The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-08-13
THE VICTIM
OF HIS
CLOTHES.
By Howard Fielding and Frederick R. Burton.
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CHAPTER XII.
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tures he ought to have met the emer-
gency with calmness and q ready wit.
He had certainly experienced quite
enough Of encounters with the police;
but, law-abiding citizen that he was,
having an innate and cultivated respect
for the guardians OF the peace and faro
banks, the more he encountered their
power the weaker he was to resist them.
Therefore, when he was hustled ont Of
tho good old parsons study he went
with blind acquiescence TO cruel fate,
mans consefd recti, but very much cast
down nevertheless, ......
In the hallway Of tho parsons house,
however, he pulled himself together
and demanded the cause OF his arrest.
The policemen were by no mesns will
Ing 70 explain; they really believed
that they had a dangerous maniac on
hand, and Jimmy, the reporter, was on
the qni sios to get good news item and
greward ut the samo time. However
~ Air. Drane resisted, Jimmy finally
produced this telegram from New
York newspaper:
"Rush Interview with Drane, Man
held here proved to be sane and not the
right one al8 l'.I.y .WaI
Just one ray Of Joy shone, against the
dark background OF Mr. Drape's pros
poets in this dispatch-the tramp, inn
properly confined es insane at his in
stance, had. been released. Thinking OF
that as OF one sin which had been for
given, Lawrence bowed his head and ac-
companied the policemen out OF doors.
An officer was at either elbow and jim
my pranced along behind. As Mr..
IDrane was very quiet no especial at
itcntion was attracted until they camo
70 the door Of the Beaver House. There
Q man was slowly descending the steps,
looking vastly worried and out OF sorts.
1t was the tramp. He had Mr.. Drane's
clothes on and he appeared to bc in
hard luck. When he saw the officers
and their convoy sailing down tho
street he stopped suddenly and looked
hard at the prisoner with a wildly
angered expression on his face. 1t was
but a moment that the tramp stood
thus, but in that moment his reasoning
faculties went through a tremendous
operation, This was about the sub
stance OF II:
Hello! there's Lawrence Dranel
stole his clothes and his name and mar
ried in both OF them an awfully rich
widow. lie got back at me by stealing
his clothes again and getting me in
hook. He even inveigled me into an
insane asylum. He Is oven now sus-
pected Of being lunatic. Now know
that he is not only sane, but that have
been the cause OF his misadyentures.
further know that the Kansas City men
who declared this morning that was
not Drane, will be hero by the next
train from New York and will free this
man from all his troubles. He Is tre-
mendously rich and good-natured. D.
me II don't do him q good turn" ~,
This chain Of reasoning was so speedi-
ly accomplished that by the time Law
rence and the policemen were opposite
the Beaver House door, the tramp had
resolved upon his course OF action. He
ran down the steps pell-mell, seized
Lawrence By the hand and exclaimed:
WELL WE'LL TO see you again and In
this shspei I'm delighted and everlast-
ingly relievedp' s1sA .a''esa
"ohl ayou are, are you2g responded
Lawrence, as the policemen paused.
'Tsee. that you are st tho upper end of
the teetef-bosrd stpresent"
He would have said more In express
sion Of his bitterness, but the tramp
fhterfupted. A1ar aNf tflFfHlE
Y "Oficers, I don't think you have any |
right 10 hold this man. Iknow him.
He is my only brother. His name is
Lawrence Drane, of Kansas City, and I |
am his brother John, come on 70 take
care Of him. ] demand that you show |
mo your authority for srrosting him be-
fore you take him any further"
This, Of course, was stumper for the
policemen. They had no authority what
over.
.'But" said one Of thcm, ''how about |
that reward2"
At this moment button In Mr..
Drane's Bowery suit gave way. eFf /
Jimmy. Of course, had explained the
prospective reward TO the polisomen
md had .held out It's terms % Induce
psnts for their action. Neither Mr.. |
!, grers nor the tramp knew sSactiy Shss
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