Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-07-04


grew louder and louder.
Mr.. Ephraim Watts, in spite of all
confusion. clad as carefully as upon
the preceding day deliberately climbed
the fence and stood by the lawyer and
made single steady gesture with his
hand. He was listened to at once, as
his respect for the law was less noto-
rious than his irreverence for it. and
he had been known in Carlow as Gus
tomarily reckless man. They want
ed Illegal and desperate advice and
Quoted down TO hear it, He spoke in
his professionally calm voice.
Gentlemen, it seems to me that Mr..
smith and Mr.. Ribshaw." nodding to
the man with the rawhide whip, "are
both right. What good are we doing
here: What we want to know is what's
| happened to Mr.. Harkless. 1t looks
| just now ike the shell men might have
done it. Let's find out what they done.
Scatter and hunt for him. Soon as any
| things known for certain Hibbard's
mill whistle will blow three times.
Keep or looking till it does; them he
finished. win a barely perceptible
scornful smile at the attorney-'then
we can decide Ca what had ought be
done"
SIX Cras~-os lev dark and steam
ing in the sau IA. Morning. The forge
was siloat, tn s}Icon 10 &ad up. the
roadway d2sor ! even - the pigs.
The. bra'en cd 5ry stocd rotting in
the mud without a single lean little old
man or weman-such were the chill
dren of tie Crossroads-to play about
it. Once, when the depH-y sheriff rode
through alone, tattered black hound,
more wolf than dog. half emerged,
growing. from beneath one Of the
tumb!edGwn barns and was jerked
back into the darkness by his tail, with
a snarl farcer than his own. while a
gun barrel shore for a second as it
swung for q stroke on the brute's head.
The hound did not yelp or whine when
the blow fell. He shut his eyes twice
and skunk sullenly back to his place.
The shanties might have received a
| vOlley or two from some of the mount
ed bands, eXasperated by futile search
ing, had not the escape of Horner's
prisoners made the guilt of the Cross
roads appear doubtful in the minds of
many. AS the morning waned the adj
vocates of the theory that the gam
blers had made away with HAIRLESS
grew in number. There came a tele-
gram from the Rouen chief of police
that he had a clew to their whereabouts.
He thought they had succeeded in
reaching Rouen, and it began to be
generally believed that they had es-
capped by the 1 o'clock freight train,
which had stopped to take on some
empty cars at a side track mile north
west of town, across the fields from
the Brjscoe house. Toward noon a
party went out to examine the rail-
road embankment.
Men began to come back into the viii
lage for breakfast by twos and threes,
but many kept on searching the woods,
not feeling the need of food or caring
If they did. Every grove and clump
of underbrush, every thicket, was ran
sacked. The waters of the creek, shall
low for the most part, but swollen
overnight, were dragged at every pool.
Nothing was found There was not a
sign
The bar Of the hotel was thronged
all morning as the returning citizens
rapidly made their way thither, and
those who had breakfasted and were
going out again paused for internal as
we'll as external reinforcement. The
landlord. himself returned from a long
icI-Ty Low iC11
hand
He was the best man we had, boys
said Lands as he poured the little
glasses full. WED ort of sent him to
the legislative halls of Washington
long ago. He'd of done US honor there
But we never thought of dom any
thing fer him. Jest set round and left
him build up the town and give him
empty thankyes. Drink hearty, gen.
tlemen," he finished gloomily. 81 don't
grudge no liquor today-except to Lige
Willetts.''
HE was a good man. said young
William Todd, whose nose was red, not
from the whisky. Eve about give
up"
Its goin' to seem mighty empty
around here" said Ross Schofeld
whats goin' to become O. the Herald
) and the party in this district? Where's
the man to run either of 'em now?
: Like as not" he continued desperately,
it'll go against us in the fall
Dibb Zane choked over his four fin
gers. eve nights we'll bust up the
: dab busted ole town eff he's gone.''
] Il don't know what's come over that
: Cynthy Tipworthy," said the landlord.
r 'She's waited table on him last two
2 years, and her brother Bud works at
the Herald Office. She didn't say a
e word, only looked and looked and
: looked, like a crazy woman; then her
7 and Bud went off together to hunt in
e the woods. They jest tuck hold of
> each others hands like
: Il reckon there amt many crazier
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