Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-05-31

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We don! want a BIT Of Yer jaw, said
yer. mouth an keep It shet."
RIB Ihs ,Sns and short n, Of /. was 'ha, Mr..
fore the package was duly dug. up By the
officers. and found to he "A leather hag OF
army % Blanket Nt and ae Il q ,IesG aF' up Of with aa old q
s'r, ,S MA, u,,, d.. ,.. ,.,,.. ..u 49,.
Ing away; $50 se'd better not try ter run
When ief, to themselves. the twins look
cd dlsconsolately at each other. vaguely
aware th9t a deep laid pie, had been used
most Immediately began to consider u way
out. Her nimble wits worked In "A fashion
that would have done credit to a trained
We KIN prove at he DID come here yls-
terday;" she SAID. Here's. his trick In the
"Thais so,' assented Nash. slowly COM
Ing to a comprehension OF what the tcs-
s s,innng T, IN track Se TS Srrn cn Hs sIiiSop sTba ana
his boot. here's the patch l saw on his
Without another word Phebe fetched a
washtub and turned 1t bottom up over the
.Tha,il keep e fresh" she eur,ly re-
Nash. presently caught the full meaning
Of Phebs's work. and helped her with all
iAAN = my lpbiiN 81 ''s.h " ~
and covered them all with such things. as
would protect them from rain and other
That afternoon the sheriff and the lean
man, Whose name was Aaron Risley, re-
turned TO the Toby cabin.
We'll. here we air asin'," remarked
Risley. with facetious information. and roll
You two Ii hev ter go ter jail SAID the
matter-of;faet sheriff to phebe and nash
"Aiore We start. Mr.. Sheriff > said Phebe,
with cool dignity. 'Ili jes' tell ye some
Then she began. to give the facts Of
what had happened on the day when the
package was buried.
jected shortly. ..Elsley here hey told me
what sort of a tale, yer pap had fixed up.
! .Bnt Sen ies' come here an look n.
this here track" Phebe insisted. She went
and lifted the tub. The footprint was per-
Look. at :het patch onto the heel o.
tibet ylllyan's boot" she added. pointing
with her finger at Aaron Risley's left
The mans haggard face flushed red,
then went as pale as Its yellow tan would
faint none o. my track. l hain't been
here" he blurted forth.
This sherin sazed sharply at Risley's
''They's 'leven more o. them same tracks
a soin, clean w the hill In he woods
saul .NdSUs We EbI fll IA 4N'i'As
Its a lie." rrowled the man. The sheriff
looked up keenly at him. as, he did so
Risley tried to draw a pistol; but he was
cred with n heavy revolver.
a curious state Of facts came out IN, the
trial Of Risley for numbering and robbins
a lonely old miser two years before. In
deed. at last Rlsley confessed that after
killing the. man and getting. possession OF
TO use any OF the coin. but hid II and kept
it hid for two years.
\ reward of 500 had been offered for the
over his deed In secret until almost crazed
and finally the wild scheme Of fastening
the crime upon someone else and thereby
The coin In the bag amounted TO but lit
tie more than 800. There would be about
as much gain in the reward as in keeping
1t was while talking with Mr.. Toby at
The sun house Nat day IN company Win
Risley suddenly determined upon his des-
thought. f!aS go get The i Bag take asI It to his
be easy So he slipped away from the
stu house, leaving Toby there.
a., When he had taken the money from its
Tolby's. he suddenly felt n great fear.
He imagined that some one was follow
and finally ran, When he reached the
CABIN he was out of breath, sweating at
excited and distressed was he that he
knew what h. was doing, and as
We have seen he behaved more like Il ma
Mac than like II sane man.
IiiSley was condemned to be hanged,
but he died of brain trouble in prison,
and | had this story OF Phcbe Tolby's de-
great good came OF IL. MIR. Toby never
again went 10 the sim house and Is to-day
a sober and happy man. / have not given
MS true name; but / saw him only two
years ago, |