Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-01-09

| IL not 10y personal acquaintance. GER
t.inly by hearsay.
Then came the first great surprise
OF this fair of many surprises. Jesse
Black W. lived examination. II came
like a I'll underbolt to the prosecution.
It was not Blacks way OF doing bust.
ness, and 1t was generally believed
that, as Munson had so forcibly
though tnelegantly expressed 1t to
I, Billy Brown, HE would fight like
hell" to keep out Of the circuit courts.
He would kill this incipient Nemesis
in the bud. What. then. had changed
; him? The county attorney had rath-
er looked for q hard.fought defence
shifting of the burden Of response.
bility for the misbranding to another,
| who would. of course, be OF some
where un-a business trip. to be absent
an indefinite length Of time; or 1t
might be he would try to make good q
trumped.up story that he had but late
" purchased the animal from some
Indiana cat .le-owner from UP country
who claimed to have bill-of.sale from
Langford. lie would not have been
| taken aback had Black calmly pro-
duced q bill-of-sale.
The absoluteness of the surprise
| flushed his clean-sllaven face q little,
although his grave immobility OF ex.
| preston underwer t not flicker. 1t
| was a surprise, but 1t was a good
surprise. Jesse r lack was bound over
under good and efficient bond to APP
pear at the next regular term OF the
. circL:, court in d ecember. That much
accomplished. no W he could buckle
down for the biz fight. How often had
! he been shipwTe cked In the shifting
| sands Of the really remarkable decis'
| ions of "Old Nee essity" and his kind.
This time, as by a miracle, he had es-
capped sands and shoals and sunken
rocks and ode In deep water.
A wave OF enlightenment swept over
Jim Munsom.
Boss" he whispered, that gal re-
porter's hummer"
How so?" whisper ed Langford'
amused. He proceeded 70 take an In
terested. II hasty, inven tory OF her
charms. What petite little person
age, to be sure! Almost I, 70 coloriess
though. Why, Jim. she &C MT hold Q
tallow candle to Williston' girl"
Who said she could?" demanded
Jim, with fine scorn and much re
lieved to find the boss so uni Lp7recia
tive. Eden might not be lost to them
after all. Strict justice m aae him
add: But she's wise one. Spotted
them blamed meddlin' boss thieves
right from the word 60. Yep. That's
q fac"
what blamed meddlin' boss
thieves Jim? You are on inth nate
terms with so many gentlemen Of thai
stripe-at least your language 80 lie adj
US to presume-that can't keep W
with the procession"
AT the bridge yistidy. I told 70
bout It. Saw EN- first at the B,A
AAhy IhCy uuubI bIoiicu ufc ~
the stockyards. She spotted EN- RICH
away. She's q cute'n. Made me shet +:
my mouth when ! was q blabbin' too
much. Jest before the fun began. oh,
she's cute'n!"
who were they, Jim?"
One Of 'em. I'm q thinkin', was
Jake Sanderson, a red-headed devil
who came up here from hell, reckon,
or Wyoming, one Of the two. Nobody
knows his biz. But he'll look like q,
steppedon potato bug 'gainst I sit
through with him. Didn't git on to
e other Teller. VIII next. You betl"
But what makes you think they are
mixed up in this affair?" Il
They had their eyes on me to see
what was ! dom In velpen. And
was q dom things, too"
Langford gave long. low whistle
Of comprehension. That would en-.
plain the unexpected waving Of exam.
nation. Jesse Black knew the steer
had been recovered and saw the fu- =
ulity Of nghting against his being
hnnn1 cnnn