The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-01-01

rock, pointing 10 conspicn01s pine.
Thought the Fellow 1nust be q
maniac, and I dId not know iast what
10 answer hut presently / ansWered
that was not certain whether I saw
it or not-it depended upon circnm-
stances.
aHe was silent for few moments,
then he shivered and ehatteredl his
teeth.d s e.I mon ssasea,s3 4
6 Snow before morning, said be /;
| perhaps SO, said commftally /;
seems thickening up, but thar may be
optical ilIaaion.' - asisifn5 sfia
fs.Then he wanted toknow If I re-
membered what year General Jackson
was elected President-wasn1 ii in
SIP Itold him din not fecollect.
After q while be said cafslessIysd Il
They're talking here at the Bluff,
about running Ben Franklia. for next
President. ~ p
Il made no reply. Then he came
up to me and laid hand on my
shoulder. Ia sEs 55ts N-E
Z, .See here. stranger said, be- is
there any subject you feel at home, on
Have you got any hobby-any opin-
ions 2''stiif - 1aE fRAl bsisststaaaF
- am not sure, Iisreplled,; zsome
people have opinionss and aeme don't
have any. Some that do have them
dont have them all the time; and
those that have them all the time often
forget them.0 NA
! a. Wei, i sw1earF said he, disgusted
I'm going TO jump over these falls-7
bet you dve dollars / win, { g 9 xf
q said nothing, and he comtinaed: /:
q shall be exactly three seconds and
a-halI getting 10 the bottom won't !
now ls..,4. - -
Possibly. Maybe little more
than that-maYbe 3 little less-lliay be
Just that. i don't remember ever
Jumping over any sascadea 10 yseIf.p 3
ssHe gave me one look, laid of his
hat, backed up to the brink of the
precipice, and dropped himself down,
hanging on to the edge with his hands.
Then he let so, faIling three hundred
feet into the boiling whirlpool below
H May it please the Conft," shfieked
the little District Attorney, lungiug
forward upon his feet, 81 wSnt to put
one question to the witness now
You .ssy, sir, that yop had never seen
the deceased Mr. Thatcher. up to the
mo1aent you met him on that rocks
and never heard Of him-and never
heard Of any Of his relations. Now,
sir, on your oath, .on your Bible oath,
sir, how do you know this man you
saw go over the falls was Dave
Thatcher I, How do you know It sir 2''
g don't know ii. know il was
not he. For just before he LEI go the
rock he looked up at me, with his nose
above the edge, aud said: -
"tYou think 1'nl Dave Thatcher, /
don't you ?" e2ssetara
: [ told him he might be, or he
might not-D D'.ss g,ea 5sssefa.ss.
q just 90 |" said, he desperately, as
his fingers began te slip. Bet you
Eve dollars I amt n lss7a93 &8
There Wasa good deal Of loose talk
in tbs court r0om after this, but the
spectators would not ieten TO it, and
Bob D--Wa triuinp phantIy acq uitted
being borne through the town on the
shoulders Of the jury, 60 the music of
a brace band and the cheers OF the
whole population.
But Dave Tbatcher's widow pefsist-
ed in putting up q handsome head
stone over the remains Of the un-
known dead, and was going to have
it inscribed with her late husbands
name, and what she still regarded as
the manner of his death, when Bob
stopped the proceedings by marrying
her. b sss s6l
81 don't see what all this has to do
with the, question of swearing wit
nesses ia conrt, said /, when John
had-finished his yarn.
Don't, Ell? It's got this to do
with il. There wasn't Q prison in the |
State which had NOT broken out of
a thonsand times. If i hadn't been
put on my Bible oath what was to |
prevent me from telling d lie ?"