Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-10-13


all can tell you at present. My duty IN to
arrest you, so we will proceed at once to
the station"
In vain 1 tried TO persuade the officer
that he had made great mistake, and
that knew nothing of the matter When
became less excited | saw that the best
way was TO proceed In cab to the station
and explain matters there. A cab was
procured, and while riding tried TO think.
pinched myself to see II were dreaming,
What did it meanp Surely there was
glaring mistake, but knew not soul in
all IRELAND who could vindicate my char
acter, and so my thoughts ran on until
was brought back TO my senses by the Of
flcer, who suddenly said, Here we are,
and was marched through hall into the
Office, where the charge sheet was filled in,
and | was locked In cell, remonstrance
being Of no avail.
Having been in the cell some hours,
bethought myself Of my story so pulled
the sheets of paper out of my pocket. The
light was, however, too bad to enable me
to read by. Determined to do something,
| commenced counting the sheets of paper,
and found that, instead Of there being
thirty sheets, there were only twenty-nine.
counted again, and still there was one
missing. This was very annoying, mas
much as had intended posting my STORY
on my arrival at Belfast.
The next thing that puzzled me was my
inability to discover from which part OF
the tale the sheet was missing, for, M !
said before the cell was very dark
felt in all my pockets, not once, but
about n dozen times, but failed to discover
the lost sheet, and so | came to the con
clusion that in my hurry | had left 1t at
my lodgings in Whitehaven Some time
passed by, and then warder lit the gas In
the corridor and "A stream Of light found
It's way through the hole in the cell door.
once more took out my papers and eager
ly read them through, but the most inter
esting part of the tale was missing-the
confession Of the villain Edwards
"Whatl Yes. ! see it all now" | ex
citedly exclaimed "Warderl" | shouted.
"Now, can't you make less noise theret
answered that functionary, thrusting his
face in at the hole in the door.
"Please tell those two gentlemen who
arrested me that | wish to speak to them
Immediately"
Presently the two detectives arrived on
the scene and entered my cell.
"GoinR to confessi" asked one.
Eyes" | replied, but not to crime
Will you tell me II the confession mad'
was on n sheet Of paper like thatp
One Of them took the sheet, remarkinl
that they had not yet got the full particu
lars, merely a wire.
passed bad night in the CELL and wok'
early next morning. About o'clock
was informed that the English police hat
arrived The superintendent Of police iron
Whitehaven then came to my cell, and
explained TO him that | had been writing
a tale, and in gathering the loose pages o
paper together at my lodgings / had acct
dentally left one sheet out. then hande'
the twenty-nine sheets TO him and he wen
away Presently he returned. laughing
, saying;
"You have had narrow escape Ho'
. came you 20 use IA your own name that O
, the man You call Edwards in your storyi
/ explained that my name was rather
long one, and that just gave Mrs. Smit
that name as happened TO be writing 1t a
the time. lie then took me into the ofiiC
, and handed me the missing sheet, whic
read as follows;
, My name is not Edwards. The young ma
, bearing that name worked by me In Americ
| quarreled with him. and In an angry m'
: | ment ! slew him and buried him. As b
father had not seen him for many years,
G came TO pass myself off as his son, but wi
followed by the police. Now am going ava
8 again. Do not seek me, for you will never I'm
, me alive again. JOE MULLINS.
4 When had finished reading it laughe
o loud and long, and 80 did all the Office
and men. We had high time Of IL thu
o night at my hotel, and next morning 1, Z
b gether with the policemen from Englan
Z sailed for Whitehaven. When we arrive
| there the piers were crowded with peopl
e evidently looking for some one on boar
= A cab was waiting for us, so as soon as v
I landed we entered IL, amid such exclam
J. tions as That's him with the silk hat on
/ Don't he look happy for murderer
v etc
!. Arrived at the station, matters we're e
y planned and apologies offered, and we par
Y ed the best Of friends. Poor Mrs. Smii
{. had splendid tea ready for me, and vii
her apron IN her eye corner she said:
n 81 thought you couldn't "a done such
thing"
Is The townsfolk soon heard through q
d papers that the whole affair was a mi
~ take, and they considered IL a great jok
D. but it taught me a lesson-never TO i
even in half Joking fashion.-Yankee Blad