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A POLICEMAN'S STORY.
IAP, tap, tap, fit the station-door.
. This on ft bitter oold night, in Decern-,
ber, when the wind out keenly around the
comers, ' and through the icy streets and
pedestrians moved hastily to Hvoii freez
ing. It was one of those clear and crispy
nights in which the stars seem to Bliino
. with a preternatural brilliancy, and to send
forth their beams of light as from mlnia-
tiire globes of burnished fire. A eight
upon which those having generous fires
and cozy homes adhered to them, and those
having business abroad transacted it speed
ily as possible, and returned to their domi
ciles with feelings of more than usual sat
isfaction aud contentment.
Tap, tap, tap.
" Come in 1" growled tbo guardsman,
who was dozing lazily by the ovor-hented
stove. "This is neither a place for com
. pliments, nor yet a Bcbool for polite man-
,norR v.". -:,i ". .
;l , I5u thprq. was na rcsponqe to the sum-
mopsv., .,,, (.:,, .., , , t ... .
, 'S.ce.'j who is there,, ;,aid. the chief,
sharply. " - ,, , . ;
,lVIThe door-maiij.etarlicd from his seat,
swung the door wide open, and disclosed a
.thinly dad .and, emaciated woman, with
, two little, half-frozen midgits of children
clinging to J her skirts, while Bbe carried an
infant in, her arms. ,
" Como in, "said the door man, in bis surly
way. Summers for lodgings, I 'spose,
and we are about full now."
j , The woman turned upon him with a re
proachful look.
No bummers for lodgings," she said,
"but a povorfy-stricken woman seeking
redress,"
liTbere was au air of superiority and
some dignity in the manner in which this
was said that attracted the chief's atten
tion, as well as my own and that of the
othor members of tbo force seated about
the room. The chief addressed ber kindly,
and inquired her errand.
" I livo," she replied, " in a toncment
. house, in Mott street, nenr Chatham, my
rent is six dollars monthly. I have had no
employment for some time past, and am
unable to pay. Neither I nor my little
ones have tasted food for the past twenty
four hours. Tho landlord says I must pay
the six-dollars to-morrow, or he will re
move the doors and windows. If bo we
must perish. My neighbors told me to
apply to the police. Can ho do that,
sir?" .
"Unfortunately, madam, landlords have
that power. They can make such altera
tions in their property as they see fit, aud
we have no authority to restrain them."
" The woman almost fainted as the chief
said this, and even the surly door-man was
affected at her evident distress, aud he has
tened to provide her a chair. There was a
general fumbling around pockets, and pres
ently small change representing a few dol
lars was laid on the desk.
While this wag going forward, a tall,
well-formed and spruce-looking man, per
haps seven-and-twenty years of age, who
bad been seated near the stove, arose and
advanced to the desk. He was one of the
most expert thieves that infested the me
tropolis. Not a low sneak thief, who rob
bed sewing-girls and workingmen. Oh.no,
- be .would scorn to do that, but he was a
thief, nevertheless, and was known to us as
Jerry Darrell, a member of the " swell
mob," a "high toby-man," which terms
being translated signify a thief who selects
bis victim from among the wealthy classes,
and picks the pockets of those he tbiuks
can afford to lose. He would despise a
thief who would rob the laboring classes,
but considers the higher ones his legiti
mate prey. In fact, he prides himself on
being the aristocracy of thiefdom. This
man was one of the cleverest of his class,
lie had been found on Broadway that after
noon, while some large procession was in
motion, and had been arrested on suspic
ion and was detained until morning. He
gazea on me woman tnougntfully for a
moment, and turning to the chief said re
spectfully :
" Will I be out of here in the morning ?"
" Yes ; and it is to be hoped that you
may so conduct yourself as not to be
brought in again very soon."
Darrell glanced contemptuously at the
loose change lying on the desk.
"That is not enough," he said to the
woman.
" What hour is your landlord to call ?'
"Nine o'clock." !
"Will I be be out then, sir?" this to
the chief.
"Yea you can goat six o'clock roll
call." ;
"Thank you. Now, my good woman
you take this money lying here, and get
some fuol and food. When your landlord
calls at nine o'clock, tell him to call in half
an hour, and he shall be paid. Toll him
you . have found friends, as he can tee by
your having fire and food, and that they
will provide you with money for the rent,
but that they will not come until half-post
nine. Meantime I will seo you."
