The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-06-05

.And I suppose I vas to knock h
gent over in broad daylight, ana take
ing that he had q pretty skill in the
way Of sarcasm.
81 don't care what o might have
done, Your duty was to get the paper,
and you haven't done 1t. / declare, you
are not so clever as I thought you
We're"
"Come, guv'nor. I done the best I
could, SO lust please wait until
well, go on; I am listening" replied
Ellison, with the bored expression OF
patient resignation.
rye know We wanted to find out who
this here chap really was"
yes, but what a you tell me about
him that I don't know already, Briggs?'
Don't try to make UP a story so as to
looked at the young nan In such a
threatening way h a the latter cast an
anxious look at the door, Is II he would
gladly be on the other side Of 1t.
Yer see, when I wa on the trail of
this gent" he began. as he regained
some confidence and found out that he
vas not to be eaten. Il fell In with some
~ oA4 AoAn0 So@AAtSo IA kAAS "oONos =
allus makes known Their whereabouts
by some sort Of a sigma bit o. rag
fixed to a tree or the like. So when I
see this signal I thinks TIL go and pay
the folks a visit. I plunges inter tho
woods and hadn't gone far when a
big, rough chap comes runnin' hout
OF the bushes and axed me what I
wanted. I explains the best way I
could, and at the same time makes
it known that I vas net at Romany
myself.
you are mighty long-winded with
your cursed story" exclaimed Mr..
Ellison, as lie leaned back in his
chair and yawned. do be brief"
II amt no Geographic talker,"
IT got to tell this in my own way or
not at ALL"
"There-there, I vas only trying
to hurry you up a bit" said he
other, seeing that he could gain
nothing by his irritation.
AS soon as he hnds out that I
was n of the people-though he
half-breed hisself-we got to be
II he knows anything about the
party I was lookin' after. Bless We,
he knowed all about i'm. The Teller
had paid the camp a visit the day
BEFORE"
"And who is he?" and Ellison
drew his chair nearer. n the bored
looked disappeared from his face.
His real name they don't know,
but he goes by the nickname Of viii
O. the Wisp." E
"Ah!"
Eyes. he's a escaped convict, for
he was IN for 20 years, and on'y es-
capped the other day, with a lot Of
others. 'Mong them was a man he'd
got g tt to kno oS well in prison; his
rubbed his chin thoughtfully for a
moment-"well, I disremembers what
1t was''-stopping and shaking his
head.
Wasn't it Martin Frale?" asked
Ellison, gently. i
That was it-how'd ye know"
his sharp face becoming overspread
with a smile.
Never mind how I cams to know.
But what Of this Frale?"
We'll the party what escaped was
once near gettin' caught, and Frale
was mortal wounded in the row.
They managed to get him away, but
he died the next day, and they
buried him. All the party was cap
tured, at last but this here Will, and
he u be the man I been watchin'.
That was how the story the fellow
told me run"
after ALL" and Ellison's face ex-
pressed deep satisfaction over what
he had just learned. He rose and
walked up and down the room a few
PAGES, finally returning and standing
beside the chair where the young
man was seated.
We'll, what are you doing here?
Why didn't you continue to keep
your eye on the fellow?
Why? Cause he left his bag
and skipped. Must have got scared
suspected he was follered-"
well; you must hnd him again"
yes; it is more than likely that
he IS in this town. He takes a deep deer
interest in the 81 Of the young
man who Is in prison here for what
happened at Exton."
"'Taint. likely he'd be hanging
round where you are, guv'nor. There
amt sense in that" wagging his head
sagely.
you are a poor stick IL you cannot
find him."
IT he is here, why. Of course I ken
get i'm, and what then"
Let me know, that Is all, and now
CO." n he went to the door, threw
it open n the visitor, without an
other word, went out.
Ellison was watching him dis
pear down the stairs, and was about
to return to his room, when a voice
near him said pleasantly:
Looking for me-. Mr.. Ellison?
Well, I'm glad to meet you," and
turned to face Job Hendricks.
Continued Next Weekly
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