Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-09-07

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"Eh, mon, you re no telling mel It's
barefacedgst robbery It's dog eating
dog-just cannihalism in beesness.
That's what it j..
1T was true though, Sandy, s'welp
me may I never see the CLINT of a go
niva again il II isn't. There was e3, 600
worth of the kiips in poor little Tom
my's insides, a. you know. The tees
pull me upnear the border In the dark
Tommy slips ont of the cart. as usual,
and makes for the clump Of gums on
the other side Of the drift without be
ing seen The tees find nothing, OF
course. and | drives on, thinking what
,ort Of u lawsuit we shall have this
time against Lipinski and his people,
crosses the drift and pulls up by the
trees | whistles, and Tommy, like
good, obedient little tyke what knows
his bizness, jumps in and
.'Oh. my, to think you d got such
beautiful lot so far only to-aweel, go
on. Ike, and let have the rest of it. .
"As l says, the dog jumps in, and
drives off again. Bout a hundred
yards farther on both my horses comes
to the ground with crash, and ! goes
after them on to my head. When |
comes to myself and picks myself mp,
there was half dozen fellows on horse
back round the cart. One jumps down,
and before | can so much as shout he
has cloth over my head and ties me
MP so tight / can neither see ncr speak.
l. lyv,yrgi-1.s on,
my head and tells me if | don want II
bullet in it I'll keep quiet and be good.
OF course was good is they make en-.
But the dog, mon, why didn't he
max bolt fort when he saw there
was trouble? He's been vera weel
trained I'd thocht he might a got
ava in the scrimmage.
''He didn't have a chance. | hears
him give = smothered MP yclp and
gaaeal. and from that | knows that he
is like my hu.d-in bag That tells
me that they had tpmbled 70 the lay or
that there was some one there that
knew it. Well they bundles me and
the dog into the cart and drives away
somewhere for about half an hour
Then they pulls mp hauls me ont, hns-
ties me into Il house Cf some sort and
takes the bag off my head. When
looks about me, was in a bit OF
small room, and there was four fellows
there. all with masks on.
"Kidnapers and midnight robbers
maybe murderers as wecl, " groaned the
Scotchman "Il.e, mon, I'm thinking
you had narrow escape. That Free
States a sight too free if it's coming to
this. It's naething better nor savage
land wi out law nor order int. What
did they do till you them
They asked me how many klips I'd
got and where they were, and OF course
| saws / have none, and they can search
me if they like, and they does-a good
bit worse than the tees did, / can tell
you. OF course they finds nothing, and
then they laughs and says If | haven't
got them tho dog has So they turns
poor Tommy out Of the sack, and
s'welp me, old pal, l doesn't like TO tell
you what happened then. I'd educated
that dog perfect and | loved the little
fellow, and besides he was worth lot
of money with all he knew
Sandy Fraser's little Hebrew accom-
plice quite broke down here for a mo-
ment or two, and Sandy himself gave a
sympathetic sniff, for they had both
lost not only n lot Of money, bat also
guiltless accomplice whom it would be
very hard to replace
"They murdered him, Sandy, right
before my eyes in big tin footbath,
and Of course they found the klips.
Then they offered TO sell them back to
me for 60, 900 and told me they'd have
made it $500 more if they hadn't had
TO kill the dog.
"Eh, sakes, what murderous price
Blank robbery Why. they cost us $500
straight from the Kaffirs And You
paid p
"Well, they was worth G3, 900 trade
price, and the thieves knew it; 20 | did.
/ gave them draft on the bank here,
and they kept me there till one Of them
got the cash and brought it back, and
then they tics my head up again puts
me into the cart and drives me away
with the klips in my pocket. When
they took the bag off. it was night. and
/ was in little kloof. They showed me
the way to Freetown and rode off. !
got into Fractown by the morning and
found Sandhcim there wondering if |
was dead or gone TO the Brealtwater for
change Of air.
well | told him the story and got
G3, 800 out Of him for the klips on the
strength Of IT, Then ! drives back
breaking my heart about poor little
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get another dog like that. That China
man dog that he fooled Lowenthal 80
lwcetly with WASH in it with Tommy. "
NAY, that he wasn't, mon. Why,
Tommy must "a run close on E20, 900
worth for Us. and might n run geo, 900
worth more wi'out suspcecion, wi
that wonderful stomach Of his. But
there, he's dead and gone, the puir wee
martyr, and Wen just go and TAX n
drink till his future in the happy hunt
ing grounds. But tell me, Ike, lad, did
you hae mao notion what ony Of them
thicving murderers might "a been2
Some Of them must a known you or
they'd never a suspected the dog.
''They was always masked when |
saw any Of them, but, Sandy, If |
waan { sure as death that Lipinski and
his chaps did for Seth Salter that night
he ran the big parcel and they got it
back, could swear that the boss %
en- had just his Yankee twang, and his
| build wasn't unlike, neither replied
! Ike, whose English was uf the oriental
order and whose lenses changed with
! the variations Of his mental tempcra-
| ture Now. where were we going TOT
| Let's 20 10 the queen s--thnt's Lipin-
ski place. Let's see if he's there, and
if he's heard anything about this gang
over the line.
When they entered the barroom they
found Mr.. Inspector Lipinsli not only
! there. but the central figure Of the some
what motley crowd that was wont to
| forcgather there for their evening lime
| Juice 10 use conveniently general
term.
He was standing. as usual, the most
nattily dressed man in Che place, with
| ono elbow resting on the bar counter
! and a glass half full Of whisky and soda
| beside him. Opposite TO him stood no
less parsonage than Mr.. Michael Mu-