The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-01-10

than should him - pays you your wages:
wouldn't trust him to manRle dnster.
70 Miss Rouse! Pray don't disparage my
good master to me-"
II can't help IL, sir: thought is free, especi-
aiiy In this here compartment. Better speak
your ear when my music jars. But one every
day is enough:i IL he won't come back for that.
why, he must 90. aud must look out Tor
another; there's as good fsh in the sen as ever
came out oft. Still, III not denJ have
whit shall do! Oh, oh, OH
There. there" said Michael, "lll put this
into the Times every day."
You are good soul, Mr.. Penfold. Oh
oh. OH"
When he had finished the advertisement in
| clerkly hand, and she had finished her cry.
she felt comparatively comfortable. and
favored Mr.. Penfold with some reflections.
Dear heart, Mr.. Penfold how you md do
take to one another, to he sure. But 80 We
ought for We are honest folk. the pair. and
has had n hard time. Don't it never strike
YOU rather curious that two thousand
lee, yourn and mine? ! might have married
Joe, and been IL happy woman with him: hut
the Devil puts in my head There you 90
again hammcring! Life ain't worth having
next door to that lodging house. Drnt the
woman. iii she must peck, why don't she go
which weshall never DO quiet till she is there:
aud these here gimcrack houses, they won't
stand no more pccking Mt than Il soap sud-
Ay, that's what hurts me, Mr.. Penfold the
Lord had given him and me health and
strength and honesty; our betters had wed
t<,c1 .,,,n a
ing Isl but must go again Nature. that
cried Come couple and must bargain for
two thousand pounds. So now I've lost the
man. nnd not got the money, nor never shall;
and, it had, I'D burn Ah-ah-ah-ah-
uh.''
This TRADE ended in stted screams OTTER
ror. caused by the sudden appearance of
human hand in place and in II manner well
adapted to shake the stoutest laundress's
nerves.
This hand came through tho brickwork of
tho rhmney-placc and there remained n mo.
mcnt Or two: then slowly retired, and, ms it
retired. something was heard to fall upon the
shnvinss aud ,inscl of the fireplace.
Nancy. by feminine impulse, put her
minds before her iaee,to hide this supernatural
hand: and when abe found courage to with
draw them and glare at the place there wus
no aperture whatever in the brick. york: and,
conseInently.the hand appeared to have
traveisei the solid MATERIAL both coming
and ing.
20 Mr.. Pen:old. cried Nancy; "I'm sinful
woman. This comes Of talking Of the Devil
nrtcr sunset" aud she sat trembling 80 that
the floor shook.
Mr. Fenfolis nerves were not strong. lie
and Nancy both huddlcd together for mutu-
al protection and their fnces had not q visit.
age of color left in them.
However, after period of general paraly.
sis Pcnioll whispered
~ heard it drop something on the shay.
Then, we shall be all in n blaze o. brim.
stone. shrieked Nancy, wringing her hands.
And they waited to see.
Then. az no contagration took place, Mr..
Pcniold got up, and said he must 80 and sec
what it was the hand had dropped.
Nancy, in whom curiosity was beginning to
battle with terror. let him go to the fireplace
without II word of objection, and then cried
OUT
Don't go anigh 1t. sir: it sill do you mis-.
Chief don't touch it whatever. Take tho
tongs.'
lie took the tongs, and presently flung in
TO the middle OF the room n small oil-akin
packet. This, ms it lny ON the ground, they
both eyed like two deer glowering at IL piece
of red cloth, and ready to leap back over the
moon if il should show signs of biting. but
oil-skin il not pleternaturul, nor has tradi-
ton connected it, however remotely, with tho
Enemy of man.
Consequently, great rcvulsion took place
in Nancy. and she passed from .ear to indx.
nation ut having heen frightened so.
