The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1890-06-26

nilSte 'tlle police are nereI
The mamie was pnSendlng 70 pack
Eith his tack To the dOOr. hut At my en-,
trance rnSe with an assumption " ease-
drew hack "Whyr will you dsSert me
t0E ne muttRrpd. his face working pitS-
oIIstly "Wili you ls'tray mer Thrn. my
GOd' AM lGEtr and I've flung himBali
uIN'n the Hpfa in IHrOxySm u terror
Every mOuPnI was 81 priCeleGs value
This COnSIiratOr indeed! ! had no
patiencp with him. "tiive them ~ neI'
! crirul imIrratively. desperately II
have an"lhrr plan Do you hearr
He heard, hut he did na helieve me
lie VIVA sure that my courage had failed
me at the last moment IBut-Rnd leI
this be written TN hia side Of thu ~
cOunt-he gave me the papers. Il may
I'e in pure generosity. II may be bScaus
he hal nut the spirit To resist,
ArnHSl with them | ran On deck almoH
~ quickly ~ hal drHended ! fOuhG
the position Of thinHA but slighu,
changed The police boat was nav
alongSIdeL The officer In command
attended by two or three subOEdi
mates. was coming up the ladder
('l,NR to the EangwHy Sleigh was stand
my. evidently waiting for this group
Isui he had his eye IN the saloon do.
alSO. for ! had scarcely emerged fror.
the latter when he stepped up 70 me
Have you changed you mind, gov
ernOr' Are you Ining to buy him offy
he mutterV'd. lOOking askance At me ~ !
still moved forward with him BY my
side.
Ny answer took him by surprise. mo.
senOr. nor | exclaimed loudly and re
W4liedly-sO loudly that the attention Of
the grUup ut the gangway was drawn u
wards uA When ! saw that this wa
effected, stepped hastily In front Of
Sleigh. and before he had any eleaI
notion Of what I.was doing. was At th'
Oificer's side. "Sir." ! said. raising M,
hat. do you speak FrenchT'
"ParfaitRment, nlOnEieur." he answer
ed. politely rrturninE my salute.
81 am an EnglishmAn. and ! wish &
lay an information" said. speaking Il
French. and pausing there that ! nigh
look at Sleigh. As had expected. h.
lid not understand F-ench. His battle,
and perplexed face assured me Of thai
lie tried 10 interrupt 'as. but the cOur
teOuS official waved him nSIde.
This man here who iA trying to shut m,
mouth h u Hmuggler Of foreign watches
resumed rapidly. "lIe IIas them about
him now. and Is guing tn take them aShor'
Fhey ARE In u numlRr Of pockets madI
for the purpose In the lining Of his coat
am connected with the watch trade
and my firm will give ten pounds re-
ward u any one who will capture and
prosecute him."
Il understand" replied the officer
And. turning To Sleigh. who. ahut out
from the knowledge Of what was going
forward. was frPtting and funiing In o
fever Of diStrust. he addressed some
words 10 him lie spoke In Spanish and
quickly. and ! could not understand
what he said That 1t was to the pOint
however. the engineers face betrayed
II fell amazingly on the instant. and he
cast a vengpftIl glance at me.
That which followed was ludicrous
enough Ny heart was heating fast. but
! could not suppress q smile ~ Sleigh
cIasping the threatened cOat aiNut him
backed frOm the police lie poured out
a torrent Of fluent Spanish. and enlphati
cally denied. Il was clear. the charge.
hut. alasI he cherished the cnt-at
which the pOlice were making tentative
diveS-OvPrmuch for an innocent man
with no secret pockets al O0ut him.
Ills "No senior nor his ''PoI
diCS!" and "Madre de DiOs!- and
the rest. were breath wasted At Q
sign from the now grim looking officer
two Of the policemen deity seized him
and In twinkling. notwithstanding his
resistance. had the thick cOat OF him
and were probing ita recesses. Il was
the turn Of the byStanderA 10 cry. "Madrp
lie DitH!" ~ from INIcket upon pOckPI
came watch after watch. until five dozen
lay in sparkling rows upOn the deck !
could Hee that there were those among
the ships company besides the culprii
who gaze1 at me with little favor. but
the eyes Of the pOlice officer twinkIed
with qualification a. each second added
to the rich prize. And that was enough
for me.
StiII I knew that oil was not done yet
and watched keenly what was passing
sleigh. taken into custody. had deHisted
frOm his disjOintRd prayers and Oaths.
perceived. however. that he was telling
q long story. Of which ! could make
out little more than the wOrd I'm
gIesr- repeated mOrP than once. Il
was his turn now II he had not un
derStnOd my French. neither cUuld
! understand his Spanish And ! no
ticrd that tie officer ~ the story rolled
ON. IOoke'l at me Gloubtfully. ! Judged
that the crisis had cOuIe and InteFfered
MAY b',g ~ know. sir. what hO sayuT
| asked courirOusIy
''lle tells me 4 stTange story. Mr.. Eng
llahnIan." was the answer. and the
SNEAKER eyed me with curiosity but not
Infavorably 'lle Haya ihIi MOrriaaey.
the villainOus EngliAhnnn your InrClun
-wllO was Ut the bottom Of the affair u
last sunday. has had the tPmerity 10 ~
turn u the scene u his crime. and h On
this vessel"
shrugged my shoulder "a strange
story. inlerdT' answered. "I3uI Il b
for monsieur 70 do hia duty. I am the
only Englishman on tHnrd. a. the stew
ard will inform yuu. and for me. prrmil
me to hand you my lnpeH Your prs
oneT wishes. no doubt. 10 Be even with
mel"
lie nodded brusquely as he took thu
paperS That upon which had counted
happened The engineer In his rage and
excitement had MT made his story plain
No onp drramt uf his charge being aimed
against another Englishman No on
. | kna,y sf ansrfhar Enoiial,n,an IT,