Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-11-27


r. souidn't do that, he rsplied ssrirzs
There Isn't tie least necessity for IL Second
will hurt your case. Appearances no
long way hen, and 10 20 To- fail 4 10 M
yourself n the position hsforc tke car,munit,
ofamaa without money and without friends.
well, " | asked, what matters that .,
long = am innocnntFg3 bnn Wv t1TT +.
10 matters . great dealN he answered
from the Peint OF view that law Is dealt on
here1-or elsewhere 'Piate sii, with oro.s yot
know, and the lance Of justice harmless
breaks Ciothe It In rags pigmy's straw
dsth pierce it. How William s. did writ
ior postertty, with . big Pig Come. Holder
sohe make what's hard any harder than Il
IL was not 80 easy now TO resist him az
bad imagined There was a shade OF tender.
mass and feeling In his tones, and In his lool
also. Some change had come over him.
What, 70 me, was indefnable. But would
go to jail.
Sorry, Holder that I've got to put the
matter to you, then, in another light he
said This arrest Of yours Is aimed at me
as well as you, and is backed up by some
party behind Pratt, influenced by some mo-
tive other than that OF mere friendship for
rratt The parties are, think, those who
sent him up here TO hunt for the Bank :
Suppsse they manage to get you In prison
though but for a time. Then you, as one Of
the Bank keepers are out Of the way. Next
they probably turn their batteries on me
whoop up some prejudice against me ON the
OAR as an abettor in the Assassination and
cripple me by legal process in some way.
inis leaves the Bank at their mercy Their
TOOL here now Is possibly Setter. The only
nav m their calculations Is this: The BANK
e nearly worked out Still IL may be a feeder.
70 sefne even richer vein Anyway. want
to fight this thing out As matter Of
simple justice, ought you not TO hoip me In
the best way you canP !
'sYes n ftHl{ wen H..F
Every well. One Of these best ways lies IN
not going to JAN when you can get bail for
your appearance, and so keep respectable
showing for our side l.-la fsa
"a as heve go to Jail as stay on this barr /
replied. ITS been q hell to me for weeks
lyon needn't stay on the bar, y he answered.
"Stay anywhere You like. Travel round and
amuse yourself as you like till the trial comes
on
And leave you here with Blanche Seton.
thought -
I'VE might ramble round together he
said, after q pause "Hunt more quartz
leads elsewhere. We're posted In all it's signs
and Indications, and there's a world OF that
wealth lying as yet uncovered all over this
state.n
Then In mind objected because-hecause
could not be near Blanche on the Bar, and
because, turn which way l would, Broener
seemed always getting the best of me In
making me act like a rational creature
Now, theusht, ccnsc.ad him, he outdoes me
N unselfislmess in volunteering thus to leave
he Bar and Blanche himself. y .s -
consented on oGe condition. that IN NJ, |
that concerned the trial should have nv |
own way.
Broener was well known to the deputy. |
ana SATISFIED him that whatever bail was re-
quired for me would be forthcoming, and
that ne would be up country next day to
attend to the proper legal formality.
left the bar without being observed ami |
bhe official and myself rode off together. He |
was pleasant, manly fellow We soon be-
came on good terms No appearances of
'aptor and captive were observed You
'eem to trust me" remarked.
well, l generally know my men. and
<now you're not one Of the kind that would
give me any trouble I'm not over anxious
% put handouts on any decent man. who
nay be himself sheriff OF the county inside
II six months. Ups and downs are pretty
requent here, you know
IL was an ascent, in some places steeply in
lined, in others graded for fully two miles
rom Bull Bar before reaching the general
lp-country grade. The higher we went the
lighter became my spirits, despite what l was
eaving behind me- seemed coming out of
dark cloud and shaking from me load
ne load OF malice, suspicion, lies and i'll in
ent which had borne down upon me at Bull
BAR Broener now stood out in different
nd more favorable light. Blanche seemed
nore lovely than ever, and even the morbid {
uspicious, jealous, unreasonable Holder OF :
he night before seemed far removed
rom the one of to-day. The trust re- I,
osed in me by the deputy and the footing Of
he established between us was
great relief to him, from his point Of 4
lew, was only piece of goods, which he was :
harged to deliver at certain place. So q
ing as the package was not unpleasant i
either would he be So If on the way there
as any recreation to be got out of his mer-
landise he proposed to get it.
You may say it was not very consistent for
10 thus SO suddenly to climb mount Of
'yfulness. Perhaps not, though consistency.
applied to humap nature and conduct, is
II me word of vague meaning The fact
!, l was tolerably happy for the first time in
fortnight, though a woman was then in
ars on my account behinl me- That did
1T think of.
We stopped at various camps on passing 7
rough, and brought up at saloon doors
Aagnolias," Bella Unions, "''Long Tom.
le deputy was known everywhere; his
rival was the signal for the formation of
e OF men at the various bars, and the usual
lemn, silent performance with tumbler and Z
title. A heather might have supposed il
g OF our religious rites, and the common
d about the only expression, heard on such II
casions Here's luckp preparatory in
cation to the ruling deity of the place.
e deputy treated at every camp / soon
Vined that this was matter even more ~
siness than pleasure. He informed me
at he intended running for Sheriff next T,
ction, and drinks were largely relied on to
iuence votes. His trip for my arrest
we'd for him also the purpose of
electioneering tour through the :,
inty, partly at the pubic OK. ~ "a
Use. He had many private talks in re- 70
ed corners with the presumed partv LEADERS tw