Telegram-herald., 1889-07-06


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strzzger. 4 an zort y green had Ia
thss cs-ssHess- 1 brouzns . lot of c4ttse
from Nl4scsrf sRd taen 4 went oxer inSo
CcE4ectscur - vlsit SISTER that / hsi1 :
seen amos he wzr, whssn sac rgz - ala
feszse sslisler. There E4s ki1d q
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sns r2a az2y, but whsa hs cie6 zwfLs
ago ~ ieft bsr lot Of t04iszias, sHd
have been over ~ CARR EN- . hsF BUt
~zs goa - tel yo4 new The feL-sr got e y
nsHey he hAd foar cards with PICTURES of
base cal HSa o. 01e sisls OF 'S9l three Uss
blue aad oas w2s red. tie handled tteLa
cards zl0st awful sick and thought fcOuli
see where The red gas; o4t whea oct
lost NEST every time, bat I grabbed the
cards when came away and Eve got 'ela
nere"
Hereupoa hs pulled oat bandana hand
keFchief 4nd uawrapped the four cards IA
Ea.d been spsakln < Of
Vow, said ne. addressing Mr.. Cum
uings, 4 can't handle these cards IS sick
a. that feller did bat il oet you can't tel
witch tie red one ls, and he aid tnem
down one az = tir.s oa tie table, purpose
u allowing II. IS he dla So, 20 see woicl ]
was the red one. Mr.. Cummings bet the
cigars with him, and OF coarse won- Jas'
al this l1neturs tae fact that Was ia 4
den Of thieves flashed across ny mind, and
arose from the table aad started for the
door more than half expected 20 mad II
locked, and VAS never before IN a place
where really the z ght | needed revolver
bat | was happily disappointed, and as
stood ia the doorway 1 told Mr. Cum
mings Co, who vas OF course trying TO ge
ne % CONS back, that II be wanted AM
thing more OF Ine be could come around u
Tie hotel a. noon and | wouldn't be there.
+ X. ght AZ this point / made a great mis-
take. 1 should have made note OF IL.
street anu bNLDcrs Ott WIS so gi4d u
/ get out into free air again, and SO afrsiG
that BY friend would tire Of waitins
/ for ne aud be gone, that thought only o
reaching the hotel as soon as possible.
I As walked along, L tried 10 study ou
t how this man who called himself Cumming
1 and " 10 had such an intimate knowled 2,
Of "ino-a and its people. had found ou
that | came from IL. 1t was not till after
| had retired that night that 1 remembere,
that during my walk early that mornin,
/ with the man who wanted 10 find the Bridg,
station, learned that he was from plact
near Winona. and had told him that | wa
from winona and had always attendes
school there
| or course. this Cummings (l) had followe,
I me from the hotel where he had learned N,
name from the register and had been verl
fortunate in hearing me tell the strange
that was from Winona. That he had one,
lived in WinOna 1 have not the slightes
doubt, for he knew al about the early his
tory OF the city and its people; but hethe
his name was Cummings or Smith IS mat
ter OF question.-James W. Drew, in Rura
[ NeT-YOrker