Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-27

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ing from huge hooks, shining pans, rusty
iron pots and kettles and huge meat
blocks dimly shaped themselves TO enc
side; and on the other the parapher-
MALTA of drugs and groceries were dis
played against background of ready
made clothing, dry goods and bonnets.
Cecil found endless amusement in 1.-the
stone, - which seemed to him an uutidy
imitation of the ''fairs' and such like
shops in cities-places where respectable
people only ventured out Of curiosity,
with the prospect Of having their pockets
picked. y
who's come?'' said Ally.
II was a week after CeCil's arrival.
Larry had been safely slowed away by
Aunt Valley, who was, so Cobbs re-
ported, ''tuTribly skeered up whon she
seen Larry a comm ~
Why?" exclaimed;Sally.
''Wa'aI, 1 cudn II. make aout ies
why, - Cobbs answered; musingly,
"but mought be she LOVED twas
suthin, some meanness ole man Dawsey
got in hand t do 'er. Larry he hol-
Tered aout, IT'S all right, Aunt Valley,
ain t doin' of ye any harm, says
Larry.
But WHAT QdrUl WOuiu LHTTy 40 u6T
anyhow Sally persisted.
CObbs didn t know; he thought it was
''long er L8rry's being connected with
ole man Dawsey. -
Still Sally Though she dropped the
subjecO pOnderad over this.
To-day was the first time that they had
heard from Aunt Valley. True the
wagon had gone TO the station for sup
plies more than once-after al they were
only day without butleT-but the chill
lad not ventured TO send any messenger 1
less trustv than Cobbs to Aunt Valley,
and Cobbs regarded the regular black
smith work as muCh too important to he
put aside for Larry. ''And he is right
enough, - sensible Ally declared when
Sally would have criticised; folks got
to have their wagon tires mended, for
the hauling and the mills got something
out of gear, somehow, and CObbs' got TO
mend it. -
But yesterday Cobbs had received a
letter from the colonel, letter for him
self, which required a great deal Of pom
6ering over, behind pair OF huge steel
trimmed spectacles, and hnally a consul
tation with Ally. Then il was announced
that Co bs himself would 60 in the morn
ing with the wagon TO the station.
Sally had been waiting, evidently eX-
cited, aud Ally, under his phlegmatic
exterior. showed signs Of interest.
who's Gomez" he repeated, impa-
tiently
He Jumped up as he spoke, motioning
TO Cecil TO follow. and drew Sally nearer
the river bank quite out OF ear-shot,
should any of the loungers IN the store
chance TO be listening.
1--WE are going TO tell you, Sally
said to Cecil, papa said we might, but
it is a dead secret TO everybody 'cept
Cobbs and the overseer. Cobbs went to
fetch the detective. He's come.
Cecil s composure yielded a little TO
the demands of the occasion; he had
read Gaboria IS novels and a detective
was wonderful creature to him. !
Let 8 get closer and hear him talk, -
Ally proposed, ''he's talking now. ! I
do you reckon he III find. out bout
old man Dawsey to-day?' =
Ally was not sure, maybe by to-mor-
row he thought.
''You know all about detectives. don't
you, Cousin Cecll?' said Sally, turning
her brilliant eyes on Cecil, wistfullv.
He was half sorry TO dampen their
senguine faith, but he confessed that
" Pinkerton S men, usually took longer
than day to probe a mysterious crime.
Then the three went around to the
other end Of the store where the detec-
tive was.
''You mus mt be surprised at his look
ing so poor and mean, - whispered Sally,
"he's in disguise. -
They found 1.-THE detective to be very
commonplace, fat young man, who was
neither any cleaner nor any less ragged
in his garb than the other loungers
around the store. When he spoke he |
used the dialect of the country. But he
spoke seldom. Cobbs had introduced
him 10 the company generally with:
- Picked up my new helper at the black
smith shop. anyhow, If didn't get my
gear
The new helpers name, it appeared.
was Mitchell.
THAT isn't his real name, =" Sally
fastened TO inform Cell, cut short by |
Ally 's warning frown.
''He looks like an awful ohump,''
Cecil SAID TO Ally.
"But he's getting them to talk, - said !
Ally, very low.
Not for the first time Cecil was struck
by certain shrewdness in Ally, whom
he was usually quietly despislng.
Look at Aunty Valley, the uEcon-
scious Ally continued, lain t she giving
it to Dawssy?'
Aunt Valley had come to the store to
trade.
She was in her Sunday gown; re-
markable combination of no less than
three gowns, sleeves of one, body of
another aud skirt of 8 third. all of gay !