The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-12
nd defiant, and an alarm wen

detectivet%S hegfS &Ao -RaSl kkns6&G
about with wooden leg and a orutch.
VERY sorry, sab, but de ole man s
dun goneto Boston," was the reply.
He'sa liar. and tknoM ity' growled
the officer, and we mounted the second
stairway. ,u
Not a head was dow to be seen. but
after a moment the detective opened a
door. 1t was large room and contained
about q dozen chairs, two straw beds on
the floor. a long table and several piles
OF what can only be classed as truck"
again. 'SFJE MIRA y" 5DboA
'.Jezel JezelT called the officer.
There was no reply
Come, old man, i givess0 nivSword
that we are friends and mean you good"
continued the officer in a loud tone as
There va no HssspodeS for half 8
minute YhsssN deaa.- opened END old
Jezel appeared.
Picture a man of sixty, sharp-nosed,
hawk-eyed, smocth-faced, stoop-should-
cred, and with voice which had sort
otjmgle.~ like the seNad Of broken glass
and nsib being shAkep Up t6getfIef,
and youwill have tie PreSideht, Treas
urer, Sscretarg and dole Urector of
what maybe Sil ed:%a sfhe Moot Street
League of Beggars, Imposters. Thieves
and Rag-Pickers.
Hello! old manr' saluted the detec-
tive.
Il am mooch pleased to see you,"
replied JezN,fsAA sdEaalld to- shake
na !. ana hMhlxl.sJ1i F'jnS
-Peesness is holdings; we meier hat
such boor times as now.'
Same old tune" laughed the detec-
tive, 'but I'm not going to bother you.
want you to do me favor
wiz all my heart" replied old Jezel,
as he made a grand bow gyT "A
This is friend of mine. He doe&ft
live here, and he won't give you away.
He wants to stop here tonight anu see
how things work. He's all right"
The old man sent his eyes through
me as if they had been bullets, took one
of my hands in his, felt along up my
Aapd3repsRitsad.ssid: .sssa .us.,
t.ye>hafN oAingstq SD here."E
H4hS oficak swinEed finn asidS and
talks in a u toni for konk mhuteA
anu then came over Co me ana SAID. =
"He was afraid, but he's all right
now. You are to stay all night. He'll
treat you square and make the others
s--sao- The Asana, hut yet you must be care
full. They are bad lot, and they'll
on IN, anF d6h't to siee an 9t's
SnlAa.o&}ock now, and YOU might as well
begin your work. Say, J&ef!''ts
eyes" RAIL-
Remember -no cfouted a work
"i-esssp.a u T Z
.ks zs:ssss;s tSss nwr,
Two minutes after that 1 was alone
with old Jekel in his feeeptioh-room.
He came over and sat close beside me,
pash his<ase.jnte nine, End. whis-
~pSre9F i" KSu&fS a lieht-slf rirhs.
We shall hat goot tipe.''
- o D ta&n6t the aqf hunted q;
fragmentary conversation which we fell
into, and the old man went and opened
it and admitted en- italian with a sack
on his hack. The newcomer was a.
middle-agsds man, and a suspicious,
evil-loOking fellow. He halted at sight
Of me and uttered an exclamation of
alarm. but the old man said something
in a foice(65ch Nif1ed lis aearSs
ps III e lk 81 ~ 1ga s,se E HI
sack on the table.
Ehey two t6Sk Yeats az theyvtable to
overhaul the plumber, old Jeze1 having
apencil and account-book before him.
He wrote the date and the man s name,
sShd they 'thSht6Ok an invept6ry.a Here
,Ats some Gthe articles which the fel-
low had brought in:
One hat, Two caps,
A dOOr-knob, Ia paddock,
Eesss + ,%f 10 cni A. AZ III s2t sss.
ss sSsp S Ssss %Is ssps,
As o ls Ss e 6lls'' A. sS S'S
lot 8 & fbs Sss5hs, AA A 81 m ,,,'
'iAnd alargs lot of swoolen; and cd Ton
hEAgssiA@ ,Jezel handled erervShk
separately, made ., price forr K
book' AnFwifon through soiad the g
the amount and handed overthe money.
y, The fellow picked up the empty sack
Aanlle~oaAed ohto@thoutDword< 4. a,,1
old Jezei brought basket, and carried
the articles into the other f6oin.s "si
asked e y 1 E is,It ~ S0s s, PAY AiH~sl'
"forty-two cents. HetiD very ms
dustrious. He was here at noon and
ngtv9 h.A6 my ceats for rhik load. He
1'willbe arch man inside of ten wears. .
AND You sell the articles againP''
Yes. They will be assorted, washed,
mended. secured and frightened. Some
can be sold to second hand men. others
to peddlers, and everything in the shape
OF cloth can DO sold to factories"