Beadle's Dime Novels No. 38: The Wrong Man — page 86: what you’re looking at

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—6B8 THE WRONG MAN. out of reach in case Nathan should make a.y demonstration, He now watched with the most intense delight the madness of the presiding officer, and anticipated that Dodge would be ees for striking him in the face. “Throw it, Judge! throw it, Judge!” he shouted, jumping up and down with joy. “L’arn him how to behave himself. Throw it, Judge !” The Judge did throw it; but, being — and, withal, having had little practice, he was a very poor “shot ;” and the spittoon, instead of going directly at the head of the ped- dler, as he certainly expected it would, went right straight across the room and struck the shoemaker square in the face. Seeing how utterly he had failed, the Judge clawed franti- cally around him for something elsé to throw, but his hand, after passing over his pens and papers, rested only on the head of a young urchin, who had wedged himself in by the desk. Thinking he had lit upon a suitable object, he jerked the affrighted lad nearly off his feet. The boy yelled furi- ously, and the Judge settled back in his chair in impotent The ridiculous turn which affairs had’ thus taken had the effect of restoring Nathan Dodge to good-humor, who now yielded to the solicitations of Dudley and retired from the stand. Matters were righted, ruffled tempers settled down nearly to their former level, and the trial proceeded. It being ascertained that the peddler had not yet communicated the most important part of the testimony, he was recalled. He was sullen and reticent at first, but Scroggs succeeded, after a time, in forcing from him the admission that the statement which he had made about the pursuer being Dudley was not a mere supposition, for he had checked his horse and inquired in regard to Overton, and, upon learning the direction he had taken, had immediately dashed after him in full pursuit. As Dudley fuliy admitted this, the testimony was conclusive If any thing further was needed to fasten conviction upon the prisoner, it was soon forthcoming. The party that we have mentioned as setting out from the village on the discovery of the murder, to ascertain whether any thing further could be jearned regarding it, had met with a success beyond their hope. In the edge of the wood, near the place where the comic oooks.comn