The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-09

can do as yer wanter! Why didn't yer
keep yer money? Sizzie yer. You per-
tend charity, and yer give it ter cats,
and let better folks n what you be
starvel I'd like ter"
The police officer, looking up from
his notebook, held him back when he
started for her as if he would throttle
her.
Don't mind him, Miss Wetchell." he
said. Hes only a hobo-harmless. liz
dunno what he's saying, and he would
not hurt a flea
Without-ceremony ne took Hobus by
| the arm and walked him back to the
station.
Then Mr.. Ferdinand BOSWELL, the
man whom Miss Wetchell had named,
was brought in. But, having been
questioned, he at once made out what
seemed to be a perfect alibi. He kept
a job book, and in it were noted all his
movements for practically every mo-
ment of the fateful day. He had not
been within six miles of Miss Wetch-
ellis residence on that Monday. he said,
had not called at her house for three
years, and, If he had his way, would
never call at it. He admitted that il
was not in the best of taste for man
TO run down any member of his own
family, and therefore he would not give
any particular reason why he had
stayed away and why he should always
stay away. He was blacksmith by
trade, an honest appearing, sturdy,
open hammered man, and his evidence
seemed conclusive. The police were
perplexed. They believed Hobus had
told the truth. for there was something
about him, an entirely new air, never
seen in him before-an air almost Of
dignity. which carried conviction with
1t; and this other man, BOSWELL, not
only appeared sincere i'm his decIara-
lions of innocence. but he had in his
notebook the names of men who, he
took his oath. could and would testify
to work he had done for them which
would show that he had been i'm his
shop on Monday from 6 in the morning
until at night, with an hour for din
ner and pipe. 1t was just as he was
finishing his denial that Sergeant Null
ty came in.
BY gOb"' he whispered to the lieu
tenant, there's van man will get the
thruth from him. Phwat! Lave him
loose on him onct. He'll make the fur
fly. I'll bet you, DR.. FurnivaH! He
c'u'd bore holes in the sea wild thin
eyes of his, and make the fishes sphake.
Aha
The lieutenants face frightened.
That's right" he said. 1T will save
US lot of trouble. I wish I'd thought
of IT before Ring him up, Nulty. and
see If he can come here right off,"
SO DR.. Furnivall entered a few min
utes later and questioned both the
tramp and the blacksmith But to no
purpose. They both of them stuck to
the stories they had already told. and
nothing new was ELECTED. except the
reason of the blacksmith's dislike for
rnl Ia oI,
said, because. among other inhurnan
atrocities, she had refused TO furnish
the money to seEd her young niece to
Colorado for her health. a move which
the doctor had ordered, and she had
died with lingering consumption mar
tyr to her nearest kindred's penurious-
ness. She had no belief in i'll health.
Work. she declared. was the remedy
for all So-called sickness. People were
lazy. not diseased. and pretended 10 be
suffering only I OescaDe the common
suffering only to secure the common
the blacksmith asserted, in order TO
furnish herself with sufficient reasons
for never helping anybody out of her
abundance. As for wanting her money.
he stated that though all her prOpertv
would at her death come to him and
his sisters IN the absence of any Will il
had already been decided among them
that they would devote every cent of
1t to charity. to human charity i'm or
der TO repair. as far as possible the
wrongs this ignorant woman had in
fiic.ed on countless wretched strug-
glers. Charity to animals was good and
necessary, but inferior to charity for
human beings, even the lowest. and
should not be allowed to supersede il.
A woman, he said. might have a per
feet right to do as she pleased with her
money, and never spend any of il on
others, whether men or cats. if she fell
that way. but she had no right to
judge always harshly of those human
beings whose chief fault might easily
be that they were born weak-Ininded
and in low conditions. and send them
away with revilings and condemna-
ton. Somebody whom she had treat
ed thus WAS probably the thief There
must be countless persons who hated
her and would seize the slightest op-
portunity fer revenge
DR.. Furniyall turned to the lieuten-
ant.
These men. both of them. have told
the truth" he said land I am per-
suaded that the key to the mystery lies
somewhere within the woman herself.
l must see her.
Accordingly. Sergeant Nulty accom-
panied him to the home of Miss Wetch-
ell and introduced him to the lady.
While he was making the presentation
the bell rang. and the sergeant. as soon
as he had finished speaking. turned.
and. taking two or three steps into the
hail, opened the front door. There
stood with a large covered basket on
his arm, yourg man, who. on sight
of the officer, started and flushed
Well" he said, Il didn't expect to
see a policeman here. 1t kind of star
tied me- Is Miss Wetchell in? I've
come for the cats"
From where Miss Wetchell was w.
ing on the couch she could hear these
words, and she Immediately cried out:
Why. step i'm here, Is that YOU?
Where nave YOU been all this timeo
You should have come Monday morn
ing"
DR.. Furuivall. at this statement.
threw quick glance at the newcomer.
Their he removed the thick. colored
spectacles. and as the man entered. hat
in hand. leaving his basket I'm the hail.
he addressed him. looking him in the
eye.
do you come from some animal
home?' he asked.
Yes. sir, he answered. He was
somewhat niid-appearing youth