The Savannah morning news., 1902-01-26

You are mistaken. brother" he
whispered sweetly. My name is Hen
derson."
Henderson, tonight, maybe" re-
joined Dehus stoutly. "hut Story this
afternoon down at old Simon Unger's."
Who are you?" whispered the other
sulkily.
Dehus jerked back his coat and re-
vealed his badge. The sheriff of the
county" Then, in quick. business-lilSe
accents; Now, If you'll kindly tell me
where old man Unger's money is, I'll
relieve YOU of the bother of looking
after It,"
Dehus' face became adamant. you
lie, If you want to keep out of
trouble You'll tell me- and you'll tell
me quick"
The man studied him a moment
through half-closed lids. Il pass" he
said sulienly. Right inside coat pock-
ct"
Mabel" said Dehus In commiserat-
ing tones. my hands are otherwise en-
gagged. VIII you give the poor sinner
a hymn book-and," he added. ''at the
same time take that bundle out of his
pocket Don't yon move a hair you
dog" he Kissed. "or I'll blow the top of
your head Off"
Count it," commanded Dehus, still
keeping a watchful eye upon the men.
The exhorter had passed them by for
the present, and was haranguing a
group upon theNother side of the stage.
The auditors, even those directly in the
neighborhood We're ignorant of the lit
tie interlude enacted before their eyes.
so Interested were they in the proceed
ings upon the platform, and so quietly
had it been carried through.
Under the cover of her fan Mabel
was rustling the bills Twice she made
the count then, she announced the re-
suit in a tense whisper: Seven thou
sand dollars"
Good enought' responded Dehus,
taking the roll from her and placing it
in his bosom. Nov. gentlemen, when
ever you get through prayin', you can
go, but" he warned. see that you are
well out of this county before sun-up
tomorrow mornin'."
Almost incredulous of their good for
tune in getting off so easily, the two
scrambled to their feet and rushed tu-
multuously from the scene. The ex-
horter gazed after them in stupefied
amazement He had thought himself
secure in those two conversions.
Fifteen minutes later Old Simon ar
rived at the grove. He strode up to a
group where Dehus and his daughter
were payly jesting, and, seizing the girl
by the arm, started to drag her away.
You come along with me, miss" he
said, wrathfully "I'll show you that
you can't disobey your parents what
raised you in God-fearin' fashion, an
go tearn' off to monkey shows with
every worthless whelp t comes along!"
Dehus hurried after them. 20, Mr..
Unger!" he painted. Don't you think
you had better take your money along
with you?" He drew forth the pack
age of greenbacks and handed 1t to the
old man.
For the second time that night ST.
mon was dumbfounded. He stood there
shaking and trembling, unable to real
ize this sudden reserval of fortunes
wheel.
"Why-what-" he stammered
Dehus laughed. He was proud of his
achievement and he showed it. when
1 seen that letter from the thieves" he
began exultantly, II recognized right
away that the paper it was wrote on
came from Shriver's Inn, so / knowed
that they had been putin up there. It
stood to reason that they'd left some
traps there behind em an tha4 they'd
go back there fur 'em; but likewise it
stood to reason that they wouldn't stay
long, fur they must a knowed they
couldn't trust you not to open that box
-HOI lOI N6Iy 1OhSt aily way
Now, where was the safest place fur
'em to go? They was aware that a
couple o. strangers travelin' along in
the evening would be spotted on the
road inside o. half an hour, and that
all the little towns fur thirty mile
around would be on the lookout fur
em.
But here was this camp -meetin' close
at hand where nobody would think of
searchin' fur 'em, an where they could
hide in the crowd until after midnight,
when they'd have a clear road, an
could get away without trouble. At
least, | figgered it out that way, an I
brought Mabel along to pick the fellers
out, cause / seen you was so crazy
you wouldn't be as much use as no
body.
"As you see, my calculation was all
right / only missed it on one point.
If it hadn't been fur Mabel, I'd never
"a thought o. lookin' fur 'em on the
mourner's bench. That was jest one
place where they was sharpern 1
was
But where are the rascals?'' in
quired the old man. "Course you ar
rested emp
mo, Mr.. Unger,". confessed Dehus.
IT s'pose I done wrong, but | didn't.
You see ] got to thinkin' how If they
was arrested, it would all come out in
the trial and in the newspapers that
you was so graspin' fur money" The
old man winced-"t You allowed your
self to do tradin' on a Sunday; an t
you justly got took in; an then t in
stid o. regardin' it as a Judgment on
you fur your sin, an thankin' the
Lord fur the lesson, how you cussed
an raved an swore-an' all them
things wouldn't look well you know
Not for the senior elder in Mt Sinai
church, an the chairman of the Re-
publican committee--nor, furder n that
In my father-in-l law" added Dehus
mischievously. You see I've got a lit
tie family pride. if you haint."
Old Simon glanced up quickly from
under his heavy. eyebrows. Then a win
try smile broke over his stern old coun-
tenance. well" he said ruminatively,
"praps it was the wisest thing to let
'em go-all things considered. Mebbe
this'll be a lesson to 'em; let us hope
so, anyway"
Paw" put in Mabel. dutifully, shall
/ go home with you?"
NO" responded the old man. "You
can come with Jim. / low he can
manage You better n 1 can
Not in Her Line--"But, oh, can't
you learn TO love me?" "No: l never