The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-09-02

MI. uc WIGS 10 III
that neck of the woods, Stiles can pro-
duce him in twenty-four hours"
That is'what the United States mar
shall said to the special agent of the Trea-
sury Department., who had come West in
seach OF Mr.. Hamilton de Vries, alb
sconding bank president. The latter,
unwlttingly, had got himself into trouble
with Uncle Sam, as we'll as with the au-
thorities of his State, and was, there
fore, in surer way to get into the hands
of justice than if he had been careful not
to tamper with the patience of the long
suffering uncle aforesaid.
The marshal was so certain Of his
deputy's ability to lay hands of Mr.. de
Vries IF, us the special agent believed,
the cx.bank president was sojourning in
said dcputys peighborhood-tb the
agent, w@o was only human, and, be-
sides, had no persc nal interest in the
matte" left the qBtdd2ids daa pfoceeded tc
take life as easily as possible while he
mi2ht-it WAS much better than going,
partly by stage or -hssseback, into Wild
and woolly region after man who
might not be there, after ALL
While the special agent, who had been
up late the night previous, yawned and
stretched, preparatory to leaving to re-.
turn to his hotel, the marshal wrote n
,e'cS ram to be sent to the deputy who
looked alter the :hree "tough" counties
IN the southeast corner of the State
'Hcre, Ball take this to the Office. will
youf And to Uncle Sans emissarv he
remarked: "Now, then, that's settled
Sulesi have him by Saturday, if he's
there"
When the marshal appointed Bob
Stiles deputy, and assigned to him the
duty OF attending to the three soutb-
east counties, he knew what he was
about. He had always been a firm he.
never In the truth of the old saying that
sit takes thief to catch thief" On
Inc same principle, he held that it re-
CURED bad man to handle bad men:
ana IN making his appointment for
Jones, Elkhorn and Antelope Counties.
he had no hesitancy In selecting Mr..
Stilcs, whose application for the position
was iniorsed by many leading citizens
not because they were keen to see Bob
get the place, but because he asked them
to Indorse him, and refusal to do 80
involved possible, indeed, probable, un-
pleasant consequences.
Yes, Bob Stiles was, undeniably q bad
mau. Not that he had ever mace him
sell amendable to the law--at least, not
that anybody knew of--but he had q
blood stained obituary list of persons
who had disagreed with him, and a
beautiful disregard for the consequences
oil anything he chose to do; and he
chose to do some very peculiar things.
especially when he had over. INDUCED in
his faVorite intoxicant, which was quite
frequently. When Mr. Stiles was not
engaged in his official duties, his avoca.
ton was that of gambler, and he was not
an over.scrupulous one, either; in fact, I
am Obliged to confess, albeit with much
reluctance, that Mr.. Stiles enioycd
''Sklnning a sucker as we'll as did any
member of the fraternity.
1t happened, however, that, one sad
niSht-the very night before the ,lay the
marshal sent him the telegram concern
ing the missing bank president-Mr.
stiles and confIere had sat in game
with supposed "sucker" from the
mines, who turned out to be very much
of player himself, aud that Mr. Stiles
ana MS TREND rose from the game
'busted," and each owing the house for
several stacks of CHIPS. and Mr.. Stiles
stood on corner, this bright afternoon.
looking verv down. hearted and sadly ont
Of his usual spirits, when the boy came
along with his telegram.
Him! Tall man-black whiskers-
dark complicated - gray eyes, uni
Greet. I'll look after ye tmorruh,
Mister d'Vriesl"
He had been walking as he read, and
mad reached the postoffice by this time.
In response to his inquiry, the clerk
handed him an official looking envelope.
lie retired to u corner to read 1t. aud the
contents made his eyes dance. "Sta
buenoi Hyar's luck fer ye, Bobby, OIL
boy! Five hundred dollars r'wardI
Thanks, Bobby, we don't care eff we do;
oh, no, not any~ And as Mr.. Robert |
Stiles walked ND the street to his usual