The Red Cloud chief., 1886-08-20

" 1871 .
even L my old woman. for If DO
there's no knowing to whom she'll re-.
port il again And the rcason | had
for not doing il WAS this. SAYS ! t.
myself: III there no one missing, and
IL the body never turns mp. as ] don
believe it will. people will say ] Wa.
dreaming; it may be they'll say ! wa.
drunk; for all | know they NAV say
I'm mad. I'll just wait and set
whether the body is W found or not.
4 Besides a v | to myself. i can't tel
that a murder has been committed.
They fell out. there no doubt o: that.
and there was a scu.lling; but perhap,
couldn't swear that. when he thrust
out his two hands. he had given her q
push that had sen her over
''Wcll sir, the burden of this secret
lay heavy on my mind, and as | walked
up and down here on my lonely beat j,
began TO eat into me. Says ! t. my.
! self: Matthew Duncan. you know Of a
murder and you've never told of it.
and it ended in getting a fever. and
was As e dead as any man could b..
| When | came a bit TO myself ! had the
| parsOn sent for, and | told him | had I:
| great load on INV mind and wanted Ia
ease it by telling it TO him. and told
him the whole story from beginning Ia
end. and our captain-I had him in
and told it to him. too.
but the gentlemen only smiled AT
what I said. Poor fellow says one,
the feyer's on him still Az says
the other. you see lis the same thing
he's been raving on all along
"Well. | was very weak ami couldn't
talk much, and l was weary with my
carncstness in trying to make them be-
licve what | said, so / just laid back
with my eyes closed and they thought
| was asleep. But | heard them talk
ing, and the captain said: lis a pity.
too. for he's n Of the best and sharp
~est-cyed men in the service. and I'm
afraid he'll never be fit for any
thing again oh, twill work off,
said the minister; you may be sure
when he strengthens up he'll forget
all these fever fancics. You
mustn't think of his leaving the SER
vice. He must get sick-lcave for a
while. I've seen many cases as strange
as this and they came round all right
at last
"Wcll, made two or three more at
tcmpts and | tried the doctor: but he
says: I'll send you some strengthen
ing medicine, Duncan. and you'll soon
be all right and he tapped his fore
head and says: .Fevcrs make sad
work with our brains
81 saw it was no use to try and per
suadc any Of the gentlemen: l did my
best. and there now | must leave il.
But l warn't quite easy in my mind.
Looking at it now It this distance of
time think it was my duty to have re-
ported it and taken the consequences.
whatever they might have been. but
this I did: | says to myself: There is
no knowing what may turn up. by and
by. if this is murder; murder will out.
as the saying is. and ] may not re-
member all that ought to be remem-
bcrcd by the only man whose eye
saw the deed done so | took and
wrote down on a paper what l had
seen and hid it carefully away lest it
should come t. n ones hand. And
if | died-well, | took care that the ac-
count. whatever it might be- worth.
should not he lost, for l marked il out
side: When | am dead this paper is tn
be given to the minister of the parish.
and n q n but himself is to break one
of the seals upon it And Ia make the
matter As sure As | could | put six
seals upon it-cvcrv one If them diff
fcrcnt; | borrowed them from far and
near. wherever | could. l put down
the day and the hour. and the color of
the young woman dress and the shape
of her hat. and the cut of the man =
beard and whi>kcrS. and the red 'kcr-
chief he had round his neck: of that
made special note. for s"afaring men
don't wear that color often. Now.
said |. I've done all | IAN. Time will
tell. But it is IN awful thing for that
man that there has been ar eve upon
him that he knew and knows nothing
about. ready To give evidence against
him if the question of Il murder turns
up. Folk often think they're not seen
and that thcre'll he no witnesses
against them: but often | think: All.
there's n Eye ut any rate that has
been on YOU. and there's one Eyc-wi,-
ness against you: 90 where you will
and do what YOU will. the testimony of
an Eyewitness is there Of course.
sir said the coast-guard. reverently.
Il mean the Great Eye above. l used
to think myself particular before. but
since this happened l have been ever
o much % particular. for l says
to myself: There's some One look
ing. nv. and there's some One
listening; YOU don't see Him. but He's
there and in = way its made 4 diff
fercnt man of me ever since.
Give years passed. said the old
man. land the doctor and the parSon
and the captain forgot all about this
matter: they didn't trouble themselves
much about the rawlings Of a man in a
fever. As they thought. and twas mid
sun,uer n,,rn,p, ay.in and !, w,S my