The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1889-08-25
LACES.
Continued from Sccond Page


things about her, and she started the
yarn that he helped the Dutchman to rob
himself. She took me to the store one
day and gave me points about the laces
that were best to take She had a trunk
full of the stuff. We werentaso very bad
before these Claypoles got ahold of us,
only doing o little fake now and then
while we were out peddling. This is all
a true story, and we give it AWAY so that
that fend in female form may be pinched
and GO down where she belongs, for play
ing false with poor boys who loved and
1oSt-ner."
Simmons read this curious epistle with
out any regard to the romance it con-
tanned. Claypole was known to him as
reputable lawyer and he could scarcely
believe the story of his connection with
the gang.
He lost no time, however, in going to
tho Office on Dearborn street. The law
yer hadnot been there that day. An in
spectfon Of the vault revealed lot of
plate, Jewehy, silks, velvets. laces and
other valuable properly.
Thisw neutrality-suspicious. of the law
yer's close relations with the youthful
gang of burglars. Simmons hurried to
the boarding houseaon West; Adams street
TO learn that Mr.. tand Mrs. Claypole had
remove their trunks on the previous
evening and loft no address.
The most diligent inquiry failed to find
traces of their whereabouts, and neither
Mr.. Claypole nor his fascinating wife
have been seen from that day to this.
The boys had speedy trial. Their
spirits were broken by the perfidious con-
duct, as they supposed, of their mother
Being under age they were sent to the
Bridewel for eighteen months each.
This clever capture of Denis Simmons
broke up one of the most dangerous gangs
That ever infested Chicago. 1t restored
Mr. Memberships good name and recon-
Iciled him to his old father in Germany.
But tlouble seems inseparable from
some men. Mendelsohn's fortune was
very precarious afterward. and two years
ago he committed suicide in Milwaukee.
Landgraff is dead; Charlie Mott moved
to Indiana with his people; Curly, taking
the advice OF Denis Simmons when he
served his term ut the Bridewell, enlisted
in the United States army, and Herman,
who turned out very hard case, Is doing
o ten years term at Joliet.
VIII.
: And what of Miss Goggles2
The inquisitive spinster paid ,ar4y for
her vigil at the transom. For several
weeks she lowered between life and death.
During her spells of dellrium she screamed
out confusedly about daggers and pistols
hnd new made graves. and said she was
going TO be buried alive.
When she was convalescent the board
&rs noticed change In her demeanor.
She was quiet and subdued. and her shril
voice had lost the sharp ring which added
harshness to her bitter sentences. She did
~ I. i. lE.s.
of her neighbors. Her spirit of prying
mqIisitiveness seemed to be broken, and
more than one Of the neighbors remarked:
'sMiss Goggles has greatly improved
since her sickness"
Mr.. johnson, it was noticed, kept ST.
lent on the subject, but his kindly brown
eyes were forever fixed on the thin, pale
. face of the spinster as though he were
Wong iSSn % rsaa Tue Ss''s' 81 nsF 'S'0fH"-
Miss Goggles sudden seizure and sub
sttuuent dangerous condition had with
dawn attention from the deplo2able con-
dutt of Mrs. Claypole, and that attractive
lazy was permitted TO enjoy her dirtations
In peace.
interest was not revived in her again
until the arrest of the boy burglars, and
then there was sensation in the Freling-
nuySeH boarding mousse
Mr.. Hadley, who for personal reasons
kept pace with the movements of the
police in the lace robbery, startled the
boarders at dinner the day after the ar
rests by rushing in, excitedly shouting;
II told you SOP
'sTold us WHAT" asked Mr.. johnson,
Bcowling at the agitated clerk.
tsWhy, that she was no good.
'tAhi that's very explicit" sarcastic
Cally remarked the old gentleman, caus
ing litter round the Board; land who
may she bel'
MRS. CIaypole," shriehed Hadley al
most frantically, as he dropped into his
Beat and viciously attacked the soup.
This declaration had a curious effect.
Every knife and fork dropped on the in
slant, and all eyes were fixed on Hadley,
and ten voices, blended with intense curl
Dsity, exclaimed:
ssWhy, what is the matteri"
This was one of the supreme moments
In the clerks life. He dropped his table
spoon, mounted on a chair, and addressed
the boarders in half oratorical, half
historical fashion, as follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen-You all know
me and how have suffered. The thieves
have been caught; o confession has been
made; Mr.. and Mrs Claypole are inpi-
Gated She was not so much of flirt as
thief. The nicely dressed, curly headed
boy who called her mother was the cap
tain of the gang. He Yves a peddler. She
tried to spoil my character. The officers
are looking for her She will be HING if
they catch her, and shall marry my dar-
ling Ophelia- And"-
Here Hadley broke down, dropped into
q seat again and buried his head in the
soup plate, while his frame shook with
convulsive sobs.
There was intense excitement in the
dining room. Miss Goggles shrieked:
81 knew iti'
"Henriettar cried MIR. johnson, in
Management. bending ON her look of earn
est inquiry.
The spinster became confused, but re-
peated, Historically;
II knew itr'
Then broke out gable Of converse
ton, during which the spinster's signii-
cant remark was forgotten, and the whole
story was drawn out piecemeal from Had
1ey. Every one seemed delighted with
khe misfortune which had overtaken the
audacious blonde and her bland like hus-
band. the only regrets being that they had