Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1859-08-11

J. clsimsdy Or rash&. puttered. ~ wond
Q who takes that pper in This village. II
II / must quietly ss1brtsin. I said, beft
: the coroner, that tbs piece Of paper mig
be prshably cls4 "a NE murderer, aut
/. did not wishto a4ks noise about il, le
the murderer pi6ht b present at the
, quest and 49, hs alarm. think
z have shown a5Ausual sagacity. No
Tith ihs aid Of evidence, may 6nd 4
!. who nasdsrsd william Appleton. I 4
n Id. Boyd They lit has ~
:, heart, y they wss3 soon 70 he.X NJ.
J, The Ecsaiag Sts3 Stag ,,.sr,u
b per- be added, 9 {.til I w.sa;sr : in
= Az be spoke, % kew in his DOC.
u = drawer, and puttiiet the direction Of
b ket. walked out. q be entered with a
the post off'oesss had NO purpose
i 10. lettering step was seated in hi. grea.
d Inc pos. sng . ben. up, rheumatic
J. @'n '"a. on spectacles) occasionally
It m'a Wa by of the Erening Sar.
e 'e.u' smas was friend aui his ply
s. After a question or '~o as to the
, ''c's state of bis rheu.,atism, the me
man said:
$ IA New York papsr, eh.'
~ Yes, the Star Noah's paper. They
/ say he is Jew ;ous he is great wit and
capital writs.
$50 I've tsard. Do you take eit?'
"No. Ae's on the other side of my
noli,Is. 1t come here to Mrs. Redington
wise husband you know was a great po
.tician. You see her name on it,"
"Yes, see. 1t is such an interesting
paper. suppose many copies Of it are
taken in the village"
"No. This is the only one taken here
st this Office. 1t is usually taken out by
her son Charles but be has not been here
for several days; so l thought would peep
into it."
I" A privilege" replied the smiling doc
tor, "which you post masters take, not on
ly with papers, but with letters, eh ?"
"Ah, doctor, that is serious joke |"
responded the man Of privileges, as be
folded up the paper, for at that moment
Che rles Reding,on entered, and asked for
his papers and letters.
$50 you keep up the old Star sub
scription, sir, like your father p said the
doctor.
The young man answered with q curl
on his lips, s.! suppose one can subscribe
to what paper he pleases 2" and thus say.
ing he pocketed his paper and went out OF
the office.
DR.. Thomas wended on his way to his
own house slowly and thoughtfully.-
Charles Redding.on was above suspicion
wealthy son Of Member of Congress.
born in the village. Of good name and
fame, yet he was he only one who took
the Star, aud it was torn portion Of tn e
Star which formed the wad of the bullet.
at is possible that another may have
found or torn the paper. Perhaps be does
not file them, and throw them away. II
SO, any one might pick them up. l must
be cautious. ! will call on his mother
and ask her for the loan of volume o.
the folio Encyclopaedia, which belonged
to her husband. This will enable me 10
look aoout. and lmay perhaps learn some
thing"
Thus he passed On. During the day he
call, d on the widow, and Was shown into
the library for the book by Charles him
self, who looked pale and i'll At ease-st
much so that the doctor said, "Mr. Red
dington, you do not look well. You mus
look after yourself"
The Young man laughed and turnet
away his head. Upon a chair the docte
saw, piled up in heap, great number
Of the Star. He took up one and said.
This is singularIy American Jour
nal, Mr.. Reddinston to be edited by
jew"
~ seldom read it. am not politi
clan. l keep it as waste paper"
"Ah, indeed. Permit me to look owe
some of them -
"Yes; out you must excuse me, as
have an engagement. You can borro,
any other books you please, besides th
Encyclopedias"
After the young man had gone out, th
doctor proceeded to examine the newspa
pers upon the chair, but found them a
whole, but seeing one wrapped around
parcel on the table he approached it, an
saw that it contained melon seed. A pc,
ton Of the paper was torn Of. A glanc
showed him that be had the missing pa
in bis drawerl
Instantly and adroi.ly he poured out Ii
the seeds and secured the paper. He Va
overwhelmed with surprise and pain.
he was leaving, Mrs. Reddington met hi,
in the hall. and said after few remark
about books, "Havs they discovered th
, murderer, doctor p
Not yet, l believe
J "Poor Ida | Charles thought worlds
her, and hes not bsen himself since
heard how she is almost beside herself
I think he loved her 1 but alwavs tol
him she wa. too pOot patch for him.
, am very sorry for him, ssnd for the. pot
. rnun0 man Ip