The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-06-29

hostile attitude Of the young lady. in
quired the reason.
THAT man insuited me-" she exc
claimed. observation-disclosures"
The latter statement was made with
some hesitation.
| The officer turned toward Sandon.
and Sandon turned toward the officer
and-winkcd; whereupon the limb Of
of the law. insulted In his t1tn. askcd
no further questions. bdt detetintaed
to arrest this man who must certainly
be drunk. else he would dare to
act in such manner toward one in the
dignified position as guardian Of the
| town.
BY this time quite crowd of boys
and men had collected from don't
know where; and their sympatllies as
far A. they dared express them. were
with the prisoner. Towards these San
:lon turned nervously aud winked.
This drew from the crowd still great
err amount OF sympathy.
The young lady demurred when tho
officer stated his intention of arresting
the man who had insulted her. and de-
clared that an apology from the Offend
er would satisfy her. This again at
tracted the attention of SandOn. and
rs he turned toward the speaker. his
right eye rs usual performed its usual
duty. This was more than the officer
of the law could stand; and the thought
of the Insult that had been offered to
him and to the young lady urged him
to a strict performance of his duty.
The righs of society demanded that
the career of this unscrupulous man be
interrupted, at least for time.
young man." he said. '.your re.
peated ofenses warrants the action on
my Part that l have minated to you !
shall have TO prcform-in short. you
must accompany me to the station
house."
Sandon received this news with a
wink. He was SO confused ut the I'M
fortunate and terrible part his refrac-
tory eye played in the affair that he
was prevented from making the expla-
tons that he would otherwise have
made. He did, however. manage to
say that his offense was unintcntional.
but even here the actions of his eye
seemed to belle his statement. and in
creased the officers anger toward his
prisoner
you will have to come. too. miss"
said the officer, seeing that the lady
wished to so away. '.Mere matter
of form. You know"
Still she was undecided. II would
rather not" she said. But another
look from Sanaon. and another (same
as be ore) removed all her scruples.
and she followed the officer and his
prisoner 10 the station house. Here
the usual formula for such cases wAs
gone through With. Her name and
place Of residence were taken by the
clerk. and then she was allowed to GO.
promising to Be present at the trial on
the following day. y
Then the clerk asked the prisoners
name. He gave it. and he-or rather
his eye-performed the usual thing.
which caused the clerk to- observe to
the officer that it was the first time he
had known the stuff to act upon aman
in that way" = - q. -itE
Sandon tried to explain. but his .ex-
PLANTATION was interspersed SO literally
with optical contentious that his story
received no credit and he was con-
Quoted to a cell to await his trial on
the morrow. W.
He was allowed however to send
couple of notes to his friends. One of
these he sent to a young lady. who in
part was the cause of his being in dur
ance vile. the other was to friend of
his. John Burt. and contained a re-
quest that he come to the station and
obtain. if possible. his unfortunates
friends release. But Burt WAS away
from home. and the note did not
reach him until the following MORN
ing.
In the letter to the offended lady he
said: $50 - ~
my DEAR YoUSG LADy:-I am extremely
sorry that my actions toward you this AFTER
noon were sucn as will bring our names before
the public in n manner that both OF ms can but
deplore. 1 do not blame you for the step you
saw At TO take. Indeed. respect you for it:
but can make an explanation now that would
have made before if you had wished 10 listen to
il. that WILL am sure, clear me OF all ungcn
tlenlanly intentions toward you. An injury to
the muscles Of my right eye puts the move.
ments OF that eye beyond the control Of my
will. and thus often act in o manner that
causes me to be nisjudged, except among those
who know me. beg your pardon for the trou-
bic that my infirmity has brought to you. AID
remain, STEPHEN SANDOS."
Sandon waited patiently for his
friend to come and effect his release.
But. as we know. it WAS impossible for
Burt to help the prisoner that day.
However. he came as soon rs he could
on the following morning. but arrived
only short while bef,.re the time set
for the trial. While Sandou wasbeinx
conducted into the court-roonl.s he .en-
countered his friend John Burt. and
standing BY him. engaged in converse.
ton. was the offended young lady; and
both were evidently awaiting the COM
ing of the prisoner.
'.Hello. Sandon, said Burt. II am
sorry to see You in such a prcdicament.
and 1 am here both to help you ont of
it and also to help my cousin Jane.
here. beg your pardon for getting You
into it."
Your cousin:" said Stephen.
YES" replied Burt. you know I've
told you about her-that she was COM
ing to live at our house for the summer.
you know. Let me introduce you"
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