The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-10-09
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A TALE IN THREE CHAPTERS.
CHAPTER III.

A TALE 4AELl'Ei IN J lIlh1. e. otniAAEtfH0
CHAPTER N. -.ak9BJ
Twas delibsrating whether I had bet!
ter make another attempt to lind my
way, OF stay until some one came, wnen
the dead silence, was broken by the. NOISE
of evidently more than one person APT
proachiug.r As the parties came nearer,
1 could discern that some .c929c q
struggle was going on4 Msfnsst tneR'
wereno voices. but pecunai pannng
sound, such as accompanies the paEe-,
ment of people where effort isnade Ospy
resistance, until at length, in low, deep
voice, like the growl Of g. rpastiff, the
words reached me: I'd .oiss. =
Course you will yonO come ION 9M I'll
knock You ON the head If you don't Gar
The omnibus tone in which this brief
sentence was uttered evidently close to
the doorway, made me bound back from
the glare Of the fire, and without mo-
ments thought ] glided IN behind the
nile of brushwood before referred to, be-
tween which and the end wall Of the
cabin a narrow passage afforded sRare
space for concealmeRt. II had scarcely
effected my purpose whom three men ZEN.
tered the apartment, or rather tvs drag.
ging in another between them. 20 oIas IL
"Shut the door. Bill lgasped theelder
of the TWO, for he was out Of PffatR Rpe
perspired profnsely. The goahgsr man,
addressed assBiAs compiled. anda then
drew large iron dbas E setpss s1 the elpsed
The asctssh 1bbshipd, which 'II siw EN-.
sconsed was so loosely constructed that
l could see through the itrtsfstiees all
that went forward, while, T 'devoItly
hoped that it would prpYs sufficient to
hide me from observatiensI! 90
The third individual efthe party, who
seemed to have boon brought ii !as d pris.
oner, was q mere stripGaGs did no5 look
more than twenty and had, q ooaldnotiee
by the freight, an expression Of extreme
alarm on his pale yonng face IS, he }oOk-
ed upon his csptors.
There ~ cried the elder man, ri Mug
him violent push back awards, and shak-
ing his closed fist at him, "yea arare
cotched at last youi miserable 7spal peen
YOU Ihad my eye on you when you
little thought it. II suspected yOu even
the livery. night you took the oath; and
tonight I tracked yGn down to the ;po-
lice barrack, and saw whatsyon were af-
ter But as there's q heaven above us,
it's the last chance yon1 ever get ofdo-
ing the like ~ SLaA !
Itellyou Barney, on my solemn oath, y
began the Young man, in a voice that
trenibled with agitation but before he
could utter another words q quick, sharp
knocking at the door, interrupted him,
and seemed to stastleShs Nhele party
The two men looked inquiring at sssoif,
orbersfor d na0fIieBt. buR eSTsI Q" ego 20
Oh exclaimed tle, Younger, whU,had
been addressed as Bill tI Gran, 1 sup.
uose, and walking forward he admittedly
.lftersL a. niomeut's Pafae% iH d1ld grey
haired woman WITH n ef5ak Thrown over
her head. .2I1HHOOHD
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. t-this
hoarlaf the evsnin'3a asked Barney,
accompanying the ifqdify with an oath.
"A1 whete Maa EasEhG r Afther
them. divils Of goats there, that were
wandering off q good two mile aud more
from here , and near enough I was-bad
luck to them i-tumbling in the dark in
to-Wixard's Hole above there in the bog;
aud tits q night, glory be to God, that
would shiver the heart out Of your body.
But what's along here 2" asked the old
woman Suddenly. whats the matther2
Isn't this Ned Sweeney 7"
"Matther enough" returned Barney,
crafty '"He only wanted to get the
rope round my neck and Bills here he
vas turnin' informer on our hands But
never you fear we'll stop that work
Here, Bill, lend a hand, will We 2" and
tine speaker strobe across the room with
somastrong cord in his hand, that he had
drawn, from his pocket
The poor youth uttered a wild cry of
terror that rung through the whole place
ais the two men seized him.
u tell you, Barney" he cried imploring-
ly, II wasn't going to tell word to NOR.
tai soul |; all ] wanted with Connors was
to ask him about the rabbitsat the Colo
nels."
Whist your jabber, you thin-skin ned
varmint you. Keep your breath to cool
your porrigel wouldn't believe We if We
kissed all the books in the barony.-
You'd have told that foxy cub of peeler
of eur tramp tonight, if l didn't stop
y"ur tongue. Ha You'll never sec day.
light again, please Providence. Here,
-bill, tie that knot tight, will yea"
Ieoah see from the spot where | was
sheltered that after q brief and feeble
~ ruggle their, unfortunate victim had
been bouiid Aaad aud foot, and was left
sitting upon the log Of timber before
Z was at first so absorbed i'm
interest at what ! witnessed as to be
halt unconciouso of my own peril, but a
terrible sense ct it soon required That
had most unfortunately fallen upon a
party of desperate ruf1ans there was no
doubt. nor could entertain hope of
speedy death if was detected,
aud that might he expected every mo.
lnent. Soa'tDIM1
A cold 'sh,Idaes erept through my
whole frame % 4 realized the horrible.
position Iswss iB 81 was afraid IL stir.
ks an unguarfed movement might so
a,isturb the frail screen in front Of me as
lat once to betrsy me 4; aud the narrow
passage betweeniieand the wall scarcely
me stanaihg room Bitterly
Slid I curss the mad stupidity that led
,nr into snnliidhageh; nor did many min.
lites elapse before a fresh accession nf
I.larm was capssd ~ the anticipation of
Instant dissotstSs1a
Barney ana BIN, as4 heard them called,
SITTER binding theif pisoner. returned to
] he fire. whese I ha old woman had re.
anained. holding hsp Hong, skinny arms
aver the blaze15and eStarently not much
tuterested. one way 81 the other. In the
operations 1hss4 sveraeoing on.