Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-02-06
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ran It on my plan"
I'm game to try said Sheehan
slowly. I'm too old to hold 'em down
out there the way yoosta could, and
I'm sick of It-sick of 1t into the very
bones Of me-" He wiped his forehead.
Where's ClaudineY'
"Held as Witness
I'm not sorry fer herr said the red
bearded man emphatically. women
o. that kind are so light headed it's
wonder they don't float. Think Of her
pickin' up Cory's gun from the floor
and hidin' it in her clothesl Took it
fer granted 1t was. Happy's and
thought she'd help him by hidin' it!
There's hard point fer We, Joe-to
prove the gun belonged to Cory.
There's nobody about here could
swear to it. | couldn't myself, though
forced him to stick it back in his
pocket yesterday. He was wan
derer, too, and yen have to send
Keen one to trace him. Pm thinkin', to
find out where he got 1t SOS We can
show it in court
I'm going myself I've found out
that he came here from Denver
"And from where before thatY'
Il don't know. but I'll keep on tray
cling till get what want"
That's right, my boy" exclaimed
the other heartily. st may be long
trip. but ye're all the little man has to
depend on. Did ye notice the Tocsin
didn't even give him the credit fer Civ
in himself up2''
Yes said joe ITS part Of their
game
| did 1t strike We now" Mr. Sheehan
asked earnestly. leaning forward in
| his chair-"did it strike ye that the
Tocsin was amin more to do Happy
harm because of you than himselfr"
yes" Joe looked sadly out OF the
window. sI'ye thought that over, and
1t seemed possible that might do
Happy more good by giving his case to
some other lawyer
/ mo. sirr' exclaimed the proprietor
! Of Beaver Beach loudly. They've be-
| gun their attack, they're bound to keep
| it up. and they'd manage to turn It to
| the discredit of both of We. Besides.
Happy wouldn't have no other lawyer.
He'd ruther be hung with you fghtin'
fer him than be cleared by anybody
else. b'lieve it. on my soul I dol
| But look here" he went on, leaning
still farther forward. II want to know
If it struck We that this morning the
Tocsin attacked ye In way that was
somehow vi'lenter than ever before"
"Yes," replied Joe. because it was
aimed to strike where it would most
count"
at amt only that" said the other
excitedly-'.it amt only that! / want
ye to listen. Now. see here, the Tocsin
is Pike, and the town is Pike-I mean
the town ye naturally belonged to.
Amt it?n
I'm way. | supposeyes."
I'm a wayr' echoed the other scorn-
fully 'sYe know it Isl Even as boy
Pike disliked ye and hated the kind Of
boy We was. Ye wasn't respectable.
and he was. Ye wasn't rich. and he
y
ye'd meet him on the street" The red
bearded man broke off at a gesture
from Joe and exclaimed sharply: Don't
/ deny It'll | know what ye was like!
Ye wasn't impudent, but ye looked at
him as If ye saw through him. Now
listen and I'll lead ye somewhere. Ye
run with riffraf. Now, ask ye this:
Ye've had one part of Canaan with ye
from the start-my part. that is-but
the others against We. That parts
Pike, and It's the ruin part
! "Yes, Nike" said Joe YEARLY. In
the spirit of things. Lknow."
mo, SIR cried the other. That's
the trouble; We don't know. There's
more in Canaan than we've understood.
Listen to this: Why was the Tocsin's
attack harder this morning than ever
before? On yer soul didn't it sound so
bitter that it sounded desprit? Now.
why? 1t looked to me as If 1t had
started to ruin ye, this time fer good
and all. Why? What have ye had to
do with Martin Pike lately? Has the
old wolf got to injure YEP Mr.. Shee-
hans voice rose and his eyes cleaned
under bushy brows. Think" he fin
ished. whats happened lately to
make him bite SO hard?"
! There were some faded roses on the
desk, and as Joe's haggard eyes fell
/ upon them the answer came. What
makes you think Judge Pike isn't
trustworthy r. he had asked Ariel. and
her reply had been, Nothing very
definite, unless it was his look when
told him that meant to ask you to
take charge Of things for me-"
He got slowly and amazedly to bis
feet. you've got it!'' he said.
'Ye seer" cried Mike Sheehan. slap
ping his thigh with a big hand. "0n
my soul l have the penetrationl Ye
don't need to tell me one thing except
this: / told ye I'd lead ye somewhere.