Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-03-13

has come into the place, and married a
bonny wife, he has, II yF-rCF
"The old Squire had q daughter, had
he not?''
" Two. You know them?''
81 knew of them," the stranger re-
piled, evasively. And then, pointing to
a small white house that was visible
through the trees-' And to whom does
that belong?"
"That? Why, to Mrs. Sutton, poor
body" s-..,sr 40,
Sand why do you pity herP' .
You must be stranger indeed, sir,
TO ask why!'
"Then, enlighten me. Tell me the
story"
"Story! 1t is queer story. Almost
too sad TO call by such name. She
was the doctors wife, sweet pretty
woman as ever saw, fifteen years ago,
with fair, handsome boy, that she was
that proud on, that it would have done
you good but TO see the two together
He, the doctor himself, was bit cross
grained-leastways, so I've heard say
and all the more reason why the mother
and son should think SO much of one
another. az ~ r.. AKA rGa
"The father did not over-like it; still,
he was open-handed with the young
man, educated him finely: sending him
TO school and college, until it was easy
seeing that the boy, who was fine-look-
ing enough, was beginning to think no
small things of himself. IT'S said he
even lifted his eyes to one of Squire
Churchill's daughters at
the last But | am not telling it YOU
straight on! You should come and see
my wife, if you wish 10 hear the story
well told.'' .rp
"But was there such presumption?''in in
quired the listener "You say this Young
man was well educated and good-look-
ing, and perhaps" after seconds
hesitation-"t the lady liked him.
He should have known his place
better" said Mr.. Sisted, sturdily;
-" leastways, he should have learnt it.
What is a young lady's fancy worth?
She was but sixteen. Squire Church
ills daughters were not for such as he. |
However, this love-making, or what
ever they may chose to call it, was only /
discovered afterward, when every thing
was brought to light And in the mean |
time the tragedy came"
"Well?" asked the stranger, leaning
forward with interest on his face.
"a murder was committed here.
Yes, you may start. In this quiet vii
lage, where nothing was heard out of
the common from one years end to
in this village-in that lane
where it joins Squire Churchill's
yrounds-Squire Churchill's second son
was found dead"
"And-?n
"And then, as | said before, it all
,ame out about this poor young Sutton
,eeping company with Miss Churchill;
or If seems the foolish young thing, not
icing able 10 see him elsewhere, had
greed 10 meet him in that lane on that
cry night for one of the farm laborers
aw them part, and her run up through
he meadows home, only few minutes
efore he heard a cry, and ran forward
0 find poor Master Harry lying there
cad"
"Of course Mr.. Sutton was taken
p?"
"Of course, sir. But now comes the
ueer part of the story. For though he
'as tried, and il was proved most beau
fully that he had killed Mr.. Harry for .
cling him what he thought of his con- .
uct, and WAS condemned to be hung |
nd was afterwards only let off with
for fifteen years-yet I
ow it seems, I
80 That II uas NOT ho offor n II -,
"How did You guess that? The other 3
az there comes the news as another '
ian has confessed to the crime on his I
eath.bed, so that, after all, young Suit 5
IN has suffered all these years for what
as no fault of his. Leastways, so the '
,ung Squire told US, t'other day. His 5
other always believed in him." he a
ent on after q moments nause alt &