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THE WIDOW REED.
DENIS Mi: LAIN and Dick Itenshnw
were two of the inoHt expert and
BUCoeRBful counterfeiters ever known In
the Northwest. Uoth were lipid shrewd
men, who had delled the laws and evad
ed Justice by one artifice or another for
years, and were noted for their courage
and cool n ens la the face of danger.
Counterfeiting was their specialty, and
It was said among the profesRlon that
" Dick lleiishaw and Denis McLaln had
turned out tome of the best work ever
put afloat In the West."
Their latest exploit had been the coun
terfeiting of the ten-dollar noles of a
Chicago bank, and so perfect were they
that hundreds of people were victimized
and the bank ofllcers themselves could
hardly tell the spurious notes from the
genuine. Ilenshaw and McLaln were
suspected, and Hugh Uraham, a detec
tive of more than ordinary ability, was
detailed to work out the case.
With patient perseverance, he trnced
the daring criminals from one haunt to
another, until he finally discovered that
his men had taken up their abode with a
widow lady who resided about half a
mile from the little village of M ,
on the Qulricy and Burlington Kail road.
This widow Mrs. Heed by name was
a quiet, lady-like person, and by the
village folks generally was considered a
very worthy aud highly respectable wo.
man. Graham felt quite sure that she
knew nothing about the true character
of her boarders, who represented them
selves to be real estate men, looking up
the value of land la that locality, and
were only known as Mr. Day and Mr.
Williams by the unsuspected villagers.
While Graham was making cautious
inquiries about the widow and her
strange lodgers, In a Bniall back room
on the ground-lloor of the lady's modest
cottage, those two lodgers wers sealed In
earnest conversation. The one, tall,and
rather fine looking, with black hair and
eyes, and somewhat slow of speech, was
Denis McLaln. The other, short and
stout, with a smooth beardless face, and
cheeks as rosy as a glrl's,was Dick lien
shaw ; " the best note engraver outside
of the 8taterrlson," as a friend of his
once proudly remarked, In speuklng of
his talents.
Bald ltenshaw now known as Wil
liams, rising and walking uneasily up
and down the floor :
" I'm sure It was Graham, and the
fellow with him Is Jim Demlng, a
bandy-legged Chicago detective, whom I
saw In Bt. Louis last winter the time we
put out the fives. There's no mistake I
tell you. I saw them get off the train
at M , not an hour ago, and they
mean business.11
" Well, if they do, we must outwit
them that's all,11 replied the older man
quietly.
" But how V I fear we are run to
earth this time, Denis. We can't give
them the slip In this small town, and
the confounded telegraph wlU head us
off which ever way we turn."
" Nb, there's no hope of escape In
that direction.1'
" What are we to do then V"
" Do V Why Btay and take our
chances where we are."
Dick looked at him in astonishment,
but said nothing, and his companion
continued :
" We are In a very tight place, that's
certain, but I don't despair. Graham Is
good on a take. Now there is nothing
here to convict us not a dollar of the
stuff on the premises, and the dies and
plates are all safely out of the way. I
took good care of that part of the busi
ness. It Is now only 8 o'clock and if we
work lively we will give Garham and
his bandy-legged friend some trouble yet
before they catch us."
In a few words Denis explained his
plan of outwitting the detectives, and
when he had finished, Dick nodded ap
provingly, and they both left the room
together.
It was just nine o'clock, of a bright
June morning, that two men walked
leisurely up the road leading to Mrs.
Reed's dwelling.
As tbey neared the house they saw an
elderly gentleman, with gray hair and
beard, hoeing corn in the field on the
opposite side of the road, and the larger
of the two gentlemen, who was none
other than the clever detective, Graham
pleasantly accosted the old laborer.
" A fine morning you have for hoeing
my friend, and your corn is looking
nicely for the time of the year."
The old man straightened himself up
with difficulty, and glanced curiously at
the speaker.
" Yea, its a promisln1 crop ; but the
land is good about here, sir, and good
land brings good crops most generally,"
answered the simple old fellow.
" Ah, that explains it," laughed the
detective. "Could you tell us if the
house over youder belongs to the widow
Keed V"
The old niun pushed back his worn
straw hat, rested the bltule of his hoe on
his heavy boot and replied, with great
deliberation :
" Yes, that's the wldder's J may be
you are looking for board V"
"Not exactly; but we have friends
stopping with her strangers though I
presume you have seen them occasional
ly Rt M .'
