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GOODWIN, lllE "TAILOR, Clothier, Halter and Furnisher, I70 WASHINGTON STREET SOUTH NORWALK, CONN. Has a large assortment of White and Blue Silk mixed Diagonal Suits, hand-made, good trimmed and furnished at verv reasonab' e figures.Woosted128uits $8; Blue $11. and White and Blue,$1 Fine Custom Work made to order._ Finent Hats in So. Norwalk. from best shops' 1n town. fiGents’ Furnishings in all varietieS' . low gures Horace E. hann, ' EXOELSIOB LIVBI'V and Sales Stable. wuwuuw‘.\ Opposite Danbury and Norwalk Railroad uepotl Norwalk. Conn. Stylish Single or Double Team with or without drivers - Safe horses for women andchildren. . SADDLE HORSES A SPECIALTY ‘3 0N EVEN "cumulus. “You appear to forget that this fel- low Vaughan has the reputation of being one of the mest desperate crim- inals that ever stepped. ‘King of the Coiners’ he is rightly named; Cbut it is chiefly because he is at the head of a dangerous gang. And becauSe, by a lucky chance, you have found out that he 15 living in private lodgings under an assumed name, makes it none the less risky for us two alone to attempt his capture.” It was in a decidedly dissatisfied tone that Mr. Roche, the detective, urged upon his superior officer the hazardous nature of the business they were upon; but Arnold Bond merely smiled good humoredly as he °re- sponded: “Whatever risk there may be, Roche, I think I shall face. And as I expect to take our man entirely by surprise, in the very bosom of his family, I don’ t anticipate much resistance. Still, I am prepared for it, and I don’ t think that he will easily give us the slip. For the rest, you will simply carry out my instructions.” The two detectives knocked at the door of an unpretentious lodging house in a quiet street of the east end of London. Almost immediately a respectable looking woman opened the door, and. stepping back, said, before Bond could s:peak “Ah, sir; I don’ t believe they expect- ed you again to- -night; but it’s well you’ve come, for the poor mite is very bad, they say.” With the ever readv wit of a shrewd detective, quick to take advantage of the slightest error, Bond instantly checked the exclamation of surprise which sprang instinctively to his lips, and, stepping in, quietly observed: ”Indeed, I am sorry to hear that. Our usual friend could not come him- self but, as his paitner, I thought it advisable to look in again. Let me see—Mrs. Sutton, second floor, is it not?" Neither of the detectives scarce ventured to breathe as they anxiously waited to see the result of his hap- hazard remark. “Oh, I took you for Dr. Dalton his- self, sir! Yes, second floor. It’s rather dark, but I dare say you can find your way up. L01"! 1 never knowed before as how the doctor had a partner.” “This gentleman is merely a friend of mine. If you don’t mind, he will wait for me in the passage. I don‘t suppose I shall be many minutes,” Bond said inwardly chuckling with satisfaction at the lucky mistake which had undoubtedly saved him and his companion no little trouble at the outset. Leaving his subordinate, who had proviously received careful instruc- tions, A1 nold Bond, with heart beat- ing a. little faster than usual cautious- ly mounted the dark, narrow staircase and tapped at a closed door facing him. Then, without waiting for any reply, be instantly opened it, and as quickly stepped into the room and shut the door after him again. “Surrender yourself my prisoner, Michael Vaughn, alias Ralph Sutton,” he said, sternly, as a tall, bearded man sprang hastily to his feet with a startled exclamation and confronted him. A momentary pause, then, with an oath, the coiner snatched up 'a chair and raising it above his head was about to hurl it at the detective, but as quick- ly dropped it, as his eye rested on the service 1evolver steadily leveled at him. “Trapped!” he ejaculated, savagely, glaring at the officer. “And in this tom-foOl fashion, too. But there’s treachery here,” he added, fiercely, "and if I—” “Michael, Michael,” interposed a woman‘s voice, in pleading tones, “you‘re fergetting poor little Jess. You know the doctor said she must be kept perfectly quiet.” “Ah, Jess, poor mite,” coiner. thing, when Bond himself jumped up before me like magic! Well, I’m fairly nabbed; but if it wasn’t for her,” he added, with a bitter emphasis, point- ing to a bed in a cor ner of the room, “ybou’d neger take me in this squeamish fasludn- c5; . The bed was occupied by a little girl of abOut _ years of age, who, it needed no second lance’ to perceive, was very near to death indeed. She was wide said the .awake,.;staring in mute terror from the detective'to her father and back again. Nor did the white face of' the coiner’s wife, who stood trembling by the bed- side, express much less alarm than the child’s. “Let’s