Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1859-04-13
clever thing for a brother gamester, when
the obliglng humor IL us. Yours,
NED lIuGHEs,

NED lIuGuEs,
r,, AQulLLA REID.
This letter, directed 10 James Orme A
NJ deposited in the letter. box Mt th,
fost.oiiico. llc then folded up all Tn,
Jewels lie had bought of the huckstcr IN
. Mobile, IN neat package, addressed &c
James Orme, which he deposited with the
bar clerk of the st. Charles, directing him
) to deliver it to any person who might call
ior 1t, under the name of James Orme.
The trap was set, and A. NJ took
q seat at one OF the rcading-tables of the
Motel nearest the clerks table TO watch
the result. lie remained unremittinply
Mt his post, apparently engaged in reading
until late hour of the night, and then.
having bribed one of the bar-room walters
with sum of money large enough. when
added to the promise of more, to insure
both silence and fidelity, and directing
him, in the event person under the name
OF James Orme called for ppckage Mt the
baT, TO give him immediate notice. he re.
tired to his room and lay down. with his
clothes on, more TO ruminate than TO re,
pose.
BY the dawn of day he was up and again
at his watch-post, sauntering about in the
bar.room, and occasionally seating himself
at different points, to avoid the olserya-
toin and comment which continuous sit.
ting Mt the same table might provoke
During the intervals of his brief absences
from the room at meal-time the watch was
kept up by the waiter, who proved to be
both alert and reliable.
| Little did anv ono of tln Il,o,,,o,,l, - -
daily irequented the bar-room of that peer
less hotel OF the Crescent City. suspect that
the quiet, unnoticed individual. seated for
hours at the reading tables, or gliding nois-
lessly about the room, was an Avenger,
with the sword of retribution unshcnthed
and flashing close upon the heels of ruilt.
10 and fro ebbed and flowed the great tide
OF humanity, foaming with excitement or
breaking into smooth unduation around
him, apparently the only unobseryant
spectator OF the scene, who was vet catch
ing, with the eagle eye of vengeance, the
shadow OF every entering form, ere it dark
ened the threshold, and drinking in, with
thirsty ears, almost every word syllabled
by the swaying crowd. So sits. amid the
elemental shock, the eagle in his eyrie
watching, with unwinking eyes, the com.
ing of his prey, within the reach of the
swoop of his talons, upon the plain below.
Day darkened into night, and night
frightened again into day, but Omc came
not nor had A. NJ seen any one an
swering the description given Of him by
hls Mobile acquaintance. About twelve
o'clock, the hour at which the crowd in
the bar-room of the hotel is usually the
largest, and when individual coiners and
goers are seldom noticed, n large man. of
mosttorLidding aspect, suddcnlyprcsentcd
himself at the clerks Office, aud incurred
ifa package had been left for James Ormc.
The clerk, asking if that was his name,
and receiving an affirmative answer, de-
livcred the package inquired for into his
hands. Thrusting it into n side pocket
he turned and walked out, without utter,
ing q word more, or exchanging even a.
sign Of recognition with any Of the persons
present.
A. Nj was seated at the reading
table nearest to the clerks office, when
Orme inquired for, and received, the rack
age. He had in fact, seen him the mo-
ment he entered the room, followed him
with eager eyes as he advanced TO the
clerks desk, and, as soon as he heard the
name pronounced, recognised, in his stout
person, Grayish hair and whiskcrs, and
malignant expression, the unmistakable
original of the Mobile description of his
person
The first sight of the man whom he now
firmly believed to he one of the murder
ers of his father, almost overwhelmed A.
NJ with emotion. Though posses
sed of wonderful self control, he could
scarce refrain from giving utterancc to a
feeling of mingled Indignation and delight !
Indignation that the assassin murderer
of his father still lived, and delight that
his plan for the discovery of Orme had
succeeded and that rctribation for his |
crime was now rendered possible and |
could not, in the nature of things, be long
delayed.
There was not, however, moment to |
be lost, either in the indulgence or in the |
expression of feeling. The recedng figure
of Orme had already vanished from the .
door, and pursuit, to be availing, must be
Suppressing, therefore, as well
as he could, every visible sign OF emotion,
A. M rose from his seat, and, pass.
ing, with deliberate gait, through the bar
room, stepped out upon the front balcony,
from which the descent is made to the
street. He almost Immediately saw Orme
walking, with hurried steps, upon the
sidewalk, in the direction of one of the
leading thoroughfares Of the city. /
Keeping at a sufficient distance behind
him to observe without being seen, A. /
NJ followed him through several
streets, until, at length, ne saw him entor
a large, brown-colored house, No. -, on
The interior arrange
ments and furniture, visible through the
open frontdoors, betolened one of those
humble hotels or private boarding houses
which swarm in all large cities. On the
opposite side of the street, and nearly
ronting this house, there was spacious
building, with veranda in front, the base.
nent storycf which was drinking saloon,
he one Immediately above being gaming
iall, fitted up with much taste and ele,
,ance, and connected with the bar-room
'elow, by two flights of steps. This build-