Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-06-08


.Now, you are not bound to crimL
nate yourself, Mr. Aiizzle," said the
othor man.
my name Is Lamb" / answered.
"Phineas Lamb.
TOO late for that dodge. You have
just confessed the forgery. Come, we
want you. You might as well go by the
milk train and escape publicity. Get
up and dress"
II don't understand" said l. "You
want to arrest me for writing a wrong
name in the hotel register. meant no
harm. I'll tell you all about it."
1--WE want you for writing Mr. Isaac
Meneypenny's name at the bottom Of
several checks. rs you very well know. y
~ never did that l never saw one
OF Isaac Moneypenny's checks"
THAT is curious, as you have been
his cashier for several years, said the
detective.
ZIP ~ I'm nobody's cashier! Oh,
l see! l begin to understand! Cheops
P. Mizzle is a forger Of whom you are
in pursuit."
Exactly" said the detective.
"And you have mistaken me for
him." said ]. at was an idiotic thing
to register under an assumed name
But assure you l am Phineas Lamb
am going to-to be married. am in
my fathers business in Chicago lam
not the person you want
1--WE do not wish to use force" said
the eldest man. "But don't talk that
way to old detectives. You must come
along"
Here vas a dilemma. OF course,
should prove my identity in the end.
had only to meet Mr.. Moneypenny face
to face. But q delay must occur, my
marriage must be postponed, my Emma
alarmed. / could not sail on the steam
er for which l had tickets. My rela
tiVes were in Chicago. Suddenly .
thought occurred to me.
Landlord" said /. "Call Mr.. Chat
tenn, won't your He knows me-"
Probably q confederate" said the
detective.
mo" said the landlord. "Mr Chat
tenn comes here every summer; ne know;
everybody.
at is only an excuse for delay OF
something" said the detective. Don't
rouse Mr.. Chattem for nothing"
But the waiter, whose intellect a.
ways respected from that moment, and
who, l forgot to say, had recently
emerged from a dark corner, rs-
marked:
'Mr. Chattem. sir, is awake, sis
He's asking questions Of the hall bog,
sir. He always takes an interest sis,
in every thing that's going on.
"Ask him to stop in here, then" said
the landlord.
A moment more and Chattem enter
ed. had never believed that SHOULD
be glad to see Chattem, but now re
joiced. His first words were:
Dear me! What! You in trouble!
fine young fellow like you! Tell me al
about it"
did. told him every thing, nero
ly saying that wished to travel incos
nito. and picking up the card in th'
road. used the name upon it. To hi
question why l wished to be incognitO
only replied:
The society papers You know W,
don't want the wedding noticed until
Is over"
And Chattem was delighted He ha'
the first news, which was alway
precious to him.
He vouched for me- The Who'll
hotel stood ready to vouch for him
and the detectives let go of me as re
luctantly as bulldog disengages hi
teeth from the calf of tramp's leg.
l took the six o'clock train, an
Chattem saw me of.
suppose that no wedding was eve
so we'll advertised before as ours was
Chattem must have interviewed fit
reporters, for all the papers publishe
accounts of my adventures next mOrr
ing, and every one who knew me Q
my bride turned out to see us off whe
we sailed. Moreover, the first new
paper l looked at in England had
paragraph headed:
Odd Tale Of Yankee Bridegroom.
And in a Paris journal I found al
other entitled;
Wished to Travel Tncogntto.
Mary Kyle Dallas, in N. Z. Ledger