, ... 1 .
contained the property taken from Mar
low at the time 01 hia murder, I folt con
fident ; but still I did not consider it pru
dent to brenluopen the chest, nor did I
consider tho immediate finding of the
property of so much importance as I had
.dose previous to our' arrival at Bermuda,
as I had arranged a plan whereby I could
the legal authorities of Liverpool being
willing have Fleming arrested and his
chest thoroughly searched by experienced
detectives, before ho had any chance of
getting on shore. ' We were to put in at
Plymouth for two or three days, and it
was ngreed between the captain and my
self that I Bhould leave the ship as soon
as we reached that port, and proceed by
'rail to Liverpool,taking with me the mark
ed half-crown and properly drawn out and
attested statements from our passen
gers to confirm my account as to the
manner in which I became possessed of
the coin j from the mate, who had seen
Fleming come out of Wallworth's berth
just previous to the arrival of the detec
tives to search tho ship ; and from the
engineer, who had noticed his lengthened
absence from tho ship, and his excited
manner, and tho dirty and disordered
state of his clothes when he returned to
it on tho morning of the murder. Pro
vided with theso, I was to wait upon the
lawyer who had Wallworth's case in hand,
and request him to take immediate steps
to procure a warrant for Fleming's arrest,
and cause it to be executed before the
Charles 'Edward got into the dock at
Liverpool.
We arrived at Plymouth on a Tuesday
morning ; and on going to shoro, I found
a train was to leave in half an hour. By
that train I got to Liverpool the same
evening ; ond the lawyer having put my
statements into form, and produced wit
nesses to swear to the marked coin, a
warrant for Fleming's apprehension was
granted on the following morning. Tho
warrant being secured, I telegraphed to
tho captain, " I have got tho paper all
right. Let mo know what time you will
make the river, and wo will meet you."
In about three hours I received tho re
ply, " Glad to hear you have got the
paper; will make the Jlerscy between ton
and twelve, on Friday morning. I will
be on the lookout for you."
Acting upon this information, the de
tective to whom the execution of the
warrant had been intrusted, and I, took a
boat on the Friday morning, and pro
ceeded down the river to meet the
Charles Edward. After a couple of hours,
we sighted the ship bearing down upon
us, the captain, whom I could just
distinguish standing on tho brid'o with
his glass under his arm. having evidently
made us out. In a short time we were
hoisted on deck, and the captain briefly
observing " lie's on duty," the officer and
I at once descended to the engine-room.
"There's your man," said I, pointing
to Fleming, who had turned a quick ner
vous glance upon the detective the in
stant the latter entered tho room. " Seize
him," I was about to add; but before I
could get the words out, the detective,
with professional celerity, had already
done so, and Fleming was in custody,
charged with tho murder of the late Mr.
Marlow. '
" I know nothing about it," ho hoarse
ly gasped, when he had recovered from
the surprise and terror occasioned by his
arrest. ' ' '
" So much the better for you, then,"
said the detective ; " but allow me to cau
tion you against making any statement at
present, as anything you may lay now
may be used as evidence against you."
" Well, all I'vo got to gay is, that I
know nothing about it," said Flouring,
speaking more firmly. ('
" What property have you on board J"
asked the detective, taking no notice of
Fleming's last observation. .
" I've only my sea-ohest, and that you
can search if you like," replied Fleming,
taking a key irom his pocket, and offering
it to the detective.
" I will search it," said the detective,
quietly "please to show me where it is."
Fleming at once led the way to his
berth, and then, pointing to his chest,
said, " There it is.''
"O that a it, is it T" said the detective;
" well, excuse me," ' And in an instant
he had slipped a pair of handcuffs on
Fleming's wrists. " And now," he con
tinued, when he had successfully com
pleted this observation, " to see what's
here."
To turn out the contents of the chest,
and minutely examine them, wus to the
detective but the work of a few minutes.
" Nothing there," he observed in an
undertone; when he had finished this part
of his search. ' v
" I told you," said Fleming, confidently
on hearing that remark, " that you would
find nothing there."
"We'll see," said the detective, taking
a small leather bag, containing a number
of small but strongly-made and highly
finished tools, from his pocket ; " we'll
soe," ho repeated, fixing a " bit", in the
bottom of inq chest, and beginning to use
it in a most workmanlike manner.,, ,
In about a minute be bad cut out a
circular patch, that plainly told that the
apparently solid bottom really consisted
of a shallow drawer and a very thin fulse
bottom. . The removal of the whole of the
false bottom was easily affected, and ex
posed to view a drawer divided into, sev
eral compartments; and in one of these
lay a lot of loose money and a small par
cel, neatly tied up in a pioco of canvas.
