The Expressman and the Detective

but Maroney was accompanied to the station by a great number of friends. With many a hearty shake of the hand they bade him farewell, some of them acco

good-bye. He went to the ticket office, and in broken English said: "I vants a teeket for Vest Point;" and stood puffing at his pipe until the clerk gave him his ticket, for which he paid, and took his s

with his numerous friends, stepped on board,

he rose, and, walking to the front of the car, scrutinized the faces of all the passengers carefully. Our Dutchman gazed carelessly at him through the window of the car in which he sat. Maroney passed through the "nigger car," not thinking it worth while to take notice of its inmates, and looking on the poor immigrant as no better than

ing for liberty itself, and then returning, passed through it, carefully examining the faces of the passen

Point and, in broken language, inquire for a ticket to Atlanta. Having procured his ti

t the messenger shall be allowed in it. The rule is often broken, especially in the South, where the polite messengers dislike to ask a gentleman to leave their car. The German took in all that was goi

d at the hotel soon after him, and throwing down his satchel, asked, in his broken English, for a

hat Maroney was well received by the clerk, whom he knew, and by all the conductors and gentlemen who frequent

oiselessly down the hall to Maroney's room, and listened at the door. Finding a

versation of some of Maroney's friends, to whom he had divulged his plans, where he was going, and by what route he intended to p

y would find that it would cost them a good deal before they got through with him, as, after his acquittal, he would certainly sue them for heavy damages. He knew the weal

watch on his movements. He staid up until a late hour, but finding that Maroney was safe in bed, finally retired. At a very early hour in the morning he was stirring and patiently waited for Maroney to get up. Maroney soon came down, apparently in the best of spirits, and ordered his trunk, a very large one, to be taken to the depot. Roch was seized with a desire to go through this trunk, and determined to d

ng. He seemed well acquainted with the clerk and some of the guests, drank several times with his friends, and went to his room quite early. Roch wrote to me from the Crutchfield House, where he had also put up, giving me a detailed account of all that had happened, and in a postscript said "Maroney has not the slightest idea that he is being followed, and all is serene." In the morning Maroney sauntered around the city, apparently with no particular object in view, but dropping into some of the stores to visit his friends. Finally he went into a lawyer's office where he remained some time. Roch took up a position where he could watch the office withou

t down and wrote to me for instructions, thinking that my letter in reply would most likely reach him in Chattanooga. At dusk he went out to the suburbs, but did not find a trace of Maroney. Returning to the hotel, he found that no train left till morning, and weary and worn he went to his room, and in a most despondent mood, soon retired. Early in the morning he came down but there was no sign of Maroney. He determined to peep into his room, and fortunately managed to do so without being discovered, finding his trunk and a bundle of soiled linen still there. Somewhat reassured, he took his breakfast and went down to see the train off. The train started, but Maroney not putting in an appearance, Roch began to feel that he must have been outwitted. As he retraced his steps to the hotel he was astonished to see Maroney on

he came out, looking fresh and bright, having e

ed leisurely around, returned to the hotel, passed the evenin

ng an early riser, had breakfast ready. After breakfast he took a seat on the verandah, and watched Maroney as

e had lost him the day before, and now he had th

turned down this street, walked rapidly until he reached the next street running parallel to the one Maroney was on, and turning up it he ran to th

over his eyes, and, walking rapidly part way down the block, he entered a comfortable looking frame-b