The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-12-31

Did ;lhe defendant say he was not:
"No-but-why, | don't know lie
wasn't though
How did the defendant seem when
he came Cut:'
WHY. just warm from running to
catch up with me-"
RAT eXc.Lc.,-rcl in the face,
pclhaps:'
Yes. fer it was very wGirm."
What dill he say
"Ci:'y that h. hal put Il cactus in thr
OF mans bed. That's just how H.
,sst lis handkerchief E:are. you see
But Gle lawyer dill not exactly see"
AMI he coIAii.,:,.!:
What d.i defendant say TO THE Mex
ican. G.,rc.l. in your presence. about
numbering The man SandovalT'
As llMt question was put to Kate
1t suddenly STATED Il clew in her Mind.
rs 4 fash Of lightning sometimes re-
vc.,ls Il p>rSGn at yCur window in rhe
earliest III. might. Fer IA ml.nent this
flash of thought blinded her. ana she
cGufI no't answer. even StammSrei AMI
made so bad Il matter of it, when she
did, Chat the poor defendant epressed
Il gr2an. Her llouglI.S were Al iil.e
time ilr,Susaly taken UP with this new
idea, even when she heurd this young
man sentenced TO The penitentiary ten
years for mansiaT lighter.
No Cne proitenlel to believe That
Uangc,rd deliberately planned the
m1lr.cr. only 'llElIt it came about from a
practical joke to a quarrel; THUS the
! SIcItence.
Kate saw Langf0rl moment in the
| hall, as the sheriff was taking hi
away and so crushed and miserable he
was that her heart nearly broke at the
sight of him. With her eyes stream
ing with tears she ran to his side and
c.asped one of his ccld han!s in her
hct ones. But even Then he would not
allow hiS misfortune 10 compromise
her. Putting her gently aside. he said,
in tones too low fer any one else TO
hear:
please pass on. canrct allow this.
Kate. am Il jailbirj now. Good
by
The next moment massive door had
closed between them. Never to meet
again? The grief stricken girl could
live faTen where she stocd at the
realization Cf it all. Th6n There was
her part in it. She wondered. IN her
agony of f,tir. how much her words
had weighed against him. But she
did not lcse SIGHT Cf her cicw.
Il can work fer him, anyway she
said.
L.aGgford was innocent, of course.
Then some one else was guilty. she
reasoned. and she had never forgotten
lie evil. coveScus Sieaim in the man
Garcia's eyes. Nobody else saw it.
however. AMI nobody took any interest
in her wild words. She must wc,'h CIt
her problem alone. and she began with
her Spanish grammar. Her Spanish
S,lrdies took her into the Mexican
quarter. ami long and earnestly she
sirOve to get u foGdlr0ld in the man
Garcia's house. but wfthout success:
and the way he locked at her some
times made her heaai afraid.
One day. in her little room. size sank
down discouraged, and began thinking
fast and hard. There was one last
thing she could do. but 1T was IL very
difficult thing indeed.
Il fear | am a poor detective" she
said sadly: but l cam be brave ana
fa.;thfuI ANYWAY"
The next moment She started up,
her beck under ler uim. ana was off
fer the Spanish quarter.
IF | succeed she was saying to
herself. .'brother Ben will help me, l
knew he WIFI
Now it is proverbial that no class Of
people under the sun are such super
stftiOus towards as the ignorant Mex
leans. They are never known 10 pass
a graveyard at night, AMI vio.eEt death |
has such terrGrs for them THAT, let one |
of their number be murdered. and for
months afteiward Il whc.e town full |
of People men as well as women. dare |
E.t pass beyond Their thresholds after |
dark fcr fear CT encCuntering the Ears |
ghCSt. SO abject are the innocent. as |
well as The guilty. in this peculiar ter !
ror. that Kate found it Il hard task TO /
perfect her important plan. Finally. |
for a money consideration. the young
Mexican. with wh3m she argued her |
case. began 10 wed.
New. remember. Jose" she said in
parting, ''uhe money is yours when you
bring Filipe Garcia. tonight, at mid
night. down the path by the Oil San
Pedro cemetery"
Isl. SenOrita," she answered earn
estly. Il viii get him there
1t was a moonlight night. but very
cicudy for Il New Mexican sky. The
moon passed in and out among the
storm messengers hnla Il lantern car
r.ed through a forest on Il dark night
now appearing. now disappearing. in
an uncertain Ind of way. and giving
si,are anI ehCst,inesS TO the most
harmless things
Ti:. old cemetery WIS just at thc
clge cf .the village. and surroundeI by
a high adobe wall. liz WAS a.m5st ex-
aculy the time when the village cocks
were striking II thIt halp.ng. uneven
steps were heard along the harl adobe
walk leading to tlhis humble Gods
acre. Then. as they came nearer. Il
protesting voice. now refusing to 90
any hGr. now raised in agcniZed en-
treaty. 1t was Jose Martinez. then
who said firmly. unliityingly. that he
would 20 farther. even down
ihat very lane to THE graveyard Next.
there Were sounds of Scuffing, as if
Jose might be carrying out his inten-
tion with difficulty. 1t was just as
they reached THE side of the buryins
ground opposite poor CHI SanIovars
new made grave that they hesitatUI.
Everything was deatidly still. birt each
man could have sworn that he SAW