The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1867-06-27

S.airs Tell Wells that, if he plays his pa
sroperIy, he will settle the Wolfe claim yer
Soon
E '"Benway hesitated a moment, then sai(
We'll under the circumstances. | guess
will for we are dealing with INSCRIPTION
: fellows So when breakfast was over
saw Benway talking with Wells, and 500
after with Royce, who Immediately went t.
the deputy sheriff.
"'Now then, said Royce to this official
after getting him out Of the horse-shed, witt
Wakefield, what we want is grit. W
must break down the door and grab all til
money we see; and mind you, if he puts
in his pockets we must pull it out of hi
pocket, that all. Business is business, thi
is big business and you must be gritty
There are moments of destiny, said lie, pull
ling bottle from his pocket, and taking
long drink, and this is one of en-
'Ihe whole party come back looking
pale, and the deputy started ahead, ole
Royce Lewis following next, and Wakefield
closing up the year on the stairway. Short
ly after they disappeared we heard the door
crashed in, and scrambling rush followed
1--WE afterwards learned from the deputy
l,JONldl lCiO", GidI Oiu 1AOJCG WAS lll6 lIIS
man in the room, and that after grabbing
what money he could hold in each hand,
he knocked the balance on the floor and sat
down Oh all he could cover, shouting to the
deputy, Pve got the pile; attach me! at
tach inc !'-moving his elbows up and
down, meanwhile, like young crow try
ing in vain to fly. When they came down
stairs, flushed with triumph, Mr. Lewis
took occasion to recount his twenty five
years experience at the bar, which seemed
to have been years of triumphs for him, aud
an uninterrupted series of defeats for all his
opponents. After this more conviviality,
more stories, more triumphs at the bar but
no one suspected the money.
Meantime the men returned with the
valise just as Royce Lewis, Wakefield, and
the deputy were leaving town with the
money, and they had fairly crossed the riv-
er when Wells invited US all up to his store
to celebrate the success of the trick Just
played.
"Wells was very jolly; and that mystic.
rious ard hitherto invisible being called
CO. came out strong. He even went so
far as to say that he guessed Wells didn't
eat no snow, which meant, probably, that
he slaked his thirst and satisfied his appe-
| tite by the more economical and timesav-
ing methods usual among men. But the
exact import Of his words cannot be known
in this world, for he disappeared down eel
lar after uttering them, and never came up
again, to my knowledge
| =" Here, take some more all around, urg
ed Wells. This last drive was the best [
ever came on any one
Yes, said. Benway, walking up to the
desk ana looking at the papers, sharply, it,
it D0t7 good, first rate,-even for the
West, where we manage to keep ahead in
| business; but believe the sheriff can you
show better one
Z; q shouldn't wonder if could replied
the sheriff. walking up to Wells and serving
the papers.
"Ihe man who didn't eat no snow look
ed so white for a moment that a stranger
would have thought that snow was his reg
ular food, in fact that he ate nothing else,
but the next moment he turned to Benway,
tiercely, and said, You scoundrel, you got
in here by fraud its swindle won't
stand it. I've mind to knock you down,
sir
No, don't now, Wells, said Benway :;
it is too expensive for you under the circum-
stances. We should have got in here any
way, and you merely saved door by the
operation, that's ALL
Not all, EXACTLY, said Wells, for | should
have made an assignment and beaten YOU
Eyes, | see it is already, said Benway,
taking up some papers from the desk, but
am pleased to notice that your very vau-
able autographs are not attached. Wells,
you are gentleman, and Pm sorry you've
had bad luck, but you'll come out
After securing two trusty men to take
charge of the store, we hunted, fshed, smok-
ed, and talked away the day / never felt
better in my life The air was delicious,
and riding back to the lake over the prairie
next day, had a long talk with Benway
on philosophy. He had much hepin him,
and so my soul waxed fat. The first man
we saw was old Royce Lewis.
" where is you friend Wakefield p i'll
quired Benway.
1.-The man who came that stunning
game over the pigwigeon lawyer, said the
SHERIFF.
:: why, he went off on the morning train.
with orders to have the money deposited
here in bauk, replied Royce
so he thinks it's all right, them said
the sheriff.
Yes replied Royce, contemptuously
but understood II all the minute my hands
touched the money. The paper was too
limsey. But made sure of my fee out Of
the case, though game Or no game
Yes said the deputy, coming up. you
were so very smart that yon took your fee
out of the counterfeit money
"This came so unex pectedIy, and was re-
Ceived with such shouts Of laughter, that
the old man, for the first time i'll his life,
perhaps, had nothing to say, and hurried
out without attempting reply.
81 finished my business, and took the
next train East. | found Philips and Lock
shaw excited, as usual. They had learned
from Mr. Wolfe that THEN claim had been
collected in money, and they were much re-
lleved, if not pleased, on hearing the true
state of the case.
81 met Wolfe on the street near my
office.
$50 I beat you after ALL said he; but
allow me to say, sir, that don't think you
did the fair thing by me. You might have
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for Philips and Lockshaw'
+ "'But, sir replied, 1 had been retained
by them in the case, and was bound to pro
tect them by concealing their Designs
q don't think So he replied besides
they could stand the loss, and | can't
''Mr. Wolfe,' said l, 4 should as soon
think of embezzelling my clients money,
as would of Intentionally revealing any OF
the secrets confded to me as a lawyer
Next morning, when l met Wolfe, ne
not only refused to acknowledge my saiu
tation, but was actually almost purple witt
rage He had received letter from Royce
Lewis stating that the money was counter
felt
81 lost 10 time in calling on Fanny, but
found her not at home. excused that think
Jag she might have been out; but the mex
day | saw her in the street, aud she avoided
me.
81 wrote her a brief but vigorous note