The Kansas blackman. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1???, 1894-04-20
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,ciY months with hard Labor" said
l. mag .strate, calmly, to the pris-
H msr at the bar
Il 4 will be quits with you before
.ass said the prisoner to the solici-
.rtor the prosecutor, as he turned
sd,scend to the cells.
an Joe Renshaw felt hurt. That
.rticular solicitor, Benjamin Tim
IN f.Joe made a note Of the name,
"A registered resolution not TO for
stin had conducted his case with a
n that seemed to border on ami
IA otherwise Mr.. Renshaw's eX-
,Iapstion as to his presence on en-
sped premises at midnight might
AVE- been accepted.
Nh Timpany heard the words. He
a. the glance that accom- anied
nam Tt was not a reassurlng glance.
One met it by the light Of bulls
Mst midnight! Ugh MIR. TimpanY
aaddered.
.qleVerest craftsman going, Joe"
ad The sergeant, in tone almost Of
aniration. Electric bells and all
hst sort Of thing don't bother him
II He can get through an iron
autter as ii it was brown aper."
MI. Timpany's state Of mind be-
sne less complacent than ever. He
n done his duty to his client ia in
ang th 5 desperado's conviction;
ut be began to wonder whether
III could not do his duty too well.
began to think how exposed his
use was, how low the back garden
III, how close the balconies to the
nund, how rusty the front door
nin, and how insecure the window
Etenings There was, however, one
asolatiOn-he had six months start
Mr. Renshaw.
vi. Timpany's politenesS to the
ceman whose beat embraced his
Hlse, and who had once been seen
Ming his housemaid, was surpriS-
having regard to the Indignation
had eYinced when some time pre-
nusly be had been informed of the
auRmaid incident.
81 The six months Of his incarcera-
aOn did not speed quite SO quickly
ii lM Rensnaw as for Mr.. Timpany.
Joe vas ayerse to labor Of any kind,
unexpectedly To the hard variety.
Rahad, however, ample time and
qpOrtunity for meditation on what
Icons dered the vindictive wicked
AeS Of Mr.. Timpany and the means
tits reQuital. Artist as he was in
lsORn line, in the operation con-
Hnpated he meant to excel himself.
u would not hurry over it, he would
Ede bis time. Everything comes, he
sfected, to the man who waits; he
Ould Walton Timpany.
at last came the hour when he
eDped forth a free man-any way,
III a time. He began 10 look about
occupation, not work: he had had
months at that, and if he had
sfed for honest work outside prison
lalls 1t would have been difficult to
Nd.
One, two, three months since Rem
Avs sentence had expired. and Mr..
lnpany began to imagine that he
aa forgotten his promise and to
YEP soundly Of nights He even
atured occasionally to bring home
aluahle documents Of title and Sc
rites in has black bag and to once
ose believe in the truth Of the
lage that an Embellishments house Is
castle.
But, one night, while Mr.. Timpany
n wrapped in gentle sleep and his
Aamas, a thin streak Of white light
ammered for an instant along his
atk garden. Bendigo, who slept
ath one eve open, fancied he caught
'giimpse Of something that ought
u 70 be and emitted deep warn
Y gFoWl. Much to his surprise, as
ny magic, a piece of savory horse
hh, just sufficiently underdone u
" the palate Of so dainty a canine
2lcnre, fell within yard Of his
se With the snorting growl that
rs bis usual expression Of delight
" bulldog rose and shifted it; Their
licked it, and il tasted even mere
worry than it smelled.
I Bendigo bOlted it, and seeing nc
pore morsels lying about, turned TX
sain mis- kennel But ere he coulC
2ch it, his limbs stiffened, and ht
led over without a groan-stOnt
III. A few minutes later a mar
sus centerbit was running its wa,
ently but surely, through Mr.
nDany'S iron shutters just where ;
aalar hole had been made without
and In the window pane, bl
IL of a GLACIERS diamond and I
bf paste-covered brown paper.
re long the shutter had been
Replaced, and Joe Renshaw
VI in the breakfast-room,
"a his BULBS eye fash was
md thrift the
pg away mis-
nts. some
ly o. money.
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