Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-09-18

uleI cchu lOI the ponce, Wneu 1 ISI
in swOOn.
When l recovered consciousness l
was lying in my own room, and poor
Green was bending over me, applying
restoratIves as well as his trembling
hands would permit. The sight of his
white face brought back that still fig
ure mufiled in the bed-clothes, and that
no ,rible pool of blood.
They think they'll catch the muir
derer soon, Mr.. Seldom, said Green, by
way of consolation. "A policeman saw
= man come out OF the yard early this
morning. and collared him; but the
fellow got away. He saw him pla nly,
though, and the description is all over
the country by this time
What did the man look like?' I
asked, with a queer feeling at my heart.
What if it were my fathers prosecu-
tor?
He had a scar on his face, a long
nose. and dark hair Green replied
promptly.
Yes, it was hel l at once resolved
that If suspicion cOukl be thrown upon
him would do all in my power to have
him convicted. Was he not virtually
my fathers murderer?
Send the policeman who saw him up
~ NE. 'ltCll- 1 Sstlil. Ndlb 10 ASK
him a few questions
The officers account of the man he
saw Tailed exactly with the appearance
of the fellow who WAS hiding behind
the syriuga bush.
Here is fifty dollars l said to the
policeman, 'and l Will pay five hundred
To the man who arrests the scOuDdrel
and trlngs him To the jail
All that day L was IN a fever of eX-
citement. l remember but two incl
dents. One WAS that the doctors re-
ported that my father had been chloro-
formed and then stabbed.
'Goodl' l thought. No one will ever
think he killed himself. That scoundrel
shall swing vet
The other incident was a loving, SYM
pathetic note from my sweet Viva. l
dashed off some kind of a reply, then
waited-waIted-
At nine O'Clock that night came the
welcome meas, The murderer Is
caught
When Will they bring him mp l
asked.
'On the eleven O'Clock train, was the
reply.
When the news came that he was
safely lodged III jail, my oyerstrained
to my room staggering like a drunken
man Throwing myself on the bed
without undressing, | tried to think,
but all i'll vain. Ny thoughts would not
obey me, and l soon fell into a heavy
sleep.
In the morning l was awakened by
Green.
Here is a note for you, Mr.. Seldom,
he said, 'and the messenger SAYS 1t is
very important, so L brought it up at
once.'
AN right, Green, L replied, and tore
open the envelope.
1t contained half sheet of paper on
which was written a few words TO the
effect that l was wanted at the jail i'm
mediately, and lost no time In betak-
ing myself thither, in spite Of Green's
urgent request that | would take cup
of coffee before l went.
The prisoner wants to see you,' said
the officer i'll charge, and conducted me
at once to his cell.
To my surprise, he retired and left
me entirely along with my fathers
destroyer. / recognized him at once a.
the man whom 1 had seen in the gar
den. He began abruptly:
4 did not Kill your father. lie COM
papers which prove him 10 be forger.
l had come to your house the night be-
fore last TO receive some money. ami
saw him stab himself. Slal 1 tell my
story and produce my evideucey'
Too astounded TO answer, l sat
silent. After a moments pause the
man continued:
or do You prefer to help me break
jail and to pay me live hundred dollars
10 give YOU those papers ami leave the
county,
At Ia u | found my tongue.
What, pay you i've hundred dollars
more for bounding my poor father to
his death?'
80 he told YOU his little crime, did
hep the wretch said wi.ha diabOljcaI
smile. Good! YOU at least know of
your own knowledge that / have the
papers Of which you speak. and can
Judge what would he the effect if l
were to produce them
Like a flash / saw myself the son Of "A
proven forger! Thought OF INV
fathers reputation blasted, dy dOuDly
blasted, for the suspicion o. suicide
would rest upon his name. 1 thought
of my proud Viva and the pain It
would cause her TO know that her lover
was enyeloped III such disgrace. l
thought of all these things, and /
yielded. Like my unhappy fdJh be-
fore me, l WAS a moral coward.
4 accept your terms, / said nOar5ely.
How can 1 help YOU 70 Is ape?'
\ CLEAN of triumph shot from the
fellows eyes as he replied:
i thought YOU would see 10 that way.
Call on me again Tomorrow, ana bring
a couple OF lne stee. saws So that can
cut the bars. Mail this letter for me,
and there VIII be help waiting Oh the
outside. When things quiet down "A
Little after my escape, III send you
word where 20 meet me with the
money, and Will give you those papers
them
put the letter in my pocket and left
the cell. On the way home 1 bad but
one thought, one wish. I longed 10
rest with my father. ! must help his
prosecutor escape. On, that ! were
dead hefore | did such a deed!
But ! was spared the crime to which
my cOwardice had consented. That
night fearful storm RACED over The
city, and the jail was struck % light
ming. Only one man was injured, and
he was killed instantly. That man was
my fathers destroyer. He had fallen
by Heavens vengeance.
americans and Money.
The American is constantly accused
by Europeans Of worshIppiug the al
mighty dollar and great was my
curiosity to judge for myself of tine jus
tlce of this charge. After calm Obser-
walton of the ways of men in America,
/ came to the conclusion that the dollar
was certainly not only the unit Of the
monetary system, but that it was also
the unit Of the metr cal system. How