The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1880-12-25

heart al all; anaughty old thief slip
ped in and stole it.1D WI
ut was only d swap, and you go5
the worst Of the bargain; but sdchas
it il, is all yours, no one canldispnte
your title. BItreaEly would give
any thing for your charitable disPo-
sition; / don't think | ever heard
you speak iii Of any one"
GAS to that Ihave endeavored to
10 to others As Iiwould have them
do to me. Think that 1t is a good
rule, not to speak at all about our
neighbors unless we can say some
thing in their favor. We all have
faults, and we are not So apt to dis
Cover our own, as we are to detect
thoseofothers, Miss OIattern1outh
ana her friend, Miss Fadpoddle, real
~ believeth VIolais amurdeYess;
and they think that they are dis
charging nothing more thanla plain
EdHty, when they try to convince
Iothef people 4 that tits true. But
let us change the subject Eddie, we
must discuss 9ur own plans for the
Nfature. When can you start to
IVicksbufg!" u a& n 4 Na4
ATolmorroR oRsfnorning if you wish
! it, you are my comtnander-in-chief
now, and vou willafihd me always
Obedieht.'AsS ao. ea atl5Rt 4
aoThanky0G, Eddie, letit be- to-
Binofrow then" 50aaa s& rom
9asLetEne understand exactly what
lam going FORE IA iiiolt gtt
isHA few miles from the city Of
iNicksburg, youiwiIl flnd ia widow
lady residing on farm; her name IS
Fanny Totem This lady had a
daughter named Victoria, who elo-
I ped vwitha man of disreputable
character rnanyyears ago. sNowyou
mussItind out the name Of theman
| with whom she elopeay and get
some one who was acqnaint-
led with VictoriafFotten, to come to
4 Memphis totestifyto her identity.
liYou mast take plenty of funds with
hyou to iidefray all expenses; and [
want Eou,if possible, to secure one
Of her picturesy audTbringit to me;
1also pfocuresome other manuscript
1Aang thing which WilD enable an
4 expert to identity her handwriting.
IsYOu will have TO be Veryrcautious,
aEelse you will AROUSE the suspicion
Iof Miss oTotten's friends! . This Wo-
man has been travelling under va
,lffous names, and you must COM
4 ,Iitnelee at her mothers house and
! trace Ter to every place, where she
.IIhas been since she left her mothers
| root. Idon't think you will en-
counter any difficulty in That res
lEpect, for,she has not covered Ii D her
Iltracks quite as well as she might
Fhave' done. "as X 81 sil WI ltl7
IEF .sIs she the one you think com
nitted the murder?s iis. ila
II "Ask me no questions and / will
pteii you no faIsehoods. DO what
! bid you, and wait for the result.n
1sa aLottie,, you are a real lawyer,
and / hope yon win clear your eli
ent, but the evidence against Vio-
Ia rises higher and higher every
day, and it viii be an uphill bust.
ness. ''2sf litiiH ss.a
4 81 dare say you are rightas to the
uphill part; bat as TO my being
lawyer, i make no pretensions in
I athat aIine-4I merely wish to serve
Lily Aiend; but let that pass, and
Itell ns what is this new evidence
(which you say has been resurrect-
4 ed..''. I ltsi ss.laiig s4asali
a.Hs7e you not heardsitap
ssNot from a source entitled TO
Imbch credit. IwanttO hearit from
I, you = ile ilii lE
another witness, aFesBeetable
lgetle1nan, will swear that he met
I. Miss Bfaulett at Ben Bowles' pr.
ats apartment late at night, about
1ten days before hef brother was
tnufdered ~ ssil1i
'aFhe man; who sweaTs that, will
e0inihlt perjury and shall be pun
ished sfof it,
4 e must be permitted To remind
fyoH That Miss Tadpoddie will also
] swear that Vfols was thereo
y e 81 shall never believe she will
4 fsweat ii, until / hear her doit with
!. IL v own ears.
n ssShe told me she would, and you
mag depend on her doing lls and
\ sEthsIworst Of il ia, size wIil swear
that she heard Miss Bfamlest ask
Isowles hsw tmucli stryehnine IL
! ws1lslsAke 70 prolnoe death OH,
f8tti8, what will ba rnnf fate ii Vi
I4ela should ID Euand anilAvg tt
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