Year: 1870

"NOt TO YOU. ana ne nclu Out MS nanuS
for the handouts.


During the scene no one had thought of
Mrs. Wilson, but their attention was now
called to her by a heavy fall upon the ground
and they perceived that the unfortunate lady
had tainted away. Mr.. johnson as soon as
he could breathe again, demanded from the
police officer the meaning of the intrusion,
insisted upon it that there was some mistake,
and attributed the agitation of Vaughan and
his sister to the horror they felt at charge
of this sort being brought against a gentle
man.


The detective, without saying word fitted
the handouts on the young mans wrists, and
signed to the policemen to remove both from
the room. AS soon as the door closed be-
hind them (Mrs. Wilson was carried out) he
smiled and said 81 know well enough what
am about, sir, but did not like to arrest
friends of yours until had satisfied myself
that l was not wrong in my suspicious.
Vaughan is the man who held your porter in
conversation, while his confcdcratcs were Sc
curing the plunder, and from all accounts it
seems they knew well where to 90. Mrs
Wilson was often in your store, am told :;
can you tell me whether she appeared to ex-
anime the place at all -


In moment light broke over the mind
of Mr. johnson, and he remembered his in
terview with the widow, some few days be-
fore.


"Why," he said, II showed her all over
the store mrself. What fool 1 must have
been.''


"Ah," said the detective, laughing, ''it's
the old game, after all. thought so; q
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 her 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 left you l ran off to
your store, after setting watch on the
houses, and brought the porter back to me-
was at standstill for a moment as to the
best step to take next, when | was told that
you had gone into the house. l then scrib-
bled the note and sent it up, to enable your
man to take a look at the prisoner, as / did
not wish to make mistake, and also to de-
tain you in the room in case they should at
tempt to escape. He swore positively to him,
although he only saw his back, and on his
doing so came up myself, and the rest you
know, as far rs this house is concerned. l
despatched one of my men to make inquiries
Of several of the leading railway ticket Of
fees. and from his report | have good reason
to believe that the whole party meditated an
emigration to some of the large cities out
West tomorrow. 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, resolved to
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 emf
nently exterior, were ushercd into the room
Seeing two strangers seated there, they were
considerably astonished, and muttered some
thing about expecting to find Mr.. Vaughan.


''Al right SIR" said the detective Il will
lead you to him when have had a moments
conversation with you. Be kind enough to
allow me" and he advanced with handouts
in either hand. They attempted to blustcr
but on being told that the 'game was up'
and Vaughan is custody, they subsided, 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.


| RECOVERING; PROPERTY.


One thing remained to be done, and that
was to ascertain the whereabouts of the sto-
len property. The amount must be, all
agreed, very great, to have enabled the con-
spiritors to keep up so good style. This
difficulty was easily solved. One of the po-
lcemen on watch had seen the young men
issue from n house a few doors distant from
the one occupied by Vaughan and his sister
On repairing thithcr, startling revelations
took place. 1t was found that Mrs. Wilson
had been the manageress of u baby insttrl-
ton, and derived large profit therefrom.


How she obtained the children is and ever
will be a mystery. Certain it is that the po-
lice, when they searched the house, discover
ed several infants, and all the necessary APP
plianccs for many more. The nurse in
charge (for the babies We're well tended) i'm
piled 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 charitable enough to relieve
them from the trouble of rearing their off
spring. In the lower apartments valuables
of all kinds were brought to light, such as
silks, jewelry, gold ornaments, etc, and for
many OF them owners were found. The
three young thieves are all undergoing long
sentences, but the implication of Mrs. Viii
son, (who was really well born, and the wild
ow of d coloneD was no easy matter, with
such consummate tact had she acted her part
Size did not, however, escape scot-free, as
Mr.. johnson, to his own chagrin, learned
that the fair widow had availed herself o!
this kind offer a few days previously, and
had succeeded in obtaining Il quantity of
goods on credit, that were lost to him for
ever.


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


| A CURIOUS CASE OF PoLYGAMY Just in
the outskirts of Poughkeepsie, N. Y, lives a
man by the name OF Warren, who for years
has enjoyed plurality of wives, much to the
disgust of the entire neighborhood. Warren
many years ago married a young lady, and
for years lived on in perfect harmony, but
one day she sicAened and she and her friends
| supposed she would die; ut this crisis she
became anxious about the welfare of her hns-
band and busted herself in selecting her sue
cessor, who was to share with Warren the
joys of matrimonial bliss This difficulty she
at last ovcrcame by selecting q woman she
thought worthy to follow in her footsteps
Once settled in her mind, she desired the
twain to be made one flesh, even before her
death, that she might be made happy in her
last moments They were accordingly mar
ried by her bedside, and the sick woman hav-
ing her hearts wish gratifed turned over to
die, but it was not so to be, for she, much to