The Marlboro Democrat, 1885-02-25

ls -''jSHuinpy' wo uro nitor. Will you jlnU'Ctduco ruo?" ho asked, facetiously. "Doos ho know your person?" hsked Yardley. "I think riot, " Gardiner replied, "Yot *to make sure I shall nesumo a , disguisewhoii tho introduction takes.'! plnco.>K V ; "Very well,'? said Ynrdloy, smiling again as an idea entered his tortile Drain. . "You shall ho introduced, but ?riot byline* Vi have-a friend who will do that white I stand asido and observe tho effect," ?'. "What effcot?" ' "You shall soo." "But toll mo about the adyont of this most delectable 'Miss Cnrolino Dorsey," said .Gardiner, .y?l?at waa my intention. ' It can he told in a fow momenta, so to spoak," .returned Yardley.". "She carn? here representing that she caine.from Ireland with her paronls, both ol' whom died on tho passage and were buried at. sea. Sh o obtained a situation as chamhor chamhor?tontfi - ?tontfi chamhor?tontfi ...Ult .. Wio.lrw.l.iliW riivtUl.. ACi iiiiiiu lin? ?I fcyOpvvrv????***, ty lilli j v/Il South Fiftconth Street wli?ro she .vc,-, romained a year, then loft them with tho intention of going into tho trim trimming - ming trimming business with tho molloy sho hud saved out of hor earnings. She opened a store and stocked it well-so well, in fact, ns-to elicit tho surprise of hor lato employers, who sometimes called on her. Two years later she sold out at a bar bargabi, - gabi, bargabi, and. lived in retirement for two or three' years, when tho 'Wealthy Mr, Augustus Montnguo put in an appear appearance - ance appearance and wooed and won Miss Dor Dorsey.' - sey.' Dorsey.' " *lTho pair aro then really wealthy?'' Gtirdinor asked in au earnest tono. "?So (ino may judge by their manner of living," was lho reply. "Tho result,' undoubtedly, of that 'grand haul' of diamonds,' " the other remarked. "Quite possible" waa the grim rejoin rejoinder. - der. rejoinder. ?fWHoro do thoy live, and what aro their usual habits?" "Their residence is on West Groen street, and Mr. Montnguo dlvidos his timo by visiting tho brokers' offices on Tjiird street, aiuUabspnllng hlmsolf [or w period of thVe% or lour days ovory fortnight. Tlie lady seldom leaves tho house." "Possibly oh a plundering expedi expedition." - tion." expedition." observed tho California detec detective, - tive, detective, rotorring to Montague. ""Very likely," responded Yardloy. ?b tho folio wiri? evening tho Mon Montague's - tague's Montague's gave a reception, ti nd Messrs. Gardiner, Yardley <& Co. wore there. The "Co.," was a quiet genteel young mau whom Yardley found extremely useful as a "spotter," and a "shadow "shadower," - er," "shadower," in his peeiihar line of business. His namo was Waller ltainsford, and ho was generally looked upon as a young gontleman of moans, inasmuch as ho dressed woll and went much into socioty. "Ho and Mrs. Montnguo wore quite intimate, and he It was who first sus suspected - pected suspected tho sex of that lady, anti so in informed - formed informed Mr. Yardley; boneo both of these publto olllcors kept, a pretty sharp eye on tho fictitious foumlo, and ulti ultimately - mately ultimately woro confirmed in their belief that Mrs. Montague was a man in dis disguise, - guise, disguise, but failed to discover his motive. Mr. Gardinor, however, furnished tho motivo, ai\d those three gontlomen now resolved to maleo a proper investigation of tho mattor. . Any ono witnessing the introduction, not being awaro that tho spurious lady was a man, would npver for a moment have suspected such to bo tho case. Tlie sweeping bow she made would havo deceived any ono, almost, and the anillo that ac?ompanied it was moa?. brilliant and betwitchlng. Yardloy stopd In the shadow whoa tho parties Were introduced, and dis distinctly - tinctly distinctly saw tho lady give a porcpptiblo start when tho name of Mr. Gardiner of California, fell upon hor ears. "Wo hf*ve struck our gamo," was his mental observation, and ho was per perfectly - fectly perfectly cou oct, for Mrs. Montague sub subsequently, - sequently, subsequently, interrogated Walter ltains ltainsford - ford ltainsford very closoly in rororenco to tho gontleman. But that "Innocent,'^ quieted her alarm by Baying that homet tho gentleman at a hotel and hoing fortunato enough to render him a slight service nu Introduction followed, and they bocamo mutually, pleased with each other. Had tho. lady been aware of the real profession of Rainaford this explanation would not have satisfied her-abo would have regarded lt as a "a triado up Ho" tb Borve a purpose. But not for a mo mont auapeoting his avocation, tho answers ho gavo to her questions quieted hpr fears, and tho momentary alarm subsldod. If was. evldont that "Stingy" was acquainted with Dotootlvo Gnrdlnor by profession at least, if not acquainted With him personally.

