South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-11-07
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER Z, 1885.

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wards the end Of their days journey,
when they were. all tired with walking,
that they came to wood, through
which there was path that shorten ed
the distance, to the town they were go
ing towards by two miles the pedlers
advised john 10 go with them through
the wood but he refused to leave the
highway, telling them, at the same
time, he would meet them again at a
certain house 10 the town, where trav-
ellers put up. John was willing to.
try the worth OF the advice which his
masters had given him, and he arrived
ia safety, and took up his quarters at
the appointed place. While he was
eating his supper, an old man came
hobbliog into the kitchen, and gave
orders about different matters there,
and then went out again. John would
have taken no particular notice oithis !;
but Immediately after, young woman,
young enough to be the old mans
daughter came in, and gave orders ex-
actIy the contrary ofwhat the old man
had given, calling him atthe same time,
great many hard names such as an old
fool, and old dotard and so on.
When she was gone, John inquired
who the old man was. Gle is the
Iandlord," said the servant; Sand
Heaven help him /! dogs life he has
led since he married his last wife,"
"What +" said John, with surprise,
sis thai young woman the landlords
wife see | must not remain IN this
house to night )" and tired as he was,
he got up TO leave it, but went no fur
Their than the door, before he met the
two pedlefs all cut and bleeding, com.
ing 10, for they had been robbed, and
almost murdered in the wood. John
was very sorry to see them in that
condition, and advised them not TO
lodge in the house, telling them with
a significant nod, that all was not
right there, blu, the poor pedlers were
so weary and SO bruised, that they
would stop where they were, and dis
regard the advice.
Rather than remain in the house,
John retired TO the stable, and laid him
self down upon bundle Of straw,
where he slept soundly for some time.
Abnnt the middle of the night, he
heard two persons come into the stable,
and on listening to their conversation,
discovered that it was the landlady
and man, laying plan how to MUIR
der her husband. la the morning
John renewed his journey /; but at the
next town he came to, be was told
that the landlord in the town he had
left had been murdered and that two
pedIers whose clothes found where all
covered with blood, had been taken up
for the crime, and were to be hanged.
John without mentioning what ne had
overheard to any person, determined
to save the pedlers if possible, and so
returned, in order TO attend their trial.
On going into the court, ne saw the
two men at the bar !; and the young
woman and the man, whose voice he
had heard in the stable, swearing their
innocent lives away. But the judge
allowed him to give his evidence, and
he told every particular OF what had
occurred. The man and the young
woman instantly confessed their guilt !;
the poor pedlers were at once acquil-
ted and the Judge ordered large re-
ward to be payed to John Carson, as
through his means the real murdefefs.
we're brought TO justice.
John proceeded towards home fully
convinced ofthe value of two OF the
adviees which his. master had given
him-Oa arriving at his cabin, he
found his wife and the children rejoic.
ing over purse Of gold, which the ell
dest boy had picked up on the road
that morning. Whilst he &as away,
they had endured all the miseries
which the wre.ched families Of those
who 90 over to seek work in England
are exposed TO. With precarlous food,
without bed to lie down on, or rooi
to shelter them, they had wandered
through the country, seeking food ironl
door to door, Of starving population,
and when single potato was bestow-
ed, showering down blessings ana
thanks on the giver, not IN the SCI
phrases OF the mendicant, but 10 a
burst of eloquence too fersid not to
gush direct from the heart. Those
only who have seen family of such
beggars as | describe can fancy the
joy with which the poor woman well
coined her husband back, & informed
him Of the purse full of gold.
aAnd where did Mick, nv boy, find