"Well, yes, I've seen a couple of
strangers thereby city fuller," said the
honest old toller thoughtfully ; " but I
never seen 'em to speak to. They don't
be social like to country folks, and keep
pretty much by themselves. That is
my house you seo.over there," pointing
to a tumbled down old building, perched
on a hill side at some distance across the
fields " I've lived there nigh on to
twenty years and I've often seen ' the
Wldder's boarders around of a morning
long afore most people are up. My wife
thinks they must be queer sort of folks
for they burn a light all night. I hear
they may be Inventors, makin1 a new
kind of a machine to keep steam boilers
from bustln1, and don't want their se
cret to get out."
The detective's face beamed with sat
infliction. " Here's a trifle for you," lie said well
pleased, and passed on.
The laborer pocketed the " trifle,"
and bent again to his toll, piling up the
rich earth around the root of the young
corn with renewed energy.
The widow Keed was a small delicate
featured woman of perhaps forty, with
Innocent blue eyes and soft brown hair
which was Just beginning to show a
trace of " Bilver threads."
And it was the little widow herself
who opened the door to Graham's
respectful knock. To her look of in
quiry, he said :
" I called to Bee Mr. Williams. Is he
at homey"
" I will Bee," she replied, politely and
tripped away to ascertain.
Bhe soon returned, and announced
that neither Mr. Williams nor his friend
Mr. Day were In their room, adding :
" They usually tuke a walk about this
time, but are seldom gone more than an
hour. Would you like to wait or leave
cards?"
The callers decided that they would
wait, whereupon the widow hospitably
remarked :
" Perhaps you would prefer waiting
in their room, as it Is cooler there than
here," glancing at the dazzling sunlight,
which was Just commencing to flood
the windows of the little parlor.. '
Both visitors eagerly assented to the
lady's proposition, and were at once
shown to the room of the absent coun
terfeiters. There the unsuspicious wid
ow left them, and returned to her house
hold duties.
As may readily be supposed, the detec
tives were not scrupulous about exami
ing the apartment and its belongings In
a most thorough and business like man
ner. But nothing was found not a sign
of anything calculated to Implicate the
inmates with the crime of making bad
money.
For a "den" of counterfeiters it was
certainly all very natural and home
like. The detectives looked puzzled, but
were still confident that they "were on
the right track.
Minute after minute passed away, and
no sound broke the stillness save the
splashing and rubbing of a stout ser
vant girl, who was washing in the little
Bummer-kitchen adjoining the room
in which they sat. To-and-fro she
walked from tub to boiler and starch
bowl, her sleeves rolled up, an old blue
sun-bonnet drawn over her heated face,
and girt around the waist by a wet, sud
sy apron.
An hour went by. Mr. Williams and
his companion had not returned ; and
the detectives were about to summon
Mrs. Heed for the purpose of making
further inquires when the good lady pre
sented herself at the door, and said, in a
tone of gentle apology :
" I am afraid you find it rather tire
some waiting. It Is quite unusual for
them to remain away so long."'
" Did they leave no message I"1 atked
Demlng.
" Not that I know of," she answered
simply enough.
" Have you any objections to asking
your servant r"
" None at all. I should have thought
of it before."
Bhe instantly withdrew, aud a mo
ment after the listening detectives heard
her Interrogating the stout domestic,
who appeared in no amiable mood.
" Did Mr. Day leave any message
with you, Amanda, when he went out
this morning V"
" Leave a message with nie 5" snap
ped Amanda, giving the sheet she wag
wringing a vicious twist around her
arm. " Why should he leave a message
with me V But come to think of It, Mr.
Williams left a note as he was goln' out
and told me to give it to you if you ask
ed about him."
" Then why did you not do so, Aman
da, without keeping me waiting all this
time y Give me the note now, if you
please."
" Because you did not ak me. And
with washing and a hundred things to
do besides, It went clean out' of my mind.
The notes around somewheres ; I forgot
Just where I put it. Oh, It's there on
the winder sill!"
And with this waspish Information,
Amanda snatched up her basket of
clothes and went to hang them upon
the line In the back yard, while her mis
tress glad apparently to be rid of ,her
ungracious servant, took the note, and
Immediately returned to her anxious
visitors, who had overheard every word
of the above conversation.
