The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-06-12
81 will 90 with you ana give bail Tor your


there isn't the least necessity for it. Second,
IL will hurt your case Appearances go a
long way here, and to go to jail is to put
yourself in the position before the community
Of IA man without money and without friends. "
We'll" | asked, 'what matters that so
long as am innocentt"
at matters great deal" he answered,
from the point of view that law is dealt out
here--or elsewhere Plate sin with oro,' you
know, and the lance of justice harmless
breaks. Clothe it in rags, pigmys straw
doth pierce it How William S. did write
for posterty, with big p! Come, Holder,
don't make what's hard any harder than it
need be-
1t was not so easy now to resist him as
had imagined There was shade of tender
ness and feeling in his tones, and in his look
also. Some change had come over him.
What, to me, was indefnable But would
go to Jail.
Sorry, Holder that I've got to put the
matter to you, then, in another light" he
said This arrest Of yours is aimed at me
as well as you, and is backed up by some
party behind Pratt, influenced by some mo-
| tive other than that of mere friendship foi
| Pratt The parties are | think, those who
]
Suppose they manage to. get you in prison,
though but for "A time Then you, as one of
the Bank keepers are out of the way. Next,
| they'd probably turn their batteries on me,
whoop up some prejudice against me on the
Bar a, an alettor in the assassination and
cripple me by legal process in some way
| This leaves the Bank mt their mercy Their
tool here now i possibly Setter The only
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is nearly worked out. still Itmay be a feeder
TO fight this thing ont. As a matter of
simple justice, ought you not TO help me in
the best way you can"
Yes
VERY well One of these best ways lies in
not going to jail when you can get bail for
your appearance, and so keep respectable
showing for our side"
I'D a, lieyr 90 to Jail as stay on this bar" l
replied. ITS been hell to me for weeks"
you needn't stay on the bar, he answered.
"Stay anywhere you like. Travel round and
amuse yourself as you like till the trial comes
on"
And leave you here with Blanche Seton,
thought.
1--WE might ramhle round together he
said, after pause. Hunt more quartz
leads elsewhere. We're posted in all it's signs
and indications, and there's a world of that
wealth lying as yet uncovered all over this
state
Then in mind | objected because-because
/ could not be near Blanche, on the Bar, and
because, turn which way | would, Broener
seemed always getting the best of me in
making me act like n rational creature.
Now, thought, confourd him, he outdoes me
in unselfshness in volunteering thus to leave
the Bar and Blanche himself
| consented on one conditions that in all
that concerned the trial | should have my
own way.
Broener was we'll known to the deputy,
and satisfied him that whatever bail was re-
quirel for me would be forthcoming and
that lie would be up country next day to
attend to the proper legal foImality.
left the bar without being observed and
the official and myself rode off together He
was pleasant, manly fellow. We soon be-
came on good terms No appearances of
captor and captive were observed. You
seem to trust me" remarked.
well | generally know my men, and /
know you're not one of the kind that would
give me any trouble. I'm not over anxious
may be himself sheriff of the county inside
Of six months. Ups and downs are pretty
frequent here, you know"
1t was an ascent, in some places Steeply in
clined, in others graded for fully two miles
from Bull Bar before reaching the general
up-counhy grade. The higher we went the
lighter became my spirits, despite what was
leaving behind me- | seemed coming out of
1. ..l... .,nI. mas -
the load of malice, suspicion lies and ILL in
tent which had borne down upon me at Bull
Bar. Broener now stood out in different
and more favorable light. Blanche seemed
more lovely than ever, and even the morbid
suspicious, jealous, unreasonable Holder OF
the night before seemed far removed
from the one of to-day. The trust re
posed in me by the deputy and the footing of
companionship he established between Us was
a great relief | to him, from his point of
view. was only piece of goods, which he was
charged TO deliver at Il certain place. SO
long as the package was not unpleasant
neither would he be 80. If on the way there
was any recreation to be got out ol his nlel-
chandise he proposed to get it,
You may say it was not very consistent for
me thus so suddenly to climb mount OF
y
as applied to human nature AMI conduct, Is
tor me a word OF vague meaning. The fact
is, was toleraJly happy for the first time III
a fortnight, though II woman was then i'll
tears on my account behind Inc. That did
not think Of.
We stopped at various camps on passing
through, and brought up at saloon doors,
"Magnolias,n Bella Unions, Long Tom. y
The deputy was known everywhere; his
arrival was the signal for the formation OF a
file of men at the variouS'bars, and the usual
solemn, silent performance with tumbler isad
bottle A heather might have supposed 1t
one of our religious rites, and the common,
and about the only expression, heard on such
occasions, Here's luck!' a preparatory in
vocation to the ruling deity of the place.
| The deputy treated at every camp soon
| OWNED that this was matter even more OF
business than pleasure. He informed me
that he intended running for sheriff next
election, and drinks We're largely relied on to
influence votes His trip for my arrest
| served for him also. the purpose OF
| an electioneering tour through the
| county, partly at the public Eek
pense. He had many private talks in re
| tired corners with the presumed party Leaders
at sundry precincts, and in cases involving
| aytrema secrecy the buttonholing went on al