Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-11-07

f6eBfIE - NJ = s9a asked Tor LOGGING
lbe IsstI cav Of him be was safe IN bed,
"a ] the Landlord. e = &.
The men withdrew TO corner Of che
apartment, leaving one 70 keep guard
over me / coon saw they were in earn
eat consolidating, sea& 6sfe esidentay de-
batting some Important question. Tie
man Keeping guard over me said no.
thinR. but scowled 6ercely. i had not
said single word darlqg all the tine 4
had been fn she bssnsS E@asaWsse THAI
whatever l might say would in all prob
bahfnyldo more harm than good, and il
has always been maxim Of mine, TO
bold MY tongue when in doubt. AT last
the discussion seemed TO be ended, for
| the blackee. Of the whole came forward,
aud wishout any introduction, exclaimed:
If say, stranger, look here, you must
1'f + did not move muscle or utter )
w0rd. XNAG IANEJL4 y
'You have found out our secret, and
de,sd men tell no taieE. zaaaHhz aHE
|: II Twas silent
's@Ws will giveyyOn ten niRuteEto say
your prayers, and afso allow you the
privilege Of bsiag shot or hang 70
Suddenly an idea struck me. / re-
membefcd something that might save
my life. / burst inty violent Ct Of
laughter, in fact 1t was hysterical, but
they did not know II. They looked at
one another an amazsmsne. ssaa..s
"Weil, he takes u mighty cool, any
how," said one
lu"S Suppose be don't think we are in
earnest, haid another.
ssrAnget, you had ketteF say
your prayers" said the snah who bad
first spoken; time flea aEs
My only reply wRs o ft Of laughter
more violent than the Grst RAk ~
The mans mad, they exclaimed.
Or drunk, said some. " sfaR
We'll, boys, cried speaking for
tbs first time, ",this 10 the BEST ake 1
hays ever seen What hang a pair
"a pal-you q pair ~ iAtp dafa
81 amt aothin else" was my elegant
rei0inder. =
!" VIVA. il your manner l.'f 600
Did Jon ever hear pf Ned Wifleltf"
| replied No. a
You may be certain Of that; ain'i be
the head Of our profession r. Ggty
Well, then, I'm Ned 9sf
Yoa Ned Willett r. they ell ex.
claimed II af9 w4yt
You may be- gouFlifs on thai, r. re-
turned, swaggering up 70 the corner
where bad seen the old woman count.
ing and packing the half dollarG
Fortune favored me. None of the
men present had ever seen Ned Willett,
although bis reputation was well known
to them, and my staggering, insolent
manner bad somsHhHt tbrowu them of
their guard; yet could plainly see that
their doubts were not ell removed.
And y0n call these thinga well done,
do you n asked, taking 90 q roll OF
tbs ssoney.- 2 Well, all have 20 say is,
that II you cant do better than thia you
had better shut up shop, that's all. T"
"Can yon showids any betterfa asked
one OF the men. ~ ea
!" rather think can. II couldn't
ia hang myself" tanf aaah@
"Leta see Il, 1'they sll cried. a
This was my last coup, and enc on
which my life depended. 4 aann Hfs
Look here, gentlemen" exclaimed,
taking one Of the counterfeit half dol.
lars rop my pocket that had been 70.
jocted nc the bank, g this Is my last fobs'
what do you think Of III"
II was handed from hand 70 hand,
solne saying Il was no counterfeit Of AZ
and some saying II was - ia ssi
How will you prove IL Is counter
feit7P asked one.
by weighing il with genuine one
| replied.
This plan was Immediately adopted,
and It's ehAsaetsr proved. Yff u
"Perhaps he got this BY accident" |
heard ammn-whfsper to another.
"Try these, \ said, taking the other
two out Of my pocket
All their doubts now vanished.
y Beautiful, exclaimed some. every
splendid said others.
When they bad examined them TO
their satisfaction they oil cordially took
me by the hand, every particle Of doubt
having vanished from their minds
carried on my part we'll Some ques-
tons were occasionally asked me involv-
ing some teehnicalities al the business;
these, however, ! avoided, by stating
that was on . journey, and would rath-
err take q glass Of whisky than answer
questions The whisky was produced,
and we made night Of H. II was not
until morning dawned that we separated
! The next day returned TO Chicago
aud brought dawn the. necessary assist
ance, and captured the whole gang OF
eounterfeiters in the very act. The den
stas broken up forever, and most Of them
we're condemned 10 serve d term In the
State Priaon.
have those half dollars still in my
possession, aud never intend to part
with them for they were certainly the
means Of saving my lite. RfA M