Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-10-26

bench made him give the names of the
parties. all Of whom had warrants ont
against them for horse stealing.
"Now, Daily, l said and tried to
rivet those shifting blue eyes Of his
with mine. IF, as you tell me. you did
not know anything about the murder
Of Sexton. why did you steal out of Mr..
Mackenzie's camp a couple Of nights
ago and come into this township on
purpose to tell that You believed John
Farquharaon, the reputed murderer Of
Sexton, was in the campr'
This was bold shot and ought TO
have been a telling one, but I had not
gauged the depth Of villainy and cupid
ity which lay under that smooth smil-
ing face Of his and that bland, leausi-
BILE tongue. He looked down ard said
as if with evident reluctance.
'In trying TO harm me you're harm
ing your own case and the prisoner 5,
thing | We no desire to do As for steal
ing out Of the camp, as 70. call it,
wasn't aware that I'D first to ask your
permission or any other PERSONS, for
the matter Of that ="
Here a very solemn faced individual
who sat on his heels in the back Of the
tent. and who had once, when in very
different circumstances. belonged TO
debating society in the old country,
under the impression that he was in
"Codger's hall listening to a debate.
promptly shouted, Hear, heart He
was promptly suppressed by having
his hat jammed down over his face.
DAILY continued: IF | suspected that
Farquharson murdered Sexton l
couldn t help my suspicious. Besides, !
didn't think Of tho serious fix / was
getting the prisoner into when men
tioning these suspicious. OF course |
didn't know that he committed the
murder. 1 may have had some words
with the prisoner, but | hope there's
no i'll will borne on either side.
At this point l caught a glimpse Of
Elsie Gordon S face and fancied there
was a look Of disappointment on it as
she listened to the hypocritical speech
of her admirer, but still it could not
altogether conceal a certain hint Of pride
as she gaZed upon his cool, unchanBing,
devil may care cOuntenaEcc. | had no
time or inclination TO feel sorry for her.
II was fortunate that | looked at her
mistress, for | read in her eyes that
which plainly said she had something
10 communicates Instinctively | fol
lowed her gaze. 1t rested ON my hat
lying on the bench alongside. picked
it mp and in the crown found n small
piece Of paper, which, unobserved, / un-
folded and read | had not seen it put
there. but such were the distractions
of the rcstive little crowd that any such
action might easily have passed un-
noticed. II WAS rs much as | could do
to suppress my surprise on reading the
small. clear, firm handwriting. Thongh
IL contained what wHs not exactly "A
revelation to me, still it showed that
the writer knew more about this wit
ness than she thought it discreet just
then 10 divulgc and that her subtle
brain had devised n plan by which,
without prccipitating matters while
holding our knowledge like sword
over the witness head. we could bring
him to modify his views As the note
directed ] put the question, then with
drew it, IL was n strategical movement
worthy Of n Mactiavclli.
"Now, look here, DAILY, " / said in n
careless way, but in tone which CON