Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-12-02

edin his duties, when just as l wa
( about quitting my point (literall
1apointof observation, he arose, AN
taking out his roll 3cof bills, place,
them up the chimney, and then con
tinued his readingsl Imust say m.
blood run cold, for a grave suspicion
had often crossed my mind that h
was rascal; butl1 never suspeete,
him Of being concerned with th,
drovers, ,trappers, and traders who hat
occasionally made bad moneythei
commodity. & Nor, as / sat collect
ing my thoughts, could / conceiys
it possible, when / remembered hoy
severe be had always been upon tht
passerS of counterfeit money, anC
bow earnestly and solemnly be always
had, in his charges in such cases, de-
claimed against the enormity of Of
tenders who substituted a spurious
currency for good. ] therefore con-
cluded that. the word s'boodle, and
the suspicious "boot-stuffing," must
relate to some other kind of offence,
connected with which | now felt as
sured he must be-. s lHd
sStealthily going out, | carefully
descended the stairs and entered the
bar-roo The heavy whiskered
man was seated at a table reading
the Hast Cincinnati paper, as calm as
if he we're Methodist minister, oI
the riding. l sat down, pulled out a
law paper and pretended to read, but
Ivas glancing over its top at the
stranger. His eye did not wander
from a particular point Of the paper
nor did theIsheet after several min.
utes turn; / therefore concluded be
was not reading, but rejecting.
endeayored to CATCH his eye, but
could not.
/ nextsthought Of trying the de-
meanOr of the Judge;.so making il
my mind some excuse in relation tC
my. official duties, Iagain went uf
stairs and knocked at, his door Hi.
pleasant voice in an unembarrasseG
tore, cried, "walk in," and entered
After gettingsthrough with my ex'
cuses and business, ! said in Care
less tone: see.tJl is aa ar +
"What have you been doing gall';he
afternoon, Judge?'' &s
. He answered gust as carelessly:
6 "Going through my charge, and
a decision or two | have TO make TO-
morrow AS yet, / have not seer
anyone since arrived" a-l
The last lie was an unnecessary
one, as Il knew its falsity, for he
needed not to have asserted the faci
AN immaterial one. This there
forebthe more confirmed my suspi-
cions. becauseGI bad found these two
'inmatemal assertions to be always
made by witnesses when they are
committing perjury, just as towards
whistle to keep up1their cournge. Gel.
continued chatting until the
bell 'rung for tea, bot not tone ol
IAN act betrayed that the Judge
was troubled or uneasy. We went
down stairs together and began oul
meal. The whiskered stranger sal
opposite, but he aud the, Judge were
|, to each other as if they had never
met. One or two, civilities passed
between them, bat they were accom-
panied by freezing politeness, some
what unusual in our western way o
life. All This satisfied ne that there
was something out Of the way, ano
| resolved while at the table to for
ishymyself= some evidence. l fin
ished the meal frst, and went uT
stairs into the Judges room, and
groping to the chimney in the dark
felt for a loose brick, found it, and
discovered a roll Of paper. l took
off one or two pieces and replaced
the balance, then hastily left the
room. of2si6 % ss3BuG eglsi { /.
b'aiNoshing more occurred that nigh
worth narrating, but tho next day
lin Court / found on the calendar
the case Of a man who had been in
dicted some months before for coun
lterfeiting, and Dad been out ON bail
= "Wliat does this mean?'' asked
fof the clerk. Il did not aathor
ize the trial, nor am I.prepared viii
.witnesses3' g.s-I,,o,.s .,s..
I, .Judge c., ordered it on las
term fer this day, and produce'
your request. answered the clerk.
]2eiaMyereqaestw stammered1I.l
d00"Yes, and here it lis, sas he hand
ed me piece Of paper bearing j