The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1872-10-24
A WONDERFUL LIAR.

some London thieves. A Cincinnati chsp
named Case heard these narratives With q
silent hut expressive ''umph." and then
remarked that 10 thought the Western
thieves beat tue London operatives al hol.
low.
'"lIow sou inquired tho EuglIshmaa
with surprise. pray, sir. have you lived
much in tho Wcsty"
Not q great dcal; undertook to sct
up business ut Dcs sloiucs Rapids vbilo
ago, but tho rascally people stole nearly
everything bad, and finally q Wclch
minor ran Of with my wife"
Gracious said tho Englisbman.-
"aud have you never found hor!'
Never to this day; but that Was not
the worst Of it."
Worst" What could 10 worse than
stealing mans wifet"
Stealing children, should say,' said
the inplacable Case.
"Children'"
"Yes. o niger woman, who bad mono
Of her own, abducted my youngest, and
slopcd and joined tho lujuu',
charge to begin witb?'
"Did you SEQ ber9"
"Scc hcrl Yes; she hadn'ttcn rods the
start Of nc, but plunged into The lake, aud
swan of like duck, snd there vss not q
canoe to follow ssE Nib z ~ ~ ~
Tho Euglfshmau 'lcaued baak 10 bio
chair and called for another mug Of af,
and-arf while Case smoked his cigsr.
| shaul 60 any further West, think at
leug,h observed the excited John Bull.
+, u should not advise any one to Co."
said Case quietly; my brother once lived
there, but be bad to leave, although hiu
business was tho best 10 tho country
"What business WAS 10 in.
"Lumbcripp-bad saw mill"
"Aud they stole bis lumber9"
"Ycs, aud say logs, too
Saw logs?'
"Ye,, dozens Of black walnut logs were
spirited away or carried Of 10 . single
night. True; upon my honor, sir. Ho
tried every way to prevent it-had men
hired to watch bis logs, bu! il was no use.
They would whip them away as easy IS i
there had been nobody there, they would
steal them out of the cove, and even out
Of ihe railroad"
Good gracious
Just to give you an idea how they'd
out there sending . sly wink to the
listening company-'just to give you an
idea-did you ever work in Q saw mill"
Never.
"Well, one day my brother bought an
ALFRED fine black walnut log, four feet
three at the butt, and not knot 10 it.
liz was determined to keep that log any.
how, and hired three Scotohmen to watch
it all night. Well, they took . small
dcmijohn Of whiskey with them, snaked
the log up to the side Of the bill above the
mill, built fire, and then snt down 10
play cards, just to keep awake you see.-
Twas monstrous log--bark two iuches
thick. Well, as I was saying, they play
ed cards aud drank wbiskey all night, and.
as It began to grow light, went astrsddla
Of the log. About a minute after day.
light George vent to see how they vera
getting on. aud The log was gone"
"Wbst we're the Scotcbmen doing"
Sitting oo the bark The thieves Ind
drove an iron wedge into The butt end.
which pointed down hill and hitcbed y
yoke Of oxen aud pulled il right out. loav.
ing the shell and the Soolchors si,tius
astraddle fast asleep,
The Euglishman here urose and drop.
ped cigar stump into The spittooh looked
a. his watch, mud said ho thought he'd 90
on deck and see how far we'd be down The
river before morning:
A colorcd girl eleven wears old. al HoIo,
we'll Station. Nd. with several needles and
pins stuck in her dross, fell and struck