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Show .A FALSE CONFESSION. I ! luircn't Mt of iwllf n villi lint 'l tlatfut lulMha Aro nlvrayl hnkln i thMr Lmd In a Mitonn jr nn'l lc J clftria; tlint ninny ui lionet nun liai t ltrni nt to kUte prUmon rlrrtim I Unnlhl etMenro. flwh liurtnii 1 linva 7 bw laiowit, of conrwt ltit tltry Are I ) rcryr.un, iuhI It I'Lhfn tlin Jiult nt lli imxiii1. I un ftbo'it to tiHrrnlA tlin J xldnprrnd Intrrnt In 1P0.1, nn'l I luk ff tie rcddfr to followthiltilAtlonarlnM I r jr ant to mi wlmt ninvMiA rttniMnv Itfitvi ran Arlm through rlrcuinMAtHN1 ? Jm- Mow woa a inrrrhtnt In Ilia rlll.jt nt n , Ilk llo hiul born j Uiero Aftcrn jf in. II van n rhorrh , lacmbtr, liail uo IrsH(l uhllt iw I Mtuitnl rallirr clnw rlitc). Im rnu alil to b trMI hnnMt. A jrrAT lwforo ' the lnjitrry oec-jrrwl lie hart taken a oj zuronl lUibfrt Ule Into h! hem, the bd hflox An orphan And hU 'HLl j nephew. Iloh, as ve all adlnl Mm. fflfj wi13jirolil uhrn lie raiw, lie , H yt went n'jn the atore ni a rlerk, antt n Iftj bnlmonj kaj tiuule for hltn up rtalnu k , 1 wai n hoy of lloh'a niff, enl we H caiuo to bo rliam. Itthiuriunn ahout M that 1 learned the raiiM nf rrrtnln if welts and bnilar on lilt leg And hrnlf. wi 111 aiiele, while prrtendli a to frel a ki breAt Interest In his welfare, nnd while I rpeftaJnjz Ui h!m In the klndnt manner 31 befere othrre, was lieatititf him on the 7 I alliiteit eicuse aimI seeking to make U I Hid place $t warm for him thnt he eg 4 t.obM mu Away, Pitne Imjrs uonl t f havo cone, but ltob luldn't the murine j f to iret tip and fee tin world without a f: I shilling In hU nrket. , , I ' On the Aftrnmnn of the Ml day of ' j i !, IMS, as was sworn to In ronrt, I ' I I 0 was lu the alloy Lack of the store, And ' 1 heard Btowo whlpplni; lloh In Din ft atoreroouu 1 heard htm rharpo Hoh X Hh stettlln romo money, ltit the boy j. Ijoroiujy denied It. After the whip. J ping Btowo told Hiiro dllTrrtnt ens- ffr tointira that he had caught the Imy ) stealing, but suppressed tho fart that l bo had whipped hlnu I saw lloh V aliout an hour nfler the allalr, and he $ j nuid his denial In sneJi n manner that I, 1 frit sure o( his Innoeenct' I then ad J U vhe.1 ldm to run nay, but as I bad j jl no money to plvo hint. And as ho had i '1 not a penny of his rntn, ho did not It ii, think it beat to so. He nnted mo to V : Sj oonio end share his 11 with Mill that SI I night, as I had ofton done liefore, hut f Kj i a clreimiitaiice prorentefl, Stowo raw i. i vi us tonether mil ordered lue Away M ' t' from tho tton. mi I I At 7 o'clock that efnln;j a mn M named Chadwlck arrived In the village jl from Chlroffo to TUIt a sister llohad i &0W In money villi htm, und ho Asked 9 I Btowo to keep It In his safe oter night. J j j At 8 o'clock the store was cl.y, And lU J I Btoaeisenthonie. At 9 o'clock I left Li home to jro to the store, raleulatinx j to call lloh up by throwing prbblra "f j Ajaliut Uo window, Aslrfiial often male I before. At I passed tho alley 1 saw n ", aan skulk Away I nltemnrd snore . hi court that 1 brllercd this man to li , Woe. Tho sight of hliu frightened I a. me, and I relumed home nt mice. I ' eIt tuornliu; 'the niyslc-y" npeneil k withARraud blast of trumpcia. Hob I ItstuludilUappeAmldiiriiiR