The record-union., 1898-05-15

Maple Creek, and reported that there
I. wasn't soul in the troop stationed
there that knew Hetherington But
!, they're dead on to Carney's racket.
| though" he said, .and when l told
| them we'd captured him, they thought
/ twas a pretty slick piece of business
They say he's harder to trap than
coyote"
You see,'' said Carney to the Ser
geaut.z ethe easier you take this thing,
and the less racket yeu make, the better
you'll get along. If you get rusty and
| insist that you are Sergeant. some Of the
| fellows'Il round on YOU and the bad
| luck the thirteen eggs brought you'n be
nothing to the trouble you'll get into
then"
As soon as they got to the fort, Heth-
erington saw at once that Carney must
have been in the force at one time.
/ He asked for the Sergeant Major as
! soon as they rode into the barracks
square, and asked him to report to the
! Superintendent that he had brought in
the desperate Carney, who was wanted
/ for horse stealing and shooting man.
Il was afraid to take him back to
/ Fort Mcleod he said, for fear he'd
play some trick and get away. He al
most made me believe he was some
body else until found this letter on him
addressed to John Carney"
! In was in vain that the Sergeant
swore that he was Sergeant Hethering
! ton himself: the more he swore against
| the fate that had tangled him up the
| more they laughed at him, and told him
! to drop it,
| Carneys reputation for slipping out of
i the tolls stretched from Winnipeg to the
highest point of the rockies, but he'd
! find that he couldn't do them up at
Maple Creek; they We're on to his little
/ game.
! Are you sure you're not Major Steel
/ himself or Commissioner Hacker"
| asked the Superintendent, looking at
him with a knowing smile
! At this sally of wit Carney and the
rest of them laughed so heartily that
/ the superintendent was so pleased with
/ himself that he told the prisoner that
| he might sit down.
Your police duties must make you
tired" he said, with wink at Carney.
''All the same, SIR" said the poor
Sergeant. tears almost starting to his
| eyes as he saw how completely he was
| for this when you find out what mis-
| take you're making"
"Oh, no doubt, no doubt" said the
| Superintendent When they find out
that you're really a Sergeant in the
force. I'll be reduced to the ranks for
this and you'll be made Inspector
| "At least. SIR said Hetherington,
'you might keep this man who claims to
| 10 hi ic
! cleared uo."
! Capital, capital" said the Superin-
| tendent "a capital idea. Wen keep
him here SO that your mate can get
clean away; then I shall get promotion
/ for that brilliant idea. You're bagged,
you'd rather that your mate got away,
eh? Sergeant Hetherington here tells
me that he was pretty hot on your
mates trail, and one of the objects for
; bringing you in here was that he might
have his hands clear to follow it up"
! So the Sergeant was put behind the
bars. and Carney and Bill were made
free of the canteen, and the Superin-
tendent congratulated himself upon the
prospect of being able to forward on
"Rulldog'' Carney, who had been wanted
at headquarters for some time.
| 1neu tOWdId 0NciitIiS5,f NiCIl Tie iicICC
heat of the MONDAY sun had sped it
self, Carney and Bill rode forth to hunt
/ up the other man. "the mate" and
Maple Creek never saw again the good
police horses that went with them. nor
| the rifles nor the revolvers. and it took
| a years official correspondence to clear
| UP the mystery as to who was to blame
for committing Sergeant Hetherington.
II HI [NsN,.
ney, horsethief, and handy man with a
gun.