' You are right in your conjectures,"
she said, " Mr. Williams did leave a
message, or a note which amounts to
about the same thing, and no doubt will
explain what now seems so strange."
Bhe tore open the note, and it did ex
plain with vengeance. It ran thus:
Dkaii Mim. llEicu : Business of
great moment calls us away at once. We
will not return. Inclosed please find re
mittance for two weeks' board, in addi
tion to which we also give you our per
sonal efl'ects, which we find inconveni
ent to take with us at the present time.
With thanks for your many kindness
es, I remain, respectfully,
G. W. Williams."
Poor Mrs. Keed was astonished.
" I don't understand It!" she gasped,
sinking into a chair. "I don't under
stand it at all I"
"But Idol" cried the enraged Gra
ham, springing to his feet. Demlng,
we are completely fooled, and, while
waiting here like a couple of idiots, they
have given us the slip."
" Who are you y What can you
mean Y" exclaimed the widow, in great
alarm.
" We mean, madam, that your late
boarders are two of the most accomplish
ed counterfeiters in the United Btates.
We are detectives and are here to arrest
them that Is we came for that purpose;
but-"
" Gracious heavens I what do I hear y
Counterfeiters 1 and J. thought them
such perfect gentlemen," interrupted
Mrs. Keed, now terribly agitated, and
trembling in every limb.
" Perfect scoundrels 1 This is a devil
of a business after all the trouble we
have had," said Graham turning to his
companion. " They are off on the train
that left M half an hour ago, and
all we can do is to telegraph and stop
them, if possible, before they can reach
Qulncy."
Mrs. Keed was pale with fear and con
sternation. To know that Bhe had been
innocently harboring two such dreadful
characters naturally filled her with hor
ror and dismay.
" Perhaps they are concealed some
where about the place, . and have not
gone off at all :" she faltered, hardly
daring to speak above a whisper. "They
may be hiding in the barn or the wood
shed or the house at this very moment,"
looking around apprehensively and with
a visible shudder. " Amanda and I are
alone what could we do If they should
be here t They might murder us in our
beds, or burn the house 1 It is frightful
to think of it ; and they were so gentle
manly, and paid their board so prompt
ly 1" hysterically bewailed the widow,
sinking back into her chair, quite over
powered by the horror of her unprotect
ed situation.
" Don't alarm yourself madam. They
are far enough away, I'll warrant you,
to prevent our presenting them with a
pair of bracelets to-day,11 was the baffled
Graham's grim reply.
But the poor woman was still skepti
cal, and tearfully implored them to at
least search the house, and not leave her
at the mercy of a brace of villlans, who
might be secreted within sound of their
voices, for all that they knew to the
contrary.
This the ofllcers did not believe, feel.
lug convinced that the game bad taken
wing; nevertheless, they made a hasty
search of the house and out-bulldlngs
running against and nearly capsizing
the irritable Amanda, who was carry.
ing a tub of suds, and who resented the
indignity by an offending Jerk which
came near deluging the luckless Dem
ing with its soapy contents.
Of course, the search was useless. No
counterfeiters were unearthed, nor any.
thing belonging to their dangerous oc
cupatlon. It was all time thrown away
and bidding the terrified Mrs. Keed good
morning, the disappointed officers hur
riedly took their leave.
The old laborer, leaned thoughtfully
on his hoe, saw the detectives depart at
a much faster pace than they had come
and, when they were fairly out of sight,
he shouldered his boe and quickly left
the corn-field.
The widow stood in the doorway, and
'watched them disappear with a smile of
quiet satisfaction hovering dreamily on
her lips. Poor, over-worked Amanda
untied her wet apron, rolled down her
sleevep,and with the old man who came
in at that moment, retired to the room
so recently ransacked by the " lynx
eyed" detectives. The false beard and
gray wig were laid aside, the heavy boots
and shabby clothes removed, and, lo!
Denis McLaln was himself again,
Amanda speedily divested herself of
her be-dmggled female apparel and was
Amanda no longer, but Dlclf Itonshaw,
the skillful bank-note engraver.
" We played It well," he remarked,
complacently. "Well, Indeed, Mrs. .
