Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1859-04-06

deck, retired into his state-room. closed
the door, and threw himself Mt full lenotb
upon his berth.
Ills mental agitation was eytreme. Re.
leased from the necessity of controlling
his emotion, he gave way to it, and ouiy-
cred IN every limb as if in the paroNysm
OF an ague. There was not a shadow of
doubt in lis mind that he now possessod
the identical sIeeve-buttons worn bv his
father on the day he was killed, and which
had been distracted by the murderers.-
The SIZE, the shape, the embossed edges
the small wart-iike protuberance upon the
lower surface Of one, and the initial letters
upon both OF which wero those of his faith
er, were distinguishing peculiarities, dis
tlnctly remembered by himself which
placed their identity beyond question:
Ihght was beginning, at last, to break upon
the darkness Of the wilderness traredy.-
from the cloud which had hung over it
ior more than thirty years, one fact had
now come forth, as II finger to point the
AVenger to the pathway he must 20. No
marvel that the sight and the identifica-
ton OF the sleeye-buttons of his murdered
father should have produced tumult of
uncontrollable emotion in the mind of A.
Al. For nearly half the period al
lotted to the mortal life Of man, he had
sought and watched, but sought and
watched in vain, for some sign to mark
the way the assassns had gone, and he
must follow. And now the grace of acci-
dent, the Jadiaqgc Of moment, had re-
vealed what had been denied to the wis
dom of the cunningest plans and the sDli-
citous search of years.
Daring the remainder of the trip to
Mobile, A. Nj remained, except at
meal times, closely shut up in his state.
room, pondering upon the development
which had Just been made in the mystery
of his fathers murder, and recalling all
the incidents of the assassination. Memo
ry, faithful to its office, forgot not one of
the thrilling details. Reclining upon his
berth and gazing as he often did, for
hours upon the buttons, he saw, in imagi.
nation, the whole bloody drama, with all
It's accessories from the commencement
TO the close, reflected from their polished
surfaces. Maddened by the review, the
fires of vengeance burned ficrcely as ever
in his heart, kindling to even intenser
glow, as he looked upon the mute memo.
rials at once Of murdered father and an
injured son.
As soon as the boat reached Mobile. A.
vi, despatching his baggage by Il
porter to the hotel Mt Which he intended
TO stop, set out with Ben for the shop at
which the buttons had been purchased
1t was easily found, being a place much
irequented by Ben and his associates. The
proprietor was dark-visaged. sulen. sus-
picious-looking parsonage, with villain
ously low ioreheard, and a standard of
morals no higher than his Uranium.
Displaying the sleeve-b buttons upon the
counter A. NJ inquired if they had
been sold at that shop to Ben, and if so,
how had the proprietor himself come into
the possession Of them. Staggered by the
blunt dircctness of these interrogatories,
and apprehensiye, doubtless, that a detec,
tive, perhaps a police, investigation of
some sort was on foot, the huckster denied
tiatly that he had either sold the buttons
to Ben, or had ever laid eyes or them be,
fore.
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