The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-09-24

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81 tho old fro In tho Billop blood
flashed out again, even in gentle Nancy.
ION, remembering how far from con-
sidorata no had too often been to this
haoyod woman whose lavei him, could
M longer keep the Ieari from raining
down his stubborn brown phia; and
with sudlennsss that disconnected
Mr., Illggins-whO. however, secretly
wishol rho boy had apreal pair Of
wings ami flown out OF harms way alto
Cotler -hO jumpGdoYSrtho high.baGkod
bench that stood between him and her,
and throw his arms around her com.
Portable shoulders, and pushed his
cheek against here, and gulpei out,
don You cry, Nanny; they can't hurt
me-inSidA-ior iidn'i do it; mud eoin'
to prism . nolhn', II you know you're
all right, You'll are ii | don't mako
somebody sweat for this yet! love
YOU, you dear, Nul wish I'd always
lono what You wanted me-"
This, us tho newspapers wOuli cay,
created visible impression favorable
to tho prisoner, Mr., C1ryu, after q
pau &c, observed that nobody would ba
more pleased than himself II Tom lin.
ton succeeded in establishing his inno'
cenCe; at tho same time, until the facts
before them were satisfactorily eS,
pained, Justice to all parties required
that the prisoner DO kept In custody,
lilo had no doubt Mr., Higgins would
make him very comfortable. Still,
stealing wal stealing aud the law was
bound to take action according 10 tho
evidence brought before it.
Then said tho unlncEy Tom, with n
fash in his eyes, III you was to tell
how you got your money, may be you'd
DO going to goal for stealing 'atead Of
me !"
That settlal the question Of bail; tho
magistrate said ho thought 1, would be
bost to let MIR. Higgins retain charge OF
tno prisoner Tor tho present. In fact,
everybody except Tom was moro or le1s
afraid Of Lawyer Corvin; and really, It
was difficult to zoe how Iom could DO
otherwise than guilty.
Accordingly, tho worthy constable
conveyed ION to tho village loCS.up,
which was room in tho disusei water.
mill below tho fails. Fonbrook was
law.abiling community, and the lookup
was empty three hundred aud fifty
days in tho year; but this night it hap.
peRed to contain another bow, young
tramp, who had been caught u while
bpioro in somebody's hSu.house, and
who wa, waiting transiersnco to tho
L,y., ~ ,nrrn,ttan n Ybn pnip "a hnrt,,T,
town.
1t was an error Of judgment on Mr..
ilisgiR'4 part to put tho two boys to-
golhar. Ono boy is slippery enough;
bat thore i'sno place that two boys.
working togather, cannot got out OF. 1t
may be that Mr.. Higgins thought OF
this, but chose not to act upon the
knowledge.
But, rs people afterwards said, If he
meant to give Tom q chance, he only
succeeded IN fixing his doom.
Tho next morning, when tho con-
stable opened the door to cIyo his prt'-
oners their breakfast, he ioual hoIo
In the roof hardly big enough for a cat
to got through, bur no bows.
Tho tramp, whom nobody was con.
cornel about, seems to have got clear
of, why could no not hRvo been
drowned instead OF TON? It is to DO
feared that Nancy, in the anguish OF
h0r heart, asked the Lord OF Heaven
and Garth that question.
The body, almost unacceptable save
by tho clothes, was found ten days
later. Tue boy had tried to swim tho
river, probably intending to get down
to the sea.coast, aud perhaps ship as
cabin.boy IN gone outward. bound YES.
sol. It was tho spring OF the year, AID
a late flood had swollen the stream and
carried away the bridge. Tom was
stout swimmer; but floating tree may
have overwhelmed him; at any rate lag
WAS gone.
Tho whole village turned out for the
funeral. They iolt, somehow, response
bla Tor poor Toms death. Lawyer Cor.
win was there, too, looking properly
downcast. But when, at the grave,
Nancy lifted her tear stained face and
Gxed her eyes, which always were 80
kindly, upon him. he turned pale and
got behind the others, aud slipped
away. lie could not meet that look;
aud yet, what mad he done that anyone
in his place could have helped doing?
Nancy aud i.tIo Nellie lived alono IN
the old house, and things went III with
them. But at last, when Nellie was
about eleven years old, n mysterious
event happened.