Catoctin clarion., 1897-10-07

and when l arrest the man you Shall
have full credit for giving mo the clew."
"Oh, I'm only jokin. You ketch the
feller an III he satisfied. amt lookin
for no notoliety" Nevertheless he wore
pleased expression, as when shrewd
New Highlander has just arranged one OF
those typical Yankee bargains" in
which each man swaps what he does not
want for what he does want and
chuckles because he has cheated the 9th.
er man. Mr.. Skene thought moment,
as though deciding where to begin.
Then he resumed, "You noticed that
said could tell you who killed Lewis?F
II did," said Burrows, "and I won-
dered whether you had seen the crime
committed"
"Seen itp'' cried Mr.. Skene. "Why,
man alive, d'you s'pose I'd have let
the murderer escape? No, didn't 'spect
him last night. but seen him, seen
him twice."
"Whom did you see twice?"
"Why, ain't tellin your The mvr-
dererl / seen the murderer twice. The
fust time wuz when the up train come
along. When she stopped, he got off. I
didn't pay no speshal 'tention to him till
the train wuz gone, when he came up
an spoke to me. He asked me how to
git to the Lewis farm"
"This is important. You say man
camo up Oh train last night and asked
to be directed to the Lewis farm?"
"That's jest what said. I tol him,
an then he asked for a time table an
wanted to know if he could 60 back
las night. I give him time slip, an
off he went never tho't no more OF
him till seen him ag'in pacin up an
down Jest before the down train come i'll.
I tagged the train to stop, an he board
ed her"
Ibid you recognize him? That is.
had you ever seen him before':'
"As fur's know, I never sot eyes on
him till las night, though once tho't us
how his voice wuz kinder familiar. But
don't lay no stress on that, cause amt
no good rememb'rin sounds. Amt got no
ear for music. All can tell you is he
wuz a medium size man with full
beard"
"Did he have any baggage2"
II wuz Jest comm to that, cause it
is kinder queer. He didn't have none
when he come, less it wuz on the plat
form an l didn' t see it. which amt like
ly. But when he come back from Lew
is he had a satchel. "
"Whcre did he go from here? That is,
for what point did he buy ticAet?'
"He didn't buy none from me. That
wuz one thing made mo sort of 'spl-
cious. Then when hearn Of the muir
der, why, it all come to mo as plain as
q pikestaff That mysterious visitor
come up expressly to kill Lewis. That's
why he wuz so darned anxious to git
outer town ag in las night Under them
circumstances it amt likely as how he
buy ticket from me. y
"At what time did he arrive and at
what time did he leave?"
"He come in at 9:O7, an he ketched
the lO:39 down."
(Which way do you mean by down?'
"Why, man alive, don't you know
that much? Down is down. Down to-
ards Nashuway, Wooster an that ERE
way"
"You must excuse my ignorance,
said Burrows humbly. "Idon't pretend
to know everything, you see. Now, one
thing more-I must tell you, though l
presume you know it already, that it is
Of the utmost Importance when de-
tective is trying to catch criminal that
he should keep q close mouth. AS you
and | are working together, as it were,
l must ask you to speak to no one but
myself"
This speech was adroitly worded.
Burrows was anxious that Mr.. Barnes
should not hear of this new clew, in
tending if possible to work it out alone
In order, therefore, to close the month
Of this egotistical countryman he Al
gcniously included him in his work,
having discerned that the fellow was
anxic's to have a tale to tell to the fire.
uuenters of tho saloon of how 'mo an
the detective from Borston worked up
the case" MI Skene, however, made
one faebio protest.
"Well, as to that" said he, II tho't
as how I'd have to 60 on tho *tand at
the inquest an tell what l know" He
evidently counted upon the notoriety to
be gained by such Il procedure.
"Oh, of coursc!" said Burrows, has
tily endeavoring to satisfy him upon
this point. II will tell the squire, and