She ran to the fireplace, and, putting her
head up the chimney, screamed, "lIeave your
dirt where you heaye your love, 70 Brazen!"
whom, with icmini Justice, she held respon.
sible for every act done in her house, Penfold
undid the packet, ard Nancy returned to her
seat. with her mind more ut ease. to exam
inc the contents.
"Bank-notes!" cried Penfold.
"Ay." said Nancy, incredulously, ''they do
look like bank.uotes and feel like 'em; hut
they amt wrote like tE,m. Bunk.notes nin't
wrote black like that in the left hand cor
ncr."
Pen old explained.
"Ten-poun'l notes are not. nor fves; but
large notes IRE. These are all tiIties."
Fifty whnts?'
"Fi ty pounds"
What, each of them bits of paper worth
Yes. Let us count them; /, 9, 8. 4, 4, q,
:, So. 10. II, II: IL, II. IS, Is, II, Is
pounds-just two thousand pounds. 1t il
the very sum that ruined me: it did not BE-.
long to me-, md its being in the house ruined
my POOR Robert. And this does not belong
to you Lock all the doors, bar all the win
dows. and burn them ln,fore lie police come"
wait II Dlts bulu Nuncy-'WnlC u ulG.
They sat ON each side OF the notes; Penfold
agitated and terrified, Nancy COMPOUNDED and
perplexed.
CHAPTER LvHI.
Punctunlly ut ten o'clock Helen returned
to Firth Street, md found Mr.. Endercliff be-
hind u sort OF counter, employed in tracng;
IL workman was seated mt some lilo distance
from him: both bent on their work.
.'Mr. Cnderclitf?' said Helen.
lie rose, and turned toward her politely
! pale. fair man. with Il Keen gray eye md
pleasant voice and manner: Il am Edward
| Cndarciif. You come by appointment
| ''ies, sir
"a question OF llandwriting:"
Not entirely, sir. Do you remember Civ
ing witness in favor of young clergyman,
Mr.. Robert Pcnfold, who was accused Of for.
gery:'
II remember the circumstance, but not the
Details
80 dear! that liz unfortunate. said Helen,
with n deep sigh: she often had to sigh now
Why you scc,' said the Expert, Il am
called on such multitude OF tiials How.
ever, takenotes of the principal ones. What
year was it in?"
"ln 1864"
| Mr.. In,lercliif went to set of drawers ar.
ranged rhronologically and found his notes
directly. at WAS II forged bill, madam, III.
dorsrl and presented by Penfold. l was call.
ed to prove that the hill was not in the hnnd.
writing OF PeD,ol,l. Here il my fac-simile of
the Robert Penfold Endorsed upon the bill by
the prisoner He handed it her, md she eX.
amined it with interest And here are fac-
SMILES of genuine writing by John Wardlaw;
md here is n copy of the forged note"
| He laid it on the table l,efore her. She
started and eyed it with horror 1t wns 4,
long time before she could speak. At length
she said, "And that wicked piece of paper
destroyed Robert l'cnfold."
Not TINT piece OF piper, but the original;
| this is u facsimile. so far as the writing III
concerned 1t was not necessary in this case
to initiate paper aud color. Stay. here IL u
sheet Oh which have Autographed the three
styles that will enable you to follow NV
comparison. But perhaps that would not
interest vou." Helen had the tact to say it
would. THUS encouraged the Expert showed
her that Robert Periods writing had moth.
ing in common with the forged note lie ald-
cd: Il also detected in the forged note habits
which were entirely absent from the true
writing of John Wnrtllaw. You will under
stand there were plenty of undoubted speci.
mems in court to 20 by
Then, . sir. said Helen, Robert Pen:old
was not guilty"
Certainly not Of writing the forged note
swore that. aud Ill swear it again. But
when it came to questions whether he had
passed the note, and wheili her he knew it was
forged. that was quite out of my province. -
II can understand that" said Helen; but
you heard the trial: you are very intelligent,
sir, You must have formed some opinion as
| to whether he was guilty or not"