Telegram-herald., 1890-07-17

sns 70 ths Western array suxnxu1x
stepped cat q sight slth s1Ts 30 IN
rew. cx1sp greeDhSckS He was Al
Cairo When he received Tie zoaex fro,a
TIE Goyernmeat. &ad he pat Il into
sssehel ana less Gluself between SIX
eosloSk IA the evening sna sunrlss
nsxs rnoFni1g. Hs lad Dsen goas thrse
Gsxs WIEN ! reached Cairo. Is Was de-
scriesa te nae zs tall sliEn. llght-oom-
plexionsd nan, with hight ss1e whiskers.
blue eyes. ana agburn hair. There was
noshang peculiar about ba@ except
h2bit he lad y rubbing the e2ck q the
LETT hsna With ths p4ln of Ihe Eigat
wien speaking. This Sras very slight
clue 70 work On. o0t it Vas az ! hAa.
sezrchsd for four days between Cairo
and Chicago. Bat eculdn't strike his
trail Ay idea was nat Is would head
for the last aad seek 10 get Get Of the
country. bat he h2d other plans Pretty
we'll satisfied that &c didn't leave Cairo
by rEil. ! began huRting among the
steam boats l found. after q long
search. that man. who might possibly
have been the paynaster. took boat
that night up the river, bat how far 10
one could say. The information was SO
vague that IL was like hunting for 3
needle In haystsck. but ! went up 10
Quincy before making q stop II he
showed up al 81 Louis ne WAS sure TO
be nabbed, as the officers in all the
larger cities had been notified and were
now on the watch ! could hear moth
ing Of nay man st Quincy. and after
a day or two went on 70
river then, and every body was on
the jump could hear nothing Of
the paymaster, and was about 70
return to Cairo &C take up new line Of
pursuit, when q stranger approached me
with proposition He Was "a farmer,
and perhaps somo one had pointed mo
out as capitalist or speculator. lie
hai lot Of black walnut timber which
he wanted to get TO market, but needed
money as a starter. He offered. in case
would advance $500. TO give me q GER
tain share In tho venture, and, as
thought well OF it ! drove out 10 his
place, distance of about twelve miles.
we reached there at night, and next
morning walked through the timber. At
about ten O'Clock we came npon tho
farm which backed against his. and as
we were both thirsty We went TO tho
we'll for drink. While there the
woman, with whom my friend was wei,
acquainted, came out, and wo all sal
down on a side porch for chat. After
two or three minutes man came out,
and she introduced him as her nephew
from Ohio. He was roughly dressed,
!, but any one with half an eye could see
that be was in disguise. He had shaved
clean, the sun had burned his face
and neck. and his hands were not over
clean, and he explained that he had
served year in the army, been dis
charged for disability, and had como
out West to rough it for few weeks.
Jumped to the conclusion that he was a
deserter, but had no idea of troubling
him. 1t was the business of the pro-
vost marshal to pick up such fellows.
We somehow got to talking aoout some
of the battles on the lower Mississippi,
and as my farmer friend and the
stranger did not exactly agree the dis
euS5lO0 WaxcQ QOL linen, 10 my Bfeds
amazement, the stranger began to rub
the back of his left hand with his right
now compared him with the descrip-
tion, and allowing for the changes he
had made saw that he must be my
man. Iquietly addressed him by name,
told him who l was and what l had
come for, and what do you suppose he
did? He just fell right of his chair in
irregular faint, and we worked over him
aquarter Of on hour before he opened
his eyes. He had been planning hi:
embezzlement for weeks. He was
really the woman's nephew, but she die
not know that he was paymaster. HC
had the money in q satchel in his room
and had used only about 500 of it His
plan was TO lie in hiding for several
months and then skip to Europe.-N. Y
Sun
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