Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-14

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fallen so low. 7 honestly wished to help !
him, If he would accept aid from me; be- /
cause had heard that he was very poor /
and in distress.
1T was with this thought in mind that /
Z stopped over at Colchester and inquired
for him. I wanted to do him favor; 1
would have given him money, could I
have found him then and prevailed upon
him to accept 1t.
Il rode on from Colchester the next
day. The knife that has been shown
here, and testified Of. is indeed mine. In
some way-I know not how-but 1t must
have been after passing BarnWeu on that
road, lost 1t. When next saw it, he
had it in his possession in the parlOr Of
the Red Lion
4 suppose that I passed him on the
road. But I did not recognize him;
never knew that he was nearer than Col
chester until the instant that I unex-
peCtedly surprised him IN the inn parlor:
My horse fell lame; most unwillingly
1 returned with him to that Inn. I did
not know at that time that the Black
Buck was as near.
1t was with the greatest reluctance
that 1 entered the Red Lion. Ny horse
was. unfit to ride; was burning with
anxiety to get on. / went IN only to re-
fresh myself, and TO sit down and think
how I should get to the Villa.
Il was occupied with my thoughts.
The landlord may have asked me u OF to
go into the parlor; I did not hear him.
I entered and shut the door. There at
the table, eating his lunch, with my
clasp-knife in his hand, was Robert
BarnWell.
@The sight of him, so perfectly unex-
pected in this place, struck me with sur
prise. But recalled my kind intentions
toward him. 1 began to speak of them,
when he rose and bolted the door by
which 1 had just entered.
He held the knife in his hand. There
was a bad look in his face. saw dan
ger ahead.
4 am unarmed, I cried. DO you
mean to attack me?'
You have intruded upon me- he re-
piled. You owe me an explanation.
Now that you are here, face to face with
me, and we ace alone, you shall make it
to me. Why did you lie to Blanche
Pembroke about me?'
4 never did
You lie! You know you didP
$50 far we had spoken low, but with
feeling. His anger was rising higher,
and his voice was rising with it.
You are going to marry her now, are
you?
AT made no answer. I saw there must
be a contest, but made an effort to soothe
him. said:
Robert, am not your enemy. You
have no enemy but yourself. I will help
you, if I can. Yesterday, at Colchester,
I tried to find you. I am sorry for your
misfOrtunes. AS God hears me, I bear
you no ill-wilL I am far from rich; but
would five pounds aid you?
From your he cried. Never! You
have taken from me all that 1 cared for in
/ life. You bIackened my character to
Blanche. You poisoned her against me-
My lord, you may think it strange
that Z can remember all this. can only
! say that it is stamped upon my brain.
It was all spoken in a few minutes, but I
can never forget word of it.
The words followed that reached the
! ears Of Richard Ryder. He has sworn
truly; he has given the exact language.
Il was irritated; could not help it,,
and I replied with some heat:
didp
He came within arms length of me,
! the knife in his hand. He spoke with a
/ dangerous rasp in his voice:
! DO you say SO? Then you are liar,
as we'll as a black-hearted yilIainp
! ct vas plain to me now that he meant
/ to attack me. I kept myself on the alert,
and spoke as felt.
Poor fooll pass by your insults;
you are beneath my contempt
He sprang for me, knife in hand. 1
| seized his wrist; griped it so hard that
| he dropped the knife, We clinched and
/ struggled. The table was overturned;
! the wax-candles were thrown down and
| trampIed under foot. We Wrest1ed there
/ in the darkness. found that I was
much the stronger, and was about to
| throw him, when he released his hold and
dealt me a blow in the face. 1t knocked
me senseless.
From what have heard of the events
/ of that night. I suppose that lay IN
conscious not more than ten minutes.
got to my feet giddy, confused, mortified
with the overthrow Just experienced. The
parlOr was dark, but the outer door was
open; BernWell was gone. heard a con-
! fused sound of feet and voices from the
tap-room. felt Inundated, angry, IN
willing to meet anybody about the house.
had endured that worst insult that can
be given to .gentleman-a blow in the
face! I Obeyed an impulse, left the
parlor, gained the highway, and went to
the Black Buck. What I did there has
been truthfully told. made no conceal
ment; there was nothing to conceal. AT
ter the rest and refreshment obtain ed
there I walked on to Pembroke Villa
never dreaming that there was anything
worse in these occurrences than the
/ personal humiliation suffered by myself.
/ Man was never more astCnished than
was that afternoon at the visit of the
Sheriff and the nature of his GRAND.
@As God viii judge me, I declare tina
/ the disappearance OF ROBERT BdtuW6ll Il
as great a mystery to me as to any other
I do not know cannot guess-what be
came of him.
Nor have I the least knowledge as t,
who fastened the doors and windows o.
the tap. I knew nothing Of it until
was told, after my arrest. I knew not
person in or about the inn that night bu
Barnweu, the landlord, the hOstIer, an,
his boy.
1T has been aid that there was. bloot
on the knife It must have come from
the cut on my face made by Barnwell'
knuckles when he fell to the floor. Tn
knife had been dropped before.
Il can say no more. 1 have been mos
unjustly convicted. I am a soldier, an,
, do not fear death; but it is hard to SUITE
a dizUracsf7E. death for q crime ueve