The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-03-27

found, people all over the United States were rsod
ing OF klos murder mystery and was q nnrdas aeau
sutodel - u "a0 H. nurocr or
,AHo. was prouder than a peacock OF her n,r-.o-
ny S.ery' and especially when tho oountvs eha-tT
calno down from Jefferson and ioined An tho 49,
LOT me remains OF Old Billings; and Davis yraa liz
q ne" man, he hardly had time to cat He ron
around Town and discovered cluea overJ,1vb.,. -, -
casey worked hard turning ont ortro a5S.to 80
M uv 1infS tnat he scarcely had time To teea old
oihngs property He spent all his tImo between tho
sua tne cellaT for tho old was getting
,e'tless again He had torn up so much paper that
ne was up 10 his arms In IT, and he told Cascv that
10, uu ~ "ane 10 seem lazy about making confetti
Sus enus ron @nat he know OF Kio he Judged no
nHu aoout an the confetti tho town would need for n
ohe-oay carnival, and that IL he tore up much moro
no woud oe s"amped and would Nkefy drown IN
conlettL DO becan1o quito ugly about it so Casey
suggested to Davis that he had got about tba r,il
news value out of Old Billings. and It would no =
GOOD thns to let him drop now. and try sorne other
sensation. - -1 e'
Sue 9 DAVIS Knew better He was right in the heart
o. tho mystery, end he wasn't going to- give M while
mystery WAS still mysterious: so Casey han N 20
Gown collar and try 10 start Old Billings going ngajn
:. IL was nsrd WORK Old Billings said he had used
up tne whole pile OF old exchanges and he thought
tnat was more than any young fellow could have done
va bhlngs sat on the table growing to himself
.or while after Casey went upstairs, and then he
took up one OF tho papers that Casey had inst
Drought down, and the headlines looked a.
ulm. He did not have to look at them for they
we're Davis,s Times headlines and they fairly veil
and that he was tho prze mystery of the century
Old Billings thought It over for few minutes and
then he climbed as far UP tho cellar stairs as he
could and pounded tho undersfde OF tho trandoor
with tho shears. Casey let the press stop and camo
down. Ho saw ut once what was the matter and
what mistake he had made in not ccnsorine tho
exchanges before he had handed them to Old Bill.
1ngs, =
III ye was up there. there wouldn't be any excite
ment" said Casey. "Yo can't be murdered an, stand
round iistenn' 20 how ye was murdered at the same
va hol.
wouldn't have been murdered up there an az long as
ye are In good health ye oughtnt to complain. Be
good feler and make some more confetti"
Casey sat down on the stairs and looked At Old
Billings sadly
"An' spoil tn monopoly" ho said. Go on on,
thon an have everybody know about confetti an
hayo every livin soul In Ililo start to their own
before night Go Mr.. Billings! An to tn dick
with our pronts!"
.Im goin' out" repeated Old Billings. doggedly.
'Go on out then!" urged Casey. AN IN halt an
hor thin sherlHs an marshals an all Will find out
whore ye have been, an ye will be tn joko OF tn
town an laughed at an no mystery at ALL an our
confetti monopoly all gone e smash. didn't think
1t OF ye, Mr.. Billings 'Tis not what would do"
am agoIn out" reiterated Old Billings
"An' You just glttin' { have tn finest news value
OF any man in Kiloi" exclaimed Casey dis gustedly
us that tn way ye do in lo2 Is that til way ye do.
when ye could go out just ye wish an still have
thin look on ye with wonder an awe. an not spoil
tn confetti monopoly?' a., 4., -ay,,-, ~ :,
II want TO go out" said Old Billings ~
AN where will ye saY,ye have been all this time7
dn Dayiss cellar tearin' up confetti an so would T.
lMr Billings II I Was in Yer place. but would not
say 1t that way. / would let them find mo In tn
cellar, an not Word would ] say about confetti
Sure would say. is this me OF not me7 Am I
Old Billings. am I a rat? Then they all looks
surprised and interested. a ratT they says. Yes
ye says. am a raj, amt I? The last remem
Dor was rat An then they points to tn paper
ye have torn an they say sure he thinks he Is
rat! tbs wonderful upsettn' of tn mind he has
had. Some one must have took him out IN tn woods
NJ a1ralh hfr,A -.
SPELL Ye would be hayin' full page two In tn
Times about IT," said Casey. enthusiastically. "an'
no one would guess this confetti at all We
could hold onto tn monopoly"
IT won't be rat" said Old Billings grunpily.
We'll. then" said Casey, coaxIngly "6e squir-
rel squirrel is pretty animal. Ye ought T liko
t be one, Mr.. Billings"
II won't be squirrel" said Old Billings.
Then viii ye be nice little bird, maxim prct-
ty nest In tn cellar Bo canary bird Mr. Billings
coa1ed Casey 1s,,s