clear out before you frighten my young ’un to death," said the coiner, in a. quieter voice. “Never mind, Jess,” he went on, turning to the child and speaking in such a tender and’ soothing tone that Bond stared with astonishment. “Perhaps soon I , shall come back, and then you’ll be better, and we will—” Vaughan’s voice faltercd, paused. “Ah, take him away, sir, but don‘t hurry him over what he very well knows must be the last good-by he’ll ever pay to his child! What hope there may have been you’ll take with you, but to take it at this moment-e” The wretched mother, unable to ar- ticulate another word, sank into a chair, hid her face in her hands and gave way to a sudden outburst of grief. “Is the gentleman going to take you away, then, daddy?” the ch11d said, feebly. “Oh, don’t go! Ido so want you to-nightlz’ Then looking at the detective with great, earnest eyes, lit- tle Jess continued, half indignantly, half pathetically: “How would your little girl like you to be taken away if she was illvand wanted you to stop with her dreadfully bad?” An involuntary smile gathered for one brief instant on the stern coun- tenance of Bend. “It’s true, worse luck, ” whispered the coiner, stepping near his captor. “Poor little beggar, she is mighty bad. and the doc! or says the next few hours and he ‘ . , mean life or death. More‘n anything, she’s got. to be kept particularquiet, so let’s clear out and leave em; and, please God, I’ll see her again yet. Yes, my prince of traps, you can see what makes me such a miserable coward, eh?" As if ashamed of the tremor in his speech, the coiner turned, and. taking down his hat, crushed it upon his head and approached the door with a rigid countenance and twitching lips. Ap- parently, he dared not trust himself to take even a farewell look at his child. . But, as Arnold Bond moved toward the door also, his glance fell for an in-- stant upon the thin, white face of little Jess, who had already fallen back are hausted. She was gazing steadily at her fa- ther, who, however, kept his face care- fully averted. The pitiful, pleading expression in the sick child’s eye struck the detective to the heart, for it was a look which expressed more eloquent- ly than any words the bitter disap- pointment she felt at seeing one she evidently dearly loved about to be taken from her this night of all nights. The detective paused abruptly, hesi- tated a moment. and then the resolute * expression on his features softened suddenly, and he said in a half jocular tone, to hide the emotion he could not entirely conceal: “Stay, Vaughan; I cannot do it after all. I can’t take such a cruel advan- tage of even you at a time like this! That’s all, and good night.” “Bond! Bond!” cried the king of the coiners, springing forward as he re- ‘ covered from his momentary stupefac- tion: “Heaven prosper you for this! Bad as‘I am I hope I’ll be able to give you your reward for this if it’s years to come!” A moment later the detective had gone. He had sacrificed an opportu- nity of adding enormously to his repu- tation. It was a year later before the author- ities succeeded in discovering the “fac- tory” where Vaughan and his confed- erates turned out the cleverly made counterfeit coins which had so long been passed with impunity in most quarters of the metropolis. But alter infinite trouble Bond found out all he wanted to know and one night he surrounded with his men the counterfeiter’s den. Bond had got within a few feet of the door and was already thinking how neatly he had managed everything, when suddenly and without the slight- est warning the whole floor seemed to cave in beneath his feet, and as he threw out his arms with a startled cry the trap he had unconsciously sprung turned completely over, and threw him into a. large, well-lighted cellar below. Before he could rise some seven or eight men had seized him, and, amid a. storm of oaths and threats, bound him hand and foot, de- spite his strenuous struggles. “You fools!” cried Bond, exasperated beyond measure, .“let me tell you the 'game is up! My men surround the place, and the little joke will only make matters a great deal worse for you. You’d better—” “Joke!” repeated one of the coiners, with a. fierce laugh. “Well, we’ll see W 'hat say you, boys? What says 0111 oatlDi?” Death to the trap who bowls us out!” answered a burly, villainous looking fellow. "Surrounded we may be, but what of that? Haven’t we means for getting away through the burrow at the first alarm?” " 'Aye, but not if we stand chucking ' 5,51 precious minutes away in empty talk inteiiupted another of the gang. , “Quick, pals! Here is an end to our snug little business, and so let’s make an end of this interfering sneak before we cut. The traps outside may smell a rat if he doesn’t soon giVe ’em the cue.” Without another word one