The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-22

Ga had good 65 DS for % Goo 70 Of the ct stun M "a
hanePeIt TSnss 2 2TVg @ anP 1 ~ Zee 70 @ ad 'P let
him have it. can give it to Hanchett and come out
ssOf course expect to make something of the
trade cannot afford TO work for love, as it costs
lots to buy food these days and poor htte Frank Is
PLEASE let Frank have it. or send an answer by him
as to what YOU willing to do. Frank does not
know who Hanchett is and thinks his name is John
If you give u 70 Frank do It up well and don
let him know what it is: for don want the poor boy
follow in his fathers footsteps, and at present he
knows nothing about the business Yours TesPsGfgy,
them TO market by boys. and I knew Streeter would
not do So He wrote back that if Hanchett wanted to
do business with him he must come out TO Grauot.
That was what yvanted-su invitation TO visit him
because to have gone without some word from INN
The next day l hired livery team and Frank and
started for the home of the counterfeter twentysH
zero aud the roads were bad. About O'Clock we
drew up before little log house in the center of
out the door I handed him letter Of introduction
from Mrs. Latta and then looked aside FOR an instant
10 rive Frank opportunity TO slip into his hand
the following letter, which had drawn up for Mrs,
Latta TO copy and sign:
Dear SiT-Harchett has decided to. 90 if ] let
Frank go with him: He has promised 70 give Frank
If YOU can make the dcker You must not let Hanchett
know you recognize him. Call him johnson, Tor he
fully, MRS LATTA"
streeter, who was tall, raw.boned farmer weigh
ment 10 read the letter;
r'Nothing' said, except that this northern win
ter is pretty near freezing me.
.'Come into the house,
followed him in. Like Mrs. Latta S place, this
bouse had only one ! sat IN chair by the
stove The rest Of the family stood up. In the
were Tom s father and mother, brother and two sis
ters The whole six ranged themselves around the
walls behind and beside me-nonc in front / knew
y,bat fhev were doing Tom had brought in TO SEQ
if " tbcy recon1Iizcd me as viii Hanchett
II was a very ticklish position for me. l didn't
know what Eanchctt looked like, II they discovered
me 10 be on mpostor il meant fight.
I'Let' S 90 out TO tho barn. said Tom after few
minutes. r..
talk business. ! told him ! understood he had $4,000
In counterfeit and that would like to buy IT. He
said he did not believe there was $500 worth OF the
stuff in the state . "
cobs and cornstalks longpropged pitchfork.
Finally he said;
cit ism Il safe have any counterfeit out hero
Ton,t YOU know Mrs. I,atta has gone TO the
secret servce3 She has told the government all about
us out here and n named DTummoud is out
in Wisconsin looking for 'Clate' Robinson saw him
at Mrs Latta's house early in DECEMBER and camo
ont here the next day to warn us
pretended to be astounded
t.i see it all now, - i said Mrs. Lata me out
here TO buy your stuff for the purpose of having Drum
nond arrest me the moment | got it,
And then | denounced both Mrs Latta and Drum
rnond TO the best of my ability.
Strecter continued TO spear corncobs with his fork
r.Do YOU know, - said he after a moments silence
that ii it for your beard you would answer
the description Of Drummoud to Z 't'}'