The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-24

make sure there was no trickery or mis-
take by sending him to see if the chief
had really gone away? [ accordingly did
So and he returned while | was hav-
ing tea to say that the chief was not In
town. My spirits rose, and noticing how
white and cold the boy looked, / asked
him whether he would like cup of tea:
He accepted gratefully, and we We're still
maid came in to clear the table 1t was
dark before he went away.
l hesitated whether I should take the
papers into my bedroom at night or
leave them where they were. l event. NJ
TALLY decided to let them remain In the
table drawer. 1t seemed the least sus.
picious place. Should any attempt at
robbery be made-which | did not seri-
ously contemplate-the THIEF Woul9 ne
more than likely to look for such docu-
ments in my bedroom, than in the SIT
ting room, as it would appear most nat
ural that I should have them under my
own eye: lit night nght anu ho, put ou'
nv revolver before i went to PED.
Whether 1t was the night Ignt, t9
which / was not accustomed, or that i
was less at ease than I PRETENDED 70 We,
do not know, but l lay d t1ss,h ga mems
when the mind or body has been over
excited. / dropped suddenly and heavily
as a stone drops in a welt-lnto a deep
sleep, from. which L OLD not a"ahe 'ii'Ai
carly morning.
NV first clear though was for the pa.
ners and I sprang out of bed and went
into the sitting room. The room present.
ed it's usual appearance ana TlatoJ iriis
inside With a sigh of relief locked
il up again and went back 10 dress. IL
rectiy after breakfast L would take II u
the chief. A.
cided to walk My way took me through
Cover street, and my pulses beat little
quicker as 1 wondered in which OF those
gloomy houses lurked my unknown az.
Sersarv. and. whether, even now, he
might be watching me with eager, cruel
ewes. / had almost reached the end OF
the street when, to my surprise, l. saw
familiar gufhst in wren trent could OF ag he be dos
Gng here? His home was IN quite an
ether direction. With the natural. Watcnc
ful. suspicious instinct that Is porn OF
such life as min 1s,,r o witb the ian tan,
ming stick. and slow, deliberate gait, III
sight. 4, had nearly
reached my destination; then a horr II, =
thing happened Whether the BOY nad
become conscious that l was following
him, l do not know, but. suddenly ne
darted across the road there was a
err of warning followed by shrlil
scream. and a sickening heap lay under q
horses feet, which shuddered once or
twice convulsively,. and then grew quite
still. I spoke to the nearest policeman
and had the poor, crushed figure taken
into the chiefs office, where it was laid
in an empty room and a doctor sum-
moped. His verdict was what had
feared. The boy was dead, and mercl-
fully. he must have been killed almost
Immediately.
Both the chief and I were very much
unset by what BAD occurred, and it was
some time before we could discuss the
business that had brought me. Then
handed him the packet of papers.
eMr. Watson brought them yesterday
morning" I said, land when your tele-
gram came saying you were out of
town, L did not feel very. comfortable
about keeping them all night. However,
fortunately, nothing happened"
"My telegram" he said, looking al me
in surprise II did not send you one.
have not been out of town.
A cold chill crept over me.
"What?oI exclaimed. But YOU must
have been, To make quite sure the tele-
gram was not trick. I sent poor young