Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1865-02-08

ms Sioutn TcinhlHeu mere 4 mOnJnS
able for long while to do nothing; but
feeling more and more confidant that the
general suspicion of Stevens was we'll
founded. OF course | became intimate
with him, but only in the evenings when
my work was done in all respects acted
an an ordinary groom, receiving my week.
ly wages. and carefully avoiding every
thing that might lead any one to suppose
was any thing but a groom. Often
have laughed within myself as noun
ted trooper has ridden up, and called me
to take his horse. and give him feed
however, kept my own counsel, and lit
tie by little light dawned upon my track.
Over the failing pipe | had frequent
conversations with Stevens about this old
man; on such occasions he would gene
rally fix his eyes upon the ground, which
gave me the opportunity to watch him
more narrowly. could then see the ner
vous twitchings of his face, the biting of
his lip, and the sndden passing of his
handkerchief across his brow, which con-
vinced me that he knew more of the af-
fair than | did, Frequently at the close
of our conversations, in which Stevens
was making these unconscious self-revela-
tions would he say---"l hate talking of
this dismal subject, let's have another
glass" On such occasions he always
said-"Ill shout; you are only groom,
| can afford it better than you" Gradu-
ally he took to regular drinking; morn
Ing, neon and night he was to be found
at the bar. When joked about his 6nan-
ces he had mis- answer ready: he had sold
his horse, or an old mate had called and
given him the cash. So long as he "shout.
ed" freely few cared where the money came
from. My eyes, however, were steadily
fixed on his drinking habits as the clew
to my researches.
Summer was now coming on though
, it was late summer it was a regular no,
Australian one in the course of few
} weeks the Glenclg began to dry up, ano
its long chain of water-holes to appear
Now was the time for ascertaining wheth
er the remains of the old man were to bt
, found in any Of the water holes in The
, neigh borhood of Il, aud one evening
t as was talking to Stevens about this
| said-"You or may as well try aud fine
/ the remains of jeffrey, and so lay CLAIM
: to the Government reward" noticed
| this gave him quite turn and although
he tried to conceal it saw that he trem
/ hed all over, and though generally very
mild spoken, he got quite angry with me
and told me that | might do what liked
but he wasn't so fond of looking aftel
dead men, especially if they are murder
ed. replied mo one said that Jeffrey
u, was murderrd; you have always said ht
made away with himself" "I though
SO once, but now, the more | think ovcl
the matter the more convinced am tina
:, he was murdered" "That has got b,
proved" said |. land to prove it w
must first find the remains, and as th,
river dries up have no doubt we shall
, find them in one Of The aoater-holes nea'
his hnt." This was not exactly guess
but was conclusion arrived at thus:
Stevens was slight-built man, and, sup
posing him to have been the murderer
could not have carried jeffrey far q ev
eryone knows that murderers seldom bav'
' nerve or forethought to carry their vic
tins far from the scene Of the murder
AS soon as had said this he became
pale and said-"Well, let's have mob
bier; cannot stand this everlasting tall
about murdered man.
We had our glass and parted for tn
night but my mind was already mad
up Stevens, beyond doubt, was the mur
= derer, and must obtain the proof. | an
not going to defend our code of morals.
! admit that we often do evil that good ma.
: come but society should not employ u
: to find out dark crimes If they mean t
condemn us for our questionable method
J Of procedure.
!, 1t was now late in Jan. and intense
t ly hot. 1t was surprising to see how rap
e idly tho Glenelg ceased to be a river. az. Az,
4 how each day the watss,. .noles -.
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