Year: 1870

clever woman is always to be found in con


junction with these fellows"


'Well, could forgive the sister; she


may have been led away; but as for hel


brother"- .-.


''Lord bless you, sir-he is no more her


brother than you are; all we have to do Is


to SIT still, and we shall shortly have the


rest of the gang here. When I left YOU ]
ran off to your store, after setting watch


on the houses, and brought the porter back


with me. I was at standstill for a moment
as to the best step to take next, when was


told that you had gone into the house, 4


then scribbled the note and sent it I'D. 10
enable yoar man to take a look at the pris
oner, as [ did not wish to make a mistake.
and also to detain you in tn room in case
they should attempt to escape He swore
positively to him, although he onlysaw his


back, and on his doing so came up nv
sell. and the rest you know, as far as this
house is concerned | dispatched one OF
my men to make inquiries of several of the
leading railway ticket offices, and from his


eport have good reason to believe that
the whole party medite ted an emigration
to some of the large citI = out west to -.s,,,,-
row So we have only just had time to put
the stopper upon them"


Mr.. Johnson, burning with indignation
at discovering the real character of the
people he had been associating with. re
solved 10 stay and see the end of the whole
affair. In the course of an hour the front
door bell rang violently, and two young
men, OF eminently gentlemanly exterior
We're ushered into the room. Seeing two
strangers seated there, they were .consid-
erably astonlshed, and muttered something
about expecting to find Mr.. Vaughan.


''All right, sir" said the detective; 81
will lead you to him when I have had a
moments conversation with you. Be Lind
enough to allow me-" and he advanced
with handouts in either hand They at
tempted to bluster; but on being told that
the 'game was up and Vaughan in Gus
tody, they subsidized, and looked very blank
indeed. In few minutes they were all
conveyed to prison, before any intimation
of the occurrence had reached the ears of
the neighborhood. sa ...
s "f- RECOVERING PROPERTY


One thing remained to be done, and that
was to ascertain the whereabouts of the
stolen property. The amount must be, all
agreed, very great, to nave enabled the con-
splrators to keep up SO good style. This
difficulty was easily solved. One of the po-
llcemen on watch had seen the young men
issue from house few doors distant frem
the one occupied by Vaughan and his sis
ter. On repairing thither, startling revela-
tons took place. It was found that Mrs.
Wilson had been the manageress of a baby
institution, and derived large profit there
from. How she obtained the children is
and ever will be mystery. Certain it is
that the police when they searched the
house discovered several infants, and all
the necessary appliances for many more
The nurse in charge (for the babies were
well tended) implied that great number
had been sent away at various times, and
the only probable solution OF this strange
matter was that there existed In New York
class of people who were able and willing
to pay heavy premiums to any person char
liable enough to relieve them from the
trouble of rearing their offspring. In the
lower apartments yaluables OF all kinds
were brought to light such as silks, jewel
~, gold ornaments, ETC., and for many of
them owners were found The three young
thieves are undergoing long sentences, but
the Implication of Mrs Wilson, (who was
really well born, and the widow OF q col
oneD was no easy matter, with such con-
tact had she acted her part. She
did not, however, escape scot-free, as Mr.
Johnson, to his own chagrin, learned that
the fair widow had availed herself Of his
kind offer few days previously, and had
succeeded in obtaining quantity of goods
On credit, that were lost to him forever.


For obvious reasons we have suppressed
the real names of the chief actors in this
little comedy; but our readers may rest as
sured that in every other respect the tale
is strictly true.