Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1857-03-26

He led her to Captain Turner, and
asked will you give me passage to n.
IOrleans?" .9.....
=" Certainly, with the greatest Of pleas
Iure, was the generous response.
Who will pay the fare?" calculated
Colonel Thorn, in tones of bitter irony;
the boy is a beggar, and his father was
before himf' ~ su
Thalal started as if stung by a scor-
pion; all her natural and habitual pride
come to the rescue, oyerpowering even
the strong resistance Of pleading love;
and she faltered: Il will not go; 1 must
wait until you have home"
The boy staggered as if stunned by an
unseen blow, and then standing up rigid
as if changed into metallic form, he cried
sadly, regardless of the throng: II shall
be absent Two years; | shall come back
wealthy if my bones are above the sod
But woe to you, if you should prove false
or tickle, and darker woe to him who
shall dare to pass between you and mel"
He kissed her hand, and walked slowly
away. Once only he turned, perhaps OK
pecting her to recall him. but she had al
ready hurried off with her stcrn-eyed old
father. He cast one look towards the
stars, so full of despair, gloomy yet fierce,
pregnant with unutterabe defiance, and
altogether indescribeble, that those who
beheld it will never forget the fearful
meaning stamped as with letters of hellish
light on that boyish face never until
their dying day. Then, in an instant, he
bounded down the bank leaped into the
canoe, and sped across the river He
was seen no more in central Arkansas fol
| years. as IG m
In the meantime lie was fulfilling por
ton of his awful promise. Where coulc
you find steamboat on the western wa
ters unfamiliar with the name of the all
dreaded gambler and duellist, Wad
Thompson? What city Journal did no
PROFESSIONALLY -recoppt some. of his desper
ate deeds? He played, too, with thu
most astonishing success; every card HI
touched seemed turned into gold; so tina
by the day he had specified in his las
farewell to Thalia, he was actually rich
But the changeful coquette had been mar
ried to another for dozen months, anc
she shortly afterwards died, which. per
haps, saved her husband from the former
lovers wrath. -.l a..+
This merciless man can boast a score
of victims, all cut or shot down, either il
| fair duel, or in sudden combat with an
armed foe and all on equal terms, if, in
deed, any terms Of battle could be equal
with that eye and the hand both quick as
lightning. But the most singular phe-
nomenon in the character of the despera-
do remains to be recorded. With the ex,
ception of the piercing blue eyes his
counteaance seemed mild as that of a
woman, and always, when the diabolcal
fit Of anger came over his heart and brain
his features never failed to assume an as.
pect Of woe, and he would burst into a
proxysm of burning tears, every drop of
which was soon made to count for one of
blood.
He has been arranged for homicide in
half the states of the Mississippi Valley,
but always with the good fortune of IA
yorable verdict. He is now in CaIifor-
MIA, the same restless wandering Jew,
doomed to the torture of eternal doubt
and death; hated, yet feared; alone in
crowd, suffering the hearts blight, never
soothed by tone Of pityi though of all
things, perchance, he deserves pity the
most. For the everlasting laws have al
ready punished him.