Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-02-22
CHAPTER XI.
Righteousness shall 70 before him and shall set
us in the way Of his steps
BY Charles II. Sheldon.

garry luS mutH money Win ll4Ii, tI4u
the man with the stake, who was
searching him, uttered an oath at the
small amount OF change he found As
he uttered it the man with the pistol
savagely said: jerk out his watch
We might as well get all we can out OF
the job. -
The man with the stake was on the
point of laying hold Of the chain when
there was the sound of footsteps coming
toward them
"Get behind the fencel We haven't
half searched him yet. Mind you keep
shut now if you don't want -
The man with the pistol made a sig
nificant gesture with it. and his com
panion pulled and pushed the bishop
down tie alley and through ragged
broLen opening in the fence. The three
stood still there in the shadow until the
footsteps passed
Now. then. have you got the
watchg' asked the man with the pistol
mo; the chain is caught some
whcrc" And the other man swore
again
"Byeal, it. tBcn!
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o,i1 ona - III f,st ,ir,o no I'D
D''i''' '-''' mn. ~ W ~ -. -
Spo'''-' nv no." e''' Vi .
have it broken
w -, ~. ~ - ~
had been sgddeniy shot by his own
weapon with "a qIiici; u:or,i. 1T Of his
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tal-ino ;, st..., r...rgr Then 10 ,iie evi
dent al..r.olgcnt Of his conpaaion he
said ro.,t'v
"J,ray,. Z, ,.., r..f,li ....a. We've got
the 1poDrv TIat'4cr... "a
..Fuou,,br Fifty ceutt' Yon don't
recl,on'
pr, Nv. .,...n With the st,ka conld
CIV .,c.l. :, o.crd bp yue confronted
With tb. .- 3, or the ris+.l trrued
fro, TIA. n, ,.,..,.. head tor,ar.J his own
~ .,.,o ,s.., ,...ob ba and mn b.cL
tbo ,nopa,.,r, This j. tl,. I,fs},n,, we z,e
held up--tbe biyhop, Do Won hearY
And what Of itY The president of
the United ctatcs wouldn't be too good
to hold M If.
.J sav Won mt the money hack or
in five minutes I'm bloy q hole through
vonr bn,,d tl,at'Il LET in more sense than
YOU have to spare now said the other
For n second the man with the stake
seemed to hesitate ut this strange turn
in events. as if measuring his compan-
ned the money back into the bishops
pocket
"Yon can take vour hands down
cir >, Tho man With the woanon low.
ored Il slo,,,lv etiu keo,in,, an ave ON
tbo otber man and s,,oallino yifb rougb
resnect The bishon slowly bronobt his
,,,i,.. e., ,,is sido I'D Iocl,o1 o.rroe+I,- ~
tbo two mon In the dim Ii@bt II was
difficult TO distinguish features He was
evidently free to 20 his way now. but
he stood there making no movement
"Yon can On an Won naadn't STAY
anv Ionoer ON our account The man
who had acted MS spokesman turned and
sat dn,yu IN : etono The otber man
etood viriorsIv dioginy bis stake into
tbe ,,ronnd
nThot's inst wbot Pm stavino for
replicd the bisbop He sat down ON =
board that projected from the broken
fence
lyon must like our companv # is
hard sometimes for people TO tear them
seIvcs o,vov from ne &" tbe man s4,nd. |
i,,,, M, soid l,,gb;no co,rseIv
1Sbri mn. evcioi,nod fbo otbor
We're on tbe road to hell thopDb |
tb,4,s erre onon,,b We mood bofto,
company than ourselves andthe devil
.Jf Won would ONLY allow me 10 be |
Of anv belp"- The bishop smoke gen.
tlv. even lovingly The man on the
stone stared ot tbe bisboD tbrouob the
darkness After n moment of silence he |
smoke SLOWLY like one who had finally
5ocidod nrnn a corrso bo had ~ Grst
rejected
"Do Won remember ever eeeiny mo
boforo -;
an o.. ,,id 4bo b;ohon .orbo 1i,,tt e
NOT vorv GOOD and I have reoII9 moi
hod go III, a. ,.,,, -
"Dn Won Lnow r1n nowY, The man
enddoni,, toaI. ofr hia ho+ ond tt
e., - 80, ,.aii,o5 M, ,
Ii,l ,Io-, 80 -, ~, - 'i. -
tonch oanb n+hor
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