The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-01-06

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prise. II mant, eff tn was an answer
] could take"
"Ah. If you would be 30 good as tC
go after her." said Dick. THANK hei
for me and say Certainly"
Sal slid from the room. leaving Dicl
to maintain his parley. AS she en-.
tered the room directly beneath she
was greeted a little anxiously with
the question: "Well, did you mari
exactly where it stands?" "lss, Mis-,
judy" said Sal. "Just here to the
left" She pushed the table under the
spot. and Miss Judy mounted there.
upon. Quick. Sal. the men may be
back any momentl Lock the front
door and then come and hold the can
I'll do this"
The room was the bar parlor. with
two doors to it-one for the front and
one for the back. For the rest it was
also usual enough, and thin boarding
only separated it from the room
above. Through the boarding, in ST.
lence, with the utmost care, Miss Judy
drove a gimlet. In a very short time
a squirt of brandy followed, and Sal
received 1t in can.
'How l shall smell OF brandyi" said
Miss Judy. as it trickled over her
fingers.
II doan't expect Mr.. Shenston will
maind," said Sal. gleefully.
Miss Judy became very severe. ere
member, Sal. that this is a most dis
graceful affair"
81 doan't think Mr.. Shenston mant
TO do wrong" said Sal.
"And should not have supposed
your father would have been guilty of
it. If he is ever caught again"
"He willn't be such fule."
Miss Judy concealed a smile. SAN
other pail" she said. "And empty
that into the duck pond"
Sal FASTENED off with her burden and
another pail received the brandy.
Really, Dick" murmured Miss
Judy, apostrophizing the boarding in
a whisper, sit was most naughty of
you"
Meanwhile Dick was showing his re-
pentance by faithfully engaging the
lieutenant in conversation. 1t was
rather difficult thing to do and an
noying exceedingly to see him sitting
there on the cask Dick. consulting
his watch, found that IS minutes had
passed, and he made another effort,
for Curwen was getting restless.
"You see," he urged, sin any case
there is a nice point of law involved.
II am an ignorant accessory there
cannot"
Squire dew not see nice points of
law" retorted Curwen. "There's
morals and there's sins; there's sheep
and there's goats"
"And asses" Dick suggested.
There's keeping straight and
there's running contraband."
"And my contention is" repeated
Dick, YEARLY, "that so far as know
there is no brandy in that keg."
The lieutenant's retort was inter
rupted by the tramp of his returning
men. They showed empty hands and
said they had had no luck. But the
lieutenant was too contented to be
greatly put out by this.
"Neyer mind" he said, there's
enough here. Get the barrow ready
and we'll go up to squire's."
And he turned to the landlord
rancorously. "Prendergast, yew have
made off with the rest o. your sinful
contraband, but yew cannot escape
when yew have broken the law"
STOW ut!" said Prendergast, sulk-
lily. "Yew come here to ma house an
call me rascal Yew've gat no prewf.
/ ask yew where's yew're prewf?"
Here" said the lieutenant. And
again he kicked his heels on the key.
1t gave out hollow sound. He leaped
off it, as If he had been suddenly
stung. A faint glimmer of the truth
dawned upon Dick.
Remember" he said, provolsingly,
my contention has been that there is
no brandy in the cask."
The lieutenant turned it over on its
side without answering. 1t was emp
ty, and though the floor beneath was
damp, the holes had been stopped up.
There was brandy in it," he said,
rounding on Dick.
"The-soda water seems to have
evaporated," said Dick, innocently.
Some of the revenue men began to
Singer.
Search the PLACED" said Curwen,
gnashing his teeth. One of the men
returned presently and announced
strong smell of brandy in the yard,
particularly in the duck pond
at would hardly do to show the
squire water from the duck pond
as contraband spirits" said Dick.
There's sheep and there's goats"
said the lieutenant. hardly able to con-
tain his wrath, so that Dick came near
to plying him, and only murmured
land asses" this time under his
breath. The lieutenant ordered his
men off and followed them. Dick,
without stopping to explain matters
to the bewildered Prendergast,
fastened down. sal" he called,
where is Miss Judy?"
Wasn't it clever of her?" said Sal,
admiringly. "But I'm going to stop
father runner kegs. It's very bad, she
says, and not safe"