Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-11-19

pattern. The roll top mahogany d,,k |
with a magnificent pair Of polished steer
lorns, five feet from tip TO tip, above Il, |
showed the prints Of Mr. Belzers boot
heels, where he had propped himself
back In his swing chair TO smoke after
fatiguing clerical labor
Ana MIR. Balzer WIS a very busy man.
more oyerworked than any Of III neigh,
bors knew; for in addition TO the manage
ment OF the vast Albion business he had
formed a little private side partnership,
Not entirely unconnected with cattle.
which, while II brought enormous l,l
turns WIS fearfully wearing and exact
ing, and had put more white IN his hair
than all his other labors besides.
In that very room, that same morning,
ne mad received a.his unknown side part
mel, from New Mexico. Together they
had gone over the accounts and wound
up the partnership. His share Of the as
eefs, in Packages of bank notes whose
! denominations ran up into most comfort
/ able figures, We're even nOwl lying in
heavy MANILA envelopes labelled James
Balzer-Private Papers" IN the compa-
ny's safe, right behind his chair.
The detective laid a neatly folded re
] port before Mr.. Balzer, aud sat down.
| There was bit of trumpew frame,
/ with doors TO II, IN the midst Of the lit
| ter on the desk, aud In Il u photograph
of three school girls.
THAT'S a pretty picture" said the de
My daughters" replied Mr. Balzer
| briefly. AT school in Waco" and he
closed the frame with decided snap.
Well said the detective. ''theres
my report 10 the company, Mr.. Bal2er.
II seems your men done about right.
II wasn't legal, of cyursr, but it saved
the state q Texas the cost Of prosecu-
ting the fellow"
Then you think the result would
have been the same IL he'd had u trial
before a court Of justicei"
No, replied the detective; ~ don't
say that Courts don't hang for cattle
stealing; and ! haven't come on any
murder business In running over Ills
affairs: though I've got the ristlinc dead
TO rights ON him; but he'd have got
long term in the pen"
Just So said Mr. Bnl2er, Thought
fully, yes, he would and perhaps he'd
have preferred being killed at once-I
His mind flashed rapidly over the
details of his side partnership which II
known To the man before him. and
through him to the legal officials. would
place him,Balzer. behind the bars for
the hest years of his life. Curious. how
| narrow-minded people, act about really
unlnporthnt, questions of ownership,
aud such like.
Now. If the somewhat sparse. hut de-
| cidclly lively population Of the Pan
handle know Just who II was that had
been standing in with the rustlers. whose
| keen brain had planned those daring and
successful raids, i would hardly be a
| question of penitcntinry. The roll of
| money IN the safe would do neither him
| nor The little girls at Waco much good
Nothing but his, Balzcr's stretched neck
would over have satisfied his neighbors,
could they have known the desperate,
double game he had been playing
He was glad to be well ont of Il; TO
have his money, and to have the gang
notified that he never intended to work
with them again. But he had not cN.
pected the thing to cost an Innocent
mans life. This brought him back TO
the detective. and out OF his brown study
with a start.
"Your report is great relief to my
mind" he said. ~ feel sorry for the
widow, though. I didn't know there was
a widow till last week, She was here
with her children. All very small chill
dren; and small children. when anything
has happened TO their father are
very"
lie paused and Intercepted the ire
spOnsive inkstand for a word. Finding
none, he concluded very lnmely, VERY
painful.
'"rhc woman was very poor excuse
Of woman: but / reckon she wanted
her hushand-snch as he was, | knew
the company wouldn't do anything for
her so l helped her some ont Of my own
pocket. and told her II she didn't succeed
in marrying again, which she seemed,
them in hopes Of doing; or II the man
she married was mean to the children,
to write me- and / would do more for
them
take; and her husband was the man,
anyhow
city. "YOu certainly don't think that
there was but one man IN It! such
work as they did is done by large
well-organized gang-you surely found
And I will toll yop In addition that
they must Lave had an inside man-some
body working with them who lives right
here among us and knows all the ms and
outs of the local cattle business AND
, undoubtedly, from the shrewdness dis
, played, there's no use of your looknt
for him--he won't be cnught."
! MY work on Mulcahey's record lead'
, me TO suspect It, answered the detective
mysteriously; "and II the company's will
; ing 10 pay for IT, know ! can, by run
4 | ming some risk, put my hand on all u,
cattle. But there Is big risk and III
have to be well paid.
: "WLv, man." said Mr.. Balzer. smilinl
, genially, "any cattle man viii iell yo'
that those steers have been railroade,
out OF Ibis country and converted int
/, cold cash long ago.
well. / might not be able te get al
the cattle. but It would be worth thel
! while TO pay me well II can spot Ill
inside mar you're so sure the gang had
, and l want you to recommend it TO tn
: COMPANY
MIR. Balzer had fallen into a brow
-, study again during this speech lie wa
! mentally tallying over once more III
7, packages OF bank notes in the safe b.
> his cEair.
He came out of his calculations TO 81,
!. kindly, IL not somewhat quizzlcally,
/ shall not mind making the recommenda
ZION, thongh / mveef believe hat ~
: hanging las settled the gang and tina
! we'll not hear from them in our localt
Z again. You have taken a weight OF ~
u mind about Mulcahey. The irregula
, way he was disposed Of had troubled IN
a a great deal.
d SWELL" said the detective, "you ca
: set your mind ut rest. That report !
8 correct. He was as guilty as dog,
u Gust So" SAID Mr.. Baker q
i, Just so." ALICE Mae"o"AN.
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