The Van Buren press., 1895-09-21

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and thfeat61ed % leav6 ne out andl
| ta1<e IA one ~ liz fr4e1ds. I sew the'
cl1poef - 16n61z6 ~, end told him;
| ho5lt that ~ mi9ht do 10 - quick NJ
| he pleaseds bhsS 1 dsdnt ts1tevs ws
should agree anyway. Dropping his
tools with an oath, he strobe down the
hill to Pet1's
/ ,scowls grcsted me ON all sides whsn
Ff esme IN to dinner. was afraid I
was In for fuss, sfter sllf sfd think-
Ting I mfsht ss well hnvs ~ frst ~
last, fdkme down with my carpet-ba
packed IA time for the sfternQpn train
east. laid a ereenbnck On thc bar,
asked Pete to take my BILL 1ut Of ~
and hand me my waIlet ont OF his
safei -
"Goit' to leave, be your Is erunted.
"Well. guess nobody's sorry
ffe took mp the bill, turned IL over
and held 1t up to the light 6erntinis-
/ inRly never saw more hate Shnd re-
vehge concentrated in look thsn in
the one he turned ON me- 4
$50 that's y0hf game, MI, young
| lo1bw9S rs 81 Soktd SsWefL you'll
And IL won't work ON me. Here,
Hrownl' he call TO rnsn@in the
farther end Of the room. and whom |
knew to be Pay Dirts COTS ble--
''here's just the man you're looking
for. Some ones been shCvfn' the
| 'queeranll.pver these parts fately, and
II thish h4t the chap, I'm nightly mis-
taten look at that billf
brown did so.
''Dit you pnss thisS" he as46d me.
"Uf eonfse | did," said /, "but I
dian'k Msse~ II waa bad
"tikely enuughl'' sneefsd Pete.
ssllere." lie continued, taking my wal-
let out 1T his safe, ''he's ett q. roll IN
there, better take lock VI Ell "
brown opened the wailetl Il looked
as II did when gave IL to Pete, and
tile exact amount was there, but, alasl
etert bne OF the bilis was spHflpus 1
could see 1t myself was speechless
with dlsinay at the villainy Of the
tricltH aud idt uwh hei iplesstess /
retiid not sANsn wuftE In delehse and
| fdlt it~ouid ~ useie4 II an
Pete leered like iiend and the crowd
efsnned, while the officer pocketed the
tAnnes and hustled NE back to my
ruoni, locking lne In. There WAS no
| tAil Within forty miles, aid Fste said
I'd be safe therc Until Brown could
send word to the United states mar
shall at Denver 10 come aud yet me. |
threw myself OH the bed and suffered
d wofld 81 agony aud chnHrin during
that Afternoon The constable brought
my supper at nightfall. but / could not
eat 4 nAorsel
Nsas. yeaAT feilaw.s said he. sitting
down on the bed eeside me, you're in
d mighty bad Ak and I'm SORRY FOR sou,
hanged II Mint WITH all that stuff
and what rets and his csowdil swear
against you, You'll 60 10 state prison
sure as rate. For my part. don't
fnoi,e'n Malt believe YOU'VE guilty, and
| Il vonl agree not to squeal on me, for
ave hundred dollArs I'll get you out Of
this.s
wanted 10 Ay at the rascal and
throttle him. had suspected It he
FORE now / knew that though an
officer Of the law. he was but another
confederate " rete's HAT ! caaght
suddenly at an idea his proposition
suggested, and quickly accepted II,
telling him would telegraph home
for the money AZ once If he wouid take
me to the station. The agentwas buay
when we came in. and. taking tablet
OF blanks, began penciling the dis
patch Though really swift penman,
feiencd awkwAfssness, and after much
fumblins 81 the paper and many erAs-
sures, wrote this on the top sheet;
NDxAs Sssofaxs: am N bad fix, ana un-
Tess You send me ave hu ndi~d dolisrs, win b
sent to prison Am innocent but can't prove
IL Telegraph money 70 DenveF bank 70 ee
expressed 70 me here
While on the sheet unaerheath had
swiftly scratched, when my captor was
OF his guard
~, s. MARshAb, DfxSER. send men encosh
hefH by next train 10 Arrest the biggest gang
cf crooks out cf ssh. Ffrd thefh st SILVER
Pete's'
~fown tnat aosr / naked, holding
MP the tablet
Nah rieAt!h answered Brown, as he
read the words N sight
1 tore eff the two sheets together,
crnnpasng the top one in my hand as
did so, and handed tire otlfer 10 The
agent. He started, and gave sne =
sharp, swift glance as he reed H.
tossed him TIRE doagAr the rnesssge ccs$
! he 6Sppea It mechanically "a the desk
IT was bad; gknew by hit Face; but ne
caugA my sfhpforine look. and said
nothing. The rascals had plied me 20
3 Thoroughly with then coan terfeits that
l 7sdHt &hodgsk Aohess MONEY N my
/. pocket 10 pay for meal 81 victusls
Brown took me bttk Sna eoxsed -
upaxcr The night lwka. so excisea 1
'ct6&f hardly 'hoi& sAsseK &sta 4 heard
the wRistae of tlse sniFht NJ train, ind
couM scarcely 1kfieve my eSsss when I
saw, From my ~ihdovs, a fe tf sneh
come fnsrchinf duietly bas s~iftay
down from the ssatsob Net scrcs In b
thoussnd tirnAs would sueh q wild, Dies
perate threw amount 70 enstthinr att
the nerest folly, hut it happened sbst
! tlse fetaerAl suthoritses had ascen work
ing FOR rnonshs 70 locsse thEs ~ery hsna
of counterfeiters PETE Hnd hfx crowd
scf tonghs st Psy Dirs had l,nc hs-n
suspected Hnd nv crsxF telegram wss
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