tlianlclit I (. and the safe luid been robtwtof Chad- I tt wick's .',00a InTMUjatlon height- I v U euedlhomjstery L There was Hood ni lloh splllon. A I y trail of bloo.1 led from his bnlslde to j K' the Uck door of tho ulnre. The Mfe JSi IiAillmen oprne.1 In tlie rrrnlarun), U t H . nd Htowe claimed Hint ioo of hU S, 3 I. money hail gune with Chndnlek'n. Tlie 1 j town was nt once AlUo.niid tho illUue I II Si. ooiutahls proiI his entlinalnsra mid h , jl S", "Wirlh by Arreslln j two stral'gcin, Ono ; I i soon IJeiitlill himself lis an lionet I ! Br man, while the oilier admllted that ho ti ! n asn dctertcr from the army nml ' D; u, tramp. On searching him U0 In l ariHiilMika wasfounl In one nf li'.a Jj iwkets. lie declare,! Il,nt ho found ia? thlamnnryintho nlley In the rtvir .. Ki Btowo'a store that luornlni; nbout itat B8 lllit, ho hnlnS raw 1 tls night In n jfj storo sheil further don the nlle) If 1 he eipeited any ono to lwllei e surh n J i thin story as that ho was sadly taken 1 aluuk. ItwuMicMMbyullthattho j. 1 lght man lied licen urmlcd, and the V comlablo at oncn lieeamo Iho hero of the hour A CIJeoRo detoitlte, vh.i i ti happened In the town that same day, 'J looked the (round oir nnd tletUpnl III' N the urroit to bo it slli k Job II s.'Xhiro had uot only limurobticrj, bat murder liad been done, and there wan no doubt that lioth deeds had been uceoiopleshcd by tho rime hand Lrcrjibody turned out to look for Hob I!usldr. and nitty spot where It could have ben cuuccaled within u railljs of threo miles woe carefully ez autlncd. It i!ouU not be fonml, but this fa't only strengthened tho ktiu ml licllef In the levrler'a Kuilt. 1 le had, by tho by, glim his name na Willi im Javl, And had vlguronly nnd cm tlnually oeerted his Innocence of Any crlmo whatever. A warrant hail lnn Issued, tliarjlnr Win with robbery and murdrr, and Inside of a week ho had lei ii exonliiei! uiid held to the higher eimrlwithojtlnil On the ery ilsy tlmt this occurred h Down llost Yunkee with n patent chum nrrhed In town. An I of course. I.n sxn heartt nil about tho mystery To everybody's surprlo lin declared DavU Iniioeent, firtl nrpiwl ns follonrs "How was t ho store t nti ml I As tho doors nnd win Ions wore iillrlolit.lt riitst have been cnteml by ono of the doors with n key. How vies the rani robbed! lly S'Miioono who knew tho combination and niwncd It. Tho hoy was Kintalr the safe downstair What neeil to meddle with 'x law at nil!" While tho herolo 'esmstablei and ntlirrs were dirrlintr the above tho lnnkeo was turning thlrg over In his mlml and prcptirltiif to odd "What object to hill the lov. nrevrn to arouse hlmT And If kilM where Is the liodyf V,'hy should the robljcr have carried It awayat allf If Parld Is the rotlier them mint bare In-cii blooil smts on his rlothiliir Whnt did heilowlthtliebnlarieonf the moiieyl Whem did lie jt his k"y to enter! How ill I ho learn the combination of the mfe!" Tins llnonf reasoning upt every lsxly. ati'l It rn sooner rmrh'Ml thectirs of M'own than h' siHKested the errot of tho Yankee u nn neecrsory It was not done, but the latter heard of It, and replied! "InveitlRitn Htowe He I nows more olmnt this tlrnn the deserter does'1 !lltst!6;;rtlmi turned pnbhn nlten tlon nnd suspicion