Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1852-10-19
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,arzss TOO POSITIVE. sRY HALF;rau
lro,sEnsy ny Uncle wiIloais isi shsy lost hi. VALE.

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My Uncle Willoughby was, emphatically, o pos-
itire man. Wien he related anything, however
Incredible might appear the very spirit fpostive
ness accompanied ITS expression, and carried with
It query as TO the propriety of doubling his word
This habit involved hm in numerous difficulties,
and was . source Of constant anxiety to his fam
| ily.- --==--
One circumstance happened, in consequence of
this failing, many years ago. which came very neaI
terminating unpleasanty and seriously to one OF
Uncle Willonghby had one day called into the
Office of the Justice of the Peace for his township,
to pay an unfortunate security bond, which had
been Left there for collections He had supplied
his pocket,wallet from his well furnished ettill,"
to meet the unjust demand, as he termed it, and
had placed the treasure in one Of his icapaciqus
pockets! Thus equipped, he stood before theminl7
iser of the law, prepared to act as provided for in
such cases, by statute. =: 5:i;5fi!-Fiisisi,iifie
JlttGood morning, squire, said my uncle, as he EN-
tered and took profered chair near to the man of
forms. ,sIve come this morning to settle that
matter Of security, which is in your hands fortcol-
lection-a rascally piece of business, squire"
at is rather hard, Nh. Willoughby," answered
Squire Brown; t1yetI think II could not have fall
ten Into ablerihandss The SUM buta tiifle, YOU
| know, and -
Of large Or small amountH' interrupted my uncle,
| in his positive way.bG slii uU ndllJ0iH
"With this difference" remarked the, squire,
sthat it was done byyour consent.
I-"You know something about hD-or ought to
for it is your business, repliedmy luncle; "but,
sir, allow me to say, youthaye very queer idea OF
justice; and, while think OF it. we had better come
| at once to busineSS.StUCR q IA
""We,l, Mr. Willoughby, Just as YOU please.
believe the amount due Johnson from.y IS"
.sNo such thing ~ he again intcrrupted;Hl don't
o,rc Johnson one faIthing, nori any other man,
The amount which law. jugglerY takes. from me Is
not due johnson from met is to be paid for that
worthless scapegrace, Burnet, by me-"
t."Very well, just as YOU please, continued the
squire. lahouiit with costs aceIuing on the
settlement Of the business, is just two hundred and
twenty five dollars."a5i4 -. y s.a - tssah aiH
.eThis is too outrageous, squire, bdtI s'pose it
must be paid. Just fix the papeIs legally7-do you
1 understand 3. / don't pay this over again."a.k
There was but one person in the room all this
| time, beside my uncle aud the sgure-a youngm man
I by the name of Warner. He was youth who bore
4 ian.excelent character, and had been raiselby an
old gentleman by, the name of Runyan, About the
time my uncle proposed drawing up the necessary
papers for signature IN the final adjustmentot the
difficulty, Warner left the room. There would
hdye beeh nothing Remarkable in this were ii not
thatimmediately afterwards my uncle put his hand
! into the before nentionedd deep pockctp forthewa-
iIet that had never failed him in time of need, when
10! the all important treasure @ was m MISSING:
My uncles varied and various pockets were
searched inside ont, but not sightof the
fwallet could be had.@ Where could it be w ho
could have taken it! Warner had several times
Eleaned upon the old mans chair Willie looking at
the statute the sub ject OF the security, and my
uncle now recolIected that at time he felt Wars
liner hand. on his pocket. AT length he was posi-
tipe Warner had stolen his money, and entered COM
i pTaint againsthiin in due FORM 81 li1si'7'
<: Just, at tile momentthe tohstablef entered, and
"a warrant was put into his hands for the arrest Of
Henry Warner, who was charged with stealing
wallet from Mr. Willoughbys eches-pocket,
containing three hundred dollars in bank notes.
!. Young Warner denied the charge and asserted
his Innocence in the most earnest and truthful Ian.
.; ,guage. Search was made, but nothing was iound
I; on him TO excite suspicion. This affair was
bitter dose for poor Warner; his position could
not well be more embarrassing. Mr. w. was very
poSitipe he had taken the money-he had sworn to
this. Iflt went to trial, he WOULD very probably
be thrown into prison, for lie had no way OF prov
ing himself innocent Of the charge. u oy some
l.stray chance he. should be cleared, WlNoughby
would ever believe he had taken tho money, and
in either case he would be denied the happiness OF
marrying his daughter, ,-s, 1t,j- ,s i.,,, vi;,o
himself called upon to bind Warner over Tor his
appearance at court. There wns now but one al
jternatiye ftom lprisonbail Yhos would, 50 his
bail He was conscious Of his innocence and rec
ttude of life, but could he prevail on his frendsto
believe it, under the circumstances oil strong sus-
picion he was placed This was the question, and
4 the only hope left him was his old friend Col, Run
yam. If he failed there his Tesonrces were at an
end.
10 The colonel was, at the request Of Warner, sent
fo:; when, after consulting "a short time the Old
man rather reluctantly consented to go his bail
'Now, Warner said lie, "you may be guilty
how do Know and YOU may take the Slip AID
9lileave lne the bag tohold.i 'Wehatdly know who
4 to trust now-a-days !3aidE !9ii ~ ,ag.s
r,itsWell, colonel, Ithoughtiyou knew me better;
would sooner rot III jail than accept such a favor
from man who doubts me- "'f ga d 'St",Ni
N j!it.I dom exactly doubt you, Warner; but then
81 body don't know what might happen You was a.
lways strictly honest with me; 6utyon must aqn w
that affairs look a little strange Just now.
ttI will go that young mans BALL SAID an OLD
!, s5tsNo," returned the colonel, 81 will bail him
myself; ] am satisfied, of his innocence and ne
shan't 60 to Jail i'll can keep him out"
; Warner was set at liberty. an' - D-ls'i'-As
i 81 Chow do YOU know Warner is isinnocent, colo
a nel2n said one Of his neighbors, who bore heat
about as square7rigged as ., bank note; ,ne
ttWhy;.1 believe he is,'' returned the colonel.
"a zstI once raised a boy'' continued the man, moi
10 seeming to notice the colonelsi words HHwhom
would, at one time. have tInstedwith my liiej thai
, boy is now in the Kentucky State PIisonEwen
Z there on point blank evidence"
tbils1No doubt this state of things was brought
4 about by the way the boy was brought up-fron
the example set before him!s said the old gentle
man, in an under tone, the man who had offered tt
2 lbail Warner. -" =. 49,
s,S"Weli, ,neishbor again replied the colonel; ei
is hard to tell who is to trust Jnow-a- days 1t
had it to do again I'd refuse bail; indeed, Eye now
} q notion to withdraw it. 49,.
u aYou are in for it. old fellow, said pethfogge
lin the crowd athe law, sir, win hold YOU 10 it."
ssThen, spose Unjust stand it,,ii'' said lRunyan
t.but I'll never let little ,wonienly sympathy foo
me again. My moneys gone, reckon"
y In THE meantime, some of my uncle's friend
ii began to question him closely about the vallet bu
his positive way, he repeated over again his sor
} about the theft in the same vehement STYLE.
2as'You may be wrong aftei all, neighbor Willough
said an old acquaintance Of his; .and yo
would feelyery bad. after you had ruinedth char
lacter and blasted the prospects Of young Warner
u if You became convinced that he did not take you
Il money It might then be too late to make repara
tion.'' % q al52i'o '9i',s.'t 10 tL:iins l1li9