Of this parcel tho detective instantly
took possession ; but before he could cut
the string with which it wag fas toned.
Fleming, with his manacled hands raised
to his face, as if to shut out some horri
ble sight, staggered toward him, exclaim
ing " Don't open it for God's sake,
don't open it 1 I can't bear to look on
them again now I 1 did it : but I nover
meant to kill him."
Fleming spoke bo rapidly that for a
moment it was impossible to check him;
but at this point the detectivo interrup
ted his confession by snying " llocolloct
what I told you; take care what you say."
" It's no use to take care now," an
swered Fleming, in a voice .made tremu
lous by the convulsive sobs which despite
all his efforts to suppress them, shook his
frame ; it's no use to strive against fate;
and there has been something on my
mind ever since I did it which told mo
it would come to this."
Littlo of my story now remains to be
told. Fleming made a detailed confess
ion, which fully justified the conclusions
at which tho captain and I had arrived,
lie had been tempted by the sight of
Marlow's money and jewelry ; and taking
Wallworth's stick (though he did not
know nt the time to whom it belonged),
he had followed his victim, intending to
stun and then rob him. He had over
taken him in the brickfield, in which the
body was found, and in the strugglo that
ensued, he had used the stick with fatal
effect. On finding that he had killed the
man, his first idea had been to leave the
town as speedily as possible; but on bo
coming nioro composed, he came to the
conclusion that, as his ship was to leave
the country in a few days, his safest plan
would be to stick to her ; nud having, as
the captain had surmised, overheard the
clerk telling the news of Wallworth's ar
rest, ho had secreted the bunk notes in
bis berth.
Fleming was never tried for the murder-
The excitement caused by his ar
rest so aggravated tho feverish nervous
ness that had characterized his man
ner during tho voyage to Bermuda and
back, as to bring on a violent attack of
brain fever, from which ho died in a
week after his apprehension. As the
truth- of his confession was fully borno
out by the finding of tho murdered man's
property in his possession, and other cir
cumstances, Wallworth was of course lib
erated, and in three months afterwards
he went out to Calcutta to fulfil a lucra
tive appointment in an eminent mercan
tile firm there Bolla, to whom he was
married a week before he sailed, going
with him. On making a voyage to Cal
cutta five years after this, I found him
just admitted to a partnership in the
firm ho had gone out to serve, and happy
in tho love of his charming wife and two
blooming children, one of whom he had
named after me, in memory of the timo
when ho feared Miss Foster had two
lovers. , .
How Dutch Bill Tapped a Keg of Lager.
A few days since Billl Winkley, or
" Dutch Bill," as he is familiarly culled,
took it into his head that he would tap a
b'arral of lager. Preparing himself with
a spigot, he commenced operations. After
starting it in the cork, instead of strik
ing a final blow and sending the spigot
in fast and secure, be kept tapping it
until suddenly the cork went in and the
lager spirted out, drenching tho ceiling
over head and nearly drowning Bill with
the frothing, seething incss that covered
him from head to foot. The shock was
so great that the spigot flew out of his
had beyond his reach. : " Hand uie dot
schpigot," sputtered Bill, as ho franti
cally clawed one finger into the hole in a
vain attempt to stop the flow of the seeth
ing beverage. . " Got in hitnmol, poys,
had me dot schpigot, 10 I blugs oop dis
hole," he cried in a smothered tone.
" Ain't you all d n fools shust now ?"
he continued, to the yelling crowd, who
were nearly dying with laughter. " You
let a man drown mit his finger in de holo,
nice fun for you, don't it let mo get dot
schpigot in dis holo vot runs away wit du
peer, und you vill shust go right avay out
mid dis blase." ' Finding no ono would
help him, he wheeled around, and sitting
down on tho hole, exclaimed as he wiped
the lager from his face : ' Veil, dis beats
everytings vot I never have seen (just
then one of the boys handed him the
spigot.) Ife' jrot do beer schopped now,
but how can I get dot schpigot in his
hole." How the query was answered we
know not, but the tailor had an order
for a new pair of pantaloons for the wild
Dutchman.
Anecdote of John Randolph.
A writer in a Virginia paper tolls a
pleasantly characteristic story of John
Randolph. Mr. Randolph was engaged
to Miss , a very beautiful young
Virginian, who lived near the Randolph
place.- One day the lover was seen to
quit 'tho lady's residence in what might
be described as a " state of mind." It
turned out that the father of the ludy
had proposed that Mr. ltandoph should
settle a sum of money upon the bride,
whereupon the spirited lover remarked t
"It is not my purpose to purchase
When I desire to purchase, I shall go to
the cheapest market, I shall go to Africa."
