Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-09-14

sometimes gaining glimpse 81 the canal 81 al
g wharf % 3 8crosseg q bridge, but always
coming again into tie shadow Of these high.
walls, when suddenly Z saw, IN thiaS dim light,
q solitary figure appTo- ching figure with a
slplehing swing about the shoulders, which
made my heart beat quietly. Walking with q
buried step, this figure soon became more
distinct; aud in another minute ! had reco5-.
nized the face II#5@.
| But as the figure passed By, could find no
voics II asound had escaped my hips it must
have been cry OF horror AS had seen the
face Of Scrosgie on the preceding night, 40 /
had seen it now pale and haggard, with the
eyes of q hunted animal. dead beaten, and
nearly brought to bay. But there was some
thing more than that; here was an inGescriba-
bic expression of some fresh crime committed,
overshadowing him, and be seemed tube crop
ing his way, like man who is eager toayeit his
own obstruction - s*- Ill. : i r.. ~~!< !
Voices now reached me, from tho direction
in which scroggie bad come, and ran on; for
I fancied, recognized Frank Bowser's voice
among them. s ~
Al came in sight of the old Ferry road
some one stepped abruptly in my path, and
turned the light Of dark lantern full in my
face. It was a constable, WHO eyed me with
evident suspicion.
When mentioned Bowser's name and told
him who was the man appeared satisfied, for
he said: Come this way" and making o
beckoning motion with his lantern, walked
down the road Something in his manner
suggested dreadful thought; question was
on my lips bnt feared to ask 1t, and followed
him in silence. , .-.>
! At corner of the road wo found another
constable He came forward as we approached,
! and turned his lantern upon me as the other
| had done.
! ':Friend Of his" said my conductor, intro
ducing ME; "frisnd from the temple
"Right," said the other, in swapping man.
ner.
I now observed third lantern flashing about
down dark turning: At the further end three
mon were bending down, and one of them, ap-
parently a surgeon, WAS bandaging the hea !!
| of a person who was being supported by the
| others.
| A cry escaped me; it was Frank Bowser He
| utterod my name in faint voice when leaned
| over him.
''Tell her." said he. speaking so low that I
could scarcely hear the words, "tell her that
my scheme succeeded. What said I would
! do, tell her, 1 have now done. I have found
| the man. have hunted him down. Tell hsr
| No further words reached my ear; his lips
still moved, but Inconsistencies quickly fol-
| lowed.
Many days passed before he spoke again.
| He then told meas lie lay upon the sofa in
! my chambers, with Alice Darrell seated beside
him and Miss Pllkington near the fire. in an
! arm chair. looking very stern. he then told
,
/! to be cluking some gold I'LL his pocket in
Scroggies presence, when he noticed that a
strange look came over his face which reused
his suspicious; and he then and there deter
| mined to adopt this plan, and thoroughly
| satisfy himself before giving the affair more
serious thought. He acknowledged his
| fault in emitting to take me into his conf
dence; but he did not wish to destroy my be-
! lief in Scroggie without stronger proof,
! Upon the eveutful night in which he related
the details connected with the bank tragedy.
his suspicious had been confirmed He had
| gone to Limehouse, where Scroggle was known
| to the police, and where, it was supposed, he
| lived, and warrant had actually been granted
for his arrest That evening, Bowsor sup
| posed, Scroggie must have followed him, and
! there, near the gateway, had nearly succeeded
| in his evident design to take his life.
| scroggio was found drowned in one Of the
! dock basins at Linaehouse upon the day fol-
lowing his attempt upon the life of Frank
| Bowser Frank has been married for years to
| Alice Darrell, but every detail must remain
| fresh in my memory as long as live.