Richland beacon., 1881-05-07

chant, passionately; and in my heart
Ialmired | his bravery, while L piticd
him for what he had endured for en-
deavoring to protect my property"
81 am convinced that you have hit on
the right man." said Mr.. Purvis. eff
he knew OF this he might give us the
slip. The next thing to be done is to
use every means In our power to recover
the body of poor Sharon"
Poor, indeed, since all the clothes
he has on his back are not his own" "
spoke voice behind them.
All looked at the speaker, who wore
an old seamans suit, and looked as if
he had Just recovered from a severe spell
Of sickness
Something in the tone of the voice
struck a chord in the breast of the mer.
chant. He approached the man and
asked, eagerly:
"WhO are you ?"
My name is Pembroke Sharon"
In moment he was surrounded by
the trio, who congratulated him on his
escape from death. He requested per-
mission to resume his proper dress, after
which he would tell exactly what oc-
CURED during the past night.
| His story was very similar to the one
told by Yerkes, with this difference: the
positions were changed. 1t was Sharon
who surprised the other before the
opened safe just in the act of slowing in
his pocket the package Of greenbacks
alluded to. 1t was Sharon who de-
nounced the act, and Ycrkes, both angry
| and frightened to be thus detected,
picked up paper-weight and hurled it
at his fellow clerk, striking Sharon on
the head, inilicting glastly wound,
from which he tainted, and knew 10 more
until he avoke on board n vessel lying
near the Navy Yard. He WAS told that
they picked him up in the river.
The Captain and two of his men hal
been to the thcatcr, and were -eturning
Object floating on the water attracted
Their attention, and they made for it,
and drew the apparently dead man in
the boat, and took him on board the
vessel, where his wants were at once at
tended To.
When Ycrkcs' version of the affair was
related To- him he laughed dcris;vclv.
aud was on the point Of making Il remark
Wh"h famliiar footsteps were heard as
&C. iling :hc stairs.
"By Heaven I believe it is Aurust
l"rkcS = whispered Sharon, as he hast
ilIv entered the closet and drew the door
To-. He was none too soon, for the next |
moment Ycrkes walked briskly ND To |
where the three gentlemen were stand. |
ing. Something in their faces told him
that something was amiss-sOmethinQ to |
his disadvantage. too.
"YcI are probably surprised to see
me here again?' remarked he, for want
Of anything else to say.
Eve are, indeed" said Mr.. Purvis,
regarding him with an ominous frown.
"You all appear to he anything but
pleased to see me ?" next remarked the
robber and would-bc assassin.
"On the contrary, we are very Glad
to see you," here spoke Varnoe. with an
ambiguous smile.
CHANGING at the detective with q skep-
tical air, Yerkes walked to the closet
and opened the door, and the next mo-
ment he uttered fearful shrek and
started back with his hair standing on
end and his face the color of ashes.
He had seen Gas his guilty conscience
told him) the ghost of his victim, for
Sharon remained standing in the closet
perfectly immovable, his eyes fixed re-
proachiully on the guilty wretch.
The horrid vision was too much for
his brain to endure. Yerkes became a
raving maniac and behaved so violently
that Varnoe was obliged to manacle him
hand and foot and again return him to
the hospital. from whence he was short
ly afterward conveyed to the insane de-
partment of the aims house.
Pembroke Sharon was generously rec.
ompensed by his employerfor his heroic
attempt to prevent the robbery, and
promoted to responsible position in
the store, which he filled with credit
both to himself and his grateful EN-.
ployer.
Yerkes lived year or so after his con-
finement, and died a raving maniac, a
terrible retribution for his attempt to
fasten crime on an innocent person
and thus rob him both Of his reputation
md life at one fell blow.
A NAN who had brutally assaulted his Il
wife was brought before Justice, and