Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-02-16
For tas Fayetteville 0bs~rver.,
Nashville by Gas Light.
NUMBER TWO.


And with it came the williams tfiumph, i
AND poor mans rest. i
Again POST myself in my former
hiding place, and having closely
wrapt my blanket about me, begin
once more to note all that passes.
/ see b tight and dimly lighted CT
CARS, whid h, in the far off distance re-
sembIe 81 ooting stars. While thus
soliloqui4ng two men stopt close by
me, and unaware of my presence)
com mence ed the following converse
tion3 "S;I ml how do you know the
girl is sick, have you been to see
hertz 6 No; but | was passing and
looked t trough the door, which was
open little, and saw her mother
take son re tea from the fire and go
to her bod, raise her up and give it
to her, a nd just that one act on the
part of the mother, together with
the answ eF from the girl expressing
her thank ks for the kindn ess, has Sc
cured for them one firm friend who
now stan Is before you. And to you
Phil -WaAe l would speak one word of
advice, Which is to abandon your in
famous ind unprincipled attempts 70
gain posi- session of that girls person.
Fd r SO l4ng as Sam Biggs can raise
onP Eng er in her defence, just so
long will he stand in your path to
frdstrate all plans you may form to
accomplish her ruin; doyon hear me?'
"Yes. hear you; but Isuppose you
have NOT quite forgotten the forged
check with which you raised money
to meet ans supply your demands at
the gam bling table! And whilefyou
are giving advice, please allow me
the sam ? privilege; and my odriec to
you, is, Whenever you think to frus-
trate til / plans of Phil Wane, and
by so doing advance your own inter
ests, please rlmcmber the forged
check" Il am a-villian, Phil Wane!
but did you not make me 50? When
through the Indulgence Of a kind
father had money without restraint,
did you not faWn around me like a
puppy, knowing no will but my own?
Did you not lead me to the theatre,
then to the race track, and then TO
the gam bling table, and did you not
first oppose, then assist me to forge
the check upon my father? AM d
more ii IAN all, did you not try TO
make ME inlbTue my hands in the
blood o my fellow man? / am b
william; an outdast from society,"
Oh! Flo pa, Flora, to you l owe my
, fall it was your faithlessness that
made m e what | am And as be
spoke, yer his pale, sad countenande
there ? assed deeper Sadness
"When,| oh! when,'' he continued, af-
ter 81 ort pause, "Flora, dearest
beloved Flora, thou who hast been to me
the souf ice of so much happiness and
misery, when can | Danish thy image
from my memory! Oh! | fear not
till death shall still this aching heart.
and the cold earth grow mouldy
round my flesh $50 my young
man it seems you have come TO your
senses. l guess you will keep the
Jracezet off your wrists as long as
possible, !" exclaimed Wane. BY
the bye, must hear more of that
Flora affair, when our business will
give US breathing SPELL" "You
said the girlwas sick?" "NIary Marsh
/ mean. Now don't get her liked
up with that COMPOUNDED Flora You
thlk so much about" Eyes, shes
sick; but | saw the doctor to-day as
lie cline out Of the house and he
said her fever was broke, and that
she would soon be able to go about
again" "Then by heaven, she shall
be mine!" exclaimed Wane. Sand
Sam you shall be amply rewarded as
soon as she is in my power. You
really deserve rewarding for the plot
you formed, which cannot fail to Sc |
cure the prize "Not for the plot
sadly returned Riggs, the same IN |
signs of anguish again
his pale features. mot
for the plot, but for the stings Of
which the contamination
Of it will cause me to suffer. Iloathe
the injustice we must practice in or
Ter to effect its, successful termina-