Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-12-14

very moment l took her, in n sort OF way,
into my charge, because she was so thor
oughly alone, you see, not having any
friends there even to see her off.
"No luggage, thank you," she an.
| swcred, putting her little leather satchel
| down beside her on the seat, and settling
herself in the sscorner farthcst from the
open door, 'Do we stop anywhere be-
| tween here and London?"
Don't stop again, miss, except for a
few minutes to take tickets" Then ]
looked at her as much as to say, you're
all right, because Tn the guard, and
shut the door
suppose that, without exactly being
aware of it, ] kept n sort of watch over
this carriage, for | was perfectly aware of
n lazy young gentleman who persistently
kept lowering about it and looking in.
| His inquisitivc eyes had Of course caught
sight Of the pretty face in there alone,
and / could see that he Was making up
his mind to join her but he seemed do
ing it in n most careless and lnnguid man
ncr. He was no gentleman for that rea-
sou, l said to myself !; yet his dress was
handsome, and the hand that played with
| his long black beard YVES small and fash
ionably gloved.
CHANGING still into the far corner of
that OF C first-class compartment, he lin
gered until the last moment was come !;
then quite leisurcly, he walked up to the
door, opened it, entered the carriage, and
i'll M instant the door was banged to be-
hind bin. Without the least hesitation I
went up to the window, and stood near it
while the lamp was fitted in the COM
patment. The gentleman was standing
up within, drawing off dark oyercoat !;
tho young lady in the distant corner was
looking from the window, as if even the
halt-darkuess was better to look at than
this companion. Mortified n good deal at
the failure OF my scheme for her comfort,
! went on to my van, beside which the de-
tective waited for me.
'No go, you Sec" he mutiered, cross
ly "and yet it seemed to me SO likely
tAat t!le'd take this train.
81 don't see why it should seem likely, -
answered, for hadn't gone with him
in the idea. at doesn't seem to me very
likely that three such skillful thieves ms
YOU are logging. who did their work in
this ncighborhood SO cleverly two nights
ago, SHOULD leave the station aaY night,
with double suspicion.
|
satlrical knowingncss. "Perhaps You
may have got it quite clear il your mind
how til, ,oiU leave the town. for it's sure
That they'll be in hurry to leave it, is
place they'll care to hide in longer than
necessary. Well, what's the hardest
place for us to track them in London
| AN ,plt . Lao, 60, t,ot u, ~
sea from? London. Then, naturally
enough, to London they'll want to go
Ism this a fast train and shouldn't 90,
away from the police ?"
l didn't tell him what sort Of train
should choose, because l hadn't quite
cross enough for anything, il that las
, glimpse l caught of him.
Having nothing better to do, l wonder
Cd a good deal how these thieves coul,
arrange their getting away, while tn,
walls were covered with tic description
Of them. and every official on the line wa
up III it, There was no doubt about thei
being three very dexterous kuaves, bu
then our detective force was very dexter
Gus, too, though they weren't kuRves ian,
orally on the knayish side and so
!, was odd that the watching still was in
effective and the offered reward uuc!ainl
ed read over again the handful in IN
> van, which described the robbers. "Ed
ward Capon, o'iae Captain Winter, ulio
: John Pearson, atlas DIR. Crow thick
set, active man. Of middle height. an
about fifty years of age with thick
iron-gray hair and whiskers, dark gra
!, eyes, and an aquiinenose. Mary Capor
his wife Il tail woman of forty, with
= handsome. fair face. quantity of yer
: red hair, and cut across her unCcr liz
y. Edward Capon, their son slght-bui
: youth of not more than fifteen or sixtcel
: with closely-cut black hair. light gra
: eyes, and delicate features
We all knew this description We
enough, and for two days had kept on
:, eyes open, hoping to identity them anon
= the passengers. But our scrutiny ha
= all been in vain and as the train rllshe
y y on, felt how disappointed the police
: : Euston would be when We arrived agai
Il without even tdings Of them.
y I was soon tired o: this subject, an
T. went back to worrying myself about I'll
Il sad-looking, yellowhai girl, who Ia
- so evidently wished to travel alone, an
> been so successfully foiled in the atteml
:. by that intrusive Top with the handsom
pearo. iooishiy Kept on thinking
a, !cr, unuI' nh we were otsii,hS ailios' lie
/. iibhlning .'roHBu tue winl aht! dafk oii
h Only ii'teeH OF twenty mites rom oii"l
Iaini' tiie oell ~ my van ruh9 OUT "i'n
IL sharp "Ii1 h""ueu summons; l hIv'
/ Woauelea ioi u hionieHt VINO ma pune
~ 'he colu lib'ihc!lVSly l know, ant
IT. "Ss we cirlI"s1 larthest ron my van !,
ii ieit my PluGe nilaos' pIe''hl9ssiy' aS u
"a ensinc si'eAshe.' speeo' ant hnstenil
r. aionS mo i9oI- board, heSlt''eu at
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