them about him now, and them ashore. They are in a number ot pockets made forthepurpose hi the.unhog of his coat. I am connected witn tbe watch trade, and my firm pounds reward to anyone who win capture and prosecute him." _. , ! " I _nders__i_,''replied the officer. And, turning'to Sleigh, who, shut out from the knowledge of what was going forward, was fretting and fuming in a fever of dis trust, he addressed some words to him. He spoke in Spanish and quickly, and I could not understand what he said. That it was to the point, however, the engineer's face betrayed. It fell amazingly on the instant, and he cast a ▼en___uglance at mc. That which followed was ludicrous enough. My heart was beating fast, but I could not suppress a smile as Sleigh, clasp ing the threatened coat about him, backed from the police. He poured ont a torrent of fluent Spanish, and emphatically denied, it was clear, the charge: but, alas! he cherished the coat—at which the police were mijring tentative dives—overmuch for an Innocent man with no secret pockets about him. His " No, senor, no I his " Por dios 1 and " Madre de Dios!" and the rest, were breath wasted. At a sign from the now grim-looking officer, two of the policemen deftly seized him, aad in a twinkling, not withstanding his resistance, had the thick coat off him, and were probing its recesses. It was the turn of the by-standers to cry, "Madre de DiosP as from pocket upon pocket came watch after watch, until five dozen lay in sparkling rows upon the deck. I could see that there were those among the ship's company besides the culprit who gazed at mc with little favour; but the eyes of the police officer twinkled with gratification as each second added to the rich prize. And that was enough for mc. Still I knew that all was not done yet, and I watched keenly what was passing. Sleigh, taken into custody, had desisted from his disjointed prayers and oaths. I perceived, however, that he was telling a long story, of which I could mak&out little more than the word "Inglese" repeated more than once. It "was his turn now. .If he had not understood my French, neither could I understand his Spanish. 