"Go-ne but not forgotten," was tho gd tn t ; reply t and they dopartod from fromthat - that fromthat houso In disgust. "Hpw will you proceed iioxt?'V asked Yard?oy. "Knowing my game as I do I shall ! just 'mhke up my mind to do. what ?l came East for-oiijoy inysolf with my'f old.friends and drop thief catehing ; tW while: ?j : i Abd thus ended this adven turo which promised such grand results. j TIKI ViiBOlmulouH ol OrolilU Growing. In.the oaily days of our acquaintance with theso plants their high prices, and tlio extreme dlfilculty which apparently attended their cultivation, inado thein tho exclusivo property of tho very woallby fow. Now, however, we have increased our knowledge oC tho condi conditions - tions conditions under which they thrive m thoir nallvo habitats, and tho ease and rapid rapidity" - ity" rapidity" with which they can bo transferred is so- great that thousands of plants ar arrive - rive arrive in this country every month, and th U; i pi iee? h uv o been." reduced to such an ex tout as tb brhig them. Within the reach Of every one having a glass glasshouse. - house. glasshouse. '-uSTot that there aro not hlgh hlghpriccd - priccd hlghpriccd orchids ovon in thoso da\s. On tho contrary, any now species, or an extra good variety of an old and well wellknown - known wellknown species, is moro eagerly sought after than over, and numerous instinces occur every yo?r where amateurs aro lound who willingly givo fifty, eighty or a hundred guineas to become the happy possessor' of some special or u nilpie form. Novortholcss, for tho eoiii tort of thoso who aro about to com commence - mence commence tho fascinating pursuit of orchid growing, wo can assure thom that some nf tho most beautiful kinds in this grand family of plants aro thoso who are the ?uosL reasonable in price. With the information brought us respecting orchids by thoso who have collected them in their wild state, coupled with rational treatment at home, thoso plants aie now found to bo as easily managed as any others. One great oojoption to o rc ii id-growing In tho earlier days was tho (enormous consumption pf fuel, whhjh had a rather forratdablo appear appearance - ance appearance on paper when tho cost was added #fVv!i3 cjHl,?f- tho ysjuvv-, These woro,| thy days when, because* a plant carno carnofrfon - frfon carnofrfon tho lOast Indies or South America, it was supposed to require- as much heat as a cook's salamander-tho fact of tho vast mountain rauges of both h9inlspheres being densely clothed with verdure up to many thousand feet ele elevation - vation elevation hoing completely ignorod. This fact is now fully recognized, and it ls found that comparatively little oxponsc is lncurrc'll in keeping tlieso mountain plants supplied with sufficient boat. A UooK ot TravolH. Tho Biblo is in a groat dogroe a book of travels. Journeyings occupy a con considerable - siderable considerable space m tho divino records. "Got theo out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, into a land that I will show theo," was ono of tho first revealed commands after the catastrophe of the delugo, and tho attempt to build the Tower of Habel. Xi> was directed to Abram, who became tho father of tho faithful; and, obedient to tho mandate, ho departed at once.- The following littto picturo ot foreign travel stands at tho head of numerous volumes, Includ Including - ing Including somo most popular in tho present day; "So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto bira; and Lot went willi him; and Abram was 75 years old when ho departed out of Haran; and Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all thoir sub substance - stance substance that they had gathorcd, and the souls that thoy had gotten in Haran, and they woiit forth to go into tho land of Canaan, and into the land of Can Canaan - aan Canaan thoy came. And Abram passed through tho land into tho place of Sic Sichern, - hern, Sichern, uuto the plain of Moveh." We can picturo the patriarch, far advanc advanced - ed advanced in life, dressed In primitive oriental costume, seated 911 tho baok of a pa patient - tient patient oamel, with his nephew and wife and other rotations accompanying him in long rotlnuo; the flocks and herds not far off with shepherds and drlvors, all with thoir lord aud master pursuing a divinely directo i jol?rnoy to a distant land they had novor seen boforo. Thero was enterprise in tnis original expedi expedition, - tion, expedition, and curiosity and condor must have stirred tho bosom of this early bx bxploror - ploror bxploror ns lie trackod his Way over ' uri/* known lands, as his eye rpstod on plain* valloy, andmountaln, and as ho drew nigh to tho wooded hills of Northern Canaan, and passed tue shores of .thp kakoof Galileo, and saw a fortllo coun country - try country spread out boforo him undor tho hudowa of Ebal and Gorizom. Am, ifinlilonablo shapos in sofas and lounges aro much bfcpJUowcd, and oor oortamly - tamly oortamly nothing oan bo moro tohiptlhg than thoso sumptuous and luxurious pillowed rosting plaoos.

