Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-02-05

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ed themselves confident of being able II
capture the guilty parties atany moment
and asserted that thev were in posses
sion of an important clew though moth
ing ever transpired to verify the allega
ton.
About month or six weeks after
ward the householder was one day seateC
in his office, when a clerk entered anC
announced that young man wished tt
see him. The caller declined to give his
name, but declared that he had some
thing important to communicate.
HE says you wouldn'tknow his name
sir; but he seems quite respectable
said the clerk, who presently ushered in
tall young pan of millit ,ry aspect.
well, my man, what do you want
with me? Why didn't you send your
name in, eh?"
"You wouldn't have been any wiser
sir. I'll close the door, if you don't
mind" said the young man, Selling the
handle.
THANK you, prefer it OPEN"
"You needn't be afraid, sir. You've
only to raise your voice above whisper
to be heard through the partition. You
don't recognize me in private clothes, sir
and in fact l don't suppose you noticed
me at all. l lam the officer that came into
your house that night when your butler
was shot"
ooh, yes, l remember" said the other,
changing color. "What brings you here?''
he added, lowering his voice "Has any,
thing transpired?"
"No, sir; not that know Of" said the
man, taking chair.
"Have you left the police?"
"No, sir. That just brings me to what
l want to say. l haven't left the police,
but I'm thinking of doing so. I've a
brother doing very well in Oregon, and l
wish to join him. But, of course, it is no
use going without some capital. | shall
require $500"
81 don't see how that interests me-"
Then / will come to the point at
once, sir. know who shot your but
Ter"
'Do you? Has the burglar been dis
covered?"
"No. sir, haven't discovered no bur-
glar, but at this moment / could lay my
finger on the party who fired the shot,"
said his visitor, still looking him in the
face
'Do you mean that you suspect me?'
Eyes, sir. TWAS an accident, no doubt.
You had a revolver in your hand, and
We're so nervous that you didn't know
what you were about. l expect the but
Ter startled you by coming up against you
in the dark, and you fired from sheer
fright" said the young man in a matter
of-fact tone.
What makes you imagine had re-
volver?"
"Well, sir, when 1 came upon you sud-
denly in the hall that evening l noticed
that you drew your hand away quickly
from one of the coats which was hanging
up close by you. At the time paid no
attention to the circumstance, but when
[ thought of it afterward it gave me an
idea. Next morning, being off duty, l
strolled round to your house in private
clothes and hung about till you left to 60
to town. l guessed you would have the
revolver about you, and would try and
make away with it. You will recolIect
that you went to Brooklin that day. Dur
ing the journey you dropped small par
eel into the river"
"Good God, you have guessed my Sc
cretn' interrupted the other, in piteous
tones, as he clasped his hands together
convulsively. "For mercy's sake don't
breathe word to an one! 1t was a
pure accident, and it happened as you
say. l was SO Mortified and frightened
that, like fool, concealed the truth"
Nobody suspects you but me-" said
the young man. That is why thought
it might suit your purpose to get me out
of the country. You have complicated
matters by giving false evidence"
eyes, yes; the matter must be hushed
up. You shall have the money you ask
for if you will promise to leave the coun-
try and never breathe word to soul,
said he, eagerly, as he seized his check
book and turned over this leaves in great
agitation.
"You can rely on my holding my
tongue for my own sake" said the young
man, with short laugh.
Acting upon this significant hint, the
merchant raised no further objections,
and the following week the enterprising
young patrolman went to Oregon.