Year: 1860

Knew but little of the affair in any wa,

 having been sick and unable to be out anon

 folks. Then he asked my consumpty

 friend if he knew anything about it, the la

 ter raised his head from it's reclining position

 and was on the point of answering, whe

 we heard our driver, in abrupt tones orde

 ing some one to get out of the road. I il

 stiuctively put my head out of the windo1

 to see what the trouble was. and my ey

 was just quick enough to detect a load (

 fagots in time to dodge back in to avoi

 them. The road was quite narrow at tlIi

 point, and as the fagots were loaded yer

 widely, it was impossible for the driver t

 wholly avoid them, and the side of the coac

 was swept by them quite smartly. I escs ped without being touched, but not so wit my friend, l ht ard an exclamation-I 1 though rather profane one--from his lips, and o looking toward him I saw that the fagot had struck him over the left eye making quite mark. This incident turned th, conversation from the subject of the robber ies. and it was not again alluded to.

 We reached Lowstone shortly after dark and went once more to the residence 0 MT. Stickney, whom 1 found at home II, had been out all day, and made all sorts 0 efforts to obtain some clue to the perpetra tors of the robbercs that were being com mitted, but without effect.

 He said that he could learn nothing O, winch to hang suspicion. Two shops had been robbed in his town, but he could gain no clue to the perpetrators. We consulted together ard finally concluded to go in the morning and see another detective officer named GambiIt, who resided about 12 miles distant from the town of OrtoL.

 This met the views of my host, and so we left the matter for the night.

 On the following morning we were mp ear ly, and as the coach would take us directly to his house, we chose that mode of convey ance, and repaired at seasonable hour 10 the tavern for that purpose. When we reached the inn, we found the old farmer who lad been one of my fellow passengers the day before, stepping about in high state of excitement.

 He had been robbed of g300, and he was sure it must have been done in the stage, for he had slept with his pocket book under his pillow. He had not thought to look into it when he retired, but had found it empty in the morning when he got up. He said the wallet had not been taken out of his pocket and put back aguin-he knew 1t. As soon as he saw me, he was very anxious that 1 should be searched. Of course 1 allowed the operation to be performed willingly. Af- ter the excitement was a!Iaycd, l asked the landlord where that pale young man Was that came in the coach, and was told that he weut away soon after the coach arrived.

 My first aim Was to satisfy myself that the old man had been robbed m the o*ch, and of this he succeeded ill convincing me.

 Alter this my suspicion rested on the co- man, aid believed if could find him l sbcud Gud the rogue. So bat!c tie landlord to keep sharp lookout, and also spoke to the driver who had brought ne to Sidney, and who was now on the point 0: returning; requesting him if he saw anything of the paic-faced man, to see that he was secured. The suspicious individual had only remained at the iuu very few minutes Oil the previous evening, aud had then gone away in a gig which had come for him, but no cue could tell what direction he took.

 The coach for Orton soon cauie to the door. and Stickney and myself took our seats insids the farmer having determined to re main where Ee was till ke heard something about the money. There were two other pusscngcrs inside, aud two or thr.e c outside, but they were strangers to me- We had gone two or three miles, when the driver pulled up before a sma farm house, where d woman aud |, trunk were waiting by q garden gate The lady was handed into the coach and took Il scat facing me, and as she turned to give the driver some directions concerning the baggage, she threw her Veil on her bonnet. She Was pretty--vcry pret- ty--with rosy checks aud sparkling eyes Her hair hung in gl-ssy brown ringlcts over her neck, and was type of beauty in itself. l looked at those rosy cheeks, and again aud again into her dark lustrous eyes. My gaze was fixed on the latter pomt, when si,e caught my eye and dropped her veil.- At frs: felt little ashamed ut having been caught staring at her so boldly; but as the face was hidden from sight, and had time for reflection, it struck me that l had seen those features before.

 Here was study for me, and l was-bur- jed in it at once.

 Where had 1 seen that face? I whisper ed to Stickney aud asked him if he had ever seen that face before. He joked me about being 50 curious about pretty face.

 We stopped at a place called Turnet's mills, iu the edge of Orlon, to change mails, and here jumped out to see the postmaster, who was all old tricud of miuc--ald as Was returning to the coach, the thought struck me to go and look at the trunk which had been last put on, and see if there was any name on it. It was marked with the sim pie initials "A M" So that was all gained from that source. As l came tc the coach, approached it from behind, and as l cast my eyes up, l found that the beau ty had her veil raised and was looking Ill a1 the post office, as though anxious that th' malt would come that we might be off. The expression of anxiety detracted somewhat from her beauty, and as looked upon he uow, seeing her in a different light, it wa struck with snake-like cast that was per ceptible all over her features. was on tn point of withdrawing my gaze least sh should catch me the second time, when slight motion of the head threw her curl over her temple, and l saw faint lin something like vein over her left eye. was mark-a livid scratch--where some thing had struck her; it might have bee the stroke of whip. But-no l qulck' glided back behind the coach, and there

 reflected. Such mark as that could U made by fagot. s.s....-. .+.: ..=.-..-