Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-11-09

tntt thr in-crut4nls Nerne=tswhicn hfs
a shadow Allows cia-e upor er-inx lives
wa about g. settle aown upon -ne u
t. victims Iu-ide the -hirt was the
flannel bit sevsd up IN it we're a
small brtrch 2 Papers. recsipts f1r
horses and several - QTseeusl.aai hank
notes DAILY stared fxesiiv at the ROOT q
the cave as h. sF.xe sgain-as IL ~
were unable g. ulsst our Ia.iks
These ara souae Z ere nntss. hs
said. that were taken from tine BODY ~
SEXTON. whn ~as rlnrAsred On tn. chm
curry
one Cr tv-o - rs gave utt~rnnr~ ~
involuntary ordinations u -rrrrf-r.
and think that nearly ali q "a started
back IN horror. far. surely. here was
the murderer q sexton
Judge nos that ys - mt tudzrd. '''
said Gordon. Significantly inokirx ns us
and hsndiug over the dying man
That right. Daily While you have
time unburyien yCur ~prl end gie the
dell the slip. Remember who Ia was
that accompanied Christ into paradise
when h. died On the c-oss
Then DAILY seemed O. gain fresh curr-
age. for he looEei at u now and spoka
Adfire-sing the Almighty aint
much in my line = b. =aid and I ain's
going O. addre-- him more than can
help now. bot I feels II somehow IL
would make the hSnitnx In q my
checks bit pIeasanfer IL IcLearesi up
certain matters Just ltssle s~-af
that did not murder SeEon I know
that -Yne of you have fancferi all along
that I dad. andthese note~. which yuu'1l
find by their numbers are them thas
were took from his body. wcrbd lead
y0u to believe that I did. but irs nos
so I've nothing u gain by dying with
lie in my throat I'm speaking the
truth now-Id sav .s'h~lp me God II
dared The chap as did 10 was the man
who. in his turn. was murdered hy the
blacks and whom you found on Scruhby
creek in last July
Jack and stared blankly at one an
other. and could see that even Norah
Mackenzie looked mystifeSi How much
of what he said was true. and how
much was faIsef Was hs ruinx o. die
with another sin ON his souI-thmt of
false witnss=t Then he continued.
IL sleared out from the CIoncurry
two days afore SEXTON did. bat ,xTlr@asd
how rs you looking as Jack. ''weren't
going with him I'd No coin. and
50 the devil hatchef y scheme in nv
bead hing round that quarter for
day or two and then followed up Ser
ton s'pose it was my game % bail
him up. but. as for murder. means %
draw the line there. | dare say. hsw-
ever. / might have do=e 10 II Ia been
driven 20 IL When I came upon hfm ON
the night of the 'levensh. found he'd
picked mp mate. I s'pn@s sexton must
have been flashing 'hout his money. for
the other chap killed him for it Then
l rode mp. and the upehos Of 10 was uhat
we went halves on the dad mans stuff
and after n bit cleared out. each On his
own hook
''At first the chap a. did it had tried
to get the drop on me. but I'd the adj
vantage and held him up The beggar
knew me. It's a mighty queer thing
one % us didn't pot t'other. After sst
Ting mp. this man. whose real name
don't know. sold me n sorrel horse. and
I paid him with some of that same
blood money y0u remember some mgtns
rrsrstS,r rrf' r'nry r-a-rfuw tvr ~ rev rnfnr
utes. He did 80 and then went ON again.
''One thing I can't see through nc all
il how you came - find GA. a bo1ghf
a horse from him and paid him with
Queensland bank notes. fDr / own up u
was your knowing this that at the
Macarthur racket made me take back
what I'd said It was a facer Howd1d
You get wind % itf'
It was strange t0 see him erhtbif
such curiosity ON the very threshold Of
death. hs looked hard nc me. Mnh
looked at N0rah Mackrnxfet Is WINS o
remarkable sequences a events @w
the f.ce % the girl pale sliEhtly mo shs
turned 20 jack and spoke. an 10 we're. "a
him Though 10 was very svidenf shs
was intensely moved BY tho tragic and
solemn nature Of the scene. what she
had O. say was spoken simply and clear
ly enough IL was % the following -
feet.
When she had witnessed tEs sequel6
the tragedy on Scrubby creek she knev
there was something wrong. but sttu
felt there was nothing criminal I'm
Jacks conduct when we were 6ning
in the grave. she had found N small bonk
living on the ground. buried in the lDng
grass. and. picking it mp. took 10 with
her. unthinkingly. % her fr<hRr' . camp
She hal upened lt there and found
written on the ay Leaf. sold this day to
T. DAILY ons sorreI mare. branded X =
: ON near side. for $50 IN Queensland
bank notes, She kept the book for eer-
tain reasons it was unnecessary to enter
upon. ON reaching the Robinson river
~he saw mare Answering the d@srrfp
tton refsrred % and learned that DAILY
xna the owner She belirwett that hs'-
Dalv-knew something about the mar
der of sexton. a. that when Jack was
before the magistrates &c the Macarthur
sbe gave the clew to me -o that thoss
whom -he Felt convinced were innoccns
I'm ne matter might not suffer she had
felt and she hsd not been mistaken
that the only way Il eisartng up the
mystery was By saying little about u
such things were bound % reveal them
selves sooner or later.
Jack. bending over DAILY. said
"Dalv. don't you think ws miwhs
shnke handsf You've said there's no
blood on them anyhow. and believe
Won. For Gods sake. let's part friends
/ can se- now that was as much 70
blame as yOu were. perhaps more. and
made a mistake about yOuL shall We
call it square between "A. Dat-
DAILY noffled his bead IN aSsent and
their accornts were squared forever
But IL was poor wounded GorhDn who
was Daly's bess friend inst then Be
motioned tO "a 90 -ay no more. end al
ing Daly'- hand Ia his own bent over
him. whispering something In bis ear
There came look on Daily face that
I hope never shall se~ again on the
face II any one II spoke ~ fear and
agony. but IL passed In another @srund
AZ he looked entreatingly nc Gcrtion.
saying hrokenly;
IT'S years and years since ! tried IN
Gordon. but IL ron viii -
The Scotsman uottoned - us again.
and then kneIt down on tho gruDhd -
side him. And In the silence that IN
sued Gordon began that suhiime-t y
praver-. the on. that has stood the ut
of time and shall live when all ei--
peri-hes. The sick man repeated " IN
ever weakening words. and @o tid We
ALL Then a shusIler ran through has
frame and with something upon his hr@
that sounded like the cry ~ the Fro-
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