Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1877-11-08
A DETECTIVE PUTS A WHOLE GREW TO
SLEEP.

"Who's thcre?'
"Opou tho door"
I'll am closed for tho night"
'rhat won't go down; you have company
inside, aud | want to como iu."
"YOu oaDRot come in to night, tell YOU.
am closed, aud will not orou for any
one"
Tho detective again commenced to bang
at tho door. Agaiu voioo FROM tho inside
called:
"You may bang away as much as you
please, but tell you no QUO shall got in
here to night"
"I'll bang the door down if you DO not
open it"
"lf you 30 not go away l will come out
there aud bang you for making such a rum.
pus."
The litter octiou was just what the officer
| desired, aud he was continuing lis attack
upon tho door, whom suddenly, hand was
lud upon his shoulder.
"ilcre, what do you mean making row
around hore at such an hour?" oume the
! inquiry, in an angry voice.
"Who are youI"
81 am tho man who runs this hotel and
it you do not start, I'll run you down on
lHe d0oX ana OyGr0card.
The landlord, instead of opening the
door, had gone around through rear en-
trance, and had come to the front pazza,
fcning that If he did not open the door the
man might force gu entrance. lie thought
it was drunken man he had to deal with,
and the detective had encouraged such an
idea; but now, when they stood face to faoc,
his manner changed entirely.
"Suy, boss,' he exclaimed, "just walk
this way with me- moment. | have somc
thing to say to YOU"
IA he spoke he produced dark lantern,
and showed his shield as on officer.
"Ah, ha" exclaimed tho landlord, you're
u 'cop' in disguise"
81 am detective attending to my bust
meas, and any man WHO intcrfores with me
does so ut his own risk, as have q posse of
men renay to answer my signal
"Who are you aftcr2 Quo Of those sailors
in thcre?"
"No; I am after information which l
wish to got from them"
"What do you want with meY"
'i want you to lay in with me, and make
out that you are acquainted with me-"
"You want to play off as fshermau?"
eyes"
! "All right! am the man to assist you!
| used to bo on the force myself once"
81 an going for big stake, and if you
help me to pull through all right you will
be hundred dollars richer to morrow morn.
ing"
The landlord chanccd to be just in that
financial condition that a hundred dollars
ready cash was like saving him from ruin,
and he said:
"You can rely on me; havo no game in
with them tar greasers inside"
Giving the landlord some further jnstruo.
tlons, the detective RECOMMENDED his attack
on the door, and few seconds later the
voice from the inside called out:
"lf you don't go away frcm there I'll
send a bullet through the Door"
"You wouldn't shoot an old friend, would
you?" called the detective.
"Who are you?"
"Why, don't you know my voice?'
'Is it Hank Rundull?"
"Wby, of course it is "
"Why in thunder didn't you say SOP" and
the next moment tho bolts were slipped
asile, ond the detective staggered into the
bar room
AS the landlord appeared to know him,
and as he looked like an ordinary fisherman,
lie only received a passing rotieo from the
sailors. lie lost 20 time in proceeding
about the business he hid in neHd. lie
observed the bottle the sai!ors we're driGa;ng
from, and managed to indicate syly to the
landlord that he wanted to drink uat cf the
same bottle. When that bottle went back
to itS place on the shelf behind the bar it
was doctored. y few mou.en,s pasaed, and
the sailors took their drink all round from
the same bottle, and as tho seemingly
drunken hshcr!nan saw them do 80 peculiar
smile played over his face. At once he
became moro reckless in lis behavior,
talked loud, and did not appear 20 caro- for
any Que. few minutes passed, and one
after another Of the sailors began 70 yaun
and rub their eyes. The smile ppon the
detectives face brondeued into genuine
grin. Two or three Of the men stretched
out like drunken men, and dropped off
asleep. At the same moment there came
rap ut the outside door. The landlord
looked toward the detective to INQUIRE
whether he should open it or not. The
officer nodded ailirmatively. The door was
opened. and llamud, the slender, dark eyed
assassin entered. The man was not in
disguise as common sailor, as he had been
in kanaEa Toms place. EIamud advanced
aad spoke to one Of the sailors. The fcllow
made no reply, but nodded in hal maudiin,
sleepy manner. The black eyes Of Hamud
ilpshca with anger. lie shook the man
but was met in the same way. With n
number OF strange words falling from his
montl in rapid succession, llamud passed
to different meD. Ile found them all, as