The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-01-14

/ Unfortunately. &c I told you, in this in
stance, you are quite wrong"
Well, perhaps I am" was my answer,
as drew my chair little nearer to his.
The strangest part of my error was that
fancied you were one of two men de-
| Tended at Reading some four years ago,
| for conspiring to cheat young under
graduate out Of his money by playing with
| loaded dice"
He was far too much on his guard TO
make any sign; he only said, with 6. smile,
You certainly paid me a great compli-
ment." But I saw that he vas drawing
away his right hand, which had hitherto
| been resting on the table, -4e ~
| /" 1t was remarkable case" continued,
chiefly from the way in which the
roguery was detected. The hand of the
man who was manipulating the loaded
dice was, as yours might be, on the table,
| to all appearances in the most innocent
manner possible with that, as if to give
him ocular demonstration of the way in
which the cheat had been effected, I took
hold Of his hand, and held it on the table
-"when stranger who lad been sitting
at the farther end of the room came quick
ly to the side of the rogue, and in an in
slant more had pinned his hand with a
carving fork to the mahogany" l felt
| eAtse 4 Lou ColAiCA tliC pay ou AOuS ciougu,
and quickly inserting my finger at the top
of his glove tore it down the back. He
| jumped to his feet and SO did I. You are
that man." l said, "whose hand was SO
| pinned to the table, and that scar is the
| evidence should call if it were necessary
| to prove it. Therefore sit down, anu hear
what else l have to say" - rt
! He glared vieiously at me, lifted his fist
as if he would have struck me, and then
| sank into his chair again. f.
| ga man who could try to rob poor
silly boy by such disgraceful means" I
continued, s'could hardly be expected to
have any pity on q helpless woman but,
| fortunately, l have been witness of
your endeavors on more than one occasion,
by threats and menaces, to extort large
sum of money from yeur hosts wife, and
that by representing to her that her first
husband was alive, and at Otago, in New
Zealand, when you knew as well as l do
that he was dead, and has been so this
two years" ~ EaZ5 81
"He is not Dead" growled Murray
"He is dead, l replied, and your own
pocket-book proves ii" - feE err a
! As 1 said this held up to him the wal
let that l had tumbled upon in the planta-
ton walk, in one of the pockets OF which,
among number of other exceedingly sus-
|
certificate of the death of Arthur Ber-
nard. sol z f.-etr-= srr-f, .---.
| But as I have been very long time in
telling my story-barristers are proverb-
tally long winded, you KNOW must hur-
~ to conclusion. e.
The morning following our interview
Murray, with many excuses and regrets,
| found himself unavoidably compelled to
return to town. AS he got into the phse-
! ton that was to take him to the station he
kindly whispered in my ear, I'll live to
| pay you out for this yet!' promise that
| somehow or other fancy he will fulfill
some day. Till then am content to for
| get all about him. AS for Mrs. Forester,
the clouds upon her horizon have lifted ;
she has buried a sad and painful past, and
| Ives in present loved as dearly and ten
derby as ever by Charlie, who knows
nothing, and who never shall, unless she,
as l have advised her, has the courage to
| tell him all, even to the extent that her
future husband, Arthur Bernard, was the
co-oonspirator who stood ct Murray's side
in the felons' dock. I have every hope
that she will do this, for the confidence
| between husband and wife should be as
clear as TIE day at noon. 5G s1ft re