Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1892-02-04

liar. Both mcn wcr, ON their feet, In
clining slightly forward toward each
other and loa'iar words which should
never I've spoken, whom suddenly the
mail stage drew MP with a crash at the
door
Tho postmaster threw last parting
glare at the squire, and carried out the
mail bags, while the whole party fol.
lowed To- SOC who might be in the
stage. The light ftrcamcd through
the open door into tn stage, anil the
villagers saw insid, u single passenger
whom they recognized as Cincinnati
salesman through whom some 81 the
1 Ktngshoro merchants occasionally pur-
| chased good. They were about to
/ turn away In mingled disappointment
/ and resignation whom su ldcnly 10
Madison, who had just arrived az the
/ Office, sprang into the stage aud threw
| himself upon the passenger, while the
stage turned quici,ly, the driver
whipped mp furou,ly aud started for
the hotel
The stlrcs which passed around the
/ party Of spectators were sir,p,y appall-
| ing in their bianlSncss At last Squire
Ripson recovered breath enough to
gasp:
Detective
mo such thing" shouted Bul Burth
through the delivery window. Its
| probably the poor little fellows
brother, AMI he's been waiting for him
wee Ks longer than he expected to"
A dcrisivc smilcu played over tho
hills and valleys Of the squirc's
face, and he was about To say some
thing when the reader Of the New
NorN Romanccr abandoned his theory
OF the disguised prince aud suggested
that 10 was a hghwaymun; that he
know travelling salcsmen carried lots
Of money; that he was robbing the
salesman; the driver was in league
with him, aud lil,, enough they were
mile from town hy this time instead
Of going to IN, hotel Jack sheppard
was a little fellow" said the thcorist
In evidence.
I'm going 10 tho hotel" said the
squire, starting for the door and fol-
lowed by the whole party, A moment
later the door Of the postmastcr's inner
snnctum was heard to slam and Bill
Burth came running to join the crowd
Sol Turner who carried crutchcs and
was soon left behind, shouted appeal
ingly to them to do nothing until no
got there TO see, but no encouraging
answer was waited back TO him.
Tho hotel was gained and the stage
stood before the door, but the conso-
qucnt failure Of the theory OF tho Ro.
manccr's reader could not stop tho i'm.
pctuous rush Of the villagers They
crowded into the public room Of the
hotel, but neither DO nor the stranger
was there In u moment, however, n
door opened and good Mrs. Butler, the
lundlady, appeared with n smile ON her
face and u tear In each eye.
IL know what you mon are after"
She said. "DoNt ever talk about wom-
ans curiosity again, The whole story
is this, 30 Malli,ol H. woman and
MIR. Brown was her lover They had
some sort of lovers quarrel and
parted angry. he made up her mind
she was in the wrong, hut hy that
time he had started on another trip.
She didn't know where to write Ia
him, but she once heard him say he
never missed going to kinEsloro, SO
she came here Ia suit OF her broth
cr's clothes AM Ia, boon waiting for
him ever since, poor girl Aud they've
mlGr up and are cvyrho happy aud are
going To- be married Tomorrow. And
I've known about It an the TIM, aud
. I'd have done jltt what she did II I'd
have been her"
This last ,lsu.r ui Nrt butler,
speech was enough Ia oct 10 Madison
right Ia cvoryul''s eyes. for Mr.. hut.
Ter was one of thusc women who ara