The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-07-22

spurious. When was brought up for
examination both she and the drug
gist appeared against me. | told
straight story. but without effect
Counterfeit bills had been showed into
circulation. and the police had been
looking for the shower. was held
for trial and spent SIX weeks In jail
Then | was tried. AS there was no
evidence connecting me with a gang
Of counterfeiters. was acquitted and
released.
But one thought absorbed me-to get
even with the man who had played
the trick on me that had kept me sls
weeks In a horrible cell and ruined
me In the place where I-had intended
to settle. I walked the streets hoping
TO meet him till was so weak from
hunger that couldn't walk any
longer. then gave 1t up. But all the
while ! was thinking OF plan for
revenge. At last ! cOncOcted one that
might catch the counterfeiter and pun
breaking the government money laws.
| went to wood I'm the outskirts OF
the town and to a tree pinned piece
Of paper on which ! had written In
trembling hand that ] was about to be
murdered by a man who had forced
me to pass counterfeit money. ] hav-
ing threatened to put the police on to
him and his gang. ! described the
man who had given me the spurious
bills Ia doing so Of course | de-
scribed my own personal appearance.
but didn't care for that. for ! pro
posed to disappear from the place and
play dead. Having taken this the
only means | could think Of TO gain
my revenge. ! converted myself into a
tramp and did not stop moving until
I had gone some 1900 miles from the
town where had had so much trou-
BILE At the end Of my tramp ! found
a man who gave me job. and | re-
joiced that at last | had reached
haven OF rest.
One morning took up a newspaper
and read the account Of my own muir
der. Every effort had been made to
ind both my body. dead or alive, and
my murderer. The police had sent out
thousands Of circulars giving the de-
scription Of him that | mad written.
and it had been copied in many news
papers.
I noticed one day on looking up sud
denly at my employer that he was
scrutnizng me. II had occurred to
me before this that my giving a de-
scription Of my murderer that would
answer as well for me as for him
might lead to serious complications.
Indeed. after seeing the description OF
the supposed murderer in the newspa-
per / had become very anxious. The
result was that when saw my EN-
ployer looking at me as il comparing
me with the description ! turned pale.
He looked away, and that ended the
matter, at least for the time.
Several days later man came into
the store where | worked, had some
words with my employer and then. ad-
vancing toward me. eyed me sharply;
then be took a printed slip from his
pocket and referred to II. evidently
co1c>aring HE with it. At last be took
QUIZ pair Of handouts. put them on
my wrists and led me out OF the
store. 1t didn't occur TO me to pro-
test or to ask any questions. ] knew
| was to be taken back to the scene of
my former troubles TO answer to the
charge Of having murdered myself.
1t didn't appear to me then that l
should have any trouble in identifying
myself. l resolved to say that / had
succeeded I'm getting away from the
man who had intended to murder me
and had left that part Of the country
altogether. 1t didn't occur to me that
such story in the face Of a charge
of murder would appear pretty thin.
The first realization Of my danger that
came TO me was in talking with the
official who was taking me back TO
Mertford$ told him the story just
rs / have thus far told 1t here. And
what was his comment? 1t was this:
"yonng man. II xOu can't make up