Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1894-04-21

erson-Rogerson, excited, painting.
"a brave action, Taker," he pants.
"By God. you're q man. But come
with me, quickly. I've just shot
q man up the street. He can't live
long lie has confession TO make,
and wants the young doctor to hear II. "
The detective RECEIVERS himself. The
old instinct is aroused ut the word
confession. He will go with Roger.
son.
DIR. Rareau is breathing heavily, he
cannot go. so they make their way
through the crowd. Upon the out
skirts, Talser sees Throcknorton and
the coroner, Nandewater.
The chief OF police is working like q
Turk. firing up an engine. laker ap-
proaches him, tells him in few words,
what he wishes, and the chief and
Vandewater join him
Along the street to the cor
Ter down side street one
block. then up another, dark,
back alley, Rogcrson leads the way.
On the way he tells the chief what he
has done dwelling briefly on the facts
He has fired two shots at the flying
ond has reached its mark
1--WE are here" he says. ''He is ly.
ing inside that shed"
They stoop aud enter the low shed.
in the corner m ld-fuced COW is chew.
ing her cud: she looks upon the strang-
ers with gentle surprise in her eyes
A dark lantern throws ray Of light
upon the least. and another-a white
faced. bearded man. lying. breathing
hard upon the straw.
"You got here just in time" he
gasps, feebly. II can't hold out much
longer"
What do you wish TO confess?"
gently asks Taker.
The man draws long breath, then
says, SO low that his voice sounds like
whisper:
THE death of-the old doctor-he
wasn't murdered. ! know saw
him dic'-a start of surprise from all
81 broke into-house-Dyke's house
going to get away with plate In
the mex, room-I heard some one talk
ing-give me some whisky, l can't
talk"
'hrocknorton places bottle to the
parched lips Of the dying man. He
drinks eagerly. "Ah. ! feel better,
now d can talk. heard some one
talking in the next room-I could hear
what they said, as the door was not
hut tight. ] heard one, who
Sc med ~ he the muster, make o pro-
position IN the Other, whom he called
f'~A'-''' e. ~----., ~h;l.,-a, with him
Il appeared that his wife had Just had
a child a-girL He wanted a boy
said he would be ruined man II the
other did not help him. The man
agreed to do It'll heard II all. lie was
to bring child TO the house that night,
AID the other was to be carried to his
cottage bv n woman-the nurse. Then
the master went out Of the room, and
heard him go upstairs. In little
while he come down again, and with
him was DR.. Wilbur. knew the old
man; had not seen him for twenty
years, but knew him the minute I
saw him. He stopped In the hall, and
sid. 'Wait q minute and wrotn
something in book he took from his
pocket"
"a notebook" interrupts the chief
Of police.
"Yes, q notebook. Then he put 1t
back into his pocket Twas watching
them all out Of the library door. Then
the doctor and Gardner went out Of
the house. No sooner had they gone,
when look Of horror came to the face
OF the man in the hall It was Adrian
Dyke. ! used to know him twenty
years ago. He looked as II he had
seen a ghost. / heard him say. The
note book-it viii ruin all Then he
seemed to come to some conclusion. he
stood up and came toward the room
where 1 was watching. Ihad just time
enough TO jump out the window with
my graft 10 lot of silver plate tied No