The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-12-27
OF wool and fax have always been kept
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the floor, as II they had been so arranged
for bed - rejoined Mr.. Merrill, turning
the bundles over, but without finding
any thing extraneous among them, and
as they assembled the stairs and entered
the sitting. room he continued "to ex
plain the reason of my visit, which
seems to have agitated you much more
than / could have apprehended, it is
this. After the attempt made during
the forenoon to investigate the horrible
occurrence at the parsonage, rode on
toward N, and from a neighbor of
yours, whom chanced to meet on his
return from there, / learned that as he
passed this in the middle of the night on
his way to market, he had seen man
climb into the window of the woodshed
That circumstance, in connection with
the finding of the key and the handker-
chief, induced me to believe that their
possessor had made your premises
place of concealment for q longer or
shorter time, unaccountable as it would
seem that he should do SO, and regard
ed 1t as my duty to come hither without
delay, and make an examination which
would satisfy me as to whether he had
left further proofs behind him. Several
persons of the neighborhood, who were
present when he made his communica.
tion, have accom- panied me to know the
result, and, at notion of their own,
that he might have hidden himself in
the loft, waiting for the cover of the
night to travel further, have stationed
themselves around the house to stop
him if should disturb him in his stolen
| quarters"
The sheriff paused as he laid his hand
on the door, and looked back to inquire,
"How is Jane, our poor, Pretty Jane p
have you seen any change in her for the
better 7"
''None in the least"
"Poor child poor child her singular
illness has undoubtedly some relation to
this deplorable transaction, and my
strongest hope of detecting the perpetra-
tor rests upon her recovery" He took
leave, and after the tramp of his horse
and the voices of his companions had
died in the distance, George Slade reap
peared from his place Of concealment.
$50 then, L have had my alarm for
nothing )" said he, with forced laugh
"but when a man has got himself into
difficulties it makes him cowardly, and
I'm very well satisfied not to have been
the object of pursuit. But you must
give me something to eat, for am again
in hurry to be gone"
Without waiting for his mother to
place refreshments on the table as she
proposed, he opened large corner cup
board in which they were contained, and
ate voraciously. 'I should not have felt
pleasant to be locked up for want of a
little money, particularly after my own
mother had refused to save me from it ;"
he proceeded, and looking at her sharp
ly, he asked, "was the money returned
which you gave to that unlucky young
preacher was it found about him ?"
''No, George, that must have been the
temptation to the wicked deed, for Lewis
Walton had no enemies. OF course the
body was robbed" and signing to think
of the cold avarice of her son, which she
believed caused him to alIude thus to an
event which she regarded with such deep
distress, she continued "but L have
considerable sum that can now let you
have, since the expenses for which it was
intended will not be incurred 1 fear
may not be doing right to give it to you,
but my mind is troubled and L cannot
think clearly. Ifyou can get yourself a
good name by it, you are welcome to it;
ifnot, do not let it sink you still deeper
into evil courses"
She Withdrew to her chamber, and
after some minutes returned full of sur
prise, perplexity and alarm. "It is
gone," said she, "stolen from my chest.
But yesterday / had it in my hands, and
now it has disappeared.
"Pshaw l-you have only changed
your mind, mother; returned George,
with affected incredulity, and then, as if
satisfied by her grave silence, he OBJ
served. 'well, this comes of Withholding
your substance from your own flesh and
blood, to bestow 1t upon strangers. But
since you can do nothing for me, / had
better be off. You may as well keep to
yourself that you have seen me, for
owe some scores in the neighborhood,