The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1885-11-21

piled.
'H'ol spare her hfe!" the young man cried.
(For. YOU see, he could not but remember old
times, married o. he was) ''Oh, God, hear
my prayer, aud spare her lnc!"
Under the excitement of the time sup
pose, the detectives cast off their silent ways.
and answered questions freely. Hardware
was wanted: that everybody guessed.
Wanted for what! Part has been told
already. About two years ago there had
been most extraordinary jewel robbery at
Birmingham. From information received"
that is their cautious way of putting it
the police were led to believe that man
named Barnitt had been connected with the
robbery, and this man they traced into con-
nection with old Hardware and his daughter
Now, in this place had better relate what
came out afterward, but was not at the time
known to the police. Hardware was of re-
spectacle family, and had even been at Cam.
bridge for one or two terms. But he turned
to evil ways, drank, gamblel and took to
the race course. Subsequently it was found
that he had reformed" and had married
the daughter OF a Clergyman. Ladies with
small fortunes, beware Of penniless gentry
who have reformed! No sooner was Hard
ware in possession Of this poor creatures
little bit Of money than he biased off in every
sort Of riot and excess. One daughter was
born to them, and tho mother stuck to him
through all his vicissitudes and profiigacy.
Barnitt had early in life been celebrated as
On amateur actor, and now, in his life as an
adventurel, he took to the stage and became
q small manager. So he lived on for several
Years. His wife died; his daughter, whose
beauty and vivacity were well known, went
upon the stage, and for time father and
daughter did tolerably we'll. The last that
was heard Of him in that capacity was at a
wooden theatre in Carlisle, where he wa,
playing in the "Lady Of Lyons" Mis-; Van
ity, under the name OF Mabel Darrell piay-
in. Pauline. After that the two vanished
and when they lcappeared, Miss HARDY ware
had an aged father, very decrepit, but ot
excellent character. rather pious than other.
wise, You observe. and particular about the
ministry be sat uuder! Under this dis ruise
throwing it off artfully and by night, he has:
committed several busglaries, and left the
police nowhere at ALL 1t il fair to say tina.
there never was any proof that his daughter
was connected with his crimes, or even
knew Of them; but must she rot have asked
where the money came from!
Barnitt, or Hardware, had not only been in
several burglaries, but there was littl, doubt
that his was the hand which had shot one o:
the Birmingham police, who had tried to
capture HIM. The detectives fully blieved
that Hardware-or Barnitt, rather-had
learned that the police wers ON his track,
and their theory was that he intended to
set fire to the Farm, and to lead them to the
belief that he and his daughter had persisted
in the flames: which would have been very
artful, you observe. and might have been
carried out by night. OF he would have
gone to Spain or America with his uA.!:. rs
full of cats eyes and diamonds, and such.
But, clever AS the scheme was, you observe,
he could not accomplish it, for after all, as
We said above, the way Of transgrescrs is
hard. Which applies even to the clevercst.
But will Won mind my telling You one