The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-11

IT WAS DELIVERED so UN-
ERRINGLY THAT IT
ENDED A BAR
ROOM FIGHT.

borne. unless it was through Mrs. Os-
Z borne, whose acquaintance he had
made quite casually.
Mr.. Newton, however. did not return
TO Cleveland either then or thereafter
A little inquiry brought out the infOr-
nation that he had spoken Of going no
Lake Superior way for a summer cam
paign and Mr.. Quinn soon took a
steamer for the north The steamer.
as matter Of course. made it's regular
stop at Detroit. but Mr.. Quinn did not
go ashore there. His first stop was at
the Sault.
Hamlet in Transition Stage.
/ At the time all this happened. the
! Sault Ste. Marie was in the transition
1 stage from a mere hamlet, known only
as an army post and trading station,
/ with a small canal near by. to it's pres
/ ent glory as a manufacturing center
and prosperous community. Among
/ those who were quick to see the signs
I of its coming Importance, and who re-
I allied that there was likely TO be
much money in circulation where there
1 was certain to be so much industry,
/ were a number Of gentlemen of the
/ same profession which Mr.. Quinn
! adorned.
/ One Of these was q man named CraW-
/ ford who had an establishment. pOssi-
1 bly, a mile away from the canal which
/ was well patronized by the sporting
/ element Of the neighbOrhOOd, and was
/ not unknown to travellers. Doubtless
/ it has been discontinued now. for it was
/ notorious even in those days as a par
! tcularly- lawless place, even for out
( laws. But it was in full blast when
! Mr. Quinn arrived at the Sault in
! search Of Mr.. Newton
/ He made himself at home with Craw-
/ ford for two or three days before New
/ ton arrived. but when that happened he
/ mana geo to evade the newcomer till
I he saw him seated at a poker table
/ i'm Crawford's place. in company with
( two army officers and a contractor who
| was putting up buildings on the lake
I front Then he walked up to the Ia
bic and asked, quietly, if he might take
I a hand.
/ Hoping For a Fifth Player.
They We're just beginning to play and
had already expressed a wish that some
one would take a fifth hand but as il
I was early in the evening there hap
/ pened to be no desirable person in the
room so there was no objection. More
than that, Newton looked up with a
/ smile Of welcome and said; Hello
( George"
Mr.. Quinn. however. did not respond.
u,
and said, pleasantly enough: You've
made a mistake this time. My name is
/ not George"
Newton smiled with which he thought
| was an instant comprehension Of
Quinn's intent. If a gentleman of his
/ profession chose 10 deny his identity.
il was doubtless for good reasons. and
the freemasOnry Of the craft dictated
| that his wish should be respected.
A moment later, however, his COM
placency vanished suddenly, for Quinn
| went on to say;
My name is Osborne, Henry Osborne
/ of Detroit"
As spoke he looked at Newton with
eyes so full of malignity and fierce
resolve that Ine latter betrayed his
consciousness before he could recover
from his surprise. It was plain enough,
| even to Quinn. that he had never sus-
pected the identity of Mr.. Osborne. but
fl was also plain TO Newton that his
[ ignorance in that particular was not
going to serve as an excuse for what
he had done.
All this, however, was lost on the