The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-02-20
From Hearth and Home
The Hoosier School Master.
BY EDWARD EGGLEsTON.
CHAPTER XXXT.
THE TRIAL CONCLUDED,

do not know how much interest
the "gentle reader" may feel in Bud
With me, he IL favorite. And ven
ture to hope that there are some Budd
hists among my readers who will wish
the contrafictoriness Of his actions ex.
planned. The first dash Of disappoint.
ment had well nigh upset him. And
when man concludes to throw over
board his good resolutions. he always
seeks to avoid the witness Of those res.
olutions. Hence Rui, after that dis
tressful Tuesday evening on which
Miss Martha had given him the sack, y
wished to see Ralph less than any one
else. And yet when he came to sus
pect Small's villiany, his whole ma
ture reToltsd at it, But having broken
with Ralph, he thought il best to
maintain an attitude of apparent hos
tility, that he might act as detective.
and, perhaps, save his friend from the
mischief that threatened him. As
soon n he heard OF Ralph's arrest, he
determined to make Walter johnson
tell his own secret in court, because he
Anew Sas~s ~ wous0 nc OceS Itofpn
that Walter should toll Il. Bod's tell
ing 1T secondhand would not be con-
elusive. And he sincerely desired to
save Walter from prison. For Walter
Johnson was the victim Of DR.. Small.
or Of DR.. Small aud such novels a.
'Tne Pirates Bride, ""Claude Duval,"
"The Wild Rover of the West Indies"
and the cheap biographies of such men
~ Murrell. Small found him with his
infiamed by the history of
such heroes, and opened to him the
path to glory for which he longed.
Tho whole morning after Ralphs ar
rest, Bud was working on Walters
and his fears. The poor
fellow, unable TO act fox himself, was
torn asunder between the old ascen-
dency of Small and the new ascenden-
cy of Bud Means Bud finally freight
ened him by the fear Of the penitentia-
ry. into going to the place of trial
But once inside the door, and once in
sight of Small, who was more to him
than God, or, rather. more to him than
the devil-for the devil was Walters
God, or, perhaps, | should say, Wal
ter's God was devil-once in sight Of
Small, he refused to move an inch fur
ther. And Bud, after all his persever-
ance, was about to give up in sheer
despair.
Fortunately, just at that moment
Small's desire to relieve himself from
The faint Of suspicion and to crush
Ralph rs completely as possible, made
him overshoot the matter by asking
that Walter be called to the stand, as
We have before recounted. He knew
that he had no tool SO supple as the
Walter. In the very Ian
yuage of the request, he had given
w alter an intimation of what he wan
ted him to swear to. Walter listened
10 Small's words as 10 his doom. He
|slt that be should die Of indecision.-
The perdition of man Of his stamp is
70 have to make up his mind. Such
men generally fall back on some one
more positive, and take all their reso-
utions ready-made. But here Walter
must decide for himself. For the con
table was already calling his name;
he court. the spectators, aud most of
III. Dr.. Small. were waiting for him
He moved forward mechanically
through the dense crowd, Bud follow
n9 part Of the way to whisper, "Tell
he truth or 60 to the penitentisry.
Walter shook and shivered Ut this
The witness with difficulty held up
MS hand long enough to be sworn.
please tell the court" said Bron-
,on, "whether you knew the wherea-
bouts Of Dr.. Small on the night Of the
robbery At Peter Schroeder's.
Small had detected Walters agita-
lion, and. taking alarm, had edged his
way around so a. to stand full in Wal
ter's sight. and there, with keen mag
netic eye on the weak orbs Of the
young man, he WAS able to assume his
Did position, and sway the fellow alb
ION the night of the robbery
Walters voice was weak, but he SEEM
I'd to be reading his answer out of
Small's eyes-'on the night of the
DR.. Small came home before
-" here the witness stopped and
shook and shivered again. For Bud,
the effect Of SmaI!'s gaze,
had pushed his great bulk In front of
Small, aud had fastened his eyes on
Walter with look that said, Tell the
truth or 60 to the penitentiary."
II can't. I can't O God! what shali
I do?" the witness exclaimed, answer
ing the look of Bud For 1t se-med t"
him that bud had spoken. To the
people and the court this agitation was
inexpiicabIe. Squire Hawkins wig
got awry, his glass eye turned In to-