The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-06-02

womanK1nu. Out Lnrrr' ra5 tInv
now to be nursing chagrin.
What is the name of this place
where the Snowman was last heard
off" he asked.
"Winslow," said Flora. There it
is" and she handed him the paper.
"Winslow? Winslow? Oh, yes,
know where that is; been there several
times 1t is an eating station on the
railway. Well, I'm going right down
there. Train leaves in thirty min.
utes." and the officer found his feet
and his hat at the same instant. How
long are you going to remain in the
city,"
Till this matter is settled" answer
er Flora.
"All right, then. | wish you would
keep an eye out about town. Go to the
First National as often as you think
necessary and watch for news of the
$4,000 check | have told them what
TO do in case any other firm should
wire to ascertain its genuneness be-
fore paying it. Good-by! You'll hear
from me dis soon as anything turns
up
The first thing turned up at Wins
low The Snowman had bought a tick
ct from san Francisco. And in sew
eral DAYS more a telegram came from
the latter place The officer was lying
low: thought he WAS about to come up
with the fellow. But hardly had the
messenger boy turned the corner than
the cashier of the First National call
ed. He had received a telegram from
a bank in Seattle saying that a $j0,-
600 check in favor of John B. Drift
had been presented for payment and
asked whether ii ere genuine. as sus-
piciOns had been aroused by the pc
guliar appearance If the man holding
il,
And" concluded the cashier, lin ac-
cordance with instructions from an u
icer. vino seems ID be at work on Il
case. have wired the Seattle bank
arrest the fellow 1t once and hold hi
for orders. You. doubtless, have you.
instructions and will know what TO
do"
Flora knew, to the extent of wiring
the officer at Sal francisco to lose no
time in reaching Seattle; that his man
was waiting for him. And by the end
OF a fortnight the prisoner had been
brought to Denver for arraignment.
And Dick was there, as were also the
Indian trailers and the old cattleman.
Any number of good citizens identi-
fed the prisoner as the Snowman who
had given an open air exhibition on
July 2.
The shopkeeper solemnly swore that
Dot vas joost de same man wat done
puy one leedle red silk cap from my
store on de second day uf July"
And the president of the smelter
company, when handed the $4,000
check, testified to its being the one he
had given to John Drift in payment for
certain lots of ore. That there might
be no room for doubt, he produced
checkbook and showed the stub. The
number, date and amount were the
same.
The prisoner had stood defiant from
the first; but when confronted with the
question: How did you come in pos
session of this check?" he broke COM
pletely down, and finally made the fol-
lowing confession:
Il had fixed up to make a balloon as
cension on the afternoon of July 2. l
advertised that | would attempt the
trip from Denver to San Francisco.
But this was only to get a bigger col
lection. | had no idea of such thing.
Just before all was ready, Mr.. Drift
came up TO me and asked some ques-
lions about my sensations when knock
ing about in the clouds. Now, | hap
pened to know by accident that he had
the check in his pocket, and cussed
idea struck me all in a heap. | saw
that he had the cloud fever pretty bad;
so | answered his questions by telling
him to come along and see for himself
He said he wouldn't mind if | wasn't
going on such long trip. With that
| whispered in his ear that | had no
Intention of it; to come along if he
wanted to, and | would set him down
on hard ground again by night. All
right, he whispers, just wait a little;
I'll be ready. SO presently back comes
chap all rugged out in blue overalls
and an old hat. 1t was Mr.. Drift but
didn't know it until he told me. You
see he says, I don't want my friends
to know anything about it; so | put
on this disguise With that, we step
ped into the car and they let her go.
Well, we got up pretty high and began
to drift briskly to the southwest. My
man took sudden notion to come
down; got scared / guess. | put him
off a while. Put he began to get
funny; and | just out with a gun and
told him to get out that $4,000 check
and indorse it. He cut up about it,
and then turned in and begged like a
dog. But | held him to it; and he
hadn't more than got his name down
before let him have it-yes, sir, killed
him right there.
well, there isn't much more to tell
except that after drifting around all
night, first in one direction and then
1 in another | found myself at daybre1k