The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-07-10

Hendricks, who had thrown sI.as5fsif
wearjly down in a chair was t..gs..9.-
ing his visitor with such I. .aalese.es,
look that even the careless Je;,i,s grew
uneasy, and stopped the suac;aa.siss.l
movements of his jaws for 4 2s~ sssi52-
lIteS to say:
Whatever eytng me 80 aerGs Gke-
and when ] had good news 80 fs:tJ ss5 -
adopting an injured tone.
When you left me the t,tttsr cts1S
you met man who came ~ u es1g:,s
you talked to him for Z Issns 81 sas
corner, and then you both weut q. e.
the carriage together"
Jsbbs seemed at first stz,5iss s,F
this sudden charge 6uag FL s4sza. ss.z
1t was only a moment bsssrs as re-
covered his equaninltty-
so 1t was that wor-dss 77ou- Il. 2"
Yes. 1t looked like 800 z-z1aa-
double-deahng.
We'll. s'heip me, I never ssss .as:
s'prtsed as you'd be when as tackled
me on the corner. Es Hs# ne.
thought" with gytnzos
How did he know yog@
We'll, sir, he had j: all DOWN fine
how was mixed UP il z EtrtEs affair
some time ag0somstcsa that would
surely have landed u1s Il Trey could ha'
enough-he showed me that in a
jify. When I found tia. cut I was
mighty meek"
And you never saw him before?"
Never I can call TO mind
Job remained in silence for some
minutes. his eyes on the floor, only
raising them now and then to cast a
keen, inQuisitive look at his visitor
Well, what is this great news that
you have brought me?" he asked, af-
ter a time.
'.Nuthin more nor less than that I
have found our man."
Are you quite sure of that?' a lit
tie skeptically.
mo mistake about it," pursued Jebbs
cheerfully. "Ye see, 1t come about in
this way. Ever since we had that last
talk I been hangin onto the heels Of
a Teller who has gener'lly been one of
his risht-hnnd men. He's a big Dutch
man. goes by the name of Browny on
the Bowery. cause his hair Is bright
brown. Him and me has been great
friends and emptied many a can to-
gether. I never could get him to talk
of his work, or the man who employed
him, but last night, when we was both
feelin' kind O. proud and him lookin's
If he'd be more comfortable on the
floor and a'aimin' in that direction.
Into this joint, where we was maxim
the place where we sot, and gin the
Brown man a jog, and passed on and
out the other door, and so away.
II see my friend, sleepy like, put his
hand down in his pocket, and fetch up
a three cornered bit O. paper, and
opens it and reads. There was on'y
few marks and a number that I
couldn't make out. When I was seem
him home, though, I snagged it, and
here it u.s." and from an inner pocket
he produced a two-inch square piece of
paper, which bore the figure Of fox,
or what meant to pass for such, and
the simple numbers 1-3.
"Pooh!" and Job threw 1t aside. II
don't see anything in that"
Jebbs replaced the paper in his pock-
ct, as If greatly disappointed.
You been so long away that It's
natural .-e don't see nl,thin' in 1t. Now,
I'll tell We what I get out of it,
well, am listening"
''Ye Sc this figure what's meant to
represent fox. That is the sign Of a
& French hotel. what they calls. in that
lingo LIE Renard Rouge, or, in plain
English, the Red Fox. Them num-
bers means the location Of the meet
ing"
was this man who arranged the meet
ing?" asked Job.
'"Cause things amt generally man
aged in SIGH mysterious way. G'wan,
you ought to know that gents in our
profession amt layin' no SIGH pipes
But it's the manner Of this swell gent
when he makes a play, to have it fixed
like a Bowery meller-drayma. Then
steady men, why, the appointment
comm to him in that way makes me
sure that he will be there"
And what do you want me to do?'
asked Job.
We'll. If you want to sot eyes on the
man yer looldn' fer, now's yer chance
and SIGH q one may not come again"
How do know but it might be g
scheme to trap me-" cycling his com
panion for a moment. You have not
entirely explained that meeting with
the man who came into the street ir
Ia coupe
''Phew! are you worryin' bout that
pipe and began to send forth clouds
OF smoke. II thought I'd explained
that. I never see the gent before
y and he didn't get nuthin' out O. me
i was polite to him cause see that
1t was to my interests Now, If vol
are bit scared about this, why, it's
yer own affair, but let me tell We the
chance Is one what won't come
Z every day."
We'll, I'll run the risk" and Jot
after a pause, for, while he suspected
that he was not being fairly delat
& with, he knew that he must trus
some one, and this man was quite az
honest as the rest Of his ilk
Going over to the corner Of his
s room, he extracted small box he
had hidden in a hole In the moldine
of the. window, and without paying
& any particular attention to his com.
n panion, who was watching with eager
5 eyes, he opened it, disclosing wha1
seemed to be few pieces of CHEAP
jewelry. Out of the heap he Sc.
lected small and furnished ring
which was set with three stones o.
a dull blue color, that resembled tur-
quoise Of an inferior variety. This
ring he slipped on the finger of his
right hand, and then having closed the
box, restored 1t to tbs place.
From another corner he picked VI
a stout cudgel, and. shifting it under
his arm, said, with certain air Of
grim satisfaction:
We'll, I am ready, If you are?"
Jebbs, who had been watching the
preparations with attention, seemed
to be little uneasy. and made M
attempt to follow his companion
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