Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-08-23
WOODSTOCK, VERMONT AUG. 49, 1882.

sat without moving, Poor grip HI
said at last, as he put down the paper
u never thought the fellow looket
honest. put II down to prejudice
but was right after all, wonder
what she will doY l saw that hel
mother died just after ! came out,
suppose her fortunes safe,
Two days later came another tele'
gram;
'Gossett still at large, His wife has
handed over her fortune Of f25, 900 Il
the bank
Then Gerald May6eld sent u telo'
gram to his partner;
Find out the address Of Gossctt's
(tho defaulter) wife, Place ESQ to her
credit At u bank advise her anony-
mously that M equal sum will be paid
In quarterly, 30 sure II is done so as
to be untraceablc, You remember our
conversation when | first proposed
coming out here
1T was nearly three months after this
that Gerald Mayllcld was broaktasiing
at his club, chatting with the head
of the police. Presently n boy came
in with note for the latter.
Ah,' he said, glancing over it the
Taunton Castle is off the Head have
been expecting hcr for some days. BY
what we hear it possible that Gossett
the fellow who swindlcd the bank in
London, is on board, and We shall put
our hand on him us he lands. can't
60 myself, for have very important
case in court but we shall have him, ,
Why do you think he is on hoardT
'Of course, We can't be sure, and in
fact they arc doubtful at home. All
they say is, that there is passenger on
board who seems to have given no ad-
dress, and to have had no belongings
in England, and the description of his
height and appearance tallies pretty nc.
curatcly with that of Gossett. Still,
that is not much to 60 upon, and we
shall have to be very careful.
what time do you think the Taun-
ton Castle will be in? am going
down to meet her, as / have an old
friend on board, and / shall look out to
see if your men succeed in their cap
ture.'
'Shc ought to be in by eleven
Gerald sat some little time over his
breakfast after the chief of the con-
stabulary had left.
Il must save him if possible, for her
sake,' he said to himself at last He
is swindler and, l fear, bad lot al
together but she loves him, and that is
enough for me. Even if she did not
love him l would spare her the dis
grace of his trial and punishment
At eleven O'Clock Gerald stood on
the wharf watching the Taunton Castle
coming alongside. Near him stood
two constables. lie knew them, as
both had been engaged in hunting up
more than one fraudulent debtor to the
firm.
4 hear from Captain Peters that
you are on the look out tor passen-
ger.
Yes, sir. We hope so, but there
doesn't seem to be much certainty
about it.
AS the ship came alongide, Gerald
was one of the first to leap on board.
He looked hastily round, and among
the passengers he at once saw the man
he was searching for. Paul Gossett
was looking ill, and had grown beard,
but there was no other change about
him.
what is that gentleman's name ?
he asked lad who was standing near.
Hopkins, the boy said.
Then Gerald went up to him with
outstrcached hand. Gossett gave a
start but gesture commanding eau
ton on the part Of Gerald caused him
to repress it.
'How are you Hopkins? what q
time it is since we met,-ages almost
How are youP'
He spoke in loud tones, in order that
the coustables, who were close by
might hear.
well, what sort of voyage have
you had? and how did you leave every
one at homer
Paul Gossett had prepared himself
for arrest at the moment of landing
He knew that if any suspicion had been
excited that Paul GOssett and James
Hopkins were one and the same person,
that the constables would be on the
quay to arrest him MS he landed. He
was therefore prepared to meet what
ever came; and after the first slight
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