"SOCIETY, FOR THE MOST PART, CREATES THE CRIMES WHICH IT PUNISHES"--A BEAUTIFUL GIRL ON THE CARS FROM RUTLAND, VERMONT, ON THE WAY TO BELLOWS' FALLS, BESET BY NEW YORK ROGUES--A DETECTIVE RECOGNIZES IN HER THE FORMER PLAYMATE OF HIS OWN DAUGHTER--HE ENCOUNTERS THE ROGUES AT BELLOWS' FALLS, AND KNOCKS ONE OF THEM DOWN IN THE LADIES' ROOM--THEY ALL TAKE THE NEXT TRAIN, AND MOVE SOUTHWARD, ON THEIR WAY TO NEW YORK--INCIDENTS OF THE JOURNEY--A THIRD VILLAIN GETS ABOARD AT HARTFORD, CONN.--WHY HATTIE WAS GOING TO NEW YORK--AN OLD TALE--THE DETECTIVE GIVES HATTIE MUCH GOOD ADVICE--A SKILFUL MAN[OE]UVRE, ON ARRIVING IN NEW YORK, TO PUT THE ROGUES OFF THE TRACK--A PAINFUL DISCOVERY AT LAST--A DEEP, DEVILISH PLOT OF THE VILLAINS DRIVES HATTIE TO DESPAIR, AND SHE IS RESCUED FROM A SUICIDE'S GRAVE--THE ROGUES PROVE TO BE THE MOST HEARTLESS OF VILLAINS, AND ARE CAUGHT, AND DULY PUNISHED--HATTIE RETURNS EVENTUALLY TO VERMONT, AFTER HAVING MARRIED HER OLD LOVER--THIS TALE IS ONE OF THE SADDEST, AS WELL AS THE MOST INTERESTING OF EXPERIENCES, THROUGHOUT. 192 =ABOUT BOGUS LOTTERIES.= HOW THEY ARE "GOT UP"--THEIR MODE OF OPERATIONS DETAILED--HOW THEY MANAGE THE "DRAWN NUMBERS" BEFOREHAND--THE GREAT SHREWDNESS OF THE OPERATORS--THE SOCIAL RESPECTABILITY OF THESE--THE GREAT FIRM OF "G. W. HUNTINGTON & CO."--THE IMMENSE CIRCULATION OF THEIR JOURNAL.--THEIR VICTIM, A MAINE FARMER, WHO BELIEVED HE HAD "DRAWN" FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, AND COUNSELLOR WHEATON, HIS LAWYER, A STORY TO THE POINT--WHO INVEST IN LOTTERIES? CHILDREN, WIDOWS, CLERGYMEN, BANK CASHIERS, ETC.--HOW THE FIRM OF "G. W. H. & CO." WAS CAPTURED--NO. 23 WILLIAMS STREET, NEW YORK--THEIR PRETENDED BANKING HOUSE--HOW A BOGUS LOTTERY COMPANY SWINDLED ITS OWN AGENTS--A QUEER TALE. 225 =THE BORROWED DIAMOND RING.= THE DETECTIVE OFFICER'S CHIEF "INCUBUS"--AT WINTER GARDEN THEATRE--"HARRY DUBOIS"--AN EXPERT ROGUE EXAMINES HIS PROSPECTIVE VICTIMS--SOME SOUTHERNERS--HARRY "INTRODUCES" HIMSELF IN HIS OWN PECULIAR AND ADROIT WAY--HARRY AND HIS FRIEND ARE INVITED TO THE SOUTHERNER'S PRIVATE BOX--HARRY "BORROWS" MR. CLEMENS' DIAMOND RING, AND ADROITLY ESCAPES--MY DILEMMA--VISIT TO HARRY'S OLD BOARDING MISTRESS--HIS WHEREABOUTS DISCOVERED--ACTIVE WORK--A RAPID DRIVE TO PINE STREET--A FORTUNATE LIGHT IN THE OFFICE OF THE LATE HON. SIMEON DRAPER--A SUDDEN VISIT FOR A "SICK MAN" TO HARRY'S ROOM--HOW ENTRANCE WAS EFFECTED--THE RING SECURED--HUNT FOR MR. CLEMENS--A SLIGHTLY MYSTERIOUS LETTER--A HAPPY INTERVIEW. 257 =THE MYSTERY AT 89 ---- STREET, NEW YORK.=