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The Wingham Times, 1898-10-28, Page 7TUE ' V NG HAM TIM ES OCTOBER 28, 1898. ;t 47, out evert looking up Irene his book, "1)=n year waists to see the superintend- ent?" he next hundred of \Pelee, aloud, "'Yoe, Dieasta; I should line to see hila t1-d,ay," Thomas at oneo p:aaset1 the word out - Ode, but it was quite half an hour r ebe- ^r ,,,D'y tt fore Mr. 7langs cateredcateredthe xoom, anis d 1.e --•= yep temporarily released the detective from, (and 1.,e ly��8t>f? his charge, lie pea eted Wales emtrtconsly, „r; and tools a choir in front of that w:hieh the letter oecupicd. A singi.o glallm at the face ni' the pri ,over iniorined ilio that 11i, success bed been complete, The swin- dler had become a num again, in having resolved on tho purgation of his cone science. It were needless to detail the leu,.; interview that ensued between Wines Ina siluilar feshion, either by flat de - Mar, or ready -witted evasion. ";low, Wales," at test said the snper- int^lltient, in is torso of some severity, "this is the merest trifling with lay lute, turd \Virg you awn grave sir t Bd.;,1- r.l;•t ,.+.11 K•rint.nden'i. Ties 1 tat ,tee ;;:at an I. 1411 do no go, to a iminal coufcsactl with tabs011.1t0 there - deceive yourself as to the gravity of your r„rie; and 111r. Bangs had little more to crimes, and the heavy penalty they in- do than to name the points on which he •volvo, And, aside from such penalty to desired to be enlightened. .yourself, you should not forget what Almost at the outset came rho oxplana- ' thele consequences nmet be to your re- tion of the secret that had baffled and epectnd parents, Tiny neither shared in perplexed us from the beginning of the , your frauds, nor were eetlOeious of their op, rations—that in all the thieving, heinous charnot'r, and yet, their hearts swindling and forging transactions there must nesse, aid their hotno he made des- were but two accamplices, W. R. Wales himself, and R, L. Dndloy. Tho former in person, was the one wile lead plundered the mails; and the letter the forger and collector of the drafts, first at Pittsburg under his real nitric, and elsewhere ander tho various allasse of Randall, Cone, Davis, langby, and Gray. With regard to their motbodsn Mr. Bangs elicited, that having himself been in the mail service on the Yarmouth and Cleveland line. Wales had become ac- quaineecl with the different route agents, and whoa traveling over ,the road could • •olate, because of your creno and degra- dation."' Wales appeared to wince ander these terrible blows, but it wits not the super- intencent's purpose to crush out all hope i'roul I.is bosom. He continued, in a Jdndly way:— "Lint while I warn you that this last feattro of your career may now bo forced ';to the light, and that the Postinaster- ielleral would fail in his public duty if the did not take action thereupon, I will. not sty that it nmet necessarily 11e so, or that he may not bo influenced by tho at all times ride in the mail cars It mitigating circumstances in the present was Ids frequent Customs, also, to take a • case. To those mitigating circumstances hand on such occasions in the distribu- -you can yourself add the strongest of all. tion of tho mails ; either to lighton the Suppuse,for Instanee,hn were made aware general labors, or to accommodate in - that you had helped the cause of justice dividuai indolence. In Hobart's oar by surrendering these forgers, he might he was specially welcome; not only be- - well. be induced to say to a count or dis- came of his early intimacy with that trict-attorney: `The Government cannot individual, but because he usually ignore this man's ants, but ho was for- brought with hint good cigars and a flask of brandy or whisky, and Hobart was a person who relished a sly stimu- merly a trusted employe of the depart- ! ,anent, and through the evil associations ,of later days has hem led into what he now wends to deplore; the department, ; therefore, is so far impressed by his re - •j entance, and by other matters brought t'to its notice, that it craves for him as I 'lenient a judgment as the law 'will per- : mit. You have sense enough to know that an appeal such as this would season 1 justice with mercy, and probably reduce `.your punishment to a minimum." A ray, as nP the soft light of hope, seemed to struggle through the set dos- s peratioli that had covered the face of 4 Wales. "I ask you,"he resumed, "how she will feel when your obstinate silence 1 has drat: ;od her frau the merciful re - 1 tiL'e:nont of home, and forced. her on the witnes.