Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1865-12-07

Gered to his feet, ana ieanlh;
against the rocks, on the side q
the road, gazed silently and re
vengelully ON his conqueror.-
THUS the strange couple regarded
each other for some time, until a
last the horselnan broke the ST
lenee:
$50 my FRIEND" he said, "you'
career is ended"
Eyes! curse youl I'd rend yot
asunder too, if"
''You dared, presume" put ii
the stranger.
Il doubt not your. good inten
tions, and can only thank heaven
that they have not a lower
proport.onate to your viii, but !
am doubly thankful that ! have
been the means of ridding the
earth Of such a monster. | pre-
sumo you can give pretty good
account of those mysterious dis
appearances of late?"
Ave, that | can! Yontare the
FIRST richly freightedtraveler that
has entered that lane and escaped
the bullet or the knife F"
"Pshaw!" do you take me for
one Of those simpletons whose
purses are better filed than their
heads?"
"No!" exclaimed the other with
sudden energy 81 know better.
From the very first YOU seemed to
have read my very intention, and
you must have been sent express
ly to entrap me. In other words
you are detective in disguise >
well, YOU have come out best,
but You have played q desperate
part. Few would have escaped as
you have, for my wife is a good
shot. But you seemed from the
first to be fortunes favorite." !"
81 certainly lad a narrow cs-
cape" remarked the other, point
ing to the bullet hole in lis hat.
''But ii is not the first time that
fortune has proved friendly to
me"
We'll, who are you?" at length
demanded the other"
"My name is Vidocq!"
Great Heavens! the Pari-
san dete>tive! | might have
known that it would be all up with
me .when you was p;tted against
me.
"Yes; business at the metropo-
lis being rather dull, and having
heard some rumors of your do
ings, | thought would take a
trip out here, if only for the good
of my health. But it is growing
late, and you must be moving"
"Where must go?"
"To the gallows, in the end,
was the cool reply; ''but at the
present to the Jail at P"
To the gallows!" returned the
other fiercely. "Nevcr! any
death but that!"
The detective leveled his pistol
at the head of the coal burner, and
exclaimed:
"You shall have a bullet through
your head if you prefer it!'
The other ducked his head in
expectation of tue shot, and then
made desperate spring at the de-
tective. The latter, however, was
in 10 hurry to fire, and coolly
awaited the other's attack. The
charcoal burner grasped the reins
with his left hand, and with his
right endeavored to grasp the pis-
tol. The detective, howcves.
caught his right hand with his own
lett, and holding it up with an
iron grasp. passed his right Land
under, until his pistol pressed
against his forehead, when he
fired. The otherinstantly relaxed
his hold, and with a terrible cry,
fell back corpse.
The detective, having accom-.
plished the purpose of his visit,
did not delay his return to Paris,
but havil 6 explained the whole
affair to the proper authorities al
P, he departed.
And thus was the earth rid of
two as great monsters III human
form as ever lived.
Philadelphia is makinga $40, ,00t
investment In cleanliness to avoid
the cholera.