It Sloops hcnouth tho blinny hill An iu a tratapift dr?fpn;' ; Tho giant elms aro sr/roadlug still Abovo tho moadow stream. o' Beneath thoso loafy houghs. All day among tho scontou grass Tho crlokotsloap amt HI^IT, V , ' '. And g redo' ftna%ot4*'? .simUov,B paSsv S ' lilko swallows on rho wirig, How calmly lu.tho Bkoltorou.nook . . Tho summer hours may go, %( X?thrlghJ ajv^-joyous as tho brook That ?l?g?!with'doop'nli)ii (low. O worldt with all thy cities' prldo', Thy plains andvyallpyP/groony . , Thou hast nbVi'n Wy bound'rles1 d\Ao , Bo swoot. so fair a scouo. f .'i i I ? ' : '?.. '. iMX, Gardiner! ly* fimifto, who. for ?a of yJaitf JiMtMoh lo Caijj^rnik, activ? inbftiV'?'ir?ncisc?.-1 Tho following Incident occuri'cci some ten years ago in tho city of Philadelphia: benjamin - Yardley a veteran detective of this city, was entertaining a follow doteotlve-no old boyhood *s : friend, ?r i-i li *?J1 IV JJ'? S. Lili.?' fot Jamos-Gardj number, as a doteotiv? Gardiner had como Bast, to spend tho Christmas^,(h^liday^s j among his old friends, and Benjamin Yardley was ono j of these Menus. tures on tho Tact flo Coast, Mv. Gft*$V ner'hlludbtl to ll'/.'slippery customer," named,- '^tyiwpy?.M-A'slnulh neat hud compactly, bu^.jfojl^'.y witjuti a parli parliclo - clo parliclo of'.'beam'on his face;'li? had tho feuUuesj ofi-a Woman iii every sonso, Gardiner said, and, from a habit ho fre frequently - quently frequently indulged in by uiastpiern dTng'| in feminine garments,ho was perfectly, at homo, .in ihcfemlp^yp. character ho I assumed ;-W^f '? ? V'; 1 I Then lie eon. I, at will imitate tho feminine voice to .perfection, although ids n dural voice was a .deep,?baiitpno .deep,?baiitpnoeven - even .deep,?baiitpnoeven in speaking, N iuo years ?gp.. ?Gnrdiner> continued^ i j'Stumpy" made a "grand haul I" by on ter mg tho promises of an ' Opulent lady, just beforo dawn-after tho lady )md returned from a ball-and, after ?-?tupi? Vin? V(;V Witty chloroform robbed, her of all "lier dlam?hds, w?iioh she liad' ?worn ?ml Jii.uitt, and sucuriiig quite a suui of monoy besides, loft for parts unkuowii! By the i description thu lady-'gave of the biu'felar, it wan ..apparent that "Slumpy" was tho offender, and Gar diner was detailed to hunt him up. Tho slippery follow, however, left no trad behind lil ni whom ho left tho city, and from that day he was seen no moro )ii California. "Wind, reward was offered for his apprehension?" asked Yardley. "Five thousand dollars," waa tho reply. *v.? .o. fix "And tho fame "bf tho Jewels and money?" pursued tho veteran, in a thoiifditful tone. "Between, forty and fifty thousand." "lhup ho confederates, think you?" "It whs supposed not." "No female, eh?" "Not lo my knowledge, " ioplied Gardiner. Yardly fell into a train of thought and while thus om ployed, his compan companion - ion companion glanced over tho paper. Ile finished this and glancing at Yardley ho was surprised to lind his frlond, usually so lively, still thoughtful. "What is it, lion?" ho asked; "Solv "Solving - ing "Solving n problem?" "Possibly," was tho lacouic roply. ''Tell us all about it/'sutd tho other, in a ban'tbi lng tone! Yaixliy slowly raised ;his eyes to tho faeo of the speaker and said. "Gardmer, my boy, what' would-;you7 say if I were to toll you that I bollevo I could take you to tho residence of >?Htuinpy?" Tho California detective Jumped from his chair and eried I " You don't mean it?" "Ido." "And you wi)I lead me to,his hiding place?" pursued Gardiner, in an ani animated - mated animated tone. "To his place of residence-yea;..but ho does not hide, to all appearances," was the smiling roply, "What namo does ho go by?" "Nine years agp he called, himself ?j Valisa Carolhlo Dorsey,' " said Yardley, ;. Iwith an aiuu?cd smile, Vbut at present l>? ia Known as ?We ?wealthy Mre' Mon? ?t???til*'] VMarrlcdH '\ piaren tl y so; at all events there is amn^lvlng with her representing.tho .JVlr ?^Vt?gue.'" "OthtSwlHoa female in disguise,as a double gWl against dotcotlon?" ob obsorvod - sorvod obsorvod Gar?hior, sententiously. "PosslblyA returned Yardley, "al "although - though "although I think Mr. Montague is in reality a man, A "Well, admiting all that, lie is of ho consequence," reparteed tho other, "it

