The Penn's Grove record., 1894-02-02

AhhA Wv a 49, ANN I-%
money no harm is done, but"
stNo, he has not,"I said, becoming
dmost as agitated as my old friend him
self.
sob, don't say there are British
Lineu!"
By this time l had my pocket.booL
nut, and handed him one of the roll OF
iotes his precious sou had given me.
ac1regor examined it carefully.
"It seems all right, l am thankful to
say" he remarked; then holding it be-
tween him and the light on the table:
SITS a forgery; the watermark's wrong!'
One by one we examined the roll.
rhe watermark in all was identical, aud
consequently all were as bad as the frst.
Again the old man broke down, and
nv own heart WAS in my mouth, | can
tell you. At last, to my intense relief,
pulling his p~ocket-book from his pocket,
lie said:
"Mr. Turner, only you and l know 0
The crime my wretched son has com
nitted. His fate, and mine, too, | mag
Jay, are in your hands. Will you give
ne those notes for genuine ones2 ! have
hem here in my hand. l will send my
son out of the country. He richly de-
lerves prosecution; but let me beg Of
Tou to have pity, not upon him, but
,pon me-"
I was really thankful to be able to
,blige old Macgregor, especially as By
loing so l saved myself further trouble
IN the matter of the forged notes. A
prosecution would mean a loss of lime
.ud money, and what would my employ
RS have thou ght OF my lack of cautioa}
The old gentlemen took his leave with
very protestation of gratitude, f%ervent-
Y assuring me that he would remember
ms that night aud many a night to come
1t the throne of grace.
drove into E linburgh mex morning
left the horse and trap at the livery
table Naismith lad benin the habit of
Ising, and bctook myself to au hotel ii
Princes street. Thence l wrote to my
principals, Inclcsing the notes that nov
eemed doubly precious. l retained one
# ten pounds, as I hal still a day or two
o spend in town before my return to
Birmingham. l happened, however, to
yet through all my business that after
1000, a1d OF the following morning pre-
pared to leave. 1 had not left myself
nuoa tin % cttci tl7 tram, and WAS
,halnz in t 10 din.n TOO a at tae wait
,r's delay with the reoeiptod bill and the
Iaauge for ray ten -Pernl note.
was trying to seiace myself with th,
he 81 ths Waverly monument, just lii
front Of the hotel, whea | heard some
,no satsr the room, hpss by the stat
It wat E.ot the waiter, so | did not turn
ny head, The party, whoever it was,
however. cams up to me, aud, touchin
ns "a the shoulder, saidi
"will you be good enough 10 como
AIS wsyf"
"Ns, | c1n't; I shall be too late 70.
~ traia as 1t Is"
"Yeur train will have to wait som
sms"
"What DO you mean, and who aFs
IoH!"
"Diana craw SO cruse"-he means
"Don't crow 80 ieudlyi" sit means that
I'm a detective, and you must 60 with
mo to the police Office"
1t was useless to resist.
Anything you say may be used In
violence against you," he warned me.
GA our way to the station he told me
hat my ten-pound note was a forgery,
that Others OF a similar kind had been
IN circulation, and that suspicion pointed
70 me as one of the gang uttering them.
My southern accent was, in his eyes,
enough to justify any suspicious of me-,
IS the notes were importations from the
'ther side of the Border.
l told my story to the chief police
official, the Procurator- Fiscal, but I
could see / was not believed. Inquiries
would, however, be male at Birmingham
md Stirling. The magistrate before
whom l Yves brought in the course of the
morning remsnded me for q week. l did
,ot apply for bail, as l knew no one in
Edinburgh. except one or two customers
1t our house, aud they had only my
'oFd ioI my Identify
On the fifth day OF my incarceration !
sss told that sone one had called 10 sec
ne. In a waiting-room l found Mr..
Hlnde, young Mr.. Macgreso or and au old
yeutlernAn whom l did no know. Hv
:nrned out to be the young mans re5
'sther, not the venerable swindler y I
Lnlithgow.
Mr.. Hinde informed me that TJlad
tent him nearly eight hundred pout IDS
worth of forged notes and that he had
narrowly escaped arrest himself ron seek.
ing to get change for one at, WARWICK
but fortunately the inquiriesrtrusn 1ldin
'urgh had helped to explain nst1a,s.
He further told me that. Auo men haG
been appreheuded in EARitk. one OF
whom had sought to pass, one Of the
genuine notes Of which 4 had been
'windled, aud paynent Of which had
stopped by ySaag Massgr4yon. A
'oIicltor was engaged to appear for me
Ind Gas alloxsd o6t on bail, the two
Macgregors, who were well known, be-.
oming responsible for my appearance.
@"o e4SJS a''eC kSaln appeared IN
he dooS, and to my great satisfaction
here stood IN it also the old gentleman !
whose acquaintance hal ns6le at Lin
ithgow, and the horsey maj I had seen
n M,cg:egA's shop. My venerable old
riend had dispensed with bis beard au6
rig. They had ser vel their turn.
l was discharged from Custody, ana
allied upon to give evidence. The whole
II the notes had been recovered. a fact
'hich cause1 me no little gratJ cation .
had been the victim of II gangFSho ha /
ONE TO the Tryst to get tlteir nott h
'laced; and the CONVERSATION oseHhear a
n Macgregor's shop by the i'd msns
o%mpsnion, and, no doubt, the sight of,
'hSt took place in tho back g9on, had