The Wrong Man — page 45: what you’re looking at

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AROUSED APPREHENSIONS. a of the Jast memwer of his family, the last prop and solace of his Seehning age. Then, gathering himself in his strength, and his _ eye kindling with a determined expression, he rushed out of the cabin, sprung upon his horse, pushed the animal into im- a - oepaag speed, and rattled down the path which led toward the ‘village. The place spoken of by the boatman as the Round Bend was a turn in the river, some seven or eight miles below Adria’ pp- olis, by the winding course of the stream, though hardly more than five by aroad that ran along the ridge or summit of the ~ bluffs which form the back-ground of our scene, and iutersect- ed the Ohio at that place. A road from the village communi- cated with the above, by winding up the point or spur of one __ of the bluffs, about midway between Adrianopolis and the cabin of Sedley. On a little natural mound at the foot of this spur stood the block-house which has been before alluded to. ci It was toward the ridge road that Sedley directed his course. = 2 eet Ve ‘The information that Edward Overton had not departed for Canada, as he had been led to believe, but had been lurking in theneighborhood, and was now about to set off clandestinely for _ New Orleans, considered in connection with facts atelier! known, had aroused apprehensions in the old man’s mind, _ which soon received painful confirmation from the evidence of Outrage he discovered. He now plainly perceived, what he had half suspected before, that Hugh Overton’s plan of purchase _ Wasa mere pretense; and that he had been duped and drawn _ away from home, in order to facilitate the schemes of the law- less hunter. Sedley bit his lips as these reflections passed tt his mind, and urging his horse at each moment to a greater speed, he rode furiously up the stony bill. As he drew near the point where the road which ascended the long pro- - montory or spur of the bluff turned into that which traversed _ the summit, the noise of a wagon coming down the declivity Yeached his ear, and in a moment the two travelers met. The full, round moon was by this time rising in the east; but the tall black trees. threw too deep a gloom over the road te allew of their recognizing, vapsniaes 2 of their distinguishing ‘each other. The wagoner drew up his horse, cleared his voi _. and seemed disposed to enter inte conversation. But the ol - man dashed es him without an instant’s pause, unmindful of the “I say, ne merge !—hem !—friend, hello!” with which the 3 saluted . “ Well, now, I guess that’s git,” said the nasal voice of Nathan as he cheru to his Rasinante, and resumed his mg toward the village. “I wonder who it can be, and _- Where streaking it off to at that mad rate. Well, he didn’t - ghow much bringing up, anyhow. He might have sto Jong enough a body the time of day: it wouldn't a-cost — "And so. saying, Nathan