in onothi r direction, and it xi not long lcforo some curious result were furth"0tnmg 1 gnro out the Infnrmitllnn tlmt I saw lilin in Hie alley nt abont 0 n cloelt of 0i night nf the rrlmo. The vlllago b'aeksinlth then enme forward nnd said ho aiw him on the street half an hour later. And that Ftowe dodired iat him And diil not re turn his salutation. Tho hired girl at Hlowe'a house iler'arM that he went out Just before 9 o rloU nnd did not return until 10. It was so iintunal h him to go out of an evening ntono tint she jiorlleulatly iintleeil his t;oiri Threw or four of us boys told hen Hob had bfcnUatcn and misused, and so It CAine nbout that while Ihodemrtcr waa npt reIenJKl, Riuko wus Arrcstinl. His story waa that ha had caught Hob pilfering from the money ilrtwer on several oeea!ons, and that nu the day of the murder nn 1 robbery ho ha 1 lild n trap for him And eanght hloi taking iX lie Ml.I Imlwl u fellng mIk-u ho pit homo that ho had neglected to cIom the safe door, and tint he had returned to make certain on this point. After Itndlng that everything was all rfsht he lud stopped to put up somn floods left on the counter, and had then rotnmed home. Ho denied being In the alley at tho time I thought I saw Mm, or of meeting tho b!cksniltli. A new and more vlgoroua aenrch was ran le for the body, but no triwi of It could Im founl During this time n rlllirn picked up n tendf,llar bill In tho rear of the store, and everybody nt nn.ee declared that the deeirter must linvo told tho trulli. When the man who robbed tlie safe wmt out by the hack door ho limit havo lost his grip on tho money, and the wind had siat tered some nf It, The mir against Davu wai drojiped wln-n rolled before the higher court, und Stowo was put on trial for rohlnry. Kvrryliody now Mleve.1 hliu guilty of thoninnlerof tho hoy, but as the Ixvly could not In founl this tharge was not Ineludcil. K-itf li was male high and low for tho money, but It could not lie found. The general Idea wtu that he burled the body somewhero In tho s.II1ago nnd concealed All traces. .lii-t previous to tho trial Mr. Rtowe mhiiltted that when her hudnnd eamo homo his cnatwu covoroil with dust, ho woa polo and nervous, ono of h s fillers vviu bleeding from a cut, and that he sat up for on hour nller sho h id retired It was timber discovered that Ids buslnesa affairs hail gimo wrong, and that two creditors vuni pnwmg him for pojiuent of ilebta. All In nil iv pietty good'ciso was inndo out against him, but ho ha 1 n surprise In slotn for tlin puhlle. When cvlle,! upon to plead ho answered '.Vot guilty" to the charge of robbery, but leelreil to plead guilty to tho ueemui tlnn of having munlcred tho boy, This leok etrjb)ily aback, of course, and as they had no morn proofs In the one can tluu hi tlin other, the iharMi of robWry was dropped an I ho was or ratgned on tho other On tho stand ho toll the story us follows Iliad discovered that nob wis n thief, imd had puilihed hliu several times forsUwIIng I hvl punMicd him on this day. When I returned to tho store In the evening I went up to his room to luivon tal't with him He was Impudent, and I slruek hliu a blow and broke Ms neck I Ihencarriedtho body totlierlvir and flung It In, nnd the reason) en dMiit llnl It was because It limited aivAy with the torrent. 