Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1899-08-18
when he died ON rne cross.

Then DAILY seemed to gain fresh cour-
age, for he looked at us now and spoke.
addressing the Almighty ain't
much in my line. he said. ''and ! amt
going to address him more than can
help now. but l feol's il somehow il
would make the handing In Of my
checks bit pleasanter il cleared mp
certain matters just little i swear
that did not murder Sexton. l know
that some Of you have fancied all along
that did, and these notes, which you'u
find by their numbers are them that
were took from his body. would lead
you to believe that did. but it's not
SO. I've nothing to gain by dying with
a lie in my throat I'm speak ing the
truth now--Id say 's'help me God if
dared. The chap as did it was the man
who in his turn. was murdered by the
blacks and whom you found on Scrubby
creek in last july"
Jack and stared blankly mt one an
other. and could see that even Norah
Mackenzie looked mystified How much
of what he said was true. and how
much was false7 Was he going to die
with another sin on his soul-that Of
.'fnlse witnesss' Then he continued:
~ cleared ont from the Cloncurry
two days aforc Sexton did. but guessed
how AS you. looking at Jack. weren't
going with him. I'd no coin. and
40 tho devil Matched scheme in my
head. hung round that quarter for y
day or two and then followed Ir Sex
ton. ! s'pose II was my game to bail
him mp. but. az for murder, meant to
draw the line there. dare say. how
ever. | might have done 1t if Id been
driven TO it. When came upon him On
the night Of the 'leventh. found he'd
picked up mate. spose Sexton must
have been flashing 'bont his money. FOX
the other chap killed him for it. Then
l rode up. and the ulrhot Of 1t was that
We went halves on tho dead man y stuff
and after bit cleared out, each On his
own hook
:At first the chap as did 1t had tried
to get the drop on me, but Id the ad-
vantage and held him up. Tho boggar
knew me. It's mighty queer thing
/ one Of us didn't pot t'other. After set
/ tling up, this man, whose real name /
| don know. sold me n sorrel horse, ana
I / paid him with some Of that same
blood money; You remember some notes
were found on his body" Here Gordon
insisted ON DAILY resting for few min
utes, He did 80 and then went on again:
"Onc thing | cant SEQ through mt all
is how you cas41s to find oS - ~ bought
horse from him and paid him with
Queensland bank notes, for | own up Il
was your knowing this that at tho
Macarthur racket made me take back
what ! d said. IL was n facer How did
7 you get wind Of tT'
1t was strange to SEQ him exhibit
snch curiosity on the very threshold of
death; he looked hard ut me. and
looked at Norah Mackenzie. II was q
remarkable sequence of events. ] saw
the face of the girl pale slightly III she
turned to Jack and spoke. as il We're, To
him, Though it was very evident she
was intensely moved by the tragic and
solemn nature of the scene, what she
had to say was spoken simply and clear
ly enough II was to tho following ef.
feet
When she had witnessed the sequel of
the tragedy on Scrubby creek. she knew
there WAS something wrong. bnt still
felt there was nothing criminal in
Jacks conduct When we were filing
in tn grave, she had fuund u small book
lying IN the ground. buried in the long
grass, and. picking 1t MP, took it with
her. unthinkingly, to her fathers camp
She had opened it there and found
written on the fly leaf. 'Sold this day 70
T. DAILY one sorrel mare. branded X y
a.. o., l.ln n... Il, /. 4
bank notes = She kept the book for GER
tain reasons II WAS unnecessary 70 enter
upon On reaching the Robinson river
she saw mare answering the descrip-
ton referred to and learned that DAILY
was the owner. She believed that he
DAILY knew something about the muir
der Of Sexton. 80 that whom Jack waa
before the magistrates at the Macarthur
she gave the clew to me SO that those
whom she felt convinced were innocent
in the matter might not suffer. She had
felt, and che had not been mistaken.
that the only way Of clearing up the
mystery was by saying little ahont It
Such things were bound to reveal them
selves sooner or later.
Jack. bending over DAILY, said:
"Daly. don't you think we might
shake handsy You've said there's no
blood on them anyhow. and ! believe
You. For God y sake. let's part friends
! can see now that was as much ts
blame as you were. perhaps more, and
; made "A mistake about you. Shall ws
call II square between us. D.Jy!"
DAILY nodded his head in assent. and
their accounts were squared forever.
But ii was poor wounded Gordon who
; was Dals's best friend just then. Ha
motioned to ua 10 sly no more, and TAX
, ing DAILY Is hand in his OWN 'hent over
him. whispering something in his ear
There came look ON DAILY face that
hope ! never shall see again on this
, face of any one. 1t spoke-of fear and
agony. but il passed in another second
as he looked entreatingly at Gordon.