The woman gathered up' the money, and
turned thankfully away.
Darrell resumed his seat by the stove.
lie was released the next morning, and
sve thought no more of the circumstance.
It was several months after this before
Jerry Darrell was again brought to the
office. This time, as on the previous occa
sion, be had been arrested on suspicion,
having been found mingling in a crowd on
Broadway, which had been drawn together
by a procession passing down that wonder
ful and ever busy thoroughfare. I remem
ber the occasion very distinctly, as it was
one of the hot sultry nights common to the
climate, and there was hardly a breath of
air afloat. The 1 cells werewoll filled, as
the arrests for the afternoon and evening
had been numerous, aud it was too late to
obtain relief from tho courts. The chief
was in no pleasant mood, and when Darrell
was brought up to the desk a peremptory
lock bim up," was tho only return made
to the polite salutation of the thief, and the
tip of the cap given by the officer who ar
rested bim. Jerry was thrust into a cell
already occupied by two othor prisoners,
and when I passed the door shortly after
ward, called to me, complained bitterly of
his treatment, and claimed that, having
been arrcfitcd on suspicion only, he was eu
titlud to some consideration.
" By-the-way," ho added, " why you
tell the chief that I have something I
should very much like him to hear, and
I am quite anxious to have him."
I promised to make his request known at
the first favorable moment ; but it was ten
o'clock in the evening before there came a
lull in the business that afforded mo an op
portunity. '
" Bring him out," said the chief, after
I had mentioned Jerry's request, " and lot
us hear what be has to say."
In obedience to the order the door-man
drew the bolts, swung the iion grated door
back, and bade him step out. Darrell
came forward to the desk, and addressing
tho chief, smilingly said :
"I desiro to make you a communication
that will probably criminato myself, and
I ask that I may noatbe arrested and pun
ished on my own confession."
"I never make promises in the dark,"
was the response. It you bavo anything
to say, say it ; if not the door-man will tako
you to the cell again."
Darrell hesitated a moment, twirled his
bat nervously, glanced at tho ceiling, then
at the chief, and finally said :
" Well, I shall tell it anyway. Do you
remember that terrible cold night lost win
ter, when a poor woman came in here with
ber little ones, and asked some redress
against her landlord, who was coming to
take out the doors and windows of her
tenement the next day ?' '
The chiefs face brightened.
" Yes. Darrell, I remember it well.
What was the end of that ?"
Jerry observed the chiefs interests. He
looked up with a puzzled smilo and said :
" I went there tho next morning to that
old rookery, and took a position where I
could see and not be seen. At nine o'clock
the landlord made his appearance. Ho was
a withered little specimen of humanity,ond'
if he had a heart there must havo been very
little room for it to beat in. I knew it was
him because he had a carpenter with bim,
with a box of tools, and it was evident that
he meant to carry out his threat if be did
not get his money. They went up stairs
together, and in a few moments afterward
both came down and went away. Then I
slipped up, and found tho poor woman with
a pleasant fire and some food, purchased
with the contributions made to her the
night before. I gave her twenty-four dol
lars, aud told ber to pay the rent for the
past month, and for three months in ad
vance and to be sure to get a receipt from
old Bkimmerton for the amount. Then I
went down stairs and waited on the outside
agaiu. At half-past nine, to a dot, the
landlord came back and went up stairs.
Pretty soon he came down, rubbing his
hands in great glee. . He walked down
Chatham Street, through Park Row to
Broadway, and turned the corner by Bar
num's Museum. You know thero is always
a crowd on that corner, and by the time be
arrived at the place, and was elbowing his
way through I was there with him. Then
there was a jostle and a push, the crowd
surging forward and back in their attempts
to pass and repass, and then I left him."
