Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-14
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| had told our sheriff VINO I was, and beg
ged him to send for Apollos Brown. He look
ed at me queerly when l said this, but dis
patched man with team at once.
While the police Judge was putting the for
NAL questions to Caleb, l running my
eyes timidly over the audience. How stern
and pitiless they all looked!
suddenly pair of eyes met mine peculiar
iy tuii OF curiosity. | started. Those eyes!
that face! had surely seen them before
There's the man!' / shouted. rising up in
excitement quite forgetful of the court, and
pointing my finger at the owner of the face.
Ihere was shutting movement of the
crowd, and the face disappeared.
What does this interruption mean" the
Judge asked, sternly. Prisoner, you must
mOh, sir" l gasped, in intense excitement.
Inc man! The man who hid the money!"
MI; :; Sheriff, permit no person to leave the
what this means.
Now, boy" turning to me, keep calm
and explain yourself. Just point out the man
looked eagerly over the throng In near
ly The same place as before | saw the face, but
it was queery distorted, almost beyond rec
ognition.
That's the man. 1 cried, pointing straight
at him. "He has changed his face, but know
his checked coat"
Guided by my directions, an officer took
Now step aside" said the judge to Caleb
"Stand up, my boy" addressing me, "and tell
the court briefly what you mean"
In as few words as possible I described my
seeing man with beard and spectacles at
the Grotto Rodux and told how another man
came out, leaving his disguise behind, and
this was the man.
It is needless to say that there was pro-
found sensation in the courtroom. The young
man who had been arrested grew pale as death
as he heard my story. ,,
owe must adjourn this case till tomorrow
for further evidence" said the judge. "Mr
Sheriff, take the boy with you, and go to the
place he describes for further evidence"
So the court was adjourned, and the Judge
seemed to be so sure of our innocence in ad-
vance that he told constable to take us to
his own home in place of locking US up in
jail. Caleb heaved great sigh of relief at
this, and he whispered in my ear:
''I tell you. staehy, I'm glad enough we're
out of this scrape.'
For out of it we were in fact. We went to
the constable's house, where my guardian,
Apollos Brown, put in an appearance during
the afternoon.
/ had gone through so much excitement
and fright, and my shyness had received such
tremendous shocks, that 1 had to 60 to bed
half sick My guardian was kindness itself.
He had worried terribly over my disappear
would come over the next day, and take me
home.
But little is now left to tell. Caleb went with
the officer to Grotto Rodux. in my place, and
next day. These. added to our testimony, Sc
cured the robbers conviction. There were
several witnesses who had noticed the man
with the beard, the peculiar coat and the
spectacIes prowling about Blytheport.
The bank only lost about a thousand dol
lars, which the rogue had managed somehow
to dispose of.
Caleb and I returned home happy. rode
with my guardian, ana on the road confessed
to him the history of Grotto Rodux and the
story books.
not tell me me- what you wanted toy to reaS, alr yGq
would have saved you from much deceit, and
from all this distressing experience. How
of It. You saved the bank heavy loss, and
caught notorious thief"
MY guardian, Apollos Brown, and 1 get on
very well together now. We are quite in
innate, indeed, | am not half as shy and
sly as 1 used to be. In fact. 1 believe it is
his parents for his own good.