of the coiners stepped up. to the prostrate ‘ officer and, with asavage exclamation, slipped the noose of a rope over Bond’s head and drew it uncomfortably tight i round his neck. Another of the dies- “No wonder I forgot every- ' perate crew at once threw the other end of the rope over one of the beams which supported the flooring above. The detective now recognized to the full extent the really serious nature of his position; and, half dazed by the terrible calamity which had so sudden- ly befallen him, was giving up all hope of escape, when for the first time the leader of the gang—Michael Vaughan —himself spoke. “Leave (him to me, lads, and get you , along while you may. There’s not a jiffy to lose. Hark! hear the traps! They’re breaking in already.” "We don’t go until we’ve choked the life out of the rat who’s put ’em on our trail. Run him up sharp and have him a pleasant surprise to his friends,” replied one of the ruflians. With these words the unfcrtunate officer was jerked ofi his feet, but at the same moment Vaughan snatched up a formidable knife and at a single stroke severed the rope above his head. “I’m with you, Mr. Bond,” ejacu- lated Vaughan,” with grim determina- tion stamped upon his white face. “Aha! see how my mutinous crew sink back from your bulldog! And, by all that’s lucky for us both, here comes your men. Another minute‘s delay and I reckon it would have gone a. bit hard for us both.” Almost before he had finished speak- ing the long cellarlike room became -for a short space a scene of desperate struggling, the walls echoing a chorus of savage cries and shouts. Of all the members of the gang their leader alone offered no resistance, but lapsed into moody silence. Only when the opportunity oflered' did he Whisper in the detective’s ear: "You see, I haven’t forgotten what I once promised, sir, although you have only a smasher’s word for it. Perhaps you didn’t know it, but I reckonryou 'had the life of my little Jess in your hands that night a year ago, and may- be you’ll agree now that I’ve paid a. fair price for it. As for me—but there, we’re on even terms once more.”—-—Lon~ don Tid Bits. l —-Georgia has 3, 621 pensioners within ' her bounds. THE GUSTAVUS S. WINSTON, M. D. UL'.LI u INSURANCE cc. - OF NEW YORK. RICHARD a. MCCURDY President. cum in clear mingllccfll. lfllfi. $221,213,721 33 194,347,157 58 $26,866,563 75 $48,597,430 51 $93,126,728 45 Assets. ' . - . * . Liabilities . ; ' Surplus . - . . v Total Income . ‘. Total Paid Policy-helders in 1895, . Insurance and Annuities in force, $899. 074,453 78 Net gain in 1895 $61,647,645 36 m NOTE—Insurance merely "1716an Is dlscarded from this Statement as wholl mlsl ad 11:»; actually issued and paid for in cash Is Included. v 6 mg. and only insurance I have carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the same to be correct. CHARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor. From the Surplus a dividend will be apportioned as usual. Report cithc Examining Committee. (iiiice cf the Mutual Life Insurance company of New You, February 11,1896. At a meeting of the Boaid of Trustees of this Company, held on the 18th day of December last, the undersigned were appointed a Cernmittee to examine the annual Statement for the year ending Decemln r 31st, 1895, and to verify the same by com- parison with the assets of the Company. The Committee have caIcfully periOrmed the duty assigned to them, and hereby certify that the Statement is in all particulars correct and that the assets specified therein me in possession of the Company. In making this certificate the Committee bear testimony to the high character of the investments (f the Company and express their approval of the system, order and accuracy with which the accounts and vouchers have been kept, and the business in general transacted. H.IC. Von Post, (.Jiarles It. Henderson. James C. Holden, Robert Clyphant, ' Wm P. Lixon, Committee J. H. Herrick. ,) ROBERT A. GRANNIS, Vice-President. WALTER R. ”GILLETTE, General Manager. ISAAC F. LLOYD, Second Vice-President, HENRY E. DUNCAN. Jr., Cor. Seey. WILLIAM J. EASTON, Secretary, ALBERT KLAMROI‘H, Asst. Seey. . ‘ FREDERIC CROMWELL, Treasurer. IOHN A. FONDA, Assistant Treasurer. JAMES TIMPSON, 2d Asst. Tress , WILLIAM P. SANDS, Cashier EDWARD P. HOLDEN, Asst. Cashier. _ EMORY MoCLIN'I‘OGK LL.D., F. I. A., Actuary. JOHN TATLOCK, J 11., Asst. Actuary. WM. W. RICHARDS, Comptroller. CHARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor," HENRY 8. BROWN, Asst. Comp. . JOHN C. ELLIOTT, Superintendent of Domestic Agencies, EDWARD LYMAN SHORT, Gen. Solicitor. MEDICAL DIRECTORS ELIAS, .1. MARSH, M. D. GRANVILLE M. WHITE, M. D, JOHN W. NICHOLS, New Haven, General Agt. for State of Connecticut. A. El... (DAME, Local Agent.
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