The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-03-29

Won boys must be there to take care D
It right away, and we'll get It bacl
again in good shape and father won
be anything out or any the wiser
for it."
Mr.. Bannister was the leading hard
ware dealer in Barring, and in connec'
ton with his store had a tinshop.
The timer who was employed by him
was quick-witted Irishman who had
two sharp eyes in his head and could
read the mind of Master Ted like an
| open book.
| So, next day, when that young gen.
tleman hung around his work bench as
! though he was glued to the spot, when
ordinarily he would have been on the
street with the boys, or whining if
asked to leave them long enough to do
some little errands, Mike began to have
his suspicious aroused that there was
something in the wind.
He did not need to be asked dozen
times if he had jobs to do outside that
day, or if he had ever fixed that rain
water conductor of Clayton's, to take
the hint, and in short time he made
an excuse to go out, and when he had
got himself in position favorable for
observation. he prolonged his stay I'M
til his suspicious had all been confirmed.
When he came back, Master Ted was
not in the shop, which did not surprise
Mike at all; but Ted was not the only
thing missing from the shop, which did
not surprise him any more than the
other disappearance.
Faith, and it's to broad daylight |
robbery they've taken, is it?" he solilo-
quized to himself ''And it's meself as |
is wondering what the boss would be |
saying if he saw how the little alley |
and bail of Irvine was MAX
store. But it's not meself that'll be
telling him until after the morrow,
sure. l amt been boy so long ago
neself that can't understand cute
oke when 1 see it ripening, or take
land in it meself, for that matter, sure
is my names Mike Donovan"
And SO Mike took an extra Whit at
lis pipe and held his peace, so far as
oncerned what he had seen that day;
nut he had heard enough more to cause
i'm to have an errand that evening
fter working hours, down to the river,
7here the junk boat of Tom Doddridge
yas tied up.
Maybe he just wanted to borrow
ipeful of Toms best tobacco, or may
e he needed the exercise, and just
to take notion to stretch t
is legs in this direction.
TOMS stupid face didn't show any a
lore wisdom, if he had it, after Mike q
as gone, and Mikes countenance '
lowed none less.
Early the next morning there was
reat commotioR on the street of Bar S
e. A great crowd of people were S
altered around a team at one of the e
ossings, the driver of which seemed t
be dead. e
A part of the people were horror n
ricken and loud in their denuncia- n
On of the carelessness of a corpora
IN that thus endangered the lives of &
sizens, and another part were at first d
sposed to be amused and then amazed. n
lat portion of the crowd, to tell the Il
nth, had been on the spot before the p
cident, or whatever it deserved to be a.
lied, took place, and their faces had G.
orn look of expectancy of something h
usual about to happen. r;
Ted Bannister was in that crowd, and CT
were number of other boys-in
It. nearly all the boys of any size in IL
e place-and Mike Donovan, too, had u
t his work, and was standing at a
rner near by, quietly smoking and NJ
itching the turn of events with a hui NJ
orous CLEAN in his eve. &c
And this was what had happened:
e wagon had driven along until it II
IS directly under the electric light OF
Die strung along the street, when all IA
st