The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1869-03-15

ii they had measured it aud made Instant
search for the shoe with the marks OF
blood upon it. ten chances to one they'd
have sputtcd the man,
/ lspoke Of this in the bar-room one
nigh, when con, er iution III ned upon the
1sutjsct. I confess I was rall,er heated
with whisky, and, detective though am,
my tongue d. such times ,wags perhaps a
tli'tlc too freely. ! said The police officers
were mere set Of fools /; that if LII have
been there and had seen the foo,nrint,
Id have spotted the, man who made it
within two hours. This was bold as
serion, ot.course, and King Whisky was
at the bottom Of it. Yet though I was
flushed with liquor, my natural cunning
was in The speech, All the young fellows
turtle room would only regard it as an
idle boast, but If the murderer heard It,
or of it, he would naturally seek me. to
iud cut why made such DO st. You
sec ! reckon sonic on human nature.
NJ, The conversation went on loud and
boistcrous around me, whenaI suddenly
became aware that palr If eyes were
looking 1t mo, and yet not SO that could
see them, but L could feel them. Per.
laps sou mny think that it iswhlskytlIat
says this. but it is not so, for / have ono
Of tIcsc peculiar heads that liquor does
not l6ect q,bly eSeSsg get, drunk ,.iS the
dcuce, sometimes, nnitut,my .pbtsd
never. h, NV Tor the explanation. Ike
Heard some learned mel, Ia!s about Spirit.
ualism, Galvanisi, and 4lot Of Styllcr
"isms" that know nothing about but
this do know: ,herc is some, unknown,
powcrin ',iy system That warns ma Of The
Iapproucl, of danger OF u bad luCk-wlat
Esome, people callvn prescp,imcnt of'cvil,
to put itin. pluiperawords4, d WhcnII have
the "blucs' without any apparent reason,
y alwuyssayito myself. look euty, titerc's
. yqunll ahead Y 1t don'tcalways come,
its true. but seven ,iules loat ,of ;leriit
s docs. :, don't pretend e explain the
"a Aslnliavc said. s'J'fcit thieves upo,.
me- ljamped ut tho cenclusionnt once
that but one inan Ind re,snn to look at
nc With Eyes Of anger, aud that man was
'hc1hurdtrcf, Whose apprchcnsions would
naturally be excited W ny boast. Nov
lo, catch the eyes wi,l,ou. alarming tho
cwrer. Colonel Jackson was ,.on The lcf,
Of n,c-thc cycs were on Tho LIFT Of M.
tIfeltit, thought l,adshct seen ttc,l,,i.
flusncd aud spoke aot the Colonel. Throw.
ins nswift aud apparently carelcss glance
about the room, saw the eyes! They
were inIt!,clliead OF tsn,an-Aa man in tic
,con,,u,'p. ranks Ioflifc. who mingled not
wj,linhc ,gcn,lcmep,l was, drinking with
and Who'll Ind noticed had avoidcl. nc
ever since Ind Lccn in The village, al.
though, ';'rartly came in.conact with hin
III ,uan,w,o sat by tic IRE on tic oppo-
site side ofihe rcom, ind was looking at
me with eyes that trcnLled, and Diluted
like those Of area, about to spring. The
res, of'l'c face showedsho esign Of cnio.
liou. ,,;,a.,f IA. II r.ig nSsrl1 ic !,
In my own mind |, said. There's the
nan 'wa,t!' lftlt SO sure of This that
Il'd'havc slaked ten years ofmy life upon
hih The thought flashed in,d my Hind
h,I,at tliatinun l,i,licrtuil al avoided mel
why | knew not. unless lie possessed the
self.same instinct il,a,l had aud ,lhatiin.
s.inrt lad warned lin Of danger, AMI
warned palmer than mine, witch | own is
hot alwnyst to carrliel lupnn@andl told
him he danger would come from nc, and
now he would seek me.
la "To.morrow,'I to Imysclf,ztl'll
kfAl, out about your Sl,oemakerl!pi For
the young fellow who first saw the bloody
fno,print lad examined i. carefully, aud
had givcn'hic a pretty good description
.ofit.he II course not tliinkitg th3t |
took more i.ianaa common in crest in ,lhc
suij.et. The footprint was u s,rangeonc,
too bread for its lcns Ii aud intmy mind' s
oyo c"ul:l see the shoe that ,nade,it, for
| was convinced, from, tic: description,
that the murderer wore shoe. 49,
Casually I glanced down a, Tie feet Of
tito ,iiai, who iiaa looked ut mic. ard wtioa,
Dhsid spot,ed.iille had on boots. alSng
and narrow. but The ,ocswcrc curlcd up.
as though tho boots were much too large,
and the extra lengl, would of coursc
lrake tic footlook Simmer. = '''