The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-02-28

capable man-and yet, there was SONG
thing about his efforts to run dowz
these counterfeiters that seemed hit
lslf sincere.
Little was known of Godfrey on the
paper. He Aoated it on the boom
;ide, just when good man was badly
needed. When Godfrey applied fol
the job, Fawoett, the city editor, put
aim on, and it took but few days tc
demonstrate that e 6rst-rate all-roun'
man had been secured.
Bennett thought over his asEocia
ions with the new man, and coulo
Eeel no real reason for complaint.
Mentally resolving, however, to adopt
new line Of research on the following
lay, he was about to retire. when q
knock on the door startled him. II
vas the sharp rapping of some one in
hurry.
'Jaok, say, Jack!!" Bennett recog
,ized ths voice of young Davis. "Ge'
up and let me in, old chap" went on
the outsider.
Bennett walked over, turned th
key, and threw the door open. ''Why,
Davis!" he exclaimed, ''what's the
row? You look as though you had
seen ghost" for the junior member
If the staff was very pale and very
much excited.
Davis assumed an air which tolt
plainly enough that he had dis.
closure to make. The youngster drew
up chair, lighted one of Bennett'.
cigars, andreplied to his friends query
nth question.
Chow are You getting on with tht
case, Bennett?" he inquired, coolly.
ssWhat case?"
"Come now, old fellow" went OF
he youth, II haven't been in this
business as long as you have, but J
have learned enough to pick up o
)iece of news before I fall over it.
"WeI, what have you picked up thi
ime?" asked Bennett, rather discon
,erted at the peculiar manner Of his
young colleague.
Davis pitched his hat IN q corner
stuffed both hands deep down into hii
trousers pockets, and with On air Of
quiet assurance, proceeded:
"What I came here for, at this un
earthly hour of the night, was to put
you on the right track, and help you
capture these queer pushers. You're
eli wrong" said the lad, with peculiar
,mphasis on the last three words.
'Look here, Davis" and Bennett
lose to his feet, "whas are you driving
at?"
"Ob, now, don't treat mo like
| .hild," interposed the other indig'
1antly. "I'm on to the whole game.
You're working on this counterfeitine
story, and Godfrey's working with
you-that is, he's supposed to be. Am
I right?"
Suppose you are right" said Ben
lett, guardedly. "What then?"
"What then!" cried Davis, sitting
,olt upright, "why, just what I said
before. You're on the wrong lay
clear off the scent, I tell you. Look
here, Bennett" he continued in an
sxcited voice, "I've been working on
ibis for two months. There's thou
sand dollars reward offered for the
capture of the gang, don't you see
md what T want is the reward"
Bennett could not suppress a.
amused smile. The vanity of this
youngster tickled him immensely, but
Davis was a bright sort of little chap,
md a fellow couldn't help liking him.
"I've follered up every clue" he
sent on. Hundreds of 'em have
amounted to nothing, but I tell you.
Bennett" and the lads fe q flushed
With the excitement he felt, 'I'm OF
20 the whole deal now. I'd bet my life
against dollar that can run these
fellows to the earth in couple oi
days"
Bennett was interested now, and b,
gas never wider awake in his life than
when, turning sharp round on his heel,
as pushed the excited junior member
INTO chair, and lookup position be-
lore him.
"Out with it now," he said some
shat fercely. "What do you knOw?'
The lad shrugged his shoulders as a
nan will do who assure Of his position,
md replied, calmly, "Turn abou:'s fair
9lay. What do you know"
"Well," said Bennett, ''to be per
ectly frank with you, I have discov.
cred nothing. The whole case looks
just as blank as it did q week ago,
when T was put on it. %
"That's what I thought" replied
;he youth. "Now, I'll tell you some.
thing. It's not altogether fame I'm
after in this thing, Bennett. I need
that thousand dollars. Laugh if you
like; laugh your head off: The fact
remains that, if I had the thousand,
I'd get married in less than no time"
"A laudable idea, my boy-verJ
fne," laughed Bennett "Er-who is
the LADY," he added.
"Dolly Taylor, of Omaha. Sweetes,
title girl in the world. I've known
ner all my life, went to high school
with her, know all about her. and love
her all the more, the more know OF
her. There aze only two in the fam.
ly-iust Dolly and her mother. There's
brother somewhere, but he's tbs
black sheep of the family-been in
some bad scrapes, I'm told, but they
never speak of him. The fathers dead,
you know, and it's case of highly re-
spectacle poverty, Well, to cut il
short" concluded tie youngster,
''that thousand dollars would come il
.wfully handy, and I never miss
chance, Bennett. Will you help me
10 carry this thing ont? GIVE me thf
money, and you can take fhe glory.