The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-02-23

enough, and that he must quit play
Ing the gent and go to work" So he
"struck out for tall TIMBER where
he would not have to beg to be allow
ed to live or to work, which is the
same thing. The advice of his friends
to go into politics he politely put aside.
They urged him to "strike" the Con-
gressman for a certain Job then open
for some one
Don't you know" said Sargent to
this well-meant advice, don't you
know that money is the pull In politics.
The man with the longest purse gets
there. l got no money. Money is
civil service and the inside track
both. The gilt-fngered Congressman
has already promised it to Jim Rich,
who will dizzy up <spiles' with him. A
poor sinner like me can't get a gov
eminent posish these times-except in
the army"
a fellow workman named Sam Godol-
phus. Sargent said they "roosted'' to-
gether In a little cabin, over the door
Of which a rifle was hung on the
antlers OF a deer. Both men worked
on the railroad with section gang,
ate in the only clearinghouse at the
pioneer station, and bunked in this
cabin. There was but one door to the
one-roomed cabin, and one window ad-
mitted light from the west side.
One warm Sunday afternoon about
Cox ~@1o r1ro
pitcher of water on the ledge Of the
open window and lay down to take a
nap. Sargent grew tired reading a
paper backed novel about the Apache
Kid, and threw it down and went out.
When about the distance of a square
away, he was surprised beyond meas
ure to hear the report Of the rifle in
the cabin. Sam could scarcely have
walked up in the short time as to take
down the rifle and fire it off; and no
once could have entered, for none was
in sight moment before. His
curiosity piqued he hurried back, and
was Mortified to see Sam sweltering in
Ms life blood and" breathing his last.
And more mysterious still was the fact
that no one was anywhere to be seen.
He shook the dying man, and beheld
the blood oozing out from behind his
ear. The gun was empty. In some
unaccountable way-was it spirita?-
the weapon had been discharged with
out removal. from the rack where It
still lay. The mystery deepened. Sar-
gent knew not one single friend Of
the dead man; had never heard him
say a word about his relatives or
where they lived. Forthwith he dis
closed the fearful tragedy at the board
ing house.
This was Sargent Howelrs version
Of the affair.
But-he was the only person in
the shanty, people said, at the time of
the shooting. The rifle was empty,
and the murderer had coolly replaced
it in the rack, The ball fit the gun.
They said" he killed the man for his
money, and that the dead man had a
''big wad" of it, for he was "once" seen
with roll Of bills larger than a mans
arm. And now he had no money on
his person. Sargent Howell was
domed from the first. However, he
described the cabin and related all the
incidents in connection with the kill
ing Of Sam Godolphus In a long letter
from his prison cell to his friend,
felon's cell.
A mighty, concealed power, directed
from some secret point, was pushing
the prosecution against Sargent with
a virulence that accorded not with
strict justice. It was a prosecuting
power felt rather than seen or known.
Somewhere the unknown Sam Godol-
phus had friends who were avengina
his death.
Sargent Howell was convicted OF
murder In the first degree and SEN
fenced to be hung.
But Sargent had an active young
friend in Mona Dunlap, who knew him
through their mutual friend Arthur
Hamilton. Arthur and Sargent were
great old chums. Without the aid OF
glittering gold Mona appealed to the
Congressman in behalf Of both Sar-
gent and Arthur-the one awaiting
death as q murderer, the other in
'carcerated as an anarchist Of the
blooddest type. Arthur had written
at length to her what Sargent had
written to him and in addition had
clearly explained all the minutial OF
his own unjust immurement. Pan
cake BIZ Baker solemnly averred II
was no-such thing that Arthur was
or could be a foul anarchist or that
Sargent should be red-handed MUIR
derer. But he could not tell Miss
Mona" who the murdered man was
nor who was pushing the prosecution
in court ANY more than he could fly
to the moon, or find better boarding.
house than Mrs. Lulu Governs.
The strong, lady-like appeals OF
Mona won the amiable Congressman
and he finally promised her to engage
the celebrated CRIMINAL lawyer, Mar
shall Williams, in behalf of both Sar-
gent and Arthur. All this in graft
tude for the saving Of her life in sweet
childhood. % y: s5$ s ss@ e @
While Mr. Marshall Williams was
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