Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-08-30
The Man Who
Arrived
B, CLAUDE PANARES



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.r Hr"4 everyday arrivals. i''"iA-
laer- na.I the town visit; men when
IDslu- rrr au opportunity To 20 into
rr-sr.--- f-aurI come that way. strau-
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Il~ man who hn'llE arrived slipped
To- ea quietly rH"t %" h'd been "a guest
E1r ..rer or four days het"r' it was
generally known th8t De wa~ present
rI- r.IEcl Hu from Tie dgrot instead
r -.r.r- fr IN. Inns arr rarfnr
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"F ''.~- inc ''"A '" account VI 'l''
aa.i.'i"~ lA 'a' ~'.'''@. ne '''N ''s
landlord into IBIS confidence al once anu
explained that De was iu poor health
ana might Spend month .u reaupcrat-
.uE IIa.ta supper aud then sat down
Ga tae barrupm uud smoked aud dOzed
aud answered but few questions anl
asked none nj an. and It was the gen
.r.I verdict before no went ta bed that
Le didn't amount 10 shavtugs compared
with other arrivals
George K. Jones. as the man who ar
rived Iu1 given his name. moved about
town far The next week without at
,rqrtrnr anv u9rticular notice and
.-i-laut ann ono caring pa~tlcularIv
-bart his hna1rH TIE landlord Of the
r,,.l b48 inst rorj rrfrr1 of his that
r,ras ,rgs sr.rar.Dtlv "a saftv who had
,r-aF rfu.sarr .ut fu wondering why
..o.. r.fu trrr.I +, Tho right instead
- 49,. r.sr ,,-b.r ba vrae asked for
,.-.,..... f...o~,.f.,,. TTa Instantly made
~. 81. mind -ra+ T,ra. Wanted +, stand
fif. ,a trt r.a .--au+nJ fba rcgue1t
Tu two u,fnufas there was a great
-s,-rr.t.,,, Topas or tho sIoenv
tran r.aoame as alert
49,. anil ra.-.fr,r faar
,.y H.. oc,,no,r.I.agad that no
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...,r...-.r t.af ra WINS NAT Ubaf he
seemed he owned mn that he was nj
Tie head Of 4 detective agency and
--,4, q. n, r,.,efrase with ITS host an
no most lu..roI forms There hadn't
Deacon ann crime az any account around
p-f.-r..ir. r,r several wears but this
stat. Of affairs could not last much
longer There would Doe a crime wave
~vyeaufu. aIor. urcttv soon. and his
agency wanted tu bc I'm IL and make
most Of tie arrests ana receive most
II the rewards
He was there in advance Of the wave
10 las his wires. He wanted 20 make
II the landlord detective real old
-rautn 81 tho first order-aud he had a
printed commission duly dated and
.f-ual that would De exchanged for a
twenty dollar UlU The landlord was
10 suut robbers and murderers as fast
ais they turned n.y. aud send jn his re
r.arr. and receive half the rewards.
II ana NOT take tho proprietor uf the
.e1.~f.- over five minutes 10 decide on
f.and..z over. HIS income from the
defective business would not be less
thau Saunl "a wear ana might run 10
.7.-... ts,,,as that and his opportunitins
f..r .s,..r-fr.~ were Al
or course Ha was told that looking
-,-.~a rnI saving wood was the fouuda-
,r.. ~ 8.-aerir. vvorl, and given many
..-f..r f..---l.rf.rs and half nm hour
I.,.r Al. WAS down In his bar and slz-
..- ,... ,f.r., ar f.ur old toner's he had
f.-l.-,.. r.r ff-aeD Years ana wonder
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49, T-.. .rarfug ina ulcIyed ont no
less tl.ar, saran men 10 keen an eye on
*. f--,rra ana II wa. generally remark
.a -1.r h, eaarraa moro abort than
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~.v, 4ar t.. man who arrived saup-
..r.1 ,.... ia. l5,arv stable Ua had
..,,-.,......I An, tI..r. l,arors talked horse
s--- r.,.. r,.r..,,,.s ami tb.n sa,rtarsd
~, ...s. ,.r.r =, tr.. dfsgust az the
.v-n.- Tbls time he didn't talk horse
IN. Hs.rrusu was an alone. but he
ans taken 10 the rear end Of the barn
q, Ga communicated with Mr. Tones
had noticed that he had head on him
roa.s f..F sI-n noticed that ne had an
eve I...s aim eagle and a perspicacity
that enabled him 10 tell "a horse from
cow ON sight The Uverymau was
fatter-d He couldn't help but be. He
had been called a fool often enough
for trying 20 conduct a livery business
IN county where there were 2B4 sep
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