The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-07-07

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and fed him He knew of work that
he could do aud would try him at H.
A man who can operate q typewriter
AZ the rate Of 100 words = minute
would likely prove valuable In his
! once.
There was a spare couch in F~ryu
sons room. and he could easily accom-
modate the man over night. Their
talk had revealed numerous favorable
sigus The man had been al Kentucky
Military Institute. and one OF f'ergu-
sons chums had likewise been trained
there. Thence ans the discovery 81
common acquaintancS
They went out on the car TO Fergu.
sons place and went n talking earn
estly Of the strike and OF labor prob
lens generally The man had no SYM
PATTY for the 'scab.' and Ferguson
had less for the union teamsters
They were absorbed and earnest.
Ferguson began at once makira
preparations for the night, talkias
meanwhile. He sat with a shoe in his
hand and his guest was standing De
fore him.
The change was like n fash. and
like a flash Ferguson's fist had struck
out a fierce blow below the belt. as
this man suddenly dropped his voice
and reached for FerguSon's watch
The big. deep chest Of the man went
shut like a burst balloon and he fell
over. quite unconscious. Fergusoa
caught him as he fell and in an instant
was crowding him out through the
open window. The body dropped heay-
fly and never stirred.
Every thief has a soul"
Ferguson had no superstitons about
immortality. What Prof. Munstsrbers
has TO say on that subject quite ex
pressed his W views. but the words
rang insistently as he looked once
more on that helpless thing below.
Fear he never felt fer a moment.
What the world would say he little
cared. Whatever it was that troubled
him was purely personal-hi his own a.
fair.
He sat long into the morning faeine
that-his own affair. After all, we're
they so different? was he. the good
hearted benefaotor OF men and believer
in thieves souls so very different from
the thief out there2 Were they not
both t~houghtless followers OF impulses
that needed only 10 lie reviewed IA the
mind to stay them from action. To
think afterw ard-even the philanthro-
pist must know the pain OF that Some.
times. What was the right Of II Their
II this Vas all wrong?
There was some one stirring helnV
Voices came drifting In through the
open window. A growing graynes.
and the sounds OF awakening traffic
told that the night was far spent. The
day was coming. and N.fh 1t new fac
tors in this awful problem Of life and
perhaps death Was - death that
be mad brought TO this other one this
other who had come into his own life
unasked. unknown And he Fergu-
son who had willed him only good
had he sent him out into the great
silence. the silence more terrible than
that Of night or Of infinite space?
Ferguson did nOt move. He lay on
the couch and tried to sleep. Slowly
he began 10 see the possibilities that
might grow out OF this adventure
Might he not be held responsible for d
crime2 He began to see the thing
grow big. IL was more than a personal
affair. He saw how X touched his
friends. his family. and il came over
him how il reached out and touched
all society. one has a deal more food
for thought if he Will not think until
afterward.
He was reused early. Al officer had
come TO learn what had happened.
They had found Smith Wilkins. a no.
torious criminal. lying unconscious in
the court below Ferguson's window.
The man had been hunted for weeks
There were dark deeds 70 his credit
He had studied and improved himself
while in Joliet. He was clever beyond
most men.
He was dead-Chicago Reccrd-Hsr
aid.