The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-11-26

Before ] could protest Twas hand.
cufied. They started out with me,
one on each side.
Come, CONS, said the shabby man,
YOU'RE too old a'bied tobe taking on
like this Come along quiet"
pleaded and threatened, but to no
purpose . crowd OF street arabs were
following 1t our heels and people
passing by stopped to look and smile.
~ have been fool" protested
frantically, bot no more than that"
1T was rather lame in you," said
my shabby captor, "but the smartest
OF you clip once or twice in lifetime. I"
was finally allowed to order .
double carriage 90 that all three OF
US might ride to the central police sta
ton, and in this manner avoiding the
humiliation OF being dragged along the
! sidewalk.
At the station ! was searched. It
can readily be undorsto God that on a
wedding trip ] had carried no business
letters or other papers OF identifies
ton. The only name in my pockets
WAS on that card which Evans had
given me.
In this card my two captors and the
several other detectives present APP
peGred particularly interested.
THE same to a T." said my shabby
acquaintance. Get the telegram and
let's see."
The telegram was from the chief OF
ponce OF Philadelphla:
Arrsst Mnn murphy sil1 stonp Mead.
and mnpdsr.r On. ihomssa vd 1oIlsr.p r..
ward. He 10 % years old, brown curly hair
and .toops slightly. He was in Chicago
Two days ago. but believed 10 have lett
h mere ,of nc,hna" ao.day. iIs.
called At ;ob nrintiny o,iic. lar
cards ordered that morning. There wa,
only one. which had been taken as aproof
tor him TO correct, lie took his with him.
,sh Was III 90 Enei,sn 'yp' on We've Deve, eossa
here wore ii1ht nSrrcoai ,,.rE ,si, LAT and
gray trousers.
listened to this as to my doom. |
was bewildered and desperately Ills
heartened. What would my bride do
when tomorrow came and no lover?
While thought over the matter,
paying little attention to the CONVEX
sation Of the detectives, caught the
words "said" and deserved it."
wondered what connection they could
have with my case.
EYES," my shabby friend was say
ing; Every clever fellow. seemed to me.
Used to be- the forcein Philadelphia
himself. Shrewd fellow. He put us on
to it. Come in askin ii Link Murphy
wasn't wanted said he believed he'd
seen him. He showed up all right,
and we let him LOOK at the telegram.
He said it was the man and named
one hundred. We put it up down
stairs and he waited there TIL we got
back with our man. It was II plain
case and he took the money"
HAS he gone yet? asked another
detective.
His train left at I2:35," said the
narrator, looking at his watch. Il
guess he sifted pretty soon after we
came and turned over the money to
him. Anyhow, he's gone now, for it's
exactly o'clock" =.
Ihad listened in absolute Namaze-
ment.
''Do you mean" asked, "that
some man got 500 from you for
pointing me out?'
Precisely.
It must have been my douhle--no
other than Link Murphy himself.
LET me interrupt Just once more"
said !. II must send some explana-
ton to this young lady's family.
You won't let me telegraph her nor
her father. Let me send the message
through the chief OF police at that
place. He will know Howard Pear
son, and surely you can trust the
chief OF police"
"Pearson" repeated one OF the
men. II think our man telegraphed
him over an hour ago. think that's
the name"
"What did he say?"I gasped. -,
"Who?"
This man who pointed me out to
you. What message did he send TO
Mr.. Pearsone"
Don't let it scare you. don't
know what it was"
The Internal impudence of that man
Link Murphy He had thrown the
police of his own track by having me
arrested, he had put 500 in his own
pockets as net profit on the trans
action. and finally had taken in hand