1 Am vry sorry. Iliad no nuilleo and no tliniifht of hulling buu I strut k Ilia blow o.i tho linpule of the moment ' V hen ho caino to trill n pli"s of "not guilty" waa of courso cnlcnsl, but bis I ier inalo lit tits or uo effort and he w is pronounced guilty and got it sentence sen-tence of lificen years. Alter It wai over, publio opinion whipped nlmut in it k u. rally does an 1 1 very h rson felt sorry for the man He went to prison, sujlng that It was a Jurf punUluurnt, Innd It vos n year and it halt liefore tho real clliiuu came Onn morning Hob IJslo walked Into town as cool as you Ijiaw, and vthni ho hadtbejii u, ,ftjJ2 fluU lie wai no ghost tio to1 1 liU itor oji follow j Out lm lilfthtot tho rounlrl!0 lial Imnlljrpot to tftlwlicn he )iml t.oo MrrO. lltt vim tlowti tUlr-i In look for wntff when hi iittclo unu In Ami pinMthomfAAi(liviQOpllh money. He 01.1 tiotNf Hob nt ftll, but after liKPfIri,r nrntiml fornffcll left by tho back tlortr, fi.UIiis out of It m lio went In U1I1 Tfy lifpt tho Ant n hlsrotit, iirvl nt tho "amu time lot Roof wnno of tho ittGhty. I lab rrallJl thrtt K A n'bbrrjr. nnd tiifttctlif that (twain put up Job tit fvTt 1 1 I'll m nt to pri-KTi ho ilclpnuluotl torntinwnj Hotf-trktu-o or llirra ! II uv T.ft In tho tuimcy tlnivr, Imntjlitl tip lontctlilnrf to nit hiuI mLcm inonilnrf rnitit m tun nuny. Iif upwiinl nf a ymr ho hid Iffon nmnlti? cm n rtranilxvtt. One dijr ho liai hrnnl two mMnfCM t ilk Intf of tiro row. And when liodltH-otiml tlmt ho win nupiHrHil to hnu Ixvii inunUnxlliont unco tartctl tor home to dear Ml uncle. H to wo wan hi fttdta rIoi), fu )ou Uuow When told tlint tl.cl-'y IisiJirtunird tdlvo nnd well he wan nil lfnkiM up AViwn Hob vm taken to th prli?i hN uncle had uotli In to (IJ Wrll, ns ft nnttrr of rourte. str wrro taken totmira HtowiVf pnrd n, nnd H ww mm Knuil. Then rnino tlui(nrtloiiof trlnhhn for tlmnb yrry hut rarluiift dflr mviirrcd nnd hU liittjem ndrnhcorl rIotm thnlrnl olrjertlniii, nn 1 the raw lli.nlijr jotired cult llo dMip()onml, pln to .n-t .n-t nil ui. nnd It wni twnnrthrco yetin liter when tlin Unit ptirtUiihrHrntue ( llht Ho h..d Ihth h.inlli.? hi rwh fnr thiwnr four jrftn, rnlnitnt ItiK tnfklpi.nl llo luul robbed tho NI(nr Hurled tha money In hUrrllnr. nnd he fully Intrndrd tr; nor u so nob of llmrntno. IiMisHYtrtl tint Itohjiad run nway. nud th"rrfornnrrnifl him nMvt thonllesed limrrlrr tonnrr up thonthcrrrlme After ho udklpitnl. leivlne hufmntly nil (unit niklltr, n pn'at ininy of U. dihonct tmnwio tiom cuuo to t'lit, nnd It Itcrnmo plain toovtrjboily that ho wnin roMul In illpil AVhlle I do not deny, a T U II you rt th nnbrt, tluit n man rutlrcly Juno rj,l nf n rcrtniu t rlnie my Im mnt to piisou m jollity f It, It cut K-arerly liipjefn IT Ito Ik nu hontvt miti nnd nlNnerntpielnn, Illsrondiiet itimt bo ugilii't liliu u AnlttntKcnt man Clr-ennutnneff Clr-ennutnneff urh m Wlug urn nenr I tho plaeeof crime Winding guilt wlcn factory unnwrn, rte go n lonwajn vltrnt dlrrtt proof In l.irkin,T, mid" I. think I mn afo hi nvln lhit tin man who lm lsvcu found Innorcnt uf tho rtiino fir which ho mm ImmsloriKiit topriwrifiuijntlltynftv.intlhIngcIfof hm flou imturo nhlrhho tncrklu5 to Lido ut tho tiiuo. Is'ow ork bun. |
