Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-12-04

angels that went up an QoWn Jacoo
ladder, as they tell on in the Bible, wu7
to let down rope ladder right here On
this spot, an az they come down they
wuz to kneel before me an swear they
seen her do it, it wouldn't bulge me a
mite. I'd b'lieye they wuz mistaken in
the party. Man, / don't b'ieve Virgies
Innocent. jest know it, plain an sim
ple." This old mans trust in Virginia
was impressive. Faith such as this
might weigh with a jury against mnl-
tiplicity of facts.
"But how can you know it? You
may think 80, hut how can you know
that she is innocent3"
+'How do know itf' Mr.. Skene said
this with sneer, and paused mo-
ment. "How do know it? How do /
know your alunee I don't know how,
but know itr' With this sally be turn
ed on his heel and walked toward the
baggage room. Burrows thought he
knew how to bring him back.
'"Mr. Skene, you misunderstood me.
believe Miss Lewis is innocent also.
Won't you help me to prove it?'
The old man turned instantly and
came back. He looked sharply at Bur-
rows a moment and said:
"Say, don't come none of your Bors-
ton tricks on mel They won't work, an
EFF I ketch you lyin I'll maui you, SO
help mep'
There will be no need. I will ex-
plain. lam not the only detective work
ing on this case. IT was not my fault
that Miss Lewis was accused by the YER
dict" Burrows here adroitly left it to
be inferred that it was the fault Of Mr..
Barnes. 1t was not nice thing to do,
but he was anxious to divert this. man 8
anger from himself, that he might use
him to further his ambition. In this be
succeeded, too, for the station agent lis
tened to him patiently for the first time
since the beginning of the interview.
Burrows continued, following up the
good impression: II asked you to keep
your information secret because wish
ed to follow it up personally. This is
the frstchance that I have had to do SO,
and have come to you for assistance.
If you give it to me, think there is no
doubt that can apprehend your man.
In that case, of course, Miss Lewis will
be released. May count upon your"
''Kin you count ON me? Say, mebbe I
wnz hastyl amt overpatient, I'll low,
but wuz riled when .hearn bout that
verdic'. But no man amt quicker'n
me to low he's wrong, so there's my
ham," Burrows shook the proffered
hand gladly, delighted to have concili-
ated the old man. '"Now, then," con-
tinued Mr.. Skene, '"tell me what / kin
do an I'll do it quicker'n a streak. "
Listen! Yon told me that this man
did not buy ticket from you when he
left. Therefore lie must have obtained
one from the conductor on the train.
That will be enough to have impressed
the circumstance on his mind. If not,
the ticket itself can be found, and that
will tell us where he left the train
What ! want yon to do is to introduce
me to the conductor when the train
comes in and arrange it SO that he will
not hesitate to tell me all that he may
know as we go along, for I mean to
take that train tonight.
"That'u be simple enough, for Berry,
the conductor, is nice feller. He'll do
all he kin to help you."
Every good. What time did you say
that train leaVeS:"
"Ten thirty-nineL
Prompt to the minute the train which
he was so anxionsly awaiting came
along and was stopped by the agents
flag. Mr.. Skene found the conductor
and introduced Burrows to him, at the
same time giving a hint of what was
wanted. As soon as they had started the
two dropped into conversation, for there
had been no other passengers to take
up, and therefore there were no tickets
to be collected.
"Mr. Berry," said Burrows, "to make
no mystery about what want, will
say at once that ] am detective and
am looking for particular man. One
answering his description boarded this
train last Sunday night. l desire you
to tell me where he was going"
81 should like nothing better than to
oblige you, Mr.. Burrows; but, really,
we see so many passengers that it is not
an easy matter to know all about where
they get on or off, especially after the
lapse of several days -
"Of course not, but consider Tor a
moment. 1t cannot be common thing
to get a passenger at this hour at SO
small place as Lee"
mo; you are right about that. New
ertheless get them all along my route,
and there are many stops as unimpor-
tant as this one. "
81 see I must assist your memory.
This man did not buy ticket from the
agent at the station, and consequently
be must have done so on the train. Can
you not recall that circumstance"
"Y Y-e-s-y-e.s--it seems to me that l
do. All, have It'll The man you want
had full beard and wore long over
coat. He also had large satchel, and
] remember that he would not let me
send it to the baggage room. But where
did he want ticket for? That I don't
get somehow.
"Haven't you the ticket which you