The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-27
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spoke without good grounds for what
he said. were dissatisfied,
Ginter Refused to Speak.
However, it was up to Ginter to
speak the decisive word, and as he
chose not to speak there was nothing
which anyone else cared to do. The
legal proceedings We're therefore per-
functory to a degree. 1t appearing at
the inquest that tibet deceased had
come to his death in a fair stand
UP fight, and moreover, that he had
himself provoked the fight by imputing
unprofeSsional conduct to Mr.. Hender-
son, the coroner found that the latter
gentleman had acted in self-defense,
and no other officials felt it incumbent
upon them to take further action.
THESE things had happened near the
end of the winter season, and as the
town usually awoke to new activity
with the coming of each spring, there
was less thought given to the shoot
ing of Jim Waters than might have
been the case at another time. Certain
mining interests in the vicinity proved
good. and something closely resem-
ping a boom" began. Strangers came
In considerable numbers, and the sale
of claims, which had been looked upon
as almost hopeless, became a paying
industry.
AS an actual result business was
better in Billy Ginter's establishment
where red liquor and chips were always
obtainable for cash, than 1t had been
Tor some time, and he and the steady
frequenters of the place were suffi-
GENTLY occupied with current matters
to allow the taking off of one of their
number to slip from their minds. And
but for the arrival of a stranger in
town 1t is altogether likely that there
would have been no man to tell about
it.
A Stranger Comes to Town. {.
The new man was unlike any one
Who had appeared there before He was
plainly consumptive, and although
there had been other conservatives who
mad sough the benefit Of the mountain
air, and therefore invalidism was not
conspicuous, this man excited the COM
passion of every one who saw him.
he was not only i'll, and plainly i'll, but
ne was a hunchback, so small and so
groteSquely misShapen as to preclude
every thought but that of pity.
For two days after his arrival he was
unable to leave his room at the hotel.
but on the morning of the third day
ne STARTLED the hotel proprietor by APP
pearlng IN the office and demanding to
know the particulars of Mr.. James Wa
ters' death.
know he is dead" said the new
conner for the servants told me so
Wnen asked them to tell him I was
here, but they could not or would not
tell me anything more. 1 want to know
an ABOUT 1t, for, you see, Jim was my
prother. He and 1 were all there were
leiI, ana he was mighty good to me-"
mere was not a quaver in the thin
little high pitched voice, but there was
a certain usefulness in the mans tone
that seemed very pathetic to the land
iord' and he looked down at his ques-
tloner very doubtfully When he tried
10 speak he found that there was a sort
OF choking feeling in his throat that in
terferred with his words, and that he
could not, any more than his servants
could, tell the miserable Details
Better See cinter.
Twice or thrice he tried to speak and
failed Then he said "I reckon you'd het-
ter see Billy Ginter. They say he was with
your brother when he died. and he can tell
you more about it n anybody else can
GET R HIS go 70 an he down, now, an I'll
Lie down Mr.. Harry Waters would mt
t Hul ne consented to sit in a big chair in
Inc landlords private room while that
worthy went after Ginter AfterWard he
tod some of his friends that about the
hardest days work he ever had was to Der
Suade Ginter that the only thing he could
- ~ ne mdHleQ 70 play 1a1r, was to face
knew. --''' -ie
You can kind O. smooth it over. an
make him think it want so bad" he
said. and finally Ginter consented. with
the intention of telling as little as posi-
But" said the latter when he was
taking II over. as everybody did talk it
over a few days afterward. when 1 set
down with that poor little Teller. an
looked into them big black eyes O. his,
l just couldn't lie, an 1 told him the
whole story
One thing. however. he would not say,
nor did Harry Waters seem to care
whether he said 1t or not.
You say my brother accused this man
of cheating and pulled his gun and rush
ed at him!"
Yes" said Gintar.