The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-01-18

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hind her head.
Az this moment the father came In,
and the girl, placing the book on !
shelf, went out He was accompanied
by d tall, large man, with smooth face
and short, curly hair. ! was intro
dnced and the two sat down.
eyes, Doctor said the man; five
located the plant. It's been the hard
est fob ever undertook"
..It's an abominable traffic." spoke
the doctor. half musing, stroking his
beard and looking thoughtfully at the
Gre. Il wish 1t could be wiped out ]
am speaking now Of the whisky trade
under the law. When II gets outside
the law IL is no more immoral. but
often leads-forces men 10 grave
crimes. Yes. I'm glad you WORKED
alone. old fellow" looking gratefully
II his new guest. for, though you've
known me long, ii would have looked
like putting too much on me to assist
you in bringing perhaps some Of my
best patients 70 the pe~nitentiary.'
seThat's just II, doctor"
$50 the still Is over beyond the hill
therc9'' the doctor said, pointing In Z
direction where / had often Q
faint line Of smoke rising in the fai
distance.
ayes, sir.
and you'll drop down on It to-mor.
row evening"
That's what
The night was starlight. Somehow,
although physically At ease and moi
mentally perturbed, ! could not sleep
The heap OF Goals In the fireplace-mJ
bed was ia the sitting-room-had
passed from glowing white to brigh1
red, from bright red to dull bronze
from dull bronze to a small eye twink
ling through the gloom. This finally
closed, leaving me alone with the dark
ness The window-curtain was drawn
aside How long / remained In thii
state | do not know, but ! have q mem
ory OF doing, then suddenly waking
and staring at the window. The shad
ow Of a man passed by. Another ap
peared, seemed to peer in and went on.
~ am dreaming" said /, and turning
over went to sleep.
When / awoke the sun was shining.
The deputy marshal stood 1t the fire.
place. his back 10 4 roaring fire, hii
hands clasped behind him. lie looked
at me with a serious smile
Il oversight myself said /, getting
ont of bed and into my clothes with bill
assistance.
YES he answered, you are 1
sound sleeper, too, for there was con
siderable noise here last night"
Hooked inouirinply. but only asked
.sWhere IS the doctorqn
.sOh. he's all right. We've rot hin
safe enough
..Got him?'
That's what. Fooled him complete
". Made him think l knew nothin' o
his ~eonnection with the business ant
that l would raid the still to-day. Eel
into the trap like a sucker-which, gen
orally speakin', he isn't-thinkin' he,
have time to warn his gang this fore
noon
.sYou don't mean to saw
.sThat he's an Illicit distiIler? Yes,
do. And that gal is into il. too. She At
tended to seem the stuff in town. Nv,
got 'em all spotted there, too. She's q
plucky as can be. Would have got on,
Of my men with her revolver II we,
been a moment later. II seemed mean
too, not to say ungentlemanly, to TAX
! young lady from her bed as we did
But | knew she'd shoot and we couldn'
afford to take any. chances for the SAX
Of social forms. Yes. they're all SAT
in there pointing to a room across tn
passage.
That man q moonshiner?n
gasped
Yes, and the gal, too. Why not
This is not only q queer world, br
this revenue business develops som