The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-07-27


father kept . ladder. He sent hsretooisd a
70 the spot. removed The ladder planted II
al The beck Of the house. climbed up II
wiihoa, makins ths smallest mise. and
sueeee led 10 reaching the iijse Of his
fathers root Hiding 10 the ridge tiles,
he hesved himself up by both hsnds
breast high above the ridse piece. 10
Then be .sw ~hs, vas being doae 90 the
| further side. R@
T~o men we're tbers Oue vas on The
ladder aud held spo,hsr By the snhlss
who he'd scrambled on 10 The tuat. Tue
latter wa. liftiag tile sitsr tile and feeling
upder each, obviously ,xpsciiug 10 hsd
snd carry Of the iarriers store Of ssvil
ipas
Joseph S.muel WsrdIey did no, besi.
I t,ie for moment shAt 10 do With per
f,ci presence Of mind, aud great spsssy I.
we'll - courage, be said, Boo ,pe1t-
The robbers were staggered. They
Looked up. ssv . semi white figure ris'ns
above the roof. glowing n them. Their
nerves gave vsy. He sho vss on the led.
der et the ankles oi the man on the
roof; the latter siid down. and fell on the
m "a xi,h lis fest on the ladder rugs;
and both w,re prscipits,ed to the bot
tom. it"s
Joseph Ssmus los aroused the Louse,
sod the tnrglsr, we're arrested. ons had
dislocsted his hip. the otb~ hsd CONQUER
sion OF the brsin, his bead having fallen
on brick. Had the brick been little
harder, il 10 believed would have bsokI
On bis heed ~ it was. the burslar's bead
broke the blick : split it INTO three pis'
ces. EittH'
The two men we're delivered over 10
the police, and we're brought before the
magistrstes st the Petty Sessions, who
consi NJ d them TO be tried I the Quarter
Sessions for attempted burglary. ID sa
When the trisl came 90, The pea put IN
for the two men was that they bsd besn
bird beeting, and evidence wG prod uosd
that they hsd been seen going up trees.
| Nothing had been taken. The house
bed not been broken into, 90 thst come
difficulty was entertsined ss to the nature
OF their offence. aud the amount Of puoishi
ment TO be awarded II found guilty. Finsi
", they we're foond guilty Of an sitempt
at bird nesting with felonious intent and
we're ordered nine months imprisonment
with hard labor 5a' '-.' iL 1
The incident determined the miod Of
the scksmith ~ 70 the proper svocation
for his son. Joseph Samuel must become
. po icensn. A bobby has 10 be about
ct night. and that wss precisely what
Joseph WAS csloulsted for. ss be ceuld not
sleeps at Disht. 1 atit.sec lpel
/ He WAS 30 sbls bodied, was such me
fgsse of a man, that be WAS ct once &C
cepted and put IN the force. He sssuml
ed the not unpicturesqae uniform OF
country policep an. and believed that be
bad found his true occupation. Id
He was finally planted at place on
the opposite side OF the little county. OF
course, the fame OF his er ploit had pre-
ceded him He wss looked up to %
man OF the greatest ability, energy and |
resolution. and 1t was concluded that
with him in the parish everything was
safe. szss.sst
1t was copjectnred, rather than known.
that lhs fear Of Joseph Samuel had fallen
on all the miscresnts 10 the county OF Rut'
land. .f
II was high time thst men Of superior
order Of intelligence should be engaged
10 the force, for a number OF robberies
had been committed OF late on the grsziers
OF Luthlspdshirs. The low lsnd, readily
overfowsd. serves for the rearing Of yonne
cattle till they ere ct TO kill. when they
ere sent in great numbers 10 the London
Market. Tn re there had been theft OF
calves and young buIlocks. Sometimes
the live besst had been carried oil. rspid'
ly dispatched and dismi ssd toLondon be
fore the Day broke. Some grszisrs had
lost severely. II was not possible TO say
where the next robbery would take place,
conseq uently sll we're equally anxious aud
uneasy.
A small farmer was one evening on his
way to the nssrest town. He hsd the car,
csss OF young bullock to dispose Of.
His s,onsd vss ogsrHovsd. snd hs could
no longer feed his bullock he killed u.
aud wss taking the osrcsss to London.
when, passing through Rsshsntine the
village st which Joseph Samuel WAS guar
tsred-he disposed Of il 10 the village
butcher. who at ones removed the desd
meat and psii the man for it.
The farmer bal something to do 10 the
town besIds selling the cAscsss. so be
proceeded on bic ssy. bot d,es up sta
little tavern oil ore he vas fond nf having
. glass. BE Embarrassed his horse,
ran the light cart under cover, ana ebteF'
ei the public house. The man was I'd.
dicsted 10 drink bs bsd money iu his
poskst; be snet tbfre with some chums;
sua the esd sss thss be resolved to make
. night OF it,
A spirit Of perversity rules the dsstiDies
OF men, As long Is Joseph samuel was
obliged TO be awake by day. be could not
sleep 1t night; bot now that be wss po,
lice nan, and hAd tssmske his excursions
by pisbt hs iels sisspy ~hsn the dark
set in, ADD some rights Was hardly sble
to keep bis eyes open.
II was on tins evening. He WAS CON
ing Along The road. beside which stood
the public house into which the isrmer
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