Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1900-03-02
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: '.No; it's not that It's about tn
trial, sir 80 ..:.e
"Chl Well. what is it?''
DO you fell And Thompso,
hesit2ted again
DO feel what. man? Go on. go on. >
"Well. do you feel you'v got th
right nlan?''
''Astray Marsden is condemned I
that all you I've got to say?''
mo, sir I'm not blaming you fo
any mistake, because you've only p,1
this and that together. but there ha
been Il mist"ke -
"NTell, if that's the case we'u get
him out just as easily Us we put him
in. Now, then. my hoy, Dor7ent con,
tinued, rising and ci2ppin:y his visitor
on the shoulder ''yo,2 diAn't como tc
do you know
''Vy ell, ST., of course I'm not a d.
tective like yo11 are. ln:t We req, |, Ii;
OF detective tales. ~ very p:icvial tc
them, and-cc''-
"We!l?'
"!'ve always fl::7,i2 in them that C.
tecti1e:; took s?icil y 1t O.: Notice. q
footjl2a-iz*, ;':2'l-cr->:t.' y~:7 81, t. >
'Ah, t,N:I,2 ITS ";~::'>, -;>: -:.::::>>t;;
tra::l>!c>! o:'t ~ q 10: q ,...> vino E:l,:
not41in5 better to 10 dian stare t!irou ii
! the win'7>,:v5 Az''} 1::.1c;~ thy co::,,d **.e
ghosts, long before ;51t t. lie
Cr..n,;o "
; "Pyell, sir. saw t'l:,a when they
were fresh.
YES: VIVA: were they r3e?"
Il took this c:nz-. ~ -i;o:: On sci:
p11lii2i'; l>i:'t>, OF paper from his pocket
| ITS The exact size. -
D;-rvnt si1a:cl+ed the paper and ex
cif;:dIy <:i;11l:ii5n 4 it Toe ti>s, ne>l tins
i Ecin#ils "Coz$cunl it, {; ica-:.z!a1r"
And there r"n: tl,r"H~:> D"rrent'S
brain a. plainly as II tie I;an were
standing; I)':sl<ie hi,n a:.cl:zin:; the
words. And the st:s> ::in4ly r:::~5 Of it
was that got ZIP IL the 12,ol1oin, and
20 OF them COWS was f3o::o.'
"N-nE haze y.o"7 kept ti1:; to yourself
all tits ti1n":' D,trren5 sharply asked,
turning; OIL The man.
"WeIl, yen were 50 mighty sure, |
feared you would have thought it i1ll-
pe1'tinclloe for INC to have tried to show
you anythi::::, the ott..)cl retortcI. vii Il
some uLloan: OF i1:1it:tion.
Darrert lit his lil:s, Thoroughly an
nOyCG lie ranai:l bered how he hid
taken a curious delight in mysti flying
and surprising this novice and he had
been caught in his own trap
'IEoml::un, he said aiic5r q moment
or two, 'yot: re quito right I was an
idiot, but We are together On the right
side now, and I'm going; to save Astray
Marsdcn. -
That being 50, Sir, I'm sorry
Nothing TO be sorry about, my boy,
but you should not have given way to
temper It might have been bad for
Astray. Never mind Leave ne now,
and we'n soon have him ont Of jail and
put the right man there instead''
Suppose it was that thick headed
fellow who lost the cows!'' Darrent
unused as his visitor departed well,
stranger things have happened Come
in, come in. What is it?''
"A letter for you, just come, sir.
Thanks. Hum! Chicago postmark "
The contents Of tho note caused him
to start to his feet in surprise.
''Astra is something toward 'Astray,'
and so it il, toward a stranger, - he
read, and that was all
Then some one else had caught on to
the same idea as himself, some one Who
was afraid to sign his name, some one
perhap5-he gasped as the idea struck
him-who did not mind killing an old
man, but had enough conscience left
not to let a young man suffer for the
crime Il clew at last to the actual
murderer
Turning again TO the penciled copy
Of the footprint, Darrcnt gazed at it
carefully. Three Of the hobnails were
missing from the sole just behind the
toe piece. IIe shook his head No; it
was not farmers boot, after ali. but
a strong, we'll made He jumped I'D
and pulled the bell
Send messenger to the po:i:*; STA
ton for Chief Dobson at c12ce:'' he
cried as his ring was answered!
He looked at his wttch---5 1n::2utc:,
to T. Dobson would he t',c:e il; ten
minutes. In eight minutes F'1rI..t
walked down stairs "T,.:! Z. IA to
watt he said and then Str!:~t or
and stood in the shadow oI il t1;.e ratil
the chief had arrived and eia:tr-:l the
Palace hotel, and then he strobe rapid
ly down to the police station He push
ed open the door The room was empty
A pair Of Chief Dobson's boots stood in
a corner by the fireplace. In an instant
he had them in his hands No nails
were missing, but they were exactly the
size and shape Of the drawing on the
paper. So far so good. But Darrent was
not yet satisfied. He took out the note
that he had received by mail that even.
ing and held it to the light Of the lamp
"A five star diamond, he muttered,
and then, searching about, he discov-
cred Chief Dobson's limited stock of
stationery and submitted it to the
same scrutiny, but without result
The police station boosted only about
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