The Press., 1893-03-02

,d. VI tell you am eho Wioh6 hioii' ~ can prove it in time"
 "Then what are you shaking so for?" demanded one of my audience.
 Because I am to be married to-mor- .ow. The arrangements are all made. Think what humiliation and disgrace it will be to the poor girl if I fail to come and there is no explanation. Let me tel egraph her."
 Beware of the women," said the shab- by man, dryly. They're worse than lawyers 3
 ''To her father, then," insisted. ssHe's banker and prominent citizen. There can be no harm done through him.
 Don't know him. We're busy talkin about you, Linky, anyhow, and you mustn't interrupt the conversation It isn't polite"
 "Linky!" repeated, angrily. "Don't call me Linky.'
 Well, Stoopy, then. Now shut up or I'll put you in the dungeon"
 What could do? The thought of the suffering I would cause tomorrow was terrible. But what could do? While thought over the matter, paying little at tention to the conversation of the detect ives, caught the words "said" and 'de- served it." I wondered what connection they could have with my case. .
 "Yes," my shabby friend was saying, .'very clever fellow seems to be. Used to be OF the force in Philadelphia him. self Shrewd fellow. He put us on to it. Come in asking if 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 we got back with our man. It was plain case, and he took the money"
 Has he gone yet?" asked another de- tective.
 His train left at 12 30," said the narra- tor, looking at his watch. II guess he sifted pretty soon after we came in and turned over the money to him. Anyhow, he's gone now, for it's exactly one o'clock. had listened in absolute amazement Do you mean," I asked, "that some man got one hundred dollars from you for pointing me out ?". Precisely"
 | It must have been my double-no other than Link Murphy himself. "Let me interrupt just once more" !" said l I. II must send some explanation 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 po- lice at that place. He will know Howard Pearson, and surely you can trust the chief of police"
 "Pearsen," repeated one of the men. 1T think that's it. think our man tele- graphed him over an hour ago. l 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 MT. Pear son?'
 "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
 off his own track by having me arrested he had put one hundred dollars in his owI pockets as net profits on the transaction
 and, finally, had taken in hand a core | J %ho qo <>P ho% h
 ed, leaving me powerless to interfere. I was led to cell finally, still hand
 cuffed, to stay till morning. For fiv'
 minutes was left there. My cell mate
 were two men, one negro. The whit
 man was beastly drunk. He walked up g.
 the door was unbolted for me to ente
 and then bolted after me. He grumblet
 at being walked and cursed at me, an'
 presently he was snoring again. The at
 mosphere was sultry and malodorous There were thieves and cut-throats fo
 company. was one of them. To-mor row morning was going to Philadelphi
 with my shabby friend. I wondere
 vaguely if my double would actually talk it into his head to marry my bride, an
 then I wondered if I was going crazy. was afraid so.
 These thoughts were interrupted by ar
 other clanking of bolts and rattling C iron doors. My shabby friend and tn = turnkey were coming directly toward m cell. The detective was swearing vicious
 ly. ., T "Well, Linky," he said to me, 9th
 lawyers will get whack at you after al It's habeas corpus, reckon" U "Thank God 7" I said, huskily.
 "Linky," the detective continued, ser @ ously, "what's the use of this? Your t only making trouble for us, an that ain 8 your best game. Go along quiet, wh g don't you. A day or two, or a week, ain - going to help you any" @ .But the chief said to hold him an, d how" interrupted the turnkey. 8 I learned then that telegram had bee y received from Mir. Pearson, my bride s father, and that the chief of police ha J. ordered me held in Cincinnati until tf J. case could be investigated.
 "The old mans coming on himself Z oddad- tha turnirns- ssEaAxa tall mo l 5 chartered a special engine for the tri and is to reach here at 6:4O-one hour ar
 twenty minutes to wait.'' ? 2sss None