‘Who is there?’ called out a woman’s voice.  ‘Open the door,’ I replied, ‘and I’ll tell you what I want.’

‘You can’t come in.  I have gone to bed.’

’Oh, well, I am a married man; I’ll do you no harm; but you must let me in, or I shall force the door.’

After a moment’s delay the door was opened by a young woman in a morning wrapper, who stood as if awaiting an explanation of the intrusion.  I passed by her, and walked up to a young man sitting in a low chair by the fire, and tapping him on the shoulder, said:  ‘You are my prisoner.’  He raised his head and looked up.  ‘Why, Bill,’ I exclaimed, ’is this you?  I have been looking for you all night under a wrong name.  If I had known it was you, I’d have caught you in an hour.’  And so I would.

It is only necessary to say further, that he was the man I was set to catch.  I may add, however, that a large amount of the counterfeit notes, and the plates on which they were printed, were secured, and the criminal sent to Sing Sing in due course of law.

LITERARY NOTICES.

FLOWER FOR THE PARLOUR AND GARDEN.  By EDWARD SPRAGUE RAND, jr.  Boston:  J.E.  Tilton & Co.  Price $2.50.

J.E.  Tilton & Co. are the publishers of the series of photographic and lithographic cards of flowers, leaves, mosses, butterflies, hummingbirds, &c., noted for their beauty of execution.  ’Flowers are so universally loved, and accepted everywhere as necessities of the moral life, that whatever can be done to render their cultivation easy, and to bring them to perfection in the vicinity of, or within, the household, must be regarded as a benefaction.’  This benefit our author has certainly conferred upon us.  The gift is from one who must himself have loved these lily cups and floral bells of perfume, and will be warmly welcomed by all who prize their loveliness.  In the pages of this book may be found accurate and detailed information on all subjects likely to be of interest to their cultivators.  We give a list of the contents of its chapters, to show how wide a field it covers.  Chap.  I. The Green-House and Conservatory.  Chap.  II.  Window Gardening.  Chap.  III, IV, V, VI.  Plants for Window Gardening.  VII.  Cape Bulbs.  VIII.  Dutch Bulbs.  IX.  The Culture of the Tube Rose.  X. The Gladiolus and its culture.  XI.  How to force flowers to bloom in Winter.  XII.  Balcony Gardening.  XIII.  The Wardian Case and Winter Garden.  XIV.  Stocking and Managing Wardian Cases.  XV.  Hanging Baskets and Suitable Plants, and Treatment of Ivy.  XVI.  The Waltonian Case.  XVII.  The Aquarium and Water Plants.  XVIII.  How to grow specimen Plants.  XIX.  Out Door Gardening, Hot Beds.  XX.  The Garden.  XXI.  Small Trees and Shrubs.  XXII.  Hardy Herbaceous Plants.  XXIII.  Hardy Annuals.  XXIV.  Bedding Plants.  XXV.  Hardy and half hardy Garden Bulbs.  XXVI.  Spring Flowers and where to find them.