The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-26
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Rnmor has 1t that for several days
past It could be easily noticed that
Dr. Tish Patton was in a very deer
study. Some OF his friends thought
hat he might be lamenting over the
approaching days OF a. dry town; 9TH
ers thought he might be sick !; others
xho knew the makeup OF the doctor
said that he was planning a scheme
of some kind and they were right
square on the track Of the workings
II his eyersnctive brain which the fol-
lowing will hint at so plainly that
The rest can easily be guessed.
!; TIsh had traded for peculiar look
Ing dog which some farmer back on
Booths creek had hired a tramp to
lead out OF the settlement but was
lucky to find a purchaser for the same
on his arrival at Fairnont In the per-
son OF the well known Mr.. Patton, who
has been an employe at the Carney
and Christy drug store for the last
twenty-five years and who will buy.
trade. sell or: deal in anything in the
live stock line from a tree frog to a
rhlnoceros and in the vegetable line
form mess OF greens to a barrel Of
hard cider. So Tish grasped the idea
that there was money In the queer
looking canine and the second thought
was that he could unload him on to the
we'll known W. E. Harris. OF Catawba.
better known as Bells Harris. and the
man who played such a conspicuous
part in the capture OF the Opekislsa
murderers, whose history is still fresh
In the minds OF the general public.
fish sends for Harris to come to Fair
mont at once. stating that he had a
we'll trained blood hound that would
lay big Ed. ]. E. Landes' famous man
hunter, in the shade and would also
be a good one to train Mr.. Harris
young blood hounds which he had pre-.
riously purchased.
Harris arrives and at once falls In
love with the actions OF the man hunt
err. Now Your price, says Harris to
the doctor. One hundred dollars, sir.
was the answer from Mr.. Patton and
the dog watched every move that was
made and Tish declared that the
dog knew every word they were say
ing. Watch his eye" says fish. II
wish I hadn't said hundred and it
would just take fifty. more to land
him." q
"I'll take him." said Harris here's
seven dollars cash and II he will do
as you say he will I will give you the
rest In check" "He's your dog says
fish.
So fish went to the Dairy Restau-
rent and got bone and slipped it into
a fellows pocket and on the quiet he
got the hungry hound to smell the
bone in the fellows pocket and then
had him go over the town and through
crowds at the Courthouse and the dog
stuIh EIShk " tIlc Hl6u H!Au Tie puli':
SO Beels Harris was declared to be
the proud owner OF man hunter
that would put King Henry, Nick Car
ter and big Ed in the shade.
NOV. fish. here is check for the
balance on the dog, dated q little
ahead. Don't try to draw on it for a
few days. "All right" says fish.
5 So Harris. he takes the dog home
and tries his smeller on one OF his
neighbors. having him to so mile
and climb a tree. So Bells turns the
brute us he now calls him. loose and
he couldn't make him hear. smell or
see his track. SO the fellow got tired
OF roosting In tree waiting for half
fox hound and cur dog to find him.. So
he secured good club and started
back to where Bells and the dog were
and found Bells with a club also
swearing vengeance on Tish Patton
and the dog both. So he called the
doctor up aud told him what had hap.
pened and fish told him to put a hone
in the fellows pocket and try him.
That settled the matter as far us the
dog being a man hunter and now TIsn
says for Harris to put him on the
track Of the bridge irons that went
out last rise in the river and II he
don't do the work he will take him
back and have his electrocuted.
So Bells Is In no danger financially
or otherwise unless the dog goes mad
as DR.. Patton Is man OF his word
and joker and SO is Bells Harris, but
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