On tho following u?y Gardiner obser observed - ved observed that ho waa "shadowed" by an ap apparent - parent apparent countryman, and shrewdly guoss guossed - ed guossed that "Stumpy" was tho omployer of tho follow. In order to completely hoodwink tho roguo, Gardiner protended to make a number of purchases in Market Btroet wholesalo houses, which fact was, of course, made known to Mrs. Montague, and was calculated to still further quiet hor fears. In tho meantime Mr. Montague left tho city on his 'periodical journeys, and was followed by Itainsford in disguise. Whon tho latter rotumod and reported to lils employer ho surprised him not a Utile; Mr. Montaguo Uko his reputed wife was a fraud. Ho was simply a big woman in disguise and was known by tho doml-ihondo of New York as "Big I Ann" and1 was a woll known prostitute of Murray street in that city. Yardley did not apprise his friend of what he had discovered in reforonco to Mr. Montaguo, but rosolved to aid him in. securing the greater criminal criminal"Stumpy" -- "Stumpy" criminal"Stumpy" first, after which, if tho othor was found guilty of any crime to take bec also into custody. Gardiner concluded to tako tho ras rasCal - Cal rasCal dining''tho absonco of Montague; as if, ' e?tdd " bo dono moro quiotly, and Yardley agreed with him, urglug him, however, to uso tho utmost caution slnco "Stumpy" was such a slippery customer. "I shall bo careful," replied Gardiner, with, a confident smile, as tho pair saun sauntered - tered sauntered out of Mr. Yardley's residence. "Goiidoum that follow," ho immedi immediately - ately immediately added, as ho saw his 'shadow,' sauntering leisurely along on tho oppo opposite - site opposite sido of the street, j "Ho is dangerous now," remarked Yardley, gravely. "Why so?" the other asked, "Because ho saw you with mo and will so report to "Stumpy," whoknowf my profession." "Ah." cried Gardiner iii real alarm. "I was not. aware of that; I must aol promptly or by Jingo ,Stumpy' will sill away." Gardiner crossed the street aftei taking leave of Yardley, and approach e.d- tho, Redwing .coi,)i' ?:yma^ -vtyx ha; just a moment before parted with a boj with whom he had been conversing. ?'. "Can you tell mo where tho Mayor', olllco is?" ho asked of tho follow. "Nix forstay," was tho reply, am tho detective was positive that tin responso was derisively given. He resolved therofore to keep him ii viow until an ofilcor appeared and thei give him in chargo for an imaginar, offence so as io prevent him from com municatittg with "Stumpy." This was accomplished very noatl but the fellow appeared to take it cool) and offered no resistance on being ai rested; only when ho was led away h turned to Gardiner, and closing ono oy he remarked: "Now you think you've done it?" Tho detective stared at him, but bi yond that simple remark tho man spoil no moro. "Confound him, what did ho moan? Ga diner muttered, musingly, "ca there bo any significance in the words? Ho had tho warrant for "Stumpy's arrest in his pocket and rosolved to pin tho matter at onco. Ho hastened to seo Yardley ar together they proceeded to tho Moi taguo mansion. They were admltt( by tho servant who informed thor however, that madam was indispose and could not soe any visitors. "But our business is very urgent. Gardiner remarked, "and it is imper tlve that I seo tho lady." "*I will tell her so," was tho qui response, and tho girl loft tho parle Gardinor and Yardley quietly follow* her which she apparently did not o servo for she never turned her head sho proceeded up tho stairway. At the chain ber'door, howover, ' s turned and a look of surprise sprai into lier face. "Why do you follow mo?" sho askc "To see your .mistress," was t reply from Gardinor. "This is her chamber," rejoined t girl, "and you may enter if y ehoose," saying which Bho abrup loft them, and they hoard the frc door close as If she had left tho boo They opened tho door, some ono v lying in bed with their back turn toward thom, but by tho garment tl supposed it was a female-real or p tended. Gardiner hpproachod the bed and 1? a hand on tho Hg uro'8 shoulder, tl uttered an exclamation, aud graspl tho occupant ho drew it forth and flu it op tho. iloor with a .muttered our It was a "d.ummy" and "Stumpy" 1 "skipped." A slippery customer indeed I "Woll said Yardley, with a emtlo at f riendas look of dismay.