Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-04-14

Copyright. 1904, by Robert Bonner's Sons
IN r1,EU VlV-l(ionfiniicd.l

anything you We MT the n"' r.S". sI""I
ON the head. l tell you tnat DICK nray'
tons bad un an no mistake nut we've
got him cornered, reckon.
II wouldn't have taken MN LOT morse
thief" said wayne. cunt pe"e'e
OF him yet, nnd sti'i--
The break In his sentence imniied tnat
II was Impossible Tor MN 10 OcheVe any
thing else. ...,,
NO, nor !, nuther. Responded DILL
but l tell you he Is one
1T certainly looks as IL he werc,' SAID
Wayne, turning away as IL to- put an end
to the conversation In which nc faiIcd
10 take great deal OF interest. lie was
satisfied that he had said enough to set
Bill going, and, that being done, he could
keep In the background and let the other
stir the matter ny.
Whats up now!' asked one Of half 8
dozen men who had been trying TO over
hear the conversation taking place be-
tween Wayne and Bill. "Suthin' new
In the wind, chr
Here was an opportunity for bill 10
display himself to good advantage. He
could cover himself with glory. lie could
stand forth before his ncighbOrs. who had
not heretofore had very exalted opin-
ion Of him, us n hero IN the detective
line.
Sec here, nciyhbOrs. I've got suthin' to
say 10 yc," said Bill. mounting u stump.
"Draw round, all on yc."
by this time rumors that Bill had dis.
covered something very important. and
was about to divulgc IL, were current,
and the crowd surgcd. about him. eager.
excited. anxious to know what II was
that he Ind to tell.
Bill was not what could bc truthfu,ly
called a natural orator. Hut II did not
require that he should lc. on this occa
sion. for the audience was already at II
white heat OF excitement.
lie began by telling of having seen
HrnytOn passing his fathers place some
time after midnight on the night Of the
robbery at Avcrilrs.
AN there's some here M l,ccrd me
twit him of bcin' OF summers that night,
said Bill. ''an' they hccrd him deny It,
TOO. or try to. anyhow. Amt that 80.
Josh Balcomb?"
Mr.. Falcon,l. thus being called on, adj.
mittcd TINT he had been "a witness OF
the conversation to which Riil alluded.
II thought So" said Bill. IL don't
want nobody to take my word fer !,
alOnc."
Then he went ON To tell of his follow.
ing Dick into the woods. and of sccinu
him at work ut something hy tho old cot
tonwood, and Of the discovery he had
made there, after Dick bud taken hi,
departure from, the place.
Here's the thing. Jest precisely n.
you'll lind Il there now, less somebody.
mcddlcd with It sense I SEQ It," he said
holding up the piece Of birch bar& ~
which he had made u diagram Of III,
marks on the tree. at Wuync's request
you see these lines n-crOssin' each other
don't yc? Will, me an Mr.. Wayne
we've studied 1t ont like this: These her,
lines n.crossin' each other. they atm
fer these here cross roads. This her,
spot. it STAINS fer the very Identical nisc,
where We air now--DcacOm SNYDER
farm, In the northwcs' corner q tho eros
roads. An these here figgers. We TUX,
'em 10 mean some u the gang o. hos
thieves, an We b'lccvc Dick I,rnyton'
ut the head OF Il. We do so; an this con
trivancc Is u kind o. map fer tho rest o,
en- to 70 by. What du y'u think nbo,,
1t, ncighbors!'
The crowd about the stump was o,pin
O,lsly quiet for n moment. Then the spell
was broken by some one calling out:
"Hou say You 500 Dick Hruyton max
that on the trcc:'
IL did So" answered Bill. soiclnniy. {"
sec him make that on the tree"
Let mo do him tho Justice 10 say uynil
that think hc was honest when he mad
This statement. He believed that Dicl
had left the diagram on the cottonwoo,
and that he hnd seen him making II Their,
THEN Dick BraytOn's u hOss thief,
the man said. with u grim decision tim
told his mind was fully made M rom raj
ing tho matter. circumstances sho,
him tn be jest that, 'corlin' to hi
Green's story, an ! reckon 1911 wouldn'
lie bout sich things"
Yer Jest right there, neighbour" sal
bhl.
speak out, ncighbors. an let's hca
what the rest OF ye hcv ~ shy about It.,
said the man who hud profcsscd his b,
lief In Dicks gull.
Though there was not u great deal q
speaking out" 1t was quite evident tina
most OF tho crowd indorscd his opinion.
hut Dick had some friends left,
Both Mr.. Boone aud Mr.. Porter wcr
strong aud earnest IN their prOtestatiOu
OF belief In his innocence.
"Hain't had IL chance to know suthii
about the boy, seems he's worked for n,
right along sence he come to brown,
Vile" demanded Mr.. Boone. II tell 70
what Il Is, neighbors: Dick BraytOn didn
steal them bosses no more'n l did or va
did. ] wouldn't be- a bit more s'priscd q
you'd laid II onto me-"
"EJaw do Won ovni.,, .hi,., ,,, .