Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-01-21

musL get INTO some dry clothes at once.
The young man was saying:
at happened right out there by the
sea wall-where the big break Is. Har-
ry and / were coming up the Drive,
and l called attention to a man run
ming south along the wall. Just then
this gentleman ran over from this side
of the street, and a minute or two
later we saw him jump into the break
over there. Suicide, thought, but he
wasn't a minute coming up. There
was the woman! He'd pulled her out!
BY thunder, it was the bravest thing
l ever saw! He
And then 1t was that everybody be-
gan to shower praise upon the man
who only had tried to do his duty by
the one who hired him to do ugly, not
gallant, deeds.
"Did you watch which way the rob-
Der ran?" demanded broom eagerly.
Lost him in the dark. He ran like
fury. You must have scared him of, /"
said the second young man. 81 wish
we could have seen his face. Did you
see it?'
mot distinctly" answered broom
"He struck me as being a slim young
fellow, that's ALL" OF one thing he
was assured-the evidence of these
two men would prove that he had
acted as valiant protector and not as
thug, fear which had not left his
mind until now. They had seen the
fleeing assailant, but there was only
one person who could identify him.
That person was Frances Gable, the
victim. If 1t was not James Bansemer
then who could it have been?
The door opened, and an agitated
young woman came out.
ut is Mrs. Cablew she cried in trem-
bling tones.
The physician arrived at that mo
ment, and few minutes later came
an officer who had been hailed from
the doorway. While the policeman
was listening to the voluble young eye
witnesses broom stood aloof, puzzling
himself vainly in the effort to solve
an inside mystery. He had been
ready few minutes before to curse
himself for pulling the woman out of
the water, but now as the belief grew
stronger within him that her assailant
was not James Bansemer his view.
point changed. II such was the case
there would be no need to fear Mrs.
Cables story II she revived sufficiently
to tell 1t. On the other hand, II It was
Bansemer. he had rescued her to an
Ill purpose. He was conscious finally
that some one was speaking to him.
what do you know Of thisT de-
manded the policeman. broom repeat
ed his brief story. what is your name
and where do you live?"
my name Is Elias broom. and live
over In Wells street"
Gould you identify the manr'
81 don't think So"
what were you doing over in this
part Of town.
walking up to see the skaters on
the park lagoon. But what's that got
to do with lit You'd better be out
looking for the thief instead Of vast
ing time on me here" snarled broom.
The officer gasped, and there Is no tell
Ing what might have happened II the
captain and a swarm Of bluecoats had
not appeared on the scene at that mo-
ment. Two minutes later they were
OF securing the lake front In search Of
the mysterious holdup man. Two plain
clothes men remained to question the
witnesses and to inspect the neighbor-
hood In which the crime was commit
ted. ass s
Word came from the inner room that
Mrs. Gable was regaining conscious
ness.
''Does-can she throw any light on
the AFFAIR." asked Elias broom.
"Ehe has uttered NO word except her
husbands name. I think she In still
calling upon him for help. poor thing"
said the young woman who bore the
news.
"Cable ought 10 b. notified" said one
a the men.
Don't do It over the phone" said
broom quickly. 'T'm going past his
house. I'll stop IN and tell him. La
ne OFT omesf. I must ct cut Of thsse
vet GarnsntA Pm an on man. you