Keed Is an admirable woman. They are
ofl the scent outwitted handsomely,
and we can now finish our work and
depart at our pleasure.11
Clever Mrs.Keed I Yet she was a lit
tle woman, with innocent blue eyes.and
s6ft brown hair Just beginning to show
the gleam of " silver threads."
The Berner Street Hoax.
IT has been suggested In the Tribune
that the author of the annoyances to
Dr. Dlx may be actuated by a desire to
perpetuate a hoax, In imitation of that
prince of practical Jokers, Theodore
Hook, who three-quarters of a century
ago kept England laughing at his cun
ning and his wit. The masterpiece In
this line was what Is known as " The
Berner Blreet Hoax," in 1800. If "Gen
tleman Joe" was prompted by a wish to
emulate that example, he has produced
a very weak Imitation.
The hoax was conceived in malice,
having been an outgrowth of a grudge
entertained against its ' victim, Mrs.
Tottenham, a wealthy lady living at
No. 04 Berner street. Hook's accom;
pllces were a certain " Mr. H ," who
had been also concerned In many of
Hook's previous jokes, and a celebrated
actreBS at the time. Together they sent
out 4,000 letters to persons In every
station of life, purporting to be orders,
appointments, or Invitations from Mrs.
Tottenham. They all named the same
day, and an hour was appointed for each
appropriate to his calling. Thus, at five
in the morning the streets resounded
with the peculiar cries of an army of
chimney sweeps, who, with their mas-
ters, thundered upon the knocker of
No. 04. Before they had gone, the
ponderous coal wagons from the wharves
were driven up to the house, each with
a load of coal to deliver at the house,
blocking the street and causing a great
noise of wheels and clamor of blackened
drivers. Later, a large number of cooks
appeared, everyone carrying a huge
wedding cake for the festivities that
were never to take nlace. Then follow
ed tailors with suits of clothes ; uphol
sterers with samples ; undertakers with
coffins ready-made', -barbers with wigs
to fit; milliners with arms filled with
bandboxes, and dentists, nerved to draw
teeth. By this time the family at No.
64 were nearly beside themselves with
distress at their situation and fear from
the rage of the disappointed tradesmen.
But more was to come. Great furni
ture vans rolled up to the house with
contents to fill one hundred houses,
organs and planafortes came, each with
a number of men to carry them in ;
linen drapers brought large rolls of
goods, and Jewelers produced their rarest
gems at the command of the wealthy
and fashionable lady of Berner street.
At noon forty fishmongers appeared, all
bringing "cod and lobster ;" and butch
ers followed, every man with a leg of
mutton.
At a fashionable hour, the carriages of
many persons who moved in the best
circles began to arrive, and while they
were still there several "coaches and
four," gaily decorated for a bridal Jour
ney, wheeled into the street. Noble
men, Princes, and persons in high
station came to pay their respects.
Lawyers, summoned to consult on im
portant matters ; clergymen to admin,
ister to the dying ; artists, eager for the
patronage of the great, came in numbers
together. Burgeons, too, arrived in hot
haste, and finding that their carriages
could not pass for the crowd, and seeing
the multitudes apparently drawn by
some accident in the house, they de
scended and forced their way on foot
through the throng. And finally, when
the crowd was at its greatest, fittingly
to crown the joke, the Lord Mayor him
self, in his robe of state, and seated in
his official chariot, was driven to the
door.
London was excited for many days
over this afluir. Hook avoided .trouble
by leaving the country for a time. The
tradesmen were eager to recover dam
ages for their losses, and others to obtain
revenge for their annoyances.
Extraordinary Superstition.
Two or three stories of extraordinary
superstition are in circulation abroad.
One is that In Venice not long ago a lot
tery drawing gave rise to the opening of
coffins in order that the sign of a lucky
number might be detected In the eye or
on the lips of the corpse. Shrouds,
dusty and covered with mould, were ex
amined for traces of writing that might
lead to the sought-for knowledge, and
new-born Infants were closely Inspected
for birthmarks that would reveal the
secret, while it is said that ladies of birth
and education wore their dresses with
the In sides turned out in order to propi
tiate the god of the wheel. This mania
lasted for a week. Another story Is
from Naples. A monk who had begged
since monasteries were abolished died
recently in a hospital of Injuries inflict
ed by two men who insisted that he tell
them the lucky numbers in a lottery,
and beat bim because he refused to
do so.