Here Darrell paused a moment, gave bis
bat another twirl, and continued :
" When I left him I bad a good-sized
wallet that wasn't mlno, but might have
been his. I sought a convenient place and
opened the book. My twenty-four dol
lars, that ho had received from the widow
of Mott street, were there, and numerous
other little parcels of money, proceeds of
rents, I suppose, amounting in all to about
one hundred and sixty dollars. The book
was full of papeis, also, of great value to
him, no doubt, but worthless to me ; and
as his addiess was on the side, I wrapped
them np nicely, sent them to him by ct
press aud kept the money. Then I thought
over what was best to be done, and before
I realized it, I found myself walking to
ward the widow's in Mott Street, andl kept
on until I reached the place. She was a
good deal surprised at my second appear
ance. I asked her if she had tho receipt,
and she showed it to mo. It was all regu
lar. Then I gave her fifty dollars out of
the one hundred and sixty, and walked out
under a shower of blessings and that's the
end of the story I But with all ber bles
sings, I was a thief just the same."
When Darrell bad ceased speaking, the
chief ran his eye over the .blotter, and find- I
ing tho name of the officer, who had brought
him in, called bim to the desk; j ;
" Where did you find Jerry this time ?"
v "On Broadway, near Prinoe Street." '
" Was he committing any overt act ? or
did he attempt to rob any one?"
" No, sir, I was afraid be might, and
brought him here under suspicion, and in
obedience to your general ordor respecting
men of bis class."- ' '" ' ' V-
"That was right."
Then turning to Darrell, tho chief ad
ded: , . , ,
"Jerry, there was a certain nobility of
purpose iu your action toward that poor
woman, although you committed a crime
to enable you to perform your chority.
There was a sort of principle involved in
the action, also ; but all this does not justi
fy robbery. On the whole, I am not dis
posed to take much notice of the matter.
It all shows that you are susceptible and
capable of something better than the evil
life you now pursue. Why can you not
let the better feelings of your nature pro
vail ; abandon your life of crime ; see some
honest means of gaining a livelihood, and
become a good citizen ?"
"Mo, sir 1 I'm a thief, and everybody
knows it overy officer bore knows it I I
am not a mean, low sneak-thief, but I'm a
tbicf. I'm a marked man as if I had been
branded on the face with a rod-hot iron.
No one would employ me. I'm tired of
this eternal man hunt; this constant watch
ing and turning ; this over-present dread
of being arrested for something I've done,
or that it is suspected I will do, if I get the
chance ; but I cannot get out of it. I would
do so willingly, and be glad to work, hon
estly aud faithfully."
"Then," said the chief, " I will put you
to the test. I will employ you myself. You
know the haunts of all the principal thieves
in tho city, and are in the way to learn
of new arrivals from other cities. You
can aid us greatly iu ferreting out ofloucfi
ors against tho laws. Promise me you
will serve us with fidelity, and you shall
have pay sufficient for your support."
And Jerry Darrell, then and thoro, made
a solemn promise to reform, and for three
years he proved a most efflci cut auxiliary
in enabling us to arrive at criminals and
the sources of crime.
At the end of threo years a good opon
ing occurred for' Jerry to go to Australia;
and while we parted from him with many
regrets, we still felt confidont that the
change would be a better one for bim, and
that in Australiaunder an assumed name,
and where he would bo entirely unknown.
be might hope to become a useful aud hon
orable member of society.
A Cave of .Dead Indians.
A Virginia paper says : " The follow in g
information is given us by gentlemen of
the highest character and credit, who have
seen with their own eyes, touched and tes
ted with their own bauds, the wonderful
object of which they make report. The
workmen engaged in opening a way for the
projected railroad betweon Weldon and
Qarysburg, struck on Monday, about i
mile from the former place, in a "bank be.
side the river, a catacomb of skeletons.sup-
posed to be those of Indians of a remote
age aud a lost aud forgotten race. The
bodies exhumed were of a strange and ro
markable formation. The skulls wore
nearly an inch in thickness ; the teeth were
filed sharp, as are those of eauibals, the
enamel perfectly preserved ; the bones
were of wonderful length and strength
tho femur being as long as tho leg of an or
dinary man, the stature of the body being
probably as great as eight or nine feet.
Near their heads were sharp stone arrows,
some mortars, in which their corn was
brayed, aud the bowls of pipes, apparently
of soft soapstone. The teeth of the skele
tons are said to bo as large as those of a
horse. One of them was brought to the
city,, and presented to the officers of the
Pittsburg Railroad.
"The bodies were found closely packed
together, laid tier on tier, as it seemed.