-:;fund of a orilninal court to tell !what she know, of yourself and your as- .. sooiates in crime." i As he spoke these words, Mr. Bangs I looked full in the eyes of Wales. For a time the hatter quailed not, but at length he obuuged color, and. kis glance fell cow - ring beneath the gaze of the superin- , tondent, who now followed up his ad - Nan teen. I 1Yee sir," ho continued with energy, •"if you yourself do not tear away the secrecy thatt surrounds these forgers, Carrie Levison will undoubtedly be forced to do it. And what she 1nnet reveal dur- ing the process, sat you well know, may strike Intender and deeper than even tho j 3llost vindictive prosecution could desire. , Alone and conspicuous in - a crowded f'oourt-room, agitated by her surronnd- l;ings, and badgered by .some relentless Pewter, she cannot but heap (lost:fled= ton the vire,. head , ha. would screen. She Nitail all, wale:;, all—and I need not ism you what Haat comprises. And i vendee, uivy, will be the consequences to heritel•.'' \\r eat oval he her next step. She 1 Woe$:41 leave such a court-rooul -a forlorn 1 unci branded girl—one who had not only I lashed. tido prison donee on the man she i dowsed, but for ever closed against hereelf -the portals of society! Is it too much to t apprehend that in such hire straits she ' { would hasten to the nearest drug -store, or to some steep river bank—and then, -'then—you know the rest; discovery of a ;_young girl's corpse, a gaping crowd, a { cornner's inquest, and lastly, a brief, chilling verdict to record the close of a !,sad life -history " 1 Wales had covered up his face with his i hands toward the conclusion of these 'startling utterances. Tho superintendent I felt that he might leave him to his reflec- tions. and retired from the room; the ',Officers; whose turn it was to keep guard over Wales, re-entering without a ano- 1-ment's delay. CHAPTER XXI. v The interview just recorded 'took place ion Saturday afternoon. During the re- 3ainder of the evening, and throughout -the following day, \Vales continued in a 3kind of gloomy lethargy. He was applr- i*title revolving in his own mind tho seg; ,es - tions of Mu Bangs, and painting to him - ;.self, perhaps, in more somber colors, the consequences of hie conviction to ;these. near and dear to saint. Late on Hunday evoiing the superin- tendent called into tllo-•rnom, and after inquiring as to tho captive's health ex - 'changed a few remarks with him about the weather, and other such common- splaces. Tho share Of Wales In this brief .00nversation evas clearly that of a person who was preoccupied by graver themes; .and who suffered the abasement which .orimo,<ever feels in the peesence of recti- s.k 'n i eoncerns n oro nnselforllsao ceuslo tilde: t')f 1 p not a t%erd. Hao had evidently not yet tiekin A < his courage to the stieking n 1 �sor � fl. p gg point; Which in his ease meant the plow- ing up of tho past and its OthulInal asso- oiatieils, to prepare for. tho growth of a ienoreistiably future. ArIangs remained ;^with Wales brit a few brief moments. As Ile returned downstairs he staid to him- •so1f: "WO mttst give hind enough thno-- ..tho Medicine works well!" Moi 1py passed over withottt any inci- dent 'Sorb mention, . ThA.'' following day, about noon, the peer named was seated in thoroomwith Vales, when the latter jumped up front p is chair, and without any preamble en- ttlrod if Mr. Bangs Wass in tho building. ,ran't Mt" replied Phomas, with - tenses meatus subsequently, .ii,onacrt was appointed nn the FIORE With hint, &incl 1 for' a cousidcrable time both continued to work art the same' table, A similarity of taste:: --and some, of them, be it said, were grossly vicionr---soon led to 'rho fnrulatinn of a close intimacy, though Wales; denied to its persistently that he ever saw any mem to eoucitulo that Hobart was dishonest. lie was not very 1nng, however, L becoming a thief, 1linnelf. Tito cank sive vides of tlu' cities, and an alesoel barbaric taste for trinkets, cenid not wadi bo indulged in o11 the meager salary of a postili clerk. The greenbealrs worn fresh and crisp in those days, and no soon learned to distinguish the letter'- that ata , ns , a:a the bank 1)111s, and other moneyonelosures, largo numbers' of widen 110 appropriated, without serttple and spent without re- morse. At that period he could not make any use of drtafts; and was even so ignorant of business methods as scarcely to know happened to violate n letter containing one of these instruments, or an equally inconvertible mousy order, he would destroy• t by fire on the first opportunity, lest accident should reveal and mato it an agent in his destruction. AltAlthough clouded by suspicion, andoce asioially watcliod -and baited by the speoial agents --as we have heard kiln vaunting to Miss Levison at the Revere House—Wales succeeded throughout in. escaping detention; nor did he leave the p orvico of the post -office until a (thane administration caused the usual dis- lodgment of patriots over the