Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1891-01-08

erage, only to unqualifiedly indorse
! his opinion that it was the best in the
market.
| There was one person in the Office of
Messrs. Capias. Summons & Circuit,
however, who appeared to take offense
at this addition to the clerical force.
His name was Henry Badingec. He had
been promoted from office-boy to docket
clerk, from docket-clerk to the position
! of confidential man. He was e. jewel in
the eyes of Messrs. Capias, Summons &;
Circuit. He was possessed Of prodi-
gious memory. In the outer Office he was
nicknamed the Encyclopedia,
What is the title of the Rush &
Bust Company's case before Morton,
Henry?" Mr.. Circuit would ask, peering
out of his especial den from behind his
eyeglasses, and Henry wtnld reply,
off-hand: ''Silas G. Rush and Timothy
! Flimsey Bust, trading under the firm
name of the Rush & Bust Manufacture
ing Company. General No. 3s1, 246,
term No. 4,9ss, document No. page 143
Files in the vault, box No. &c." with
much more useful information on the
subject.
1t was this gentleman whom the new
clerk decided in his own mind would
bear watching. But week went by
and nothing came of his suspicious ex-
cept his own discontinue, which was
mainly brought about, too, by the afore-
said Badinger.
The confidential man had been one of
the first to ascertain that the new clerk
INDUCED in such little slips as "mean
| profits" land as to your honors shall
seem meet" etc. He was perpetually
| laying traps for the detective, and all
that the trapped one could do was to
grind his teeth behind his desk and
emulate that Scriptural exemplar of the
hardest of the cardinal virtues, Job.
Only Job had his boils outside. He, the
detective, could only boil Within
II don't want you over in the law
library" Badinger remarked one morn
ing.
Mr. Circuit" began the detectives;
but Badinger cut him short. Badinger
was the only one in the office who dared
to bully the junior partners, but he did
it effectually.
Mr.. Marshall left the library, howev-
er, only to appear few minutes later
in disguise SO perfect that it was Won
derful how he had effected it in such a
short time.
Mr.. Badinger passed the little, bent
man with the blue spectacles and short
red hair dozen times in the course Of
the morning; but he never suspected
his identity. Behind those blue specta-
Giles, however, a pair of steel-gray eyes
were relentlessly watchful of the conf
Dental mans slightest movements.
A boy passed the detective with a
list of books in his hand which he saw
Badinger prepare. He came back with
an armful. Pretending to be occupied
with important business, the detective
looked and saw Badinger very distinctly
mark each book with pencil.
He Immediately determined some
thing was wrong. At all hazards he
must possess himself Of the list.
He arose and crossed to the table at
| which Badinger was seated.
Excuse me-" he said, 'have you
Rorer on Railroads"
At the same time he slipped the little
list. which the boy had placed on the
table, into MS palm.
There was nothing about it to excite
suspicion. 1t read simply:
Ayres " Mason, Mich. 142
Muligan " Smith, 50 Cal. 2O6.
Hays V. Jones' 81 O. State, 21S.
Sharply. Spier Hill, rs.
Dillon Municp. Corp. Vol. g. Sec 100.
Cooley on Taxation, 659
Wame v. Baker, IS l.
Roberts V. Easton, o. State, 70.
Black V. Marvey, Md. 22S
Friend v. Coons, % N. j. 594.
Lyle V. Winston, 6 Bradwell, 112.
Nye v. Houston, 43 Ill. 1885,
There were twelve books in all.
Pretty soon Badinger got up.
He began looking for his list. Not
| finding it, he sat down and made out
| another. The detective was sure of
| this, for he saw him pick up each book
and read its title. Then he opened each
book carefully and began searching for
certain pages. Not finding them read
lily, he began marking the books afresh.
The detective was tremendously puz-
zled. It is against the rules of the
library to mark the books. Why was
Badinger so persistent in the practice?
Could it be possible that in that way he
was conveying message to some con-
federate in crime?
He began to grow excited. Perhaps
he was on the right track at last
Badinger left the library. The boy
gathered up the books and put them
away The detective arose and strolled
past the table.
To his intense establishment he saw
the list still lying there.
He did not disturb it, but immediate
ly retreated to safe distance, from
which spot he kept his eyes riveted
upon that corner of the room where Bad
niger had been seated.
He waited and waited. Several law
yers came in the course of an hour and
sat at the table. One even picked up
the list and glanced carelessly at it; but
he tossed it aside again.
Suddenly man came through the
library door who set his heart to beat
ing.
Mr.. Slivey, of the firm of Slivey,
Tove & Sons, approached the table.
He was very cautious man evident
ly. HE won't pick up that list yet, "
thought the de tective; ''but he'll pick it
up, nevertheless"
Sure enough Mr.. Slivey, after a few
minutes wait, stretched forth long,
! lean skinny hand and took hold of the
little piece of paper. He beckoned up
one of the boys and gave it to him.
The boy passed the detective on his
way to the book shelves, grumbling as
he went: That's the second time l
had that very list of books this blessed
morning"
The detective watched Mr. Slivey
closely for the next few minutes. He
was but a very short time in the
library before he got up and went out.
The boy came and put away the books
again.
''He's got his message sure" thought
! Marshall. 'Now to find out what it
is" He called up fresh boy and gave
the list to him in order to avert sus-
| picion.
1 Unfortunately the boy he called was