The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-04-30

black hossuth hat, faded army over,-oat. pants
OF gray Jean, and heavy boots, The above
ioMaiu VII De pad TO any one furnishing pos
tive information Of his Whereabouts.
''Sheriff Of - county"
AT the very instant finished reading
the advertisement, there occurred tbe
most remarkable coincidence that has
ever come under my observation 7
heard heavy tread on the stairs and
the door opened and there entered
Tim Lynch The moment I set ewes
upon nm recognized him as perfectly
as though had known him all nv
ire Inc army Overcoat and orav
pants tucked into the heavy boots, the
massive frame and shoulders. the
s!ouched hat pulled down over his
rlBh6 eye 10 cOnceal-I was sure-the
scar ABOVE all desperate hunted look
la MS IorDlddlng CONFERENCE.-THE we're
NOT 20 De mistaken. was as certain
Ol MS identity as though he had stem
pea forward, pulled off his hat to show
me the scar, and told me his name.
10 say that L was not alarmed at this
sudden and unwelcOme intrusion wouId
10 untrue. l am not brave man. and
NY present situation, alone in the de-
PO6 Win a hunted murderer. was by no
eanS feassurlng. My heart beat vi
0IehIly, but from mere force of habit
arose and asked him to be seated
Nnile he turned to comply, l succeed.
eu III conguerIng my agitation to some
extent. He drew a chair noisiIv for
ward, and sitting down threw omen his
coat displaying by SO doing a heavy
navy revolver stuck in his belt Then
ne Ifeeu his month of a quantity of TO-
bacco juice, and spoke.
1oung feller," he said, motioninp
with his head toward the battery ssthat
Inar macheen is what yer call a telly-
gram, L spose."
:, wen, L answered with n faint
sipHe, intended to be conciIiatorI,
tnat IS what we send kilograms by."
wal want you to send a message
10 friend o mine out in Coboe
Ieil yer aforehand I hain't cot no col
lateral. But 1 kinder guess von'd bet-
Ter trust me, young Teller" Here he
t ts I,,I MS hand significantly on his belt !
II IeSch lt IN ter-morroy of IFS con.
l ihastened to say that the cbsrge
oo1ld Just as we'll be paid at the o+boo
end by his friend. '"s O'lier
HumPh Plaguey little youu GET
I'M reckon. Howsumeyer ner'
. What is the message. and 70 whom,
Is it to gO?" anu " "Hon
-, want you to tell Jim FelIers of
Co1oe, that the bull omit bero loo,
EEi8ht, and Their sheep IL be close oD
AS he delivered this sentence ba 1ool--
90 az me rs if he expected me to he
nEsIihed. But I Thought IL hest NOT
" appear so, and said carelessIv
10! oppose you are a dealer in stock
auu thlS Is your partner? All. sir. the
IeIeGraph helps you fellows ont of
many sharp bargain"
as ne answered, slowly. evil
gently pleased with the way 7 t9ok n
as that UNI. I'm sendin' doWn a
io' o stock. Bought it dog cheap over
Va uenesee yesterday. Purity lot as
ever you see." Ao' do
turned 70 my instrument. What
was TO be done? Though onrs ves a
Ealroad office We often sent business
messages; and if / did as usuaI now r
should probably get rid of INV 1nysel-
come visitor without further trnnbIa
Put IN the short conversation with hin,
nau somewhat recovered from, nv
nISs alarm, and I now conceived the
T IHea oil attempting the capture of Tim
was only poor salaried generator
Trying TO save enough to marry in fbe
spring. Five hundred dollars wouId
ue me e great deal of good lust now
70 say nothing of the eclat of the thing
RuI now was it to be accomplished
nere was L, alone in the depot with
man Dig enough to whip his weight in
euoh AItte men as I was several times
over; Any attempt to secure him
Single handed was not to be thouobt
o. but could L not excuse nnyseIf. and
going out, fastem him in? No we'll 7
knew from the distrustful look in his
lace that any proposal of mine to leave
the room would be peremptorilv OBJ
Jected to by him. What thenP
Why, simply this. [ would telegram
to the downtown station. But. alas
That very day the connection had been
cut Tor repairs. 1t was seldom used at
any time, of course. But what of that?
1t was only question of few seconds
more time.
All these things went through my
mind with the rspidity of lightning as
l went to the battery. Lynch regarded
me from the corner of his uncovered
eye with a suspicion that made me
shake IN my shoes. As / sat down he
arose and came to my side.
"LoOk a here, young Teller" he
Missed in my ear, and his breath was
sickening with the fumes of liquor,
L