The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1867-06-13
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That's pretty good said Old Royce,
and tastes like i'm ported Ny friend
so { gusss hi drink for hin. I've af
ways had to dodoublee dutyia the xe4d
By the way he continued. I must tell
you good dodge that my friend here
t,h,ffftd,.d5 % ms iawyer was trying 70 gel
aghead of my friend here, aatl .hadrieft
orders to be called for the morning train,
but what does my friend here do but go
faud hzsc-s order CHANGED do you seeg
and SO the little pigwideon is left behind.
It's just such little touches of genius as
that, sheriff. that redeems human nature,
and makes us more than brutes He'll
make, fifteen. thousand dollars. by it,
Halo, what S your hurry, sheriff. i can't
keep up, il you re gon.e 20 tlot,you know.
This horse was made on purpose for a
circus, l guess He'd do all the square
jumping upEand down to music, but he
hampy horse andI Believe ny brains
wolIld adj be shaken into my boots if /
rode him ssAother,lay and ha2 grllmbled
away in, the same strain till we got out
Of hearing, and afterward, I presume, i.
In two hours more we reached the
Fox. and forded IL, and found a sleepy
tostler in the hotel; but on looking in the
buggy for my alise, l found it was gone,
land it contained all my papers. Nv g, had
probably left It by the slough, q Here
was,a bad fix efor when, it came daylig
Wakefield would attach OF. course a.
What shall we do, Benway? said I.
Can you invent some plausible storysto
detain them?' sarafr 1e 90 fte0-
1t looks to me, be replied, 4as if we
were to be defeated at last. I II send
some men to look for the valse and We II
see what can be done, after that; but
know old Royce well, and when his head
is clear again he'll be sharp enough--te
use his own phrase-to shave hogs with
a feather og. ~ ,.,es a44. l-fii0I
I felt desperately now, for had come
to look on the matter as fairly under my
control and had already set Wakefield
down as defeated but here the troubles
were to be turned with vengeance, and
my enemy was to- triumph. 10 ..9.,4f 7a5i.
'Benway, said |, when he came back,
1 have got them, L guess You say
that w ellis boards in this house and that
you are intimate with him. Go to him
with this fifteen Thousand dollars in eo1in-
terfeit money, and tell him that Old
Royce is going to attach his goods. Then
give,llim the money, with Instructions to
be counting it over in his rooms; while
you tell Royce that now is the time to
attach, because Wells has sold out and is
counting his money UP stairs. Tell Wells
that, If he plays his part properly, he
will settle the Wolf claim very SOON
'Benway hesitated moment, then
said, We'll, under the circumstances, 4
guess | will, for we are dealing with UNI
scrupulous fellows So when breakfast
was over [ saw Benway talking with
Wells, and soon after with Royce, who
Immediately went to the deputy sheriff.
+ Now then, sid Royce to his official,
after getting him out of the horseshed,
with Wakefield, what we want is grit.
We must break down the door and grab
all the money we see; and mind you, if
he puts it in his pocket We must pull it
out of his pocket, that S all Business is
business, this is big business, and you
must be gritty. There are moments Of
destiny, said he, pulling bottle from his
pocket and taking a long drink, and this
is one of EN-. s loi ea.l
The whole party came back looking
pale: and the deputy started ahead. Old
Royce Lewis following next and Wake
field closing up the rear on the stairway
Shortly after they disappeared, we heard
the door crashed in, and a scrambling
rush followed.
we afterwards learned from the depu-
ty, z iovial fellow, that Old Royce was
the first man in the room, and that, after
grabbing what money he could hold in
each hand, he knocked the balaaee on to
the floor and sat down on all that he
could cover, shouting to the deputy, I've
got the pile; attach me ! attach me !
moving his elbows UP and down. mean
while, like young crow trying III vain to
fly. When they came down stairs, flushed
with triumph, Mr.. Lewis took occasion
to recount his twenty-five years expert
ence at the bar, which seemed to have
been years Of triumphs for him, and an
uninterrupted series of defeats for all his
opponents. After this more c0nVivialty,
more stories, more triumpils 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 but fairly crossed
the river 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 and hitherto Invisible being called
Co came out strong. He even went so
far as to say that he guessed Wells didn'
eat no snow, which meant probably, that
he slaked his thirst and satisfied his APP
petite by more economical and time say
ing methods usual among men. But the
exact import of his words cannot be
known in this world, for he disappeared
down cellar after uttering them, and
never came up again to my knowledge.
Here take some more all around, urg
ed Wells. This last drive is the best
/ ever came on any one.
Yes, said Benway, walking up to the
desk and looking at the papers, sharply,
st acds good-first rate-even for the
West where We manage to keep ahead In
business: but [ believe the Sheriff can
show you better one.
1 shouldn' wonder If I could. repli-
ed the Sheriff, walking up to Wells and
serving the papers.
The man who didn't eat no snow
looked so white for moment that a
stranger would have thought that snow
was his regular food, in fact that he ate
nothing else But the next moment he
turned to Benway, fercely, aud. said.
You seoundrel, you got in here by fraud
its swindle; [ won't stand it. I've a
mind to knock you down sir.
No, don't now, Wells, said Benway !;
it is too expensive for you under your
present circumstances We should have
got in here any way and you merely saw
ed door by the operation that's all.
Not all, exactly, said Wells, for |
should have made an assignment and
beaten you. eq
Yes, I see it is all ready said Ben
way, taking up some papers from the
desk; but | am pleased to notice that