Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-08-19

! This is the way he took. the for
ester went on. You see that? ,hos.
are his footprints, and there's broker
twig."
You have capital eyes, Peacock
no Indian could have better ones.
Dorney said. in the best of humors.
Nothing else was found. The foot
prints were at last lost on the macada.
mized road. IL have evidence enough
now" Dorney said. Let us 90 to
your house. Why, man. you are in
your shirt sleeves, and have no shoes
on; come along, or you will catch
cold 7"
He himself began to feel the effect of
the wet, and, instead Of following the
landlord, he preceded him. to look as
soon as possible at the contents Of the
parcel he was holding in his hand.
They entered the room in which he had
so often been when Hill lived there.
Peacock insisted upon dressing the
| captains wound without moments $
delay, but Dorncy would not allow it,
open the parcel first" he said. '.but
be cautious !; do not let anv thing drop
out of it; human life and much hap
I pIEess depend on its contents"
I Carefully the forester opened the
I parcel with it, outside cover Of paste
/ boarl and oilcloth. Brcathlessly Dor
I ney watched his every movement. At
last every cover was removed, and the
inside, containing great number of
| hank-biIls, and, separately wrapped in
1 paper, gold watch and chain and Il
/ few silver coins presented themselves
To view. Some note-papcr, and let
ter directed 70 Henry Burns. Esq. lay
between the paper money.
DorncN sJoy was beyond conception.
Now can prove Hills innocence"
he cried. ''IIow delighted the poor
fellow will feel, and his good old moth
er, and by Jovc Peacock, this il the
happicst day Of my life; tomorrow
Fred will b. free r
In the mean time the forester had
got hold Of Dorncy's arm. and. unable
to remove the coat. one sleeve Of which
vas perfectly saturated with blood. he
took his razor to cut it open, ana COM
mcnccd dressing the wound. The
bullet had passed through the upper
part Of the arm and pierced the mus
clcs, but luckily the bone was unhurt.
Peacock. who had been wen ac-
quainted with his predecessor. wa,
very anxious - know who had com
ntted this daring attack upon the d.
ticer and when Dorncy whispered To-
him the name of Eckert. and added
that he was beyond any doubt the
mnrd rer Of Henry Burns too, he could
hardly believe his senses.
Dorney almost tainted while Peacock
dressed his wound. But "A restorative
which his kind host gave him soon re-.
stored him somewhat. lie wuuld not
listen at all 10 Peacock's proposal
who wished to persuade him to take a
few hours rest
No. no" he said. IL must be in
town within an hour, else the bird |
want to catch will tly away, laughing al
me for my pains"
did he recognize YOU, | wonder"
the forester asked.
II think not but he will guess that
It was ! who was after him. | perfectly
well understand his choosing snch an
Internal night as this one for doing hi,
dark work lon see how cunning the
scoundrel was he had been calculating
that the rain would wash away all ira
ces Of the work, and especially his foot
prints during the night Z"
You are his match, any how. Dor
ney but what on earth led you to sus-
pcct him.
That i a long story, my friend,
which may perhaps tell YOU another
time. Often | thought should have
TO give in. but ! had promised 10 save
Fred and prove his innocence, in spite
Of every body else considering him gull
ty. iou can see now low interchangeable
this Eckert has been in carving out his
wicked plan. lie himself was in love
with Ellen Fuller, and, TO get rid Of his
two rivals. he killed the one. and man.
aged to get the other suspected Of the
murder and to complete his base act.
and to make sure of the poor fellows
ruin, he hid these things here tonight.
You may take my word for it, he would
have taken care to have had them found
in due time. Such villain is not worth
moments pity; and the sooner |
catch him. the better for us all"
The forester gave Dorney some dry
clothes, and said he would accompany
him to town, SO that. in case his
strength failed him, he might have some
body near at hand to assist him.
Dorney secured the bank notes and
the other things which had been found,
and opened the door. Presently he stop
ped. Hold - he said to his companion.
I'VE have forgotten something ; let us
have look at the wad before going
l left it in my waistcoat pocket"
The forester returned to the place
where Dornevs clothes had been hung
up to dry, took out the small piece of
paper. and looked at it.
why, here are Latin words printed
on it," he said, handing it to Dorney.
Il do not understand that"
''ies, really" the officer replied lit
is Latin-cancer pulmonum. Why, Pea
cock. that is part of leaf of medical
book who the deuce could own that
bnt physician: BY Jove, this is a
valuable bit Of evidence-cdncer puimo-
num-does not this prove you the ne
cessity of studying Latin! Every child
should know it Come along my good
sir" he added, carefully putting the pa.
per into his pocket, lit will be day
break before we reach town. l should
not wonder if my fine doctor were sound
asleep, while we are discussing his mer-
its /: he is surely one of those fellows