Evening star., 1898-07-16

crook and be thaaght of Pearl and Car
neys oeautifM craftsmanship and varfoua
matters, andsswents thoughtfully back to
Golden with his priixbner
"Lanky'' Hall had good head for obey
ing orders, which szs a good thing for a
corporal to have, btit he hadn't much of a
mead Tor solgfng just such problems as
this, which was. perhaps, good also-per-
haps that was why he was corporal after
twenty years9of ssAvice.
"I'n bet yoe ffek cases. that bull dog
did that trader upss said Santley, as they
rode side by aSae
That's queSr," said the corporal Car
ney bet me fNy thsA you didn't do 1t. and
now you wanEto lay me the other way. II
he did it. I d6n't suppose that he'll come
back for the stpfr-the fifty he laid that you
didn't do it."
II got the l6ng Engiishman. SIR report
ed the corporal to the major, when they
got back to the barracks; but the other
ones lit outlook his hook when l was
lookin' up the prisoner
What other ons?" queried the major.
Bulldog Carney, sir; he skipped across
the river"
That looks suspicious" thoughtfully re-
pied the major, as he pulled at his IRON
gray mustaehe.
ut would be bad one on US If 1t turned
out that he had done this, and we had
carted him out of the country-given him
an escort; eh, corporal?" r.
OF course, there was a trial, with A-vfl
as the center of attraction. The other had
gotten away. and they had to hang some
body If they could, so they devoted their
energies to proving Anvil guilty, and the
chances are they would have succeeded If
it. hadn't been for one person.
His clearing out looked very suspicious
and they found quite a sum of money on
Kim when he was arrested, although 1t was
known that he had been cleaned out before
he went away. He would not tell where he
got 1t, either. .'None Of their blessed busi-
ness he told them.
1T may hang you," said friend, "if
you don't tell.''
Hang it is, then" he replied doggedly.
But worst of all was Baptiste Gabrielle's
evidence.
Eyes, by Goss! Dat fell, he SCOT tree,
fo' time me. Steek has head UP fom dat
stump. See him me soor.''
Then Nanny Nolan went out to the
place where Whisky Sanderson had met his
fate. and she wound something, too. The
bullet that had killed poor Sanderson had
been in a terrible hurry, and had gone
clean through and through him.
Nanny Nolan followed up the line of
sight from the stump across where san
derson had fallen, and luckily located the
bullet in a sand knoll thirty yards beyond.
1t was case-hardened $3.50 Winchester
bullet
s'"rhat's the bullet that killed him right
enough" unused Nanny; but it might
possibly have been fired thers some other
time. 1t wasn't quite conclusive.
Then she found the bullet that had
scorched the leg of the foremost rider that
day imbedded in his saddle. That was con-
elusive.
Then commenced the search for the life
itself. There was only one such rifs owned
in Golden, and 1t had belonged to Bull
Dog Carney.
Now, Carney had been back in Golden
after the murder, and he hadn't taken his
rifle with him when he want away with
Lanky Bill. so he must have hidden it
somewhere. To return to Golden after
killing Sanderson he would cross the ford
Of X trtrir + f1riC,r Inr
but she made up her mind 20 drag the ford
for the rifle.
When Nanny found the rifle where it
had dropped she knew she lad forged one
of the strongest links in the chain of evil
dence which fastened the guilt on Carney.
1t was NANNY. too, who introduced
new witness to the court in the person
of Grace Alton. She had come back from
Vancouver In obedience to Mammys teie-
gram. Her evidence was very simple, but
effectually cleared up the mystery of the
money.
Il gave It to him." she said simply, ito
pay his passage home to his mother.
told him falsehood; 1 told him it was
from his mother. He wouldn't have taken
1t from me if he had known the truth,
but I wanted him to go home to his moth
er, who was asking for him every day.
We We're children together-Arvu Santley
and myself ...
1t was a revelation to that wild west
ern life, this sweet, womanly girl, and the
man who would rather hang than COM
promise her by telling, that she had given
him the money.
II had too bad a name he said when
his friends rounded on him for a chiVal-
rous goat. ra. '-l ~ +-s ,H-
Nanny didn't know about the money
when she sent for Grace; she only knew
that Grace and Santley had met when
Grace was il Golden.
In the face of the new evidence, not
much stock was taken in Baptfste Ga
brlelie's saying that Arvii Santley was
the man who had shot at him. He had
been too badly frightened to know what
the man who had done the shooting real
ly looked like Besides the other, the man
who bad galloped on in front swore that
1t was a fair man who had shot. while
Santley was. dark.
1t came out that Nanny Nolan was a
Pinkerton detective. and the business of
running d restaurant and selling whisky
on the side was only a blind. Nobody
but the major had known this before
After many moons of anxious tracing
word of Carney came to hand. He was
at ST. Vincent, just over the borders from
Manitoba.
The cxtradition law is slow" unused
the major. likewise Is it uncertain. Now,
IL we had Carney on this side the line we
could arrest him.
At this the sergeant, who was standing
by, pricked his ears.
IT moight be managed, sor."
Perhaps, perhaps said the major re-
fectively. Corp. Ball knows his man.
ne eScOrteu MN OUT perhaps hell eS-
cort him back again. You will need con-
siderable money, for it's long trip" and
he wrote out fairish-sized order.
Lanky Ball and the sergeant located
Carney at small hotel at st. Vincent
not a stones throw over the line
little preliminary arrangement with
the hotel keeper, and that night as Car
ney gently slept the sleep of the Just two
figures, stole up the narrow stair which
led to his room. and silently slipped
through the door.
How still and dark the room was. All,
not so dark now. for like the headlight
of an engine a bulPs-eye lantern was
throwing its full glare upon them. and
they were looking into the dark depths
of two murderous-looking revolvers as
Carney held them above the counterpane.
20, that's you, Lanky, is it?' he said
cheerfully. "Glad to see you. Come to
pay that fifty, l suppose. Just put it on
the table there. 1 don't feel like getting
up. That's right, you can take one hand
down." he said.
Just lay your gun down on the table
flrst, though. Quick, now, cough up that
fifty, for, you see, you're burglars in my
room. and If 1 let daylight through the
pair of you it will be all right, you know"
Then Lanky put up 80 cases Of the good
government money he had brought to pay
the expenses of taking Carney back.
he