The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-03-06

gstiin' dinner !endy-which ha sat at
twelve"
ITO be pro, said daolhcr
"ob, vail, said the stranger. Leave
il to hin. .
h pAll night, He knows; for he has q
watch, an bad timed himself comm from
MaFysyille' ,
They reRIed lhe,Sabin, where Dive
Long, according totb6spstom, was scrv'
ing bisSum, at keeping house for the mess
pBayole
,.seIiello@ replied . pgraff voice within.
tComosput "
ts1W6srs WpDGn2"
"wcseget Up a bet, drinks Included
aud Il is leitior you to decide"
Dave Lspg came TO the doOr--a big
Burly fellow
This man horo-I don't know BIT
name"
! blossom, put IN the stranger.
"Wol, Blossom, lo comes round and
weneto tell US news. Twas about thai
murder you know. IDld him he'd been
asleep; an was behind the age, Now the
bet is that we've knowed L a day -twon'
Ity,rour hours. You brought the news,
aud know whether We have or,not,
."Now, honor bright" said the sdlisiy.
lied Blossom, Think first know you
wouldn't say what wasn't true, but you
might forget, Ii'suoR Just after eleven.
Can you say you just got hero with the
news before this time yesterday Think
now"
Dave Long run,iuated,
"Ycs; for | looked at my watch TO see
how long I'd been coming. 1t was only
two or three minutes after ton"
"Arc you sure?'
"Cerhinj coulds swear to it."
"E'or, you know" put iu one Of the
others, That you got dinner after you
came"
EYES. durn Ill don't | kuow2'
lsui, . said The fastidious stranger,
maybe you didn't Tell siho news right
FavaST
yesi,did.o
@'iA6dbrougdfis fisgirdight from Mnrys
Ivillela
Rda.
mi Hgdt fvc lost Nogsof Ih'
drinks. Give US your hand, Dave Long.
Thar it'iyI stranger
With movement so quick that The
eye could not follow It, the iuquisiIivc
stranger suatched both The hands of Dare
Long, brought them together, and The as.
neutrality-suspicious. saw their companion
standing thore with pair Of bandcuas on
his wrists. They also saw tho newly ar
rived man who bad been asleep for tWon-
ty.four hours, the man with the wild name
Of Blossom, staqliog at their burly com
rado's clbos, with firm baud on bis col
lar and revolver at his temple.
"You'ro my prisoncr Move an inch,
and your dead man. arrest you for
the murder of Mrs. Wolf, am detect
i've Black, of Sacramento. Neighbor's, |
have lost the bet!"
Long was fairly paralyzod. lie could
neither move nor speak
A clamor arose among his comrades =
Stranger, no nonsense. Dave Long nov-
er done such d thing He's above such a
crime, Let him goI We cant stand here
and"
"Staud back" said the fearless officer
1t will 60 hard with any one who inter
feros This man is guilty, aud lean con-
vince you
How do you know?'
keep cool, and I'll tell you He
came here yesterday morning, at ten o..
clock, and dtold you all about a murder
that was not discovered in Marysville till
nine. Did he walk fifteen miles in one
hour?'
David Lovg was as pale as death. and
be stood trembling from head to oot-lbo
picture of guilt. His comrades looked on
bewildered
"You soo," continued Black, by way
of further explanation, "it was on his
guilty mind, and he couldn't help hurting
it out, considering of course, that the mur-
dnr u6nld be discovered at DAYLIGHT. or