Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-11-02

Smythe's face.
"Youi. me savey him that one felloy'
Danny Smythe,'' - answered the hall
caste significantly and in a tone of con.
tempt.
"How and which way, you been
savey that one?"
"Me look out yaraman-hosses, be
longing to him, alonga Bowen downs
seben fellow moon ago" Che held NJ
that fellow Mista Mackenzie bin send
um bullocly from Tarragong alonga
Gibson come up here.
Your worship, interpreted Sa7ile,
che says--as dare say you va already
twigged-that III March last, on the
ninth day Of March, when Farquharsor
is said to have started out with Sexton
Freddy here was with this man Sfnytht
at Bowen downs, some hundreds OF
miles from the Cloncurry where SmythC
says he saw the prisoner. Savile looked
significantly at S>aythe, who seemed
simply bereft CT speech.
A murmur was heard in court, ani
the magistrate looked grave. The hall
caste stood with the erect, princely car
riage of an aboriginal
"And now you tell if that one Danny
Smythe been budgerie-good master
alonga your" Savile asked the hall
caste.
Here the sergeant rose and said:
"Your worship, / protest against tbs
time of the court being wasted by thi:
irrelevant evidence. In fact, protes
against this black fellows evidence be
ing taken at all Il perhaps matters lit
tie what he says anyhow.
And now the magistrate. who had al
throughout the case heard both eide.
impartially. remarked somewhat dryly
Il think. sergeant, that if l consider
it proper TO take this black fellows, a.
you call him, evidence your protest il
i'll timed. 1 don't see why you should
object to Il. myself feel rather curious
in regard to Mr.. Smythe S antecedents. >
Hear, hear" again INTERCEPTED tht
gentleman Of sporting proclivities
who, after having been forcibly elected
for a like offcnse, had once more st0le1
into the tent, only to forget himself il
a weak moment
Corporal " cried the magistrate
"have that man arrested
But as the offender happened to be {
personal friend of the magistrates ) h
was doubtless released later on anC
fined the drinks. Order had to be main
tained in court, particularly when tht
man 3 credit was good.
"Well, Freddy" Savile repeated
.that one Danny Smythe been goo(
master alonga your
i me half o..sse- revrrrv-tt to 1lr.;>TTrr-r iz'
Smythe with his great eyes as he an
swered:
"That fellow plenty coolah, alongi
me-plenty killum me-baal that fel
low gif' him shirt, nor tobac, baal tha
fellow gif' him thixithpence. That fel
low bad, bad, man. One time that fel
low Here the half caste paused
raised one hand fearfully to his heaI
as if touching the mark of an old scar
and as if overpowered by some terribl,
recollection.
Smythe began to shake in ever.
limb. l began to fear that he would
have another fit. The same thing seem
ed to have struck Savile.
THAT will do, FBeddy," l said hur
riedly to the boy. But perhaps th'
sergeant might like to ask you som
questions.
The sergeant, thinking that he woulC
have an easy time with this untutoreC
son of the bush, straightway began t
question him He had not asked man,
questions before he discovered, mucl
to his astonishment that he had unac
countably succeeded in damaging hi
own case. He sat down in a bewildere'
fashi,o. and muttered something abou
"the cevil being in the boy.
When the half caste came to put hi
mark to his evidence he again excitet
the amusement of the appreciative au
dience, for he nearly upset the ink pot
Then dabbling his fingers in the ink h
drew them across his face When
looked for him again in the crowd, h
had vanished as completely as if he ha
only been passing shadow.
| asked permission to cross examin
Smythe, and the magistrate granted m
request.
/ had got my clew.
"And, now, Mr.. Smythe, " l asked a
Savile sat down, Il want you to thin
a minute, and to be careful of what yor
say Don't you think you made mis-
take when you said you were at tn
Cloncurry ON or about the 9th c
March lastf''
"I suppose l must have been mis-
took, was the cowed and whining re
ply, his eyes wandering around as
looking for some one; sit must hav
been later than that
The sergeant threw down the paper
he had been holding, and crossed on
leg over the other with the air of a ma
who says 1.-THE game is up"
"And now, look at the prisone
again, l continued "You see, one
liable to make mistakes. Looking a
him closely, isn't it possible that whe
this morning you spoke of seeing him a
the Cloncurry you were deceived b
some chance resemblance, and that it
more than likely you never saw hin
| before?" | looked around as if for th
half caste.
He interpreted my glance, and in
voice that quivered with trepidatio
whined:
-d-don begosh l reckon
did make a mistake-yup-oh, ye'
yup. yup-I jist cal clate l was foole
by a resemblance-he is not the Joh
! Farquharson meant at ALL recl-o
l never seed that fellow before.
eff you ever knew any john Farqr
harson, l sneered. Il have done wit
| you-in the meantime.
AS he sat down he was evidentl
vastly relieved. If guilt was not clearl
1ever saw it on any. l made known
the magistrate that all my witnesst
nad been called.
The sergeant rose to his feet. bu
what he said had little weight. Il
NEW his case was hopeless. When /
at down it was my turn.
merely said that us the bench ha
heard my case it was needless for me
comment upon it. l was not quite su
but that the injured man who sat the
as a prisoner had perfect right
take proceedings against the parti
! who had placed him in such a false p
sition. Moreover, it appeared to II
that the charge of murder against Il
real and unfortunate John FarquharsC
was n very shadowy and incomple
one indeed. L would take care that h