie had said to me, the three officers hur-
ried off.
81 suppose we can't do any good now.
Mr.. Bergally % said Mr.. Humphreys,
$50 you may as we'll take little stroll
with me, and talk the matter over"
could not refuse, although would
have given anything for an hour to my
self, so went off with him, and he told
me how Hylc came to be suspected. 1t
was all through our stopping to listen to
some street music. Humphreys had been
in consultation with the detective who