Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-11-17

tol at my head, and Kissed into nv ear:-
"One single word, and 1 fire. Don't max
me commit murder, too. LIDO not intcnC
to escape" $50 81 -ref- 81
1t WAS Brisket. My hands fell by m,
side. Irose with difficulty to my feet. We
were standing in the passage-way of tn.
car, in front ofmy state-room. My eve rar
along the WI ole length of the Car. No ont
stirred. The train was running at a hiel
rate Of speed; the car swayed wildly to and
fro, and the noise was stremendous. No one
had seen or heard what had happened
That was at first my only thought and then
tor O nomeut or two, was almost upcon
scious. so sudden and extraordinary was
the effect of my situation.
"Get your hat, he said.
/ obeyed mechanically. Nt H
"Here,' and he helped me on With my
coat, the revolver still close to my face.
"Now. let rs step out on the platform
and talk. J" - a. - -
He gently pushed me ahead. As pass.
thirst. stepped aside to let him pass. -
He misinterpreted my movement, and
eiutched my arm with force that / should
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nonsense, now he said lyon are at nv
mercy now,not Iatyours, and you must bet
me have my say" / poiDtsn to the water,
and he in turn, motioned me to take tee
cup, while with his left hand he turned
the faucet. still hslding the pistol in his
right drank long refreshing draught.
and, as drank, somewhat recovered my
scattered thoughts Why did he want me
taken before. / had even better chance
on the Platform than inside the car; for de.
spite the unexpected strength he had
shown. knew l was three times as strong
as he, and, somehow or other. his pistol
did not alarm me. Without tremor, 1
stepped on to the platform in advance OF
him.
The night was dark. / had no idea where
we-were. The train was running fast. The
car, being the last on the train. swayed
The noise was deatening.
clung to the rail. and pulled my hat
down over my face, but without taking my
eyes off Brisket's revolver. With the ut
most eoolness, he asked me to smoke; but
| declined He did not smoke himself; but,
perching himself upon the rail, with his
feet twisted round the stem ofthe brake,
quietly began;
"You are ayoung man, Mr. Hartley, very
young to do SO large a business as you are
doing. / am old enough to be your father.
bear you ne ili-will. / suppose you only
do what you are advised to do. At the
same time, it seems to me, that you have
been ill-advised. 1t would have been far
better to have arrested me quietly in New
York, instead of attempting to follow me,
md dog my footsteps day and night What
DO you expect to gain by it?''
l was about to answer. that / did not
know what hewas talking about, but quick
" rehecten that might find out more by
being silent. He evidently did not expect
70 get an answer, for be hurried on:
elf you expscted to get any money by
following me, you are mistaken. The mon-
~ was gone long ago. Gone year ago
and more. 1t went. sir. Loyalty. patriotic
ally, sir what there Was Of it. Not that
here ever was much Of it But, what lit
.ls there was. went in supporting the gov
the credit of the country-went
IN doing my share toward keeping down
.he price of gold. When gold went to a
hendred and twenty last July, sir, was
busted higher thon q kisa- rt vr-as tAa e-oa.
EST joke you ever saw. Without one cent
of money, subscribed for three hundred
thousand dollars worth of fve-twenties,
md my credit was as good as new.
bought them for investment. you know"
md be nudged me with his elbow. 81
needed thirty thousand dollars to pay on
.ccount. Those / borrowed on my indi-
v;dual note, with my Office boys indorse-
nent Oh! New York Is glorious place.
Such fools! And the way they keep it up!
Why, il you once get one good look behind
the scenes. you need no more. Itell you.
half the houses uptown and downtown
are bankrupt, rotten Shells, living on their
credit, sir-as did. Why, tell you, sir,
i makes a man q rogue almost, to merely
think of it.. When was an honest young
fellow. making my way in the world with
my own little money, was nobody, As
soon as lost q little money of my own,
and went it strong on other peoples, l at
once became the great house OF Brisket.
Moss & Co. Oh, the farce! And, do you
think, the people inside don't know il?-
Why, of course they do It's that that keeps
us all up. Many time Two come down in
the stage in the morning, with half dozen
Of our most eminent, most highly respect
ed merchants, smiling, oigniied. the pic
ture of eminent cy-bankrupt, sir,
every id one of them, if the word only
knew it. And do you suppse they didn't
know where l stood? Why, Of course they
did. But when my papsr came up in their
bank, didn't they swear they knew / had
quarter OF million of governments as ar
and, when their paper came.
up in my bank, didn't swear ditto. Do
you suppose such eminent men are bank
directors for nothing? Not, by long shot!
You are young, Mr.. Hartley; you may be
bank director yourself, one of these days.
Take my advice, sir, don't go back on your
friends! But don't hold too much stock in
your own bank, that is TO say-with your
ovn money. IL don't pay over-well-on
the stock, that is-it pays moderately well
otherwise"
l listened in amazement. Was this
Brisket? The man would have sworn by?
Whose paper would sell at eight per cent
in the sharpest notc-ofices in the. city?
WAs it not all q drearn7S Mol there he sat,
salm and impertursbie, with just enough
,f the devil in his eye 10 make it glisten in
The darkness. There was the track stretch
ing out behind us in the dim distance, the
red lamp on our car throwing back stream
Of dull, blood-red light. that showed the
rails and ties, and even the gravej-flling.
With the utmost distincsness; but all the
color Of blood. The locomotive had inst
blown for the brakes; scented salt water
Air; the train yas slowing.
'Its Havre de Grace" he said. pausing
for an instant, while the locomotive
Eve are behind time. Yes, sir;
bubble bubble! Our bossted wealth is
all bubble. Commercially speaking, we
axe rotten to the core Oh the quiet
laughs / have had when people would come
and beg my paper of me. and grave. wise,
shrewd bank presidents, hat in hand, ask
me for my account, and half you Wall St
men bow and scrape to me as though had
All the treasury at my back. Cad, il I
had wanted to, could have made it mil
lions instead of tens of thousands. But 1
never believed in big figures. Ionly want
ed my own money back, and, by thunder,
I would have hsdit, hadn't it been for that
fool Chase" He paused a moment and
then wen. on: How refreshing the breeze
is. You see, our car is the last to get on
the boat We shall have the air all the
vay across But, as was saying, fools
as they are down town. up town In our
houses they are caution Why, have
gone home ma y time intending to tell
my wife that was ruined and must give
It mp; but. before I could commence,
she had to tell how it was all
the tc,k, at Mrs. Greatcheeks
luucbeon that I had made an much