The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-31
Copyright, 1909


try, and I'm guessin' that. just HE ?
you, you tried TO turn a trick here
/ IN the West, with a new pal or two
! though it amt like you to work with
! anybody besides yourself-and I'm
gueSsln that your pals done you dirt
seooped the loot, and stuffed your
pockets with these papers, so in case
you got away before the dope wore
! on. the cops might find YOU Then
they slung you aboard the Sarah
Inauguration consideration=and
you was bit OF bargain too. seein'
now that it's you-an'-an' here you
are. / amt goin' to ask no@questinns,a.
/ an you needn't tell no lies. / know
! you or oid-but I've figured it's aholzf1x'
! that way, an some time YOU can tell
me whether I'm just about right4er-4i
/ Just about wrong" Once more he
| tapped him on the shoulder. You ofG
Hezekiah Constitutional Smith-you
son of seaeook, you.a
The perceptions of Holdworthv
I jenkins were fairly accurate: his sur
mise had been almost correct. Thes
mystery of the paper writings was
easily solved, and his general outlines
/ of the motive was indeed correct.
4 On the night that Ellington O'Keefe'
! had suffered the stroke from Gonstitu-
/ tlonaIs terrible right, in the little mar
row street in Monroe. Constitutional
had stuffed into the breast pocket of
his own eoat-which afterwards be-zs
| came the coat OF Ellington O'Keefe,
| the letters and memoranda in question:
/ He had done it with an Interior mo-
tive 1t was not altogether brilliant =
idea His idea was this: That If for
any reason his scheme, in all its length
and breadth. failed to reach compile
! ton, or if the two rogues PLAYED him
! false, he was pretty positive that
! O'keefe would fall into the hands OF
the police Once in their hands he
would be searched: once searched. the
t papers would be found. Now he knew
quite we'll that a man of the name of
! Constitutional Smith would not travel
about the country with several sleuths
at his heels, with papers in his pocket
| leading to his identity But he did
know that the instant the papers were
1 found the police would look upon the
form and face and figure of Ellington
/ O'Keefe, and would immediately. even
| through the beard, recognize the fea-
lures of Constitutional Smith If
] therefore. he failed to land OiKeefe
i upon an outgoing sailer-and he did
not know at that time upon Just what
saIIer he might be landed and if
/ Okeefe. by some mishap, still remained
! in Monroe, his appearance and the
/ papers. would distract the attention Of
the police just long enough to enable
i him, Smith, to get away in peace. He
! had simply prepared in this crude way
4 Tor the very worst, IN case the worst
4 had happened
There was one thing that Constitu-
/ ttonal Smith did not know and could
/ not know about Ellington O'Keefe,
/ and that was that the matter OF es-
1 tablishing his identity in case 1t were
necessary, would have taken but a very
! few moments But, on the other hand..
! Smith did not know that there were
| but a few ways, except by his outward
l hi 017
establish his own identity beyond a
reasonable doubt. But the police were
at work; the nefarious success of
| Smith had put them on their mettle
| and they were doing things, both In
the East and in the West. But of this
| later.
Well, the great scheme had worked,
and Ellington O'Keefe had been ship
! ped aboard the Sarah Margaret
Now that look at you" eontin-
ued Capt. jerks to Ellington O'Keefe
/ Il can see that you're Constitutional
! Smith an no mistake An I'm sorry
| that didn't know it afore I Iambasted
/ you. Suddenly he broke into roar
of laughter. He felt that, having
/ apologized, he had done ample Justice
| to the situation SO far as any amends
were concerned re
But, by George" he suddenly ex-
claimed, what gets me is how l ever
4 idlQ you out. 10 IQlQk Oh meme,
| jerks, a Wallopin' the life out o. you,
I Smith, the strong arm man. You're
pals must doped you fer fair, or else
we must worked the life out o. you
aboard the Sarah Margaret. Well, its
a experience for you at any rate.
You've put many a man out of bust
ness in your time. and now you see
| how it feels. by George
Seeing apparently that the other
man bore him no i'll willard, indeed,
| O'Keefe was only too glad at the turn
affairs had taken-Gapt. jerks roared
/ again and slapped his knee with relish.
! Licked Constitutional Smith, the
| champeen O. the world. That's good
enough, by George"
/ Ellington O'Keefe was treated like a
| lord. Capt. jerks was as fond of
| good living as was any other man, and
/ he had an exceptional store of pro-
| visions, liquid and solid. for the delec-
| tation and refreShment of himself, and
at intervals of his mate, Mr.. Bullitt,
! who was nothing more nor less than
an incipient jerks.
In the captains stateroom that day
there was set forth an elaborate repast.
| Three places were set, ,one for the
! captain, one for the mate and one for
Ellington O'Keefe-
| ''BulIitt" said the captain, as they
/ carefully assisted their guest into the
ROOM 'by George here's old Constitu-
| tioBaI Smith, just about recovered
from that there trouncing that 1 gave
i'm, and, by George he'll be as lively
as cricket in a day or two, an then
\ we'll have a rarin', tearin', swearin,
| time of it, him an me, all day long an
! half the night, a swappin' lies an tell
In ancient history-yes, sir. all O. that
| to beat the band, by George. That's
what, an nothin' less, old Constitu-
tionaI Smith"
They dined we'll and happily. O'Keefe,
who had been weak from loss of blood,
began TO revive under the influence Of
some OF the captains choice Madeira,
| which had been brought forth from its.
/ resting place just to grace the present
! occasion. O'Keefe, however. though
| he felt much better, did not talk. He
! listened. -
4 (To be centinued)