Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-08-13
Again NrsE :. sent her coachman,
Perry. OF -fiday, TO bring me to the

Again Mrs ;. sent her coachman,
Perry, OF -fiday, 10 bring me to the
hOnse, believing mode of settling my
matter had been reached at once. More
reluctantly than ever, | consented, and
was driven Off alighted at the
entrance hall OF Canouchet, and walked
up the front steps, while Perry,
the cOachman, drove round back oil
the house. a servant-maid opened the
mont door and desiEed me TO step back
iato the buggy, which had been Rrought
around again. No sooner was seated
when heard footsteps in the CORRIDOR
approaching the door. Theylwere not
la.iv's; | knew who it was before Perry,
who occupied the outer seat on the
right, whispered:
GIT WAS THE GOVERNOR.
| could not see him without leaning for
ward Not being particularly anxious
to see him first, | gave him a chance to,
step down. Which he did stealthiiy, as Il
conld discern. He was by the side OF
the buexv. and bent forward and looked
hard at me, and suddenly, as ii | were a
valuable prize, graspel me firmly by the
left arm, giving Il a good shake. Hwas
not like friends. Ipushed his hand
back, and prepared for hand-to-
hand fight, should the attack
be renewed. 1t was not. lie
turned on his hells without word,
rushed up the steps, and disappeared in
the corridor. L did not know, but
felt, what this strange move implied. IL
was not prepared to be shot down by an
lnfuriated man. | turred to Perry, bid
ding him To drive me off instantly, If he
would not be witness to
A Cold-Blooded Murder.
Perry hesitated, but at last yielded to
my solicitations and drove oil. When
We reached the Pier Perry ielt reluctant
To drive me near the station, and, not
wishing to compromise him any more, |
directed him to set me down at Mrs.
Beecher's wine house, opposite the Elm
wood House, where had on two occa-
sions treated myself and Perry TO
glass Of lager | entered. He drove
Oft. seated myself at Il table
in the front room talking To the
landlady's daughter, who appeared TO
know who | was. MygldSs OF lager had
not been served when | saw the Cover
nor coming along in buggy behind a
fast mare. | fanCied he would drive
past. He did not, but stopped short in
front of the very house. Who told him
| was there? | called the landlady's
daughter. There is harm intended,
what is. TO be done? She pushed me
into the back dining-room, from which
| found my way into the kitchen, not so
much to seek a hiding-place rs to find
some weapon OF defense, should he pen
citrate SO lar. | saw what | wanted and
kept my ewes ON it. Three or four min
utes passed in suspense. At last the
door was thrown open, but by
The Landlady's Daughter:
"Why," she exclaimed, in antonish-
ment, was the Governor going to shoot
you3 Herpshed in wildly with a gun
in his hands, peered INTO every corner
i'm the front room and inquired for you.
| told him YOU had gone down into the
village. Thereupon he jumped, with
his gun, into a buggy, and drove off at a
furious rate toward the Pier" Ireplied
that there was no doubt OF his intending
to shoot me, and that | was much
Obliged 10 her for her protection. She
suggested the advisiblity OF hiring fast
conveyance and driving OIL | assented,
and she instantly hailed a buggy. |
Jumped i'm and was driven home, out OF
harms reach.
The Cats Paw.
Such is the Professors story, but as he
fails to say anything about Conkling, il
is generally believed that he is a eats
paw 10 hide the scandal created by the
alteration between Conkling and
Sprague, which Is now believed by some
to have occurred after Sprague's return
iron his chase after Linck. Conkling Is
now i'm New York, and is understood to
be preparing a statement relative 10 the
affair, and which in turn, IL rejecting
upon Sprague, will be followed by one