crimes.  Instead of being the objects of admiration, they were now receiving the well-merited scorn of those who had been their friends and neighbors.  Scarcely past their majorities, and just stepping over the threshold of life, the future bright with promises and fruitful of golden experiences, they had recklessly thrown all to the winds, and now stood before their former friends with the brand of the felon upon their brows.  No sadder spectacle could have been presented, and certainly none more full of warning to the careless youths who thronged the court-room, than the presence of the aged parents of these young men on the day of the hearing.  Their cup of bitterness and sorrow was indeed full, and as they raised their tear-stained eyes to their children, there was not one present whose heart did not throb in sympathy for their misfortunes.  More especially was this the case with the mother of Eugene Pearson.  He was her idol; and until the very moment of his arrest, she had never known him to be guilty of aught that would bring the blush of shame to his cheek.  Now, however, the awful revelation came, and the boy on whom she had lavished all the wealth of her true heart’s affection was proven, before all the world, to be the blackest of ingrates, and a designing hypocrite and thief.  Mr. Silby, too, was much affected by the discovery of Pearson’s guilt.  His affection and regard were so sincere and trustful, that, had he been his own son, he could not have been more painfully disappointed at discovering his cupidity.

Another interview had been obtained with Edwards at Geneva, and he gave us some further particulars about the course which he and Duncan had taken after having robbed the bank.  Shortly after leaving the city of Geneva, they made their way to the railroad, along the track of which they journeyed for some distance.  The day was exceedingly warm, and the valise in which they were carrying the stolen money became very heavy and burdensome.  Finding it impossible to proceed any further with such a heavy load, they decided to take out all of the money but a few sacks of silver, amounting altogether to about three hundred dollars.  This they did, concealing the money about their persons, and then hiding the valise in a corn field which skirted the railroad track.  Being furnished with a description of the locality, William proceeded, in company with the officers of the bank, to the place designated, and after a short search, succeeded in finding the satchel which they had discarded.  Upon opening it, they found, as Edwards had said, three small canvas sacks containing about three hundred dollars in silver coin.  No trace, however, was discovered of the sack supposed to contain the five thousand dollars whose disappearance was still a mystery.  Pearson indignantly denied having taken more than six thousand dollars as his share, and this had been found in the yard of his father’s house.  Edwards was equally positive that he had not seen this sack, and yet the fact remained that there were five thousand dollars in gold coin which could not, as yet, be accounted for.