The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-08-05

.inlnses.: :? pay shs si'p'o blood money
.sVery veil, air. said Pretty Ike. you
arc within the limits ~ 70 time, but what
about the police? Are you ready 70 with
draw them from the nee Gd pledge
your word that they shall never resume
.This vas agreed to. All that o r-
mained undone ON my friends part was TO
pay over the money. twas with . severe
mental struggle that he agreed to do 10,
but the thought OF p~aralyring the enom-
Gus tongues which were spreading calum-
mics Is 10 his Official integrity determined
him. With ordinary business caution he
inquired: How IL this money. 70 be paid
over, and what security shall I have that
Il will cause tho return OF my records"
Jewell, Mr.. Treasurer replied Pretty
Ike, the money II to be paid TO me, In
this Office, no n besides you and myself
being present at the time. shall give
you no receipt for IL, but will, II you de
sire, furnish you with the addresses of
several business men, near Mt hand, OF
undoubted commercial repute, for whom
/ have zen instrumental In securing the
return Of bonds, etc., to large amounts,
and who dealt with me in the same man.
ner. You may consult them II you
choose. but you will be simply losing time.
As for the return of the records, / shall
not allow q penny OF the reward 10 leave
my possession until i am assured that my
clients have fulfilled their part OF the
agreement to the letter. In n word, o
must rely upon my honor ms a man oil
This, my friend thought, was pretty
rich, considering the nature Of the busi-
ness, but, harassed as he was, he felt he
could only agree To h terms, and so he
took from his pocket $1,000 In bills and
paid them over with a long and deeply
lao x.u asxvb Iautunv nnlralry NartHAfl tho
amount, Pretty Ike assured him hat by
moor of the following day the records
should be delivered ut his house, cau-
tioning him not to forget about withdraw
ing the police from the case. Upon re-
turning he saw the chief OF police and
told him he had concluded 20 dispense
with the services of the force in the mat
ter. The chief demurred and finally con-
WINGED him that he could shadow the sus-
pected parties without its being known,
and so, in the hope Of getting both re-
wards and thieves, the treasurer AT last
consented that the police should continue
their watch, ssbut witt the utmost caution.
"Next day came n passed, but no re-
cords arrived. My friends wife had in
the meantime heard of the scandalous
rumors Afloat about her husband and was
Frustrated with nervousness and grief.
morning to Pretty Ike, who greeted my
friend as he entered with:
"'Well, MIR. Treasurer, your neglect to
carry out your agreement as to the police
obliges me to present new terms to you
My clients time being rather precious just
now, they demand a forfeiture of 200 in
addition to your reward. You may pay
that amount, carry u your agreement
this day and receive our records to-mor-
row or, here are the $1,000 which / will re-
turn to you and the records will possibly
fall into n bonfire before night
"Wcrn out with sleepless nights and
brooding about the spot upon his hitherto
s~potless reputation for integrity, his loving
wife keenly suffering also, he planked
down 500 more OF his good n hast
ened back to the chief of police and en-
phatically requested him to drop the case
at once and forever As he was able to
bring certain pressure to bear in that
quarter he was assured that his request
would be complied with.
1.-THE next day, gentlemen, between IL
and II o'clock in thef forenoon, an express
nan delivered at the t~reasurer's house
the entire lot Of lost records, packed
neatly in boxes and barrels, and he as
sured me that, SO far as he could dis
cover, not even a scrap OF paper was mis-
sing.
HE was the happiest man l eve saw,
and whatever may have been his secret
thoughts afterwards about having paid
through the nose $1,2O0 for $3.50 worth Of
as he opened numerous bottles of Held
sick at the club that night, and I dimly
remember that just before we adjourned
to go to our homes he insisted upon our
joining him i'm quaffing n bumper to the
health IF Pretty Ike v-Ieurer ke,rs.