The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1884-08-21

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reasSure themselves
Meanwhile The stranger. having soss i
10 vssh and make his gasnsats somsvhs
more tidy. disclosed 70 The landlord
bloody gssh upon The dds Of his Aes'
which be bathsd. Asd eAllisg isr plaster
| dressed IT,
"Hov did yoa gel that wound. friend 7
asked the landlord carisuay.
"a falling bough 10 the storm Las
night" vas The reply
II did not think il was 20 severe Q cst
So much 10 Do 10 mango my horse.
hardly gave Il thought"
Where might ysu b frsnr coutinues
the landlord.
Il might BE- from any quarter Of th,
world you ohsoss. said the stranger; ''ani
il told you from Esslsad, ! don't know
that 1t would naks you ~ the wiser
Doa't begin 10 chssscAiss slirsl maa. i
pay ny way that i all ~ seed wish 2
me"
.Humphl' erusAsd ~ isrllssa. = ht
ordered table ready for hh blsn visitor
'Tm not sure thai this fsllsv isn't . rough
custsmsr and suspioisss chsrseter. III
keep my eyes - hin."
While the stranger vas Il hcsakiasi
those who had been to inspect tho horse
reasssrted that II Was no other thsn Amos
Dunbars mare; and whispering to the
landlord absui II, they agreed 10 ask ths
stranger how shs came into his possession
Is sosn as he had finished his meal.
"Hs had big lot Of msney shout him
when he went away yesterday" said the
innkseper. shaking his head in sinister
manner.
Look here. stranger, said cns Of the
villagers as he rose from the liable and
came forth. "Ain't that DunArs mare
that you rid hsre?"
II don't know him. Why doyou ask p
said the stranger, frowning II what he
considered village impertinsncs,
"But we know his nars; and that's her.
sure as snakes. He left hers, where hs
lives, yesterday forenoon on her back, and
you must have met him, else how came
you by his horse?"
\ II have ridden her about two hundred
miles, and so she couldn't we'll have been
here yesterday replied tho stranger,
vexed at the suspicious glancss which
we're cast upon him, and attribsting them
to the insolencs which . soilsd exterior
sometimes invites from the low-minded.
without staying to hear the replies, he
turned his back suddenly upon !hem, and
proceeded to the barn, whore he took from
the saddle large leather pocket book aud
concsaling it about his person, rsturned
70 the house.
II had forgotten that" hs reflected,
without money might indeed give cause
for suspicion"
A boy At the barn had neticsd this sct.
and hearing that the man vas, 4 suspected
horse thief, he ran and told the landlord.
Suspicion now increased against the
stranger. Why didn'. he tell straight
storyP Where did he get the wound on the
his head? Why did he fslsify about the
mare! Why was be 80 close minded !?
Amos Dunbar Was widely known as .
wealthy man, and his faverite marc, julie,
was equally as wellknown in the village. He
Lsd ridden away with her the day before,
With . large sum Of money. Now 3
Itrsager had csme back with her pretend
ing not to know him. What did al this
meant
The landlord sent fer Mrs. Dunbar who
came in grcat haste and in anguish idsnti.
led the nass and even the saddle. and
now Joined IN The painful belief that the
traveller Lad musdersd her husband for
ais money. and nsd apon his beast, and
lot dssming that hs vas coming to the
Isry place where he would bs most easily
detected.
The ire Of the people at the tavern Vas
and they again confronted ths
tranger, having procured constable snA
o his dire alarm. the mare having been
from the stable. he was told to
consider himself under arrest, unless he
'enld give . satisfactory explanation Of
he mystery. The presence Of Mrs. Dun
,ar added solemnity to the inquest. But
he strangers indigsation still ovsrnas-
cred his alarm.
"Ths mare was hired by me 10 the city.
,hich is over two hundred miles away.
have ridden her night and day since
hen, only stopping for few hours rest
nd rsfrsshmcnt, and intended 10 do 10
ntil ! reached B, whittier important busi-
sss urges me 10 this haste. More you
ave no right to know. asd more will
ot ssswer. unless compelled in due form
y such parties who have aright to ques.
ion me.
"Surely, I ought to know my own
orss which was brought up by rs from >
,alr' exclaimed Mrs. Dunbar. pstting the
nimsl snsctionstsly. while the tears Of
pprshension rolled down her face.
Madam said the stranger, in . moro
oothing tsne, 'yeu are surely mistakss
, the identity Of the animal. ! have seen
or. as I said before. for more than"
Don't lie any more!" roughly iater-
uptsd the landlord. Murder will out.
I'd yen might - wsll tell the truth first
; Last. For"
He was il turn interrupted BY savage
pring, which the stranger at that nemsnt
,ade toward hin. u svsngs The iasult Of
eing called liar; and had not sthsrs,