Willmar tribune., 1909-03-31

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the deuce your name may be-" said /
Cole.
Il served the best could" respond 4
ed Murray, dryly.
Sit down for a moment" requested
Cole, and Murray complied.
Now, see here" said the southern.
er, you're a pretty smart young fel- |
low to have worked things out the
way you did. You and got alcux
very we'll together, didn't we? You
wouldn't like to see me hanged, would
your
No. replied Murray, Il wouldn't.
have no fancy for seeing anyone
hanged"
We'll, that's just what you're trying
to do with me" remarked the pris.
oner, in an injured tone.
Its a very unfortunate thing re-
turned Murray, ''and hope won't be
responsible for your DEATH
Cole was game to the core. and his
nerve never deserted MIN FOR an r.
slant. Despite the terrible ;redica-
1nent in which he found h.:7nself placed
his face did not lor~ its ruddy color
or Jolly, care-frce expression.
Its like :nis,' he said, coolly. y
suppose ought to shoot you, and If
had a gun handy I'd do it, for bust
Esss is business, and war is hellish
business, Wilson. But maybe there's
another way out of the tangle. There
is $4,000 in gold represented by those
cheques. They are as good this min
ute as the gold in the Bank of Mon.
treal. You can keep them. No one
on board here knows l have the1o
You may cash them whenever you
wish. All l ask is that you won't know
enough to get the rope around my
neck, and that if the chance comes
you'll do me friendly turn to help
me escape. Once I'm out you can give
me $500, or enough to get south, or
you needn't give me five cents. It's
a fair bargain, isn't it, Wilson? My
young friend, you'll never get such a
golden chance again in your life."
Murray merely smiled, glanced at
the tempting bait Fortune was dan.
Cling before his eyes-and shook his
head.
You may be telling the truth, Mr..
Cole he said, quietly. Il may never
get such chance again. I'll do what
l can for you in as far as it may be
consistent with my duty, but l can
not make you any promises
For the first time since his arrest
q frown darkened the prisoners brow.
Wilson, you're iool," he said,
sharply.
Murray turned upon him swiftly.
THAT may be your view of the mat
ter he said, grimly, 80 we won't
argue. But let me ask you one ques,
tion. Would you be willing to sell
out the confederacy?"
Coles imperious manner changed, he
put out his hand and grasped Muir
rays, shaking it warmly.
NO, / wouldn't" he said, frankly;
"and I respect your patriotism, Will
son. We understand each othey bet
ter now"
Captor and prisoner. now ir!bued
with mutual admiration, sat and
chatted in friendly tones. Cole asked
Murray where he had first seen him,
and the youthful detective narrated
the story Of the chase, giving him full
details even to the numbers of the
rooms in the hotels the southerner
had stopped at. When he had fin
ished Cole laughed.
Its straight yarn" he acknowl-
edged, "and you've got everything
right. But could swear on a stack
Of Bibles as high as this ship that l
never saw you before we met in San
dusky.'
Capt Carter alone had been in the
secret of Murray's masquerade as
Wilson. He had arranged for the
boats crew to be waiting at the land
ing to take Cole to the ship, and Muir
ray intercepted kilograms to Cole and
thus learned of the message concerning
the "16 shares His quick intui.
ton enabled him to read between
the lines and transform the shares
into men to arrive aboard the steamer
Parsons. With Cole safely in duranca
vile, Capt. Carter now made ready to
capture the raiders who had seized the
Parsons. Neither he nor Murray was
aware at the time that Cole had ar.
ranged for the Parsons to stay outside
until he should venture out of the har.
Dor with his yacht and signal them to
come in. He was to slip away from
his guests at the Seven-Mile house
drive swiftly to Sandusky, and 60 OUT
to meet the Parsons, while the Union
officers were enjoying themselves
miles away.
1t was agreed that the confederates
in possession of the Parsons, upon
meeting Cole, were to go in small
boat> to the Michigan, capture the
ship, ard then run over to Johnson's
island aid release the 1000 southern
prisoner chiefly officers, imprisoned
there They intended to land them at
Point Ielee, in Canada, across the
lake. Not much difficulty was antici.
pated in capturing the Michigan, as
when the approaching boats were chal.
lenged Cole, who was known to all
on board her, would answer and dis.
arm all suspicion.
Once aboard the confederates 20
lieved they could easily carry the
matches with rush. The Michigan
had IA cannon aboard her. six parrot
rifles, six 24-pound howitzers, two
i light howitzers, and over 100 tons Of
ammunition. They had no other hesv.
lily armed craft to fear on the lake,