Year: 1860

money. There we're Two other passengers In
side, and two or three outside but they were
strangers to me. We had gone two or three
miles, when the driver pulled up before a
small farm house, where woman and a trunk
were waiting BY the garden gate. The lady
was handed into the coach, and took q seat
facing me, and a. she turned to give the driver
some direction concerning the baggage, threw
her veil over her bonnet, She was pretty
very pretty-with rosy cheeks and sparkling
eyes. Her hair hung in glossy brown ringlets
over her neck and shoulders, and was q type
Of beauty in itself. looked at the rosy cheeks
again and into her dark lustrous eyes MY
gaze was fixed upon this latter point, when
she caught my glance, and quickly dropped
her veil At first felt little ashamed at
having been caught staring at her so boldly,
but as the face was hidden from sight, and I
had opportunity for reflection, 1t struck me
that had seen those features before


Here was q study for me, and was buried in
it at once. Whore had seen that face?
whispered to Stickney, and asked him if he
had ever seen her before. He said he had not,
and joked me for being 50 cautisus about a
pretty face.


We stopped at a place called "Turner's
Mills" in the edge of Orton, to exchange
mails, and here jumped out to see the post
master, who was an old friend Of mine-and as
L was returning to the coach the thought struck
me to look at the trunk which had been last
put on, and see If any name Was on it. 1t was
marked with the simple initials, "a. M" So
that was all that I gained from that source As
came to the coach door / approached from
behind, and as cast my eyes up 1 found that
tho beauty had her veil raised, and was look
ing In at the post Office, as though anxious for
the mail to come, that we might be off The
expression Of anxiety detracted somewhat from
her beauty, and as 1 looked upon her now, !,
seeing her face in different light, / was struck
with a sort of snake-like cast, which was per-
ceptible in the whole character of features.
was on the point Of Withdrawing my gaze, lest
she should catch me second time, when
slight motion of her head rolled her curls over
her temple, and saw faint line, something
like vein, over her left eye. 1t was a mark
a hvid scrsteh-where something had struck
her 1t might have been the stroke of a whip.
But-no; quickly glided back behind the
coach, and there reflected. Such q mark as
that could be made by fagot,


When / returned to my seat in the coach the
fair passenger veil was down again. Could it
be possible that my suspicious were correct,
and that chance ad thrown In my way a solu-
tion Of the problem which had vexed my de-
puties 30 much! Yes, was sure of it; and the
more 1 compared the two faces in my mind the
more I saw the resemblance Either these
cheeks had been painted red to-day or they had
been painted white yesterday. The eyes were
the same, the contour the same, and that brow,
with its tell-tale mark, not to be mistaken.


We soon stopped at the door of the inn at
OrtOn. The driver announced that they would
stop there Is or 20 minutes to exchange horses
and wait for the mail, and also informed the
passengers that they would fnd plenty of ac-
commodations in the house if they chose to 20
in.


The lady at first did not get out, but at length
she did 80 and went into the hotel. deter
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deputy at the door of the room she entered,
having ordered him to rush in in case he should
hear anything that warranted his intrusion
On going into the apartment found the beauty
was sitting by q window, gazing out between
the blinds. She started up as entered, and
let her veil fall. - yEL!7r -.


II thought this was private room, sir" she
said. Her voice trembled and sounded unnat-
ural. 81 D.. 'I'- -s'


....It may be, returned; ''but that does not
exclude those who have business. came on
Iurpose to see you. 49,.


There was momentary struggle, ard then
she appeared as calm as could be.


"What are you?" she asked.


81 am an officer from Bow street, I" replied.
"1 want to know who you are.''


',Stop-one moment" she said; and as she
spoke she carried her hand beneath her cloak
1t was quickly withdrawn, and in it was pis-
tol; butshe had grasped portion Of her dress
with it, and before she could clear it, 1 had
sprung upon her and seized her by the arm.
But it was a her no longer. There was more
muscle In that slight body than 1 had bar.
gained for. However, my man popped in the
moment he heard the scuf1e, and the beauty
was soon secured. The glossy brown tresses
fell off during the scufle, and some of the paint
was removed from her cheeks. f-4


As soon as the prisoner was secured, I had
his trunk taken off and brought in, and upon
overhauling its contents we found disguises of
all sorts, and quite sum of money, besides
watches and jewelry of much value. made
him assume proper male attire, and when he
had not only used red paint for the blushing
beauty Of to-day, but that he had applied a
more cadaverous colpring matter for the con-
sumptive individual Of yesterday. As he stood
now, he was q lishe-built. intelligent looking
youth, Of not more than Eve and twenty; but
with q cold blooded expression upon his mar
bic face, and an evil look in his dark ayes
2 We carried him back to Lowstone, where We
found the money Of the old farmer upon him,
besides other money that had been lost by diff.
ferent individuals. At first he told strange
stories Of himself, but finally, when he knew
that the worst must como, he confessed the
whole. He was from London, and had come
into the coantry on purpose to rob. He had
two confederates with him, who helped him
Aioh Piooo W pioCo. Ono OF tnem n60 taken
him away from the inn the night before, and
the other had brought him and set him down
at the farmers gate that morning. We made
search for these confsderates, but they had got
wind Of their principal's arrest, and we're, not
to be found. 1+-.aIi4. - g - -
However, We had got the chief sinner, and
had broken up the game. After he had been
found guilty and sentenced, he seemed to an
joy himself hugely In telling how he had de-
ceiysd the good people of our country. Now, !,
he would turn himself again into the old woman
who had given the drivers 30 much trouble
about her bsndbox. Then ne would be again
the meek-browed minister, who had distributed
tracts to ths gpassengers,I and picked their
pockets while they read Then he would draw.
himself up into the little 1hump-baeked Old
man, who hid BEEN lifted into and out of the
coach, spd robbed Ais slpers willie thsy hIed
his crutchss FOR hin. - II MAS funny yrTsrJ-
and peshapsWs might never have Gang ID him
but for the accident 81 the fagot That vas
not 20 funny for HIM; and doubt II he found
mnch fun in Wsrking at our hard stone-rhan-
mering early and 1ate-with an inexorable
master over him tospur him up when he tagged
: TARREpA AND FrArHsaED.-Mr. James says the
nrst mention Of this singular punishment occurs