With this he loft tho house, went to
where his horse was tied, cut his reins,
and immediately disappeared. , ,
Smith's Trouble.
A CITY paper thus tells of a little
trouble they had with a man named
Smith :
A week or two ago ono of our report
ers had occasion to refer to a certain wo
man, whom we will call Hannah Smith,
as a denizen of the Eleventh Ward. A
day or two afterward a hugo man entered
the office with his brow clothed with
thunder. In his hand he carried a fear
ful olub, and at his sido trotted ,a bull
dog which hungor had evidently made
desperate AVith that quick apprecia
tion of tho situation which is oreditablo
to the superior intelligence of educated
meu, tho editor of this paper and the
proprietors darted to the window, climb
ed outside, slid down tho lightning rod,
and went across the street to watch tho
bloody fray through a spy-glass. With
the fearlessness of conscious innocence,
we sat still, merely inserting our legs in
two sections of Btove-pipo, to guard
against misapprehension of facts on the
part of tho bull-dog. Tho man with
tho club approached.
"Are you the editor?" he asked, spit
ting on his hands and grasping his club.
We told hira that the editor was out ;
that he had gono to the North Pole with
Captain Hall, and that he would not re
turn before 1876, in timo for the Conten
nial celebration.
" Are you the proprietor ?" asked tho
man.
We explained to hira that we were not;
that the proprietors were also out ; that
they had gono to South America for tho
purpose of investigating tho curative
properties of cundurago, and thoy expect
ed to remain there for several years.
" Well, whoever you are," exclaimed
tho warrior, " my namo is Smith !"
We told him wo were glad ; because, if
there wus one thing better than the pos
session of the namo of Smith, it wus the
privilege of knowing a man by tho name
of Smith.
"But, Smith," wo said, "Why this
battle array ? It is absurd for a man to
put on the panoply of war, and frisk into
editors' sanctums fumbling a club nnd
accompanied by a disheartening bull-dog,
simply because his namo happens to be
Smith."
He said ho had called in to burst tho
head of tho man who had insulted his
sister. i
" It is imposible, Smith, that such a
thing could have been done by any ono
in this office."
" Is, but it was, though ; and her name
was published, too. Miss Smith Miss
llanner Smith."
"May we be permitted to inquire, Mr.
Smith, what wns the precise character
of the affront offered to Hannah '("
"Well, you see," said Smith "the
blackguard said she was a denizen. And
I want you to understand," exclaimed
Smith, becoming excited, and brandishing
his club in a wild manner over our
head, while the bull-dog advanced and
commenced to sniff up and down our
stove-pipe ; -1 want you to understand
that she is a decent young woman, with a
good character, and none of your denizens
and such truck. , The man who says sho
is a denizen is a blackguard and a thief,
and I'll smash him over the nose if I get
a chance. They may say what they
please about me, but tho man who abuses
my sister has got to suffer ." And Smith
struck tho table in a violent manner with
his club, while the bull-dog put his fore
legs on tho back of our chair. i
Wo pacified Smith with a dictionary.
We pointed out to that raging warrior
that the Wcbsterian definition of the word
" denizen" gives such a person an unof
fendiug character, ond deprives the term
of every thing like reproach. Smith said
ho was satisfied, nnd he shook hands nnd
kicked the bull-dog down stairs. The
editor and proprietors, aeoingthat all was
safe, immediately climbed the lightning
rod, and soon appeared at the window,
where they : were introduced to Smith,
with the remark that they had returned
from the North Polo anil the clime of
the cundurago, somewhat unexpectedly,
in ordor to surprise their relations.
And now we suppose Smith will be
mad becanse we told this story about
him, and ho will be coming down to in
terview us again in war's magnificent
stern array with a fresh . bull-dng, But
it will be in vain. Wehave rented an
offico in the top of the shot-tower, and
have planted torpedoes and spring-guns
all tho way up stairs. We warn this
incendiary Smith to beware.
S&" It is estimated that there is an
average Iobs of two or three yards along
the east coast of Englund washed away
by the sea every year, and that about
thirty acres of land disappear annually
between Spurn Point and Flaroborough
Head alone. Thero was once an impor
tant seaport called Raveuspurn on this
coost, which returned a member to the
Parliament of Edward I; but in 18U9
there wan but little of it left, and at the
close of tho next oentury the ground on
which it . once stood had totally disap
peared. , Several villages which appear
on old maps have been destroyed by the
encroachment of the waves, and Kilnsea,
which lout its church in 1820 is likely
soon to bo swept away altogether, i ;.
How Love Is Made In Liberia.
