Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-27
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ne u dln ntten UOr glt Ous nihKys ne
whispered. while the search went on In
the angry thoroughness of threatened
discontinue Hell fotch Us turrible
luck, eff he's done hit. en-. Mirry, he
sha'nt hev you. nousys. Wen git inter
trouble long o him eff we don't tell.
Father, I've helped en- stood by you.
hewitt ~ asked the girl, passionate
pleading in every lineament and accent.
True 'nuff, Mirry; you've helped me
pow'ful; but twur never murder. he re
joined. uneasily. Hits no good s-holpin
murder"
mo, mol wouldn't do it neither; but
he says he Is innocent. father"
"lnnercentf Mayhap he is. en- likely
he haint; likely he's jes' a-foolin' wild
you, kase he's sartin you'll holp him out'n
his trouble" shrewdly interposed Alb.
Father. he says he didn't murder-he
says so." she repeated: "en' don't you
tu n against u.s."
"Usa He sha'n't hev you"
The girl clung to him in desperate. ter
ror stricken violence.
No. won't never go with him till you
give the say so. father" she promised.
recldessly. But he didn't do it-he Is
innocent, en- III hold to him till 1t comes
all right"
Alb turned away-his wrinkled counte-
nance had grown hard and stern in aspect
de wished he had heard 1t all before they
told Miriam. or before they had come into
the house and the girl had reminded him
of the time when her vigilance and devo
tion had stood him in good stead while
"Guv menters" hunted for the free dis
tillery
Angry and disappointed of the gains for
which they served justice, the detectives
came In from their futile search They
had found the two or three brush thatched
outhouses an infinitesimal shred of the
premises, compared with the black
ravine. the dense thickets. the great pine
forest stretching away into untold laby
rinths.
''See here, old man. threatened the
ferret faced detective, you'd do well to
tell the truth. We're sure the fellow Is
here, and we're a-goin' to stay till we
catch him, so you might as well own up
at once"
''Dunro but l might" acknowledged
Alb.
-Heathe was here today, wasn't hee"
questioned the man. in boiling exasper
alton.
''Jes' so, capting; he wur here terday"
Thought so. Gimme the truth. now
Hes here now, amt her
Alb tore of long leaf of tobacco from q
home grown twist and held it in tempting
proximity to his mouth.
"Nat'ral 'nuff, capting. eff he haint guy
you the slip he be heah yit"
"Confound the fellow. we might q
known by their takin' it so cool that he
had vamosed: curse the whole businessr'
angrily retorted Paxton, but Alb had
slowed the tobacco leaf safely into his
mouth and lazily dropped into q chair be-
fore the fire
His talk was over for the time.
The lukewarm sheriff and enraged de
tectives had taken themselves of, down
the ridge, some time before Alb said, with
satisfied chuckle.
"Twa'n't no lie es tole 'em, Mirry. !
wouldn't believe hit: but mind you, gal.
you hain't got my say SO ter tex no man
es commits murder, en- you'll never git
hit, kase he don't mean you right. en-
hits onlucky"
demonstrate. She knew. too, that Heathe
was otii1 Stld Nnlle SIG AuQeTcU 10 u6I
promise not to marry him without Abs
permission The cold winter frightened
its grip. and still an uneasy sense Of sur
veillance and danger hung over them.
The old moonshiner's family had once been
full of expedients for deluding doubtful
visitors. They seemed to come back to
Miriam. along with thousands of inge-
NOUS devices for the comfort and safety
of her lover. ALI the winter long he was
neither seen nor heard Of at Abs cabin.
but all the winter long neither rain. nor
snow, nor raging tempest-the tempest
of the mountains-prevented the girls
daily pilgrimage to the hut In the black
ravine Alb would watch her go out in
the whirling snow wreaths, with the
basket on her arm, but he never ques
toned her errand So the winter dragged
its ice cold lengths away. The fine frosty
fakes of snow betokened fierce storm
coming over the ridge-already it had
sifted like white powder into crack and
crevice, shutting out the rigid wind roar
ing savagely among the pines outside.
but passing almost contemptuously the
warm, substantial cabin crouching be-
leath them The snow deadened all
sounds without, the dogs gave no howl
nor warning. when suddenly the door
was thrown open. and with the sweeping
gust and snow two men came in They
were the sheriff and stranger.
Don't make no stir, Abr shouted the
sheriff. Its all right - t'other feIler's
confessed Heathe didn't do it. This
here's his brother-t'other feller owned
up when he's dyin'."
Alb smiled grimly.
Il wouldn't hev tux noboby's wud .or
hit but youa'n, shurf."
Yes: we've KEN q a-puppose ter get him.
tho it's cold es blazes," added the sat
isfed sheriff. "You see Heathe kem In
twixt 'em so they pitched on him, en-
wouldn't believe nothin' else. "Twur q
clear case 'gainst him; but he's innocent,
and men his brother have KEN for him.
He's all right now"
"Fotch him. Mirry-hft's my say so."
You had a close call. young man;
they'd hev hanged you sure, If they'd
caught you." the sheriff said, an hour
later, when explanations had been made,
and Heathe stood among them, beside his
brother. free and innocent.
"a must have had an Inevitable and
final call this terrible winter but for this
true and loving woman" answered
Heathe. as he looked down into Miriam's
lustrous eyes and beautiful face. softened
and aglow with joyous tenderness. "And
now. Alb. there is nothing to hinder-we
will be married tomorrow" And they
in Frank Leslie's.
A CARD.-To all who are suffering from