Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-01-29
A SURPRISE

great dSLODlSUH16Ob, GndrlES AuufCDtlI
appeared at Bristol, to transfer the
agency of the real estate To Liverpool,
and renew his former relation with
! George Chisholm's family. Robert
communicated TO his brother the facts
with which the reader is already
familiar, and the brothers had an in
terview with Churchill. He solemnly
denied that he was the man described
by Robert, and explained his long
silence by stating that, having made
a tour of the United States, he was
returning to Barbados, when the
vessel was wrecked on one OF the Ba
hama keys. He and five Others escap-
ed, and were taken off by South Sea
whaling vessel, which left him and
another at the Falkland Islands
! Thence his companion returned to
America, and he took passage after
some delay, for Liverpool, by way of
Buenos Ayres.
This explanation was so far consid
cred satisfactory that Churchill was
still allowed to visit Georges home.
Before a week was over, however, he
was arrested on the streets of Bristol
as an escaped convict. His protesta-
tons of innocence w.re of no avail and
the storv Of shipwrcck was looked up
on as manufactured, as he would give
neither the name of the ship ia which
he quilted the Bahama key nor the
names of the men who were rescued
along with him. He was sent to Port
land to serve out his term. Influence,
however, was brought to bear later,
and lie was released, and went the
Chisholm knew not whittier.
STILL AGAIN.
Soon after this, man was arrested
ON suspicion in BiImngG am for bur
glarly at large firearms manufac-
tory. He was supposed to- be one OF
gang of four, and as several bur
glaries had occurred in the neighbor.
hood, the arrest caused much excite
ment. George Chisholm attended
the preliminary examination, as he
expected to do from his description,
and identified the burglar as Charles
Churchill, alias Shipman. Mr.. Chris
holm's better nature was aroused
in favor of the young man, and he
! interested himself in his case, show
ing satisfactorily that the prisoner
could not have committed the crime
for which he was arrested, as he was
ut that time ia Portland prison, Ship
man was released, and Mr. Chisholm
took him to his own home. He spoke
to him kindly, and he admitted st last
/ that he was Charles Churchill,
promised amendment, and declared
his resolution of at once abandoning
all his vicious companions, with
whom he had become accidenty ac-
quainted, he said, on the Continent.
The young man proved himself so at
tentive and behaved 50 well, that Mr..
! Chrisholm wrote to his brother and
announced that his reformation was
affected
WED.
Ia the meantime, Miss Chisholms
health had seriously suffered from the
terrible shock which she sustained on
/ hearing of her lovers criminal cours-
es. Ii was feared she would go into a de-
cline and, as last chance TO save her
/ life, it was suggested that she should
marry Churchill He declared he
would never face his brother again,
and that be was in no position 10 mar
~. Robert Chisholm, however, prom
ised to make handsome provision for
the couple, and they were married.
| Churchill went into the counting
house of his father n-law, and paid
strict attention to business for some
time.
GONE FOR GOOD
One day he disa ppeared, and a thor
ough inquiry and search failed TO
show what had become of him 1t
was soon ascertained however, that
e12, coo were missing from Mr. CHS
holm's safe, to which Churchill had
ready access. Naturally, suspicion
arose that Churchill had taken the
money and decamped to resume his
old courses.
Six months later something occur
red, what, the writer does not remem-
ber which induced Mr. Chisholm to
look for Churchill In Liverpool
Thither he went and found the young
man in charge of the affairs of the
Barbados estate. AS may readily be
conceived, Mr. Chisholm was very
wroth and bitterly upbraided Church
i'll for mis- conduct The young man
most solemnly denied all the charges,
and avelred that wbomsoever Mr..
Chrisholm daughter had married,
he was certainly not the man A close
investigation followed and it was
shown that all Mr Churchili's state
ments were true and that he had GER
talnly been in other places at the
very times when he was accused OF
crimes land as was supposed, con
victed aud punished for them.
Here the mystery rests. It was
certain that the resemblance was so
close between Churchill, the innocent,
and Churchill, the guilty, as to defy
not only the most experienced detec
tive to tell the difference, but even to
deceive Miss Chisholm
WIN yrac tbp other mani