The robber is seized with remorse, and says the money which he has
taken from the dupe's pockets "scorches" him. Robber seeks refuge
in a miser's drawing-room, where he stays for "seven days." There
is a long chest full of money and diamonds in the room. The chest
is unlocked, but misers very frequently go off and leave long chests
full of money unlocked in their drawing-rooms for seven days, and
this robber was too much of a gentleman to take advantage of this
particular miser's absence. By and by the miser returns, when the
robber quietly kills him and chucks him in the chest. "Sleep with
your gold, old man!" says the bold robber, as he melodramatically
retreats--retreats to a cellar, where the servant girl resides.
Finds that she was formerly his gal when he resided in the rural
districts, and regrets having killed so many persons, for if so be
he hadn't he might marry her and settle down, whereas now he can't
do it, as he says he is "unhappy." But he gives her a ring--a ring
he has stolen from the dupe--and flies. Presently the dupe, who has
come to life in a singular but eminently theatrical manner, is
brought into the cellar. He discovers the ring upon the servant
girl's finger--servant girl states that she is innocent, and the
dupe, with the remark that he sees his mother, dies, this time
positively without reserve. Servant girl is taken to Newgate,
whither goes the robber and gains admission by informing the turnkey
that he is her uncle. Throws off his disguise, and, like a robber
bold and gay, says he is the guilty party and will save the servant
girl. He drinks a vial of poison, says he sees HIS mother, and dies
to slow fiddling. Servant girl throws herself upon him wildly, and
the virtuous young party in a short-tailed coat comes in and assists
in the tableau. Robber tells the servant girl to take the party in
the short-tailed coat and be happy, repeats that he sees his mother