Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-01-19
A BOND ROBBERY.
The Thief Detected and the Prop
erty Recovered.

LII was 4 lOily llJlle Iarm-nouSe.
had been past the place many times.
and scented with pleasure the honey
sucklcs which grew upon the side
only few miles from Chicago.
Onc would have thought the place
belonged TO some Old couple who.
after having passed q laborious life.
had retired here for peace and con-
tent.
Still the shadow of death had passed
over the little house. and rs rode up
to the gate one morning l caught a
glimpse Of a pale-faced young girl.
with her long, dishevcled hair about
her neck and shoulders. and her eyes
red with weeping. who was looking
down the road with anxious eyes.
left the carriage hastily, and a
rather smart-looking young man. who
offered to take charge of the horse,
took my place.
The interior of the cottage was in
keeping with the outer adornments.
which had been SO lavishly supplied by
nature; but the blinds were closely
drawn, and there was an air of gloomy
depression that was almost suffocat-
inc.
The young girl had opened the door
for me, and she drew back with a
graceful bow as l entered, but, with.
out speaking, pointed the way to an
inner room.
She seemed overwhelmed by some
recent grief that deprived her of the
power of making an effort at the COM
mon courtesicS naturally expected of
one apparently wcll-brcd. But she
was relieved of her embarrassment by
an elderly lady, who came forward
and welcomed me rs one who had been
long and anx;ously expected.
A note from the chief of the Chicago
police. Introducing me. informed them
that l had been detailed to visit the
house. and that the nature of the case
had been confided 10 me. l enjoincd
secrecy upon them as to my real
character. instructing them TO answer
any inquiries by saying that l was a
distant connection of Godfrey Holmes
who now lay lfeless under the roof.
as the doctor had said, from the effects
Of poison.
had scarcely finished these prelim-
inarics when the young man who had
taken charge of my horse strobe into
the room. He was introduced as
Charles SaXby, and was Il muscular,
rather handsome man, with piercing
gray eyes. and an expression of con-
siderable intelligence. He was such a
person as ! would have selected for
any employment requiring a large
amount of endurance and sclf-posses-
sion. There was 4 certain easy cool
ness i'm his manner that led ME to think
he had MOI been bred i'm the country.
and subsequently learned that he had
been student of law in an Eastern
college. and had come West for the
double purpose of recuperating his
health ana pursuing his studies more
cheaply.
The family at the cottage had con-
sisted of Godfrey Holmes, now de-
reased. widowed sister of his de-
rrased wife. and his daughter Amelia.
Upon the death of his beloved wife.
MIR. Holmes had declared his intention
If remaining widower, and his wife :
SISTER. quiet, Mnassuming woman.
had taken charge of his housekeeping.
Amelia. the daughter. was now in
her seventeenth year, her figure very
elegant and her appearance graceful.
Her face was very sweet; her eyes
,lark-brown, and abundant hair of the
same color was twined about her
head.
Oae would have thought the natural
consequence of being thrown almost
constantly into the society of as hand
some man as SaXby, she would have
lost her heart to him. But the very
opposite to this was the fact. and he
could have left the place at any mo-
ment without regret upon her part.
Her father. however, had been much
engaged by him, and had often limited
to his housekceper that he was sure he
would be quite satisfied with such a
son-in-law.
The entire neighborhood shared in
this good opinion of Saxby. H, and
Amelia would make such splendid
match. they said. Both were SO hand
some; SO intelligent; SO similar in