land. Although now married to an estiinable young wife, the career of the discharged posttll-olork became ono of restlessness andvicissitude. What his cthujugal life may have boon during this period can only bo imagined from the resulting facts. With the last ratnparts of honor and principle fast crumbling away, it is reasonable to infer that the sanctities of a pturo love had be• come quite as. unpalatable to hint as a life of honest labor, At all events, somewhere more. than a year before the point at whioh our story opens, Wales had abandoned his loyal wife and drifted to the city of St. Louis, with the avowed determination to •rid himself of her entirely. On first arriving in the city he had rented a small lodging roomin a private house; but after some little time the landlady suggested to him that ho might Have better accommodations at -a reduced rate, if ho wouid take one of her large rooms, and agree to share its accommo- dations with some other lodger. "Really I have no objection, Mrs. Burroughs, so long as the party is a gentlamtan, was the response of Wales to the lady's proposition, caressing as he spoke Itis amber moustache, so as to dis- Pointed Paragraphs. A rlol and his fathers money are soon parted. The one redeeming feature of a pawnshop is the ticket. The hog may be a squeller, but h? never gives anything away, The painstaking man dosen't always suffer the most. There is no insuranee against the flames kindled by it Worrinn s eyes. licit people neglect doing to tt101'r•O%f woo t tltev each have t,nt o'f Utiles;Jr**.to People like to listen to advice only when it confirtus their own opinions. Gas trusts may not make tete world any better' bat they make it a little bri htcr. their pecuniary significance, \\'hen 110 1 y There must be a woman in the moon instead of a man, otherwise it wouldn't change so often. Instructors in elocution may teach a mall how to tall:, bt.tutstortunately not what to say.—Toronto Star, lent. Occnslonally, Indeed, ho used the stimulant so freely that it promoted the very indolence which made the thief's opportunity. Once engaged iu sorting the letters, tho latter was enabled to pick not such as were likely to contain money or drafts, unaided and unde- tected by any one in the snail cro'. Meanwhile Dudley would have estab- lished himself under a pretense in some eastern city, where the drafts of a suit- able character would be brought to him by tho thief for forgery and collection. When this was accomplished, an equal division of the plunder ensued, and Wales then returned to Bedrock until Dudley was again ready for bim. Of Dudley Mr. Bangs now learned, that, during tho period under consideration, 11e had no settled place of abode. He had always traveled with his wife, and very rarely resided in the city whore he established his bogus business—prefer- ring seine quiet village \vithin easy rail- road access. Mrs. Dudley, the prisnnor affirmed, was quite aware of her hus- band's transactions, and mostly carried his money; while her unmarried sister at Pittsburg knew there was something wrong, but certainly not its. exact nature. Meanwhile, excepting this latter person —Miss Lizzie Greenleaf—who maintained with the Dudieys a semi -occasional cor- respondence, he know no living being who would have their addresses. Of this young lady, Wales spoke in the highest terms, both as to her personal probity and stainless character. Concerning his young paramour, Miss Carrie Levison, Wales was fain to admit that sho knew there was an illicit confederacy between ]1lmseif and Dudley; but he was so re- luctant to tell the precise extent of her knowledge, and exhibited such genuine anguish at the idea of incriminating her, that the superintendent mercifully for- bore to press him on this point. "For the present at least," thought Mr. Bangs, "we may leave the poor thing in her seclusion—nor ever disturb her, perhaps, if we can reach Mr, Dud- ley by other aneans " To anticipate the risk that Wales was playing Kinn false, the superintendent asked. hila if he would consent to abide at the Agency until we accomplished - Dudley's arrest—or, would he prefer to be formally charged at the Police Court, and committed to Moyamensing Prison?' Convinced as the captive was, that his best cbanoe lay in Dudley being arrested through his confession, and in- dicted before himself, he pleaded earnest- ly to be allowed to remain where he was. Ho would employ the interval, 11e said, in snaking what restitution he could, by yielding up the plunder in•his posses- sion, and facilitating by his disclosures the capture of the other criminal. As an earnest of his good intentions, he at once gave a very full description of Dud- ley 1111(1 \wife, ns also of such of his be- longings as might servo to track theta down. 