Year: 1873

breathlessly he heard enough to as
sure him that the discussion was
concerning his own death. There
seemed to be two females, evident
ly young women, Judging from the
tones of their voices and daugh-
ters of the wretch who was SO anx-
ious to stain his hands in his life
blood. He two or three times
heard the word "father," uttered by
a not unpleasant voice, and among
other words caught were, "Don't
add the crime of murder to the
record and make us outcasts from
our fellow-creatures and the world"
These entreaties were met by oaths
and imprecations.


The conversation was carried on
in a low tone, and it had to come
through thick plank door, but he
caught enough to convince him
that he was in the clutches of q
desperate outlaw and counterfeiter.
Suffice it to say that the parties TO
the discussion finally went away,
and he heard no more of them that
night. Early in the morning the
door was opened by a young wom-
an, who told Arthur that he could
go home, but that he had better
make up some story for his al
sence, and to say nothing to any
body about his discovery, or about
what he had seen. Although he
had had nothing to eat since his
breakfast of the morning before,
and he felt but little like travelling,
he was glad to he once more free,
and allowed to depart. He was in
tercepted, however, before getting
out of the clearing by the malevo-
lent old outlaw, who cautioned him
again, with many threats and i'm
precautions, against betraving any
thing of what he had seen and
heard. Being once moro al
lowed to proceed, it is needless to
say that he made the best speed
possible, under the circumstances,
back to the settlement.


Meantime there had been great
wonderment over the continued ab-
sence of the young man, and much
alarm was felt by the family.


1t was nearly night of the second
day, when tired, hungry and sore,
Arthur got home, saying, in answer
to all queries, that he had been lost
in the wilderness.


About this time there was much
excitement throughout the eastern
part of the State, occasioned by the
appearance of large quantities of
bugus silver coin, half-dollars, quar-
ters and dimes. The counterfeit
was well executed, and had been so
adroitly put in circulation that the
country was flooded with it before


its cxistance had been suspected.


But suspicion once aroused it was
easy to detect the bogus coin.
Government detectives were set
to work to ferret out the counter
fcitcrs and bring them to justice.
A description of the suspected par
ties was finally obtained, and one
clue after another led the officers to
the ncighborhood of the settlement
on the western frontier, to which
we have alluded, and it was but n
few days after the return home Of
the explorer of "Yellow Creek"
chat they made professional call
at the residence Of his father. He
listened to description of the par


tics supposed to be engaged in tho
nefarious business, and was con-
vinced that Indian Jack was the
/. person wanted.


For the first time he then gave on
account of his adventures in the
"North woods" as the unknown re-
gion across the river was called.
Early the next morning the officers,
fully instructed as to the location
of the oounteneiters' den, set out to
make the arrest, and seize tho ap-
paratus, the dies, presses, ETC., and
so well did they follow out the plan
adopted, that before night they re-


turned with Indian Jack in irons,
, and his entire kit of tools, which
were subsequently declared to be


the most perfect ever captured by
the government authorities,


Jack Harrington, the counterfeit-
er, managed to elude the vigilance
of the officers, and escaped, and was
therefore never brought to trial.
His cabin in the "north woods"
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