WHEN once the young beau be
comes infatuated, he makes known
his passion to the father of his "affinity,"
and espressos his desire to strive for her
hand. A kind of contrast is immediate
ly entered into by which the young man
binds himself to the father as a servant
for a torm of years, at the expiration of
which time he can have the pleasure of
learning whether tho daughter will have
him or not. In this manner, if tho fath
er be the happy possessor of a beautiful
daughter, he may have half a dozen men
ready to do his bidding at one timo.
Y hen tho term of servitude expires,
ono of tho larger youths is selected, and
all the old women of the place armed
with sticks and pieces of steel-thong, are
stationed in the prologs suspended around
the room. The daughter then appears,
thickly clad in skin garments, followed
by her lover when a race ensues around
the enclosure, tho contestants dodging
about along the prologs. To win his
brido ho must overtake her, and leave
tho print of his nail upon her person be
fore sho can bo rescued by the old wo
man, who, during the raco, impede the
lover as much as possible by beating him
with sticks and tripping him by seizing his
legs as he rushes by them.
Tho advantage is all with the girl, and
if sho docs not wish to becomo the wife
of her pursuer, sho can avoid him with
difficulty. On the contrary, if sho likes
him she manages to stumble, or makes her
wishes known to tho old women, who then
only make a Bhow of impeding her pursuer.
Sometimes the lover is so desperately
smitten that, just after being foiled, he
returns to tho father and binds himself
for onother period of years for the priv
ilege of making another trial.
Only Steward.
Deacon S was an austere man,
who followed oystering, and was of tho
hard shell persuasion. The Deacon 'alius
mado it a pint' to tell his customers that
tho money which ho had got for 'isters
did not belong to him.
" The good Father mado the isters,"
said tho Deacon, " and the money is His'n;
I'm only n stooart."
They do say tho Deacon had a way of
getting about ten cents more on tho hun
dred by his peculiar method of doing
business for somebody else. Ono Sunday
morning the old fellow was tearing round
from house to house, with a suspicious
bit of currency in his hand. ' Some one
had given him a bad fifty cent note, and
ho wusti't going to migrate till that ar
was fixed up."
" Why, Deacon," said one of his custo
mers whom he had tackled about it,
'what's tho odds ? What need you care ?
'tisn't yours, you know ; you are only a
Stewart; it isn't your loss." . .
The deacon shifted his shouldor, walk
ed to the door, unshipped his quid, and
said : . ,
" Yas, that's so ; bnt if you think I'm
a goiu' to stand by and see tho Lord
cheated out of fifty ceuts, you're mistaken.
I don't foster no Buch feelin'."
Shut Off.
A newspaper in New York State tells
the following; " Mr, Beatlo, now an en
gineer on the Montgomery Branch Rail
road, says that ho was once driving the
engine of the Cincinnati Express train
No. 8, up the mountain, it seemed to him
as ho rounded the rocks just before en
tering tho great cut at Otisvillo, that some
one said to him as plain as words could
speak it," Shut off.' 'He looked around
to see if hia fireman had spoken to him,
but aa that individual wus leaning with
his bend out of the cub, it . was evident
that he had not.. Mr. Beatle prepared to
dismiss it, when a second time as plainly
and distinctly as before, he hoard the
warning voice, ' Shut off.' Without fur
ther delay he pushed the throttle-valve
clear in, and shut the steam entirely off.
Of course, as the train was going up a
rising ground, it at once Blacked its speed,
not a moment too. soon, for around the
rock was the rear end of a freight train
slowly toiling up the grade. As it was
the trains struck each other, but bo
slightly as to cause no damage, and but
little delay. Tho sume thing induced
another engineer, familiarly known as
' Old Buttermilk,' to stop No. 2 in Grey
court just in time to avoid running into
a wreck, ono dark night, a year or two
K" ' .
A Burglar In 1'iUlcoutn.
A few days since a young muu named
Robert Clark wus urrested in Ionia,
Michigan, charged with having committed
a robbery in Detroit more than . a year
ago. When arrested Clurk was arrayed
in all the fushionuble fixings belonging to
a girl of the period, and at the hotel
where he boarded wus looked upon as a
young uiisa just from boarding school,
and who, to lull suspicion, said that she
was wuiting for the arrival of her futher
from California. After the robbery in
Detroit, Clurk fled the place, und donning
feuiule apparel managed fur the space of
one yoar to escape recognition from his
most intimato acquaintances. At oue
time, being hard pressed for money, he
hired out as a waiter girl in Milwaukee,
und actually promised to marry a young
man. Clurk, after being arrested, related
many amusing adveutures of his with
young girls with whom he became ao
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