The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-06-21
THE TIMES NEW BLOOMFIELD, PA, JUNE 2l, 1881.

And September 2-Bank of England
note Oo9S2, 6. 8, from Dlbden, Knollys
Il Dlbden."
need scarcely tell you that lost
no time In leaving Paris for London: and
when arrived there at once found nv
way to the office of Messrs. Smith a
Oliver. At the very moment was
about to enter their chambers Young
lady was In the act of leaving them
Her eyes no sooner met mine that sbe
seemed fixed to the spot. Thinking she
might possibly have recognized In me
an old acquaintance, raised my hat,
and was about to speak, when she eager
ly inquired: Did you see the advertise
ment ?'"
l replied that had seen an adver-
tisement In the Times which l believed
referred to myself, and that was there
that morning in consequence.
1.-The strained and anxious expression
on her face seemed to become intensified
as she asked And was it you who
gave him the note -
" You will see was up till now quite
ignorant of what had taken place with
regard to that ten. pound note, or even
why any information was wished from
me regarding it; l did not therefore,
quite understand the question, and
looked, 1 dare say, somewhat taken
aback. Ere l could reply, however, she
spoke"
"'Oh,' she said, l beg your pardon
but something dreadful has happened in
connection with that note, and l spoke
as If you must have known all about it.
Will you kindly come in and see Mr..
Oliver p"
" L wentin, and very few minutes
conversation with the solicitor was suf-
ficient to acquaint me of the very dis
tressing occurrence to which the young
lady had referred. 1 observed that she
was still much agitated, and seemed to
await my reply with something like i'm
patience and as L drew forth the blue
pocketbook, her eyes were riveted upon
it with an eagerness painful to behold.
Then exhibited the entries which L
have already shown to you, and placed
the book in the hands of Mr.. Oliver
Both he and the young lady examined
and compared them without speaking a
word. He took from bunch of papers
on the table folded sheet, which, when
he had opened out, L saw was criminal
Indictment. Glancing it over for min
ute, he read out slowly and distinctly
the number 1912 99,' comparing it
figure by figure with the first entry i'm
the pocketbook."
50 Thank God said the young lady,
that is it, During this time her face
had changed from being pallid to hue
like that of death ; and now, as the tears
started from her eyes, she sank, half
fainting into chair. 1 was not surpris-
ed at the nature of her excitement when
l came to know all, and that when /
met her she was leaving the chambers
in state of dependency almost border
ing OH despair-day after day having
passed, and no reply being received to
her repeated advertisements and ap-
peals."
MIR. Oliver spoke kindly and en-
couragingly 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 l had given
him.
g. have already mentioned to you,'
he said, that the note which the young
gentleman received from you and placed
in the cash-box was a forged note; L
trust the fact that you had that note in
your possession can be satisfactorily
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.'"
g 1 said that hoped not. L had re-
ceived the note as entered in the memo
randum, from a firm called Roberts g.
Co.. but knew nothing further of
them, the firm having been strange
one to me, and the transaction-the first
and the last had with them-a cash
one.n
- He asked If L remembered the ad-
dress of the firm. told him as nearly
as could whereupon, again referring to
his papers, he showed me cutting from
newspaper containing the detection
and conviction of a gang of bank-note
forgers, who had transacted business
under various cognomens, one of these
being Roberts & Co.. and he stated
what was after verified. that the nersons