The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1890-07-17


my vile aud youassetss 70 ioun. and 'le
neat morslas placed the aceouu, before
my chef. sskine 10 80 down 90 the case
! Tor ics day. Iia. v@ disappointed,
Tor w.s wanted sons~hera Else. aud q
young fellow wss scnA
The case l vas 90 caused me 10 bs de-
tsined In Liverpool fos : uonsb. ssd when
bad csrried II out Successfully return
ed TO town. and the hsst thing Iioqaired
sbon, was whether Harry B.lmer's thief
/ bad been taken.
/ No, saii the inspector; That is a queer
case | sen, Saunders down about it, bu,
be did no good lie watched the place
carefully for . week, but could not discov-
er anything. Tor sh,le be wac there nothing
went. but the o,ght of the day be left a
b,skeiiul OF washing Vas stolen = some
thing the resi light. aud something the
nert aud 80 on. seIl him down sgaip.
sud ,be ibisve~ s.opp-i directly, can't
make II out
The thici knew Slundors, replied |. and
while be VAS there would not run the
risk. have nothing TO do Dos. j think
will have turn stit
You can. II you like, FoH. said the iu.
spector; but do not think you will make
m uch OF it. Saunders took all sorts Of dis.
guises and failed. although be is not half
so well known by the thieves Of London
or England. | might say as you are.
Well, III have a Try. aud il | do not
catch The fellow 10 four dsys. IN give the
matter mp.
This being agreed npon, wrote oil at
once to Harry 10 tell him TO prepare for
me. and then sci about for disguise.
For that purpose selected snavvy's cos.
tums namely. seal.kin CAP. with the
ear flaps pulled well down. coarse cotton
shirt with no collar. red wool comforter,
a fnstian coat OF tha Nswm rkst cut. wit b
large bone buttons. long waistcoat wit ID
tapped pockets -oi the sam. material as
the coat but left unbuttoned; trousers OF
corduroy fastened round the waist with
strap, and Two little straps fastening then
up below the knee, high enough up to
show about two inches Of the blue worsted
stocking aud large, heavy pair OF thick,
high low boots.
OF course my hair was dyed, and my
hands ssd face made mp to suit Il oharao-
ter Thus equipped was ready. and.
mounting the top Of an omnibus. Ii. up
my dirty stump Of black clay pipe and
drove quietly down to Tottenhsm.
There entered one or two public houses
where "navyies do coogregate, and l ask.
ed the landlord. or any navvies who hap
pened to be present. il they knew place
round about where a poor fellow could
get work.
Everywhere but u one place l had the
yame answer u II ard times. Place too crowd
ed already, etc But the single exception
was nearly poser for me. He Was stout,
Jolly fellow seemed to take pity on me,
aud having asked il Icoud dig well, was
about to engage me TO dig up bis garden
Luckily for me bis wife happened to come
into the bar, aud bullied him for fool
who encouraged all the idle. lazy fellows
in the world. and declared that l should
not have penny OF her money, and com
plimented me by saying, loud enough for
me 10 hear, that looked more like thiet
than laborer, So the honest landlord gave
up engaging me.
/ made these visits so that l might en-
ter Hornsey at the end furtherest from
London; secondly, 10 case was watched.
to throw IF suspicion, and thirdly. wish
ed to see II could come across any one l
knew, for | was certain that the robberies
at the jolly Farmers were the work Of no
novice. How far. succeeded 10 my sec.
ond object, Of course csnnot tell, but
failed to fecogniz. one face.
II was dnsk when | reached the jolly
Farmers, ard luckily Harry was inthe bar
alone; 80 gave him the "office," and he
knew at once What to do, for | bad told
him in my letter
/ nodded TO some nsvvics aud laborers
who were 10 The bar, and then put my
usual question aud got the general au
swer.
You seem to have come long way, mater
said Harry
You're right. master;l have come long
way. going up TO London to look for
work. s'pose you siu't got odd job
can DO for you. Just to earn shilling
or some supper. aud . shskedown in
barn.
Harry pretended TO be considering. for
he pnt bis elbows on the pewter counte-
aud rubbed the palms Of his hands over
bis face ss be ssil.
Well, | dou't know. l might find yon
10 do Here. May, just come
and mind the bsr for moment.
The girl came. and Harry. coming from
behind the bar counter, opened the door
leading iuto tie passage aud bade me fol
low him.
No sooner had the door been closed than
Harry turned to me and cried 10 voice Of
wonder.
Why. Charlie. bow the ducs did you
learn 10 make up 20 capitslly3 Pom my
word should never have known yoa II il
b ed not been Tor your lester. l1deei. then
! don't think | shonId osye done 50 had
yon not tipped me- = With.
80 much the batter; bnt take care you
do not be,rsy me Take NE into the
haunted kiieb.p for 80 We used to call
the place aud / sill set 10 work directly.
Have ynu ue~ cost sysiuable one?
Ya Bot sbsi op earth DO you want IT
lori