'Wales was in no hurry to change. He wrote to his brother at Bedrock, explain- ing that he had entered into an oil spe.:elation in Pennsylvania, and would bo away from home for a limited period. 1 piny to advantage the Alaska diamond that newly glittered on his finger. , About a week subsequently w : es 'entered his mom ono evening to find it mourned by a strange man, whom he rightly conjectural to be his tutu 'e follow-le3ger. ARI CO'UNTRY RESIDENTS The latter w1 -a well-dressed indivilu- J wno WISH TO al, O1' engaging preeence, and dlgni0.ei1' gentlemanly deportment, sanewhat Keep Up With this Times. taller, and a few years older than Wales S1 ingle Subscription, 82 ; himself. With' a faint tract, or affectation, 1 Two Subscriptions, 13.50 ; more likely—of English accent, hoapolo- + Four Subscriptions, 1i6.' gizcd for hisintrusion, and explained 1 --- the circumstances u'lder which the land- I speclai Inducements to Raisers of lady had sent lour thorn. He aid it, I Larger Clubs. withal, in such well-chosen language , Write for 1'araicuiars on this Point. and with such stately grae:, that Wales I __ was wlxaple-tely eharinecl with slim. Ho ' Free till Jan. 1 to New Subscribers for '99 acknowledged to himself that he could not have desired ea Meer room -mate, and IC will be seen that the difference .between the at once made up 1113 mind that 111rs.cast or the Cnusvnr Gs,rL,sun:( and tett of other Burroughs was an excellent judge of agricultural weeklies (none of which even attempts gentlemen.to cover 14.0 ag buitural news of the dal) may A proper understanding having been , readtl) be reduced, by making up a sn,a.l Club, to arrived at in .regerd to the room, its ' Less Than at, Cant a Week ! occupant iutrodiced himself las Robert ' Does such a difference as that justify you in Can: L Dudley, late of Pittsburg' Wales tending. yon :;elf witn some other raper instead of reciprocated by the disclosure of his own haring' the he,t2 Marne; and in a very brief while•the two ' SEND FOR SPECIMEN COPIES 1ne11 were chatting of their views and which will bo moiled Free, and cmrnvare them with experiences, like frionds of long years' s„y other rural weekly; it will not take lout; to see standing. FL 4.I, difference: Address i Dudley was not long in gaining an , LUTEit TUCKER ,Ss SON, influence over his companion. On the ? A1,BANY, v. Y. very first night of their intercourse he , ascertained that 'Wales was not in any business, and little cared indeed, what l kind of boniness 11e should undertake. so Song as there was "money to be made in it.” j "Aro you engaged in anything your - soli, Mr. Dudley?" inquired tho ex -mail agent, as the conversation proceeded. • "Haw! my- dear fellah, you never catch Sod Dudley Without his (anger in some kind of pio. Yes, sir;- I've just come on now front Porkopolisr where 1 spent n few days fixing up a little picture on which I blink there's a devilish good stake to bo made." Arrived at Cincinnati, the confederates made a pause to s'urvoy the situation. By this time • they had come to under- stand each other well. There was no occasion for either to assume the • loads of honesty With the other and so, with- out disguise or hesita ney, they fell to mapping out schemes of plunder, as others might lay plans for legitimate undertakings. In the course of ono of then., conversa- tions Wales now xlulenticned the fact that Ise Was formerly a postal•clork on the Eastoru mail routo ,through Ohio; and also recounted some of his exploits as a wail depredator. Although despising his friend's braggadocio, Dudley on this occasion endured it in patience, Land heard every detail with. a devilish in- tensity of interest. "Are yen still acquainted 00 the road?" ho enquired of Wales, during a pause in the shameless recital. "Oh, certainly„" answered the Ohioan; "I have lots of friends; I could ride in the mall ear With the boys any time I have a mind to." "By .Rove, my 'deer follah, that's just • the thing," exclaimers Malley; 'tenth to minute." • After • an interval of refeetion the knave proceeded to outline his felonious plane, Winding up with the assistance that if Wales Would Leet hold of letters With comnlgroial drafts. hs them. rui CHAPTER XXIL Once having disclosed the truo charas- ter and extent of his misdeeds, Wales seemed to experience a certain kind: of cheerfulness. From being morose and tactittrrn, ho now became social and com- municative. Although the captive told enough to 111x'. Bangs to` give nol2aiSteilCy to our estimate of Dudley, much Was still learned of the twain that possessed for us a alively 1 • , .1 li torest. Wales was a native of the Buckeye State, and first saw the light in Sande - slay County, about twenty -severs years before the opening of this narrative. 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