The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1877-02-07

, night, and for a joke took him out OF be,
and laid him on the floor, and he slep
soundly during the whole process; indee,
he never swoke until the next morning
"Well, what of tbati asked Crofton
Don't You see ?" replied Barton, 81 mear
to steal that money, and leave the i'm pres
sion that Foster did IT,"
But how will you manage that? Their,
seems to me to be some difficulty in con.
Quoting scheme like that"
Not at all. if you will do what | tel
you. We will go together to Fosters
room, put his breeches and socks OF
(and I'll lay a wager he'll sleep soundly
all the time. If be doesn't, wen say We
meant it for a joke end steal that pecu'
liar pair Of overshoes which he always
wears together with his boots, after which
you can walk leisusely about the street
while | steal the trunk and take it tc
some convenient place to burst it open
When have pocketed the money you
must raise the alarm and start in pursuit
OF me. | will run 10 a circuitous route
toward Fosters boarding house, and in
the race | will loose one Of the overshoes
which you must be sure to get. will
continue my race to Fosters room, take
off his boots, gather my own and return
to this place. You must give me time to
do all this, then, you rush to the board
ing house and raise the alarm there, pro.
duce the overshoe, catch him with his
breeches and socks on, have him searched
and you will be certain to find his salary,
which, as | told you, is the exact amount
in the same bills as the money we will
get"
When he had concluded, Crofton slapt
him on the shoulder and exclaimed, Gap.
itsl ! Capital we are sure to succeed"
After arranging their plan so they un>
derstood one an other thoroughly, they
set out to accomplish their mischievous
work.
Two hours later, Barton returned ex-
cited to the highest pitch, while a smile
of revenge rested upon his wicked coun>
tenance. So far, his plan had succeeded
and he only awaited the return of Croft
ton, to insure the complete success of his
scheme
Another hour passed, and Crofton
came in all breathless, with excitement
and fairly Rugged Barton in his Joy, at
the same time, saying-"the Jig is up
with Foster" Patterson fairly swore
he took the money and says he'll have
hin, r---.-iSLnI ;F-is-OUsts hiaA=rAA-iss.
nickle he is worth"
OF course Foster expostulated and plead
his innocence, but that did no good, nor
will it do any good before a court The
circumstantial evidence all point toward
him, and I'll bet thousand dollars
against nickle, he lands in the pen
you had better save your money for
fear you may need it to save yourself;'
put III NOlCC NJ Tue uOOT.
Both men turned simultaneously
around, and imagine their surprise, cha
grin and defeat at beholding Mr.. Eaton.
why, Mr.. Eaton, we thought you
was in Louisville, exclaimed they, in a
breath.
"But am not" repliedhe ~ failed to
get on the train and thank God that
did, for so doing, l will be the instru.
meut in clearing the innocent and con-
demning the guilty. l overheard all of
your conversation and while you were
gone, l took the precaution to procure
the proper authority to have you arrest
ed, and now gentlemen, or rather thieves,
allow me to introduce you to the town
marshal.
When their trial came off, they were
sentenced to five years imprisonment in
the State Penitentiary and there we will
leave them.
But to return 10 Foster. Of course he
was greatly shocked at being suspicioned
as thief, but he was relieved from his
embarrassed condition, as soon as Eaton
arrived.
Kate Norton, or rather Kate Foster.
now presides over the happy cottage of
John Foster, and the firm in that flour
ishing town is known as Eaton Il Foster