There was no discernible ingress or egress
to the mound. The mystery is who these
giants were, to what race they belonged, to
What era, and how they came to be buried
there. To these iuquiries no answer has
yet beon made, and meantime the ruthless
spade continues to cleave skull and body
asunder, throwing up in mangled masses
the bones of this heroio tribe. We hope
some effort will be made to preserve authen
tic and accurate accounts of these discover
ies, aud to throw some light, if possiblo, ou
the lost tribe whose bones are thus rudely
disturbed from their sleep in earth's bos.
om."
tW Officers of the Signal Bureau are
sick to death of the stale jokes visitors to
thoir office get off on the " Clerk of the
Weather," "Old Probabilities," and the
like, and at a reception at the bouse of the
chief, General Meyers, one of tbem defied
a lady to say anything original on the sub
ject. " In view of the recent wet weather,
bus ou one," she asked, " traced the con
nection between mud and Meyer ?" It was
admitted no one bad.
tW A lady hud Several hundred dollars'
worth or point luce clipped ofT her clothing
by an adroit thief whilo she was at church,
singing Snip me of the robe of pride,
clothe me in humility." Her prayer wrs
thus answered.
i j Newport Advertisements' ; "
. : NEW STORE ROOM.
NEW KIKMI
NEWGOODBI
E. B. WISE,
Having opened a New Store at the corner of
It. K. depot, In Nowport, are now prepared to
sliow a . ,
Complete Stock of r New Goods,
. Connoting In part of .
DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES.
BOOTS & SHOES,
HAT8 CAPS,
NOTIONS.
anil a perioral assortment of all kinds of goods
which they win sell
AS CHEAP AS THE CHEAPEST.
Thev auk the citizen of Newport and vlclnltv
to oill and examine their stock and see that they
are offering goods at such prices as will secure a
share of the public patronage. .
'33 . WISE,
' WALNUT BTHKET,
35 tf , XWlVJIKfl Vf JL
Do You Want Bargains ?
IF SO, CALL ON
W.H.MUSSER,
At Newport, Penn'a.
Having Just returned from the City with a
SPLENDID STOCK
OF
333.1.Y - GS-OODH,
U 11 O V, 13 It IKN,
AND NOTIONS,
I am prepared to offer to the citizens of Perry
County one of tho liEST ASSOKTA1 KNTS of
GOODS ever brought Into this vicinity. My
Stock of
DRESS - GOODS,
DRESS-TRIMMINGS,
AND NOTIONS,
Is complete, and were bought at PANIC PKICES,
aud will he sold at SHOUT PROFITS, for Cash.
Call and see for yourself.
W. II. MUSSER,
CENTRE SQUARE,
43 tf
NEWPOItT, PA."
Drugs! Drugs!
rpHK Subscriber has on hand and for sale, at
m low prices, a complete assortment 01
DRUGS, , MEDICINES
AND CHEMICALS,
Of all kinds. Also, a full stock of
Concentrated Remedies,
PATENT MEDICINES,
ESSENTIAL OILS,
PERFUMERY,
HAIR OILS,
BRUSHES,
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Pure Wines
, . . " AND
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tul purposes.
SiViwtM . Ordurt -artfully and
promptly Jillrrf.
a. M. ED Y,
NKWPOHT, PEKKY COUNTY, PA.
Neiv Millinery Goods
A.t Newport, Vn.
T HKU to Inform the nubllo that I have lust re.
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ment ol the latest styles ol
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HATS AND BON NUTS.'
KlUliONH, FRENCH FLOWERS
FEATHERS,
CHIGNONS,
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NOTIONS,
And all articles usuallv found In a Mrst-olass Mil.
llnery Establishment. All orders pi omjit I y at
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can ue got oisewiiere,
DRKHS-M AKINC done to order and In the la
tst style, as I get the latest Fashions from Now
York every month. Uotlering done toorder,Ju
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ANNIK ICKES,
Cherry Street, near the Station,
ft 16 13 Newport, Pa
Important Notice!
H&ving laid in a very heavy
stock of
W 3 IN rl? 3 3 3 ,
AND
T?j.TT GOODS
which must be closed but, I have
decided to offer my entire as
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Regardless of Cost !
Fersons wanting BARGAINS
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"Jlio 33est X'l'ints
only 10 Cents per yard and
other goods in proportion.
A splendid assortment of
Winter
BOOTS & SHOES
is included in the above offer.
F. MORTIMER,
New Bloomfield, Pa.
November 19, 1873.
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