Mower County transcript., 1902-09-17

nor hesitate 10 lie iiff he thought 10
could supp his positio ion and have
a claim On your purse
Ellison gan to think TINT he had
been going head too rapidly Job.
did not seem to be afraid Of anything
he spoke comic dentl y
you think that { was running
away through fear Of you, you are.
very much mistaken he said, after
a moments pause. s''.tAs for the in
formation = have received, I believe
it is true, . So
e was surprised when Hendricks
leaned back in his chair and burst
oat laughing. His laugh was 50
! hearty that fora moment the other
seemed disconnected, and strode
away to the window to try and coll
lect his thoughts by staring out on
the street. .. ;: ,: : EEs
| should very much like to know
what your secret bureau (andI have
reason to know that you have one)
thinks about me. Any information
on the subject cheerfully received,
as they say. when they advertise for
missing heirs" And Hendricks
laughed again. s.: S..&.
His manner, his knocking tone.
seemed to anger Ellison more than
ything else, for he started away
from the window, and, shaking a
warming finger at his5visitor, said::
'sYou are an escaped convict, and
as such amenable to the law. What
is there to prevent me from opening
the window and calling an officer and
giving yeu in Charge 49, >~>--
:. Job shrugged his shoulders, and
laughed softly. & = s: s.: @=:~., .:,> =z
Il don't see why you should con
suit me if you want I o: do "a foolish
action. = By all means, if it pleases,
call out Of the window, or from the
hcusetop, for any one you please."s
Ellison for moment eyed him in
amazement. Could the story he had
heard about this man be true, or had,
he been deceived. Certainly Job did
not behave like, a man who was
| afraid of being arrested, or of any
thing else. The banker found him
self confronted by an enigma that,
with all his knowledge of men and
things, he was at a loss how to solve.
you were saying something about
poking: your head out of the window
and calling for a policeman said
Job, who seemed to enjoy the others
discontinue. ''Why didn't you think
| of it a few moments earlier, when
that young Jail bird was closeted
with you ?''> - & : -. - -
Ellison did not reply at once for
fear he might make a misstep, but
| bit his lips to hide his chagrin and
turned on his heel, walked away from
the smiling face of the man he had
thought he had no further reason
to fear. .ss- s.-s-s -
The young man is still confined
in Jail and without bail. I will give
you the credit, Ellison, of having
done what you could to set him
free, = said JOB, pursuing another
subject. 5i* ": "a. Il: III, !.
ST ought to be very much Obliged"
and the banker. bowed with an air
of grim irony. e.. :..21-.~I..~ - ,
Certainly you deserve the compli.
ment, and it is not in me to withhold
it from you.'' S -. Z.
II thank you again." i: :. .~-
sAnd your daughter, what of her?"
asked Job, after; a moments silence.
ssWhat business have you - be.
gan Ellison, but the other checked
him by simple gesture.
'sYou are not talking to the gal
lery, my, dear sir" Then, in q more
decided tone: James Ellison, why
will you persist in running your head
against q rock?z It won't hurt the
rock, but 1t. might do damage to your
cranial development. know tho
tremendous secret that ). was effer-
vescing in you. The alleged secret
about me that you probably learned
from the hangdog- 10 okings fellow you
seem to take into your confidence.
He said that I was an ex-convict-or,
rather, an escaped convict, and a
great deal more probably to lend
truth to his story o@ ~z:: -:
Several times Ellison opened his
| lips to o&speak, but not q word came
from thems 80 *5 5Eszsg:s.. e7s&
"That was what you wanted to tell
me, was it. not, and yet somehow
the words stuck? Well, that is all