The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-05-08


ed his clothes. though she did not ex.
plain why. she dropped a couple OF
guineas in his hand. He pocketed them
and departed.
The man had not gone an hour when
a messenger came with a note from
Clarence Paget announcing that he had
been arrested. but not by the bailifs
who were after him for debt He had
met a party coming from the opposite
direction. who, seeing him dressed in
Scotch cap and plaid waistcoat told
him that he was the man they were
looking for and arrested him for high
way robbery. "For heavens sake" the
note concluded. "let me know to whom
the cap and waistcoat belong"
Miss Hastings was appalled,. Unwit
tingly she had got her lover into
more serious trouble than imprison-
ment for debt She sent out manserv-
ants TO find the visitor, but no trace Of
him could be found.
The case Of the crown versus Clar
ence Paget excited a great deal Of at.
tention. A bishop had been riding I'm
his carriage ON the highway when he
was stopped and robbed by a man
wearing a Scotch cap and plaid waist
coat. Paget, dressed IN his borrowed
costume, was taken before the bishop
and identified as the man who had
robbed him.
There was one chance for Paget
That was the testimony Of Amy Hast.
ings and the servant who had changed
the suits. This might have saved him
had It not been that the bishop swore
positively that he was the robber
Paget was sentenced to twenty years
penal servitude.
Miss Hastings, who blamed herself
for the unfortunate consequences Of
her hasty act. determined to be mar.
rled to her lover and share. so far as
possible, his exile with him The day
before Paget was to be transported.
while she was preparing to go to tho
Jail for the marriage ceremony. she
received a note IN a handwriting she
had never before seen.
1t was from the owner Of the cap
and waistcoat
The writer stated that he had been
arrested for robbing coach on the
night he had slept In her house and
begged that she would give her evl.
dence to prove an alibi. Miss Hastings
ut once sent word to the lawyers that
the real owner OF the cap and waist
coat was forthcoming. and a stay for
her lover was secured. Then she Wis
tied the man who had caused the trou.
BILE and found that he had long been
a highwayman, but had been arrested
for an offense he had not committed
Pagets case wa6 reopened with the
result that he was acquitted The
highwayuan was not tried for the Of
Tense for which he was arrested. but
was convicted for robblng the bishop.
News did not get about IN those days
a. It does now, and the bishop was
not apprlsed Of his mistake when one
morning 1t was announced to him thai
n couple were in his waiting room who
wished him to marry them. His lord
ship was writing a sermon on the text
Thou shalt not bear false witness,
and did not appear till he had finished
1t. When he saw the man who haC
robbed him he started back.
Paget handed him papers showing
his error and after the bishop had reat
them asked that he would atone for hi
too great confidence in testifyinl
against him by marrying him to th'
girl who had unintentionally put hin
h jeopardy. The bishop consente,
MIN humble apology.
FLORENCE GILBERT.
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I to have my daughters voice cultlvat
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