Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-10-17

into the corridor, but l hadn't the as
surance. After he was in made bold to
say:
first"
"Pahl What does your mother know
about matters in hereG"
tsI don't believe he's a lawyerl"
t'Of course he Is! Why would he say
so if he wasn'tF'
AS soon as the lawyer had entered the
corridor he was heartily greeted by Black
Jim, and the two retired to the further end
and sat down to be out of ear-shot of the
turnkey. There they talked for long
two hours, and then Thomas came for
ward and said:
81 discover that have left some i'm
portant papers at the hotel, and must go
for them. Will it be against the rules If
I call again this EVENING""
We had no rules about visitors, as this
was our first prisoner, and Andrews
promptly replied that the lawyer could
return and remain until nine o'clock. I
saw some money slipped into his hand,
and he was all smiles as he bowed
Thomas out. I went and told mother,
and added that believed Thomas was a
{ friend of Black Jim's, instead of being
his lawyer, but she replied that Andrews
was faithful man, and was probably
satisfied that everything was all right.
Black Jim went to his bunk, and took
advantage of this fact to remove the
sash from the rear window of the CORR
L.. ~ l. l. lo1 I'd
| during their confab. This done, I went
| up to the hotel; our village had only
one, and I went direct to the stable to
| see if Thomas had come in a buggy.
Nothing of the sort had arrived. Then
| I discovered that no stranger was stop
ping at the hotel. / made Inquiries of
several citizens, and no one had seen a
man of Thomas's description. Then l
asked who had been Black Jim's lawyer
| at the examination, and was told that his
name was Mccormack.
returned home to give mother these
facts, and while they aroused considera-
BILE anxiety, she could not fully credit
my assertions that the so-called Thomas
was there to help Black Jim get away.
She cautioned Andrews without telling
him what I had discovered, but he as
sured her that he knew Thomas to be a
lawyer, and that there wasn't the slight
est foundation for suspicion or anxiety.
This silenced me and treasured mother,
but was by no means convinced.
| Darkness came about o'clock, and at
half past 5 let Thomas in again. He
had pretty large bundle under his arm,
and I noticed that his boots were muddy.
He handed Andrews some cigars, got off
joke or two and was admitted to the
corridor. The two had no sooner started
for the further end than started for the
window. Carefully lifting out the loose
sash found that could plainly hear
their conversation. The first words /
caught were from Thomas, who was say
ing:
Cat least mile, I guess. It's
due west of here, with an old log house
in clearing. The horses are two good
ones"
"What's the weather outside7" asked
Jim.
"Going to be dark"
"Well, it will be as easy as rolling of
a log"
"Anything in the house worth tax
ing?"
"Can't tell till we have a look. I
wonder where this cold air comes from. "
drew back, softly replaced the sash,
and then entered the corridor to tell An
drews. He sat in his chair half asleep,
and It occurred to me that if I called
him off his post the fellows would sus-
pect something. entered the dwelling
part and related the particulars to mother.
remember how white her face grew as
she listened to me. She was for at once
sending me out for some of the neigh
bors, but when we came to reflect we
remembered that father had taken twenty
of the best men in his posse, and we
could think of no one who would be
likely to accept our call. Andrews was
at his post, and he could not be called
away Or conferred with. We had as arms
double barreled shotgun, a revolver,
and rife. The turnkey had the reyol-
yer, or was supposed to have it, but in
locking around the corridor I found it
hanging on nail behind the door lead
ing into the dwelling part. It was
loaded, and myself loaded the other
arms, taking them into the dwelling part
to do so. The keys to the front and
back doors were in the locks. re-
moved them without Andrews knowl-
edge.
Now, to understand what took place,
Won nust have the Law of the mil 1t