Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-03-23
Fer BE Fa9.teuRe 0tarrrsr.
Nashville By Gas Light.
NUMBER FIVE.


/ After the two gamblers separated
as previ ously spoken Of, Wane, the
principal actor III this thrilling play.
had not proceeded far before he dis :
covered he was followed, but by whom
and Tor what purpose, he was unable
to determine; and being easily
alarmed as The guilty always are, be
! changed his course and soon entered
! one of the drink king saloons upon t he
! river bank. Stepping up TO the
!. counter he called for glass of br;l IN
dy and swallowing it, sat down by
the ste i've. He had been seated abb ut
half an hour, " hen tho policenI an
fwho was in pursuit of him enter ed,
and looked round as if in search ql
some one, who it seemed was bot
present; for after taking a secdna
look he retired. Ills conduct saa is-
! fed NYane, he WIS the object Of his
visit, and deeming prudence the : ct
ter part Of valor, concluded to re-
main 3 while longer. There he sat
till midnight. Yes, twas midnig bt
in Nashville GLOW strong and va
rious the sens tons created by the
contemplationa Of that solemn hour,
}, whe d taken ia connection with a
growing city. Over what poverty
and wealth, what misery ahd happi-
ness, what wretchedness and luxury,
swept that chilling january windl-
Anon, it dashed against the massive
marble front af the millionaire S man
F.. sion, and then rolled back with an
angry roar, and went whistling away
Through the tottering tenement of
the starving beggar, stealing off his
filthy rags like 4 thief in the dark
There were the jewellers in the full
height of their hoistsrous erriment,
and beyond a thin partition of brick
and mortar, lay the dying child,
watched over by the undying cons
stancy Of a mothers love. Here
was tho man Of wealth stu mbering
peacefully on bis luxurious couch,
land there the soulless and ragged
Hmiser in bis damp cellar, stirring up
Ibis glittering heaps. to keep them
Ifrom rustingy But we digress 1t
was nearly one o'clock, when the
back door of the little barroom was
cautiously opened, and a man with u
slouched hat peer ed into the room; a
slight cough from the mysterious
visitor seryedto direct the attention
of Wane to the new Cor her, who1m-
mediately recognized him, arose and
stepping up to t he bar, asked for a
Iprivate room; to which be was co a.
Quoted without any resp onse on the
part Of tile landIpfd. Seating him
self by large fire, which was bla-
zing brightlyin the CRATE, he called
for bottIo of brandy and two glass
es. The landlord had scarcely dis
appeafed to execute the order, when
suddenly a spring snapped in the
farther corner of the room, and our
mysterious stranger might have been +
seen making his appearance from
out of the ground as it were. Wane
seemed to understand what was going
on, as he did not so much as turn
his head, but sat gazing intently in
the fire. The stranger had barely i
time TO close the ~trap-door, before
the landlord entered, bearing the
bottle of brandy and two glasses,
to order. Placing them I
upon the table, which consisted of
hemlock boards, he retired
without speak ling In as few words |
as possible, we will endeavof to make t
the reader acq painted wi the stran- J
ger, and the easons for so private !
between him and Wane. 9
Nature, always careful in the adapta- '
ton of her numerous children to /
their particuldr spheres and circum- e
stances in life, seemed to have been t
udicious in t be case Of Dart, (for a
hat was the strangers name She P
nad not only given him for his law j
ess occupation, hideous deformity j
If external appearance, but had also u
upplied him With a shrewdness Of fl
mind, which his dut Ter man striking Il
belied. His 4 rms were long, 81
rocked, and unwieldy, but nature Il
ad wrapped up within them, bones al
nd sinews which were nearly resist m
,ss in their myth, and startling fl
4 the inconceiyable elasticity Of Il
heir movements. His right Shout 10
er protruded some distance further eli
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