The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-11-18

0l- IA.l4laH gf2E4 1
tEsntT-hrst birthday: I ~as dumh
with apprehension
He . y he had q pair Of cufltnks
also. but he sold them
Fer q dollarn half put In the dis
reputable individual h~oarsely, with
an ere on the detective
He Is not-deadg" / inplored The
tramp cleared his throat
Nom he said huskily. He was
used up pretty bad. but he weren't
dead He vas comm to hisself when
The stopped and looked ar the de-
tecEEe. 4 didn't steal H. Mr.. Win
tsrs, he whined- Il found Ii II the
road. honest 10 God. I did
Mr.. Winters paid 10 attention to
him He was watching Alex
I'd better ten what be told me.
AK broke in 1T viii be quicker.
When Jamieson-when FIR. JAMESON
calls Up we czn start him right Mr.
Winters. / found this mai trying 10
sell that watch Cd Fifth street He Of
fered it TO me for So.
How did you know the wa.chf~
Winters snapped al him
I had seen il before, many times
I used il at night when / was watch
ing at the foot OF the staircase" The
detective was satisfied. When be Of
fered the watch 10 me, l knew it. and
/ pretended / was going TO buy t. We
vent into IN alley and / got the
watch" The tramp shivered- Il was
plain how Alex had secured the watch
Them got the story from this fel-
Eow. He claims to hare seen the
whole affair. He says he vas I'm q
empty car-in the car the
struck
The tramp broke in here and told
his story. with frequent interprera-
lons by Alex and Mr. Winters. He
Rse4 a strange medley, in which IA
miliar words took unfamiliar mean
Tngs. but il was gradually made clear
to Us
On the night In question the tramp
had been pounding his szr-this
struck me as being graphie-in an
empty box-ear along the siding At
Casanova The train was going vest
and due to leave a. dawn The tramp
and the @brzkey were friendly. and
things going well About ten o'clock
perhaps earlier, q terrific crash
against the side Of the car reused him
He tried 10 omen the door, but could
not move IT He got out OF the other
h-=z - - ~-z
some q nan
The habits of a lifetime made him
cautious He slipped on TO the bum
per of a car and peered through An
automobile had struck the car and
stood there on two wheels The tai
lights we're burning but the head
lights were out Two men were stoop
ing oFer some one who lay On the
ground Then the taller Of two started
On . dogtrot along the train looking
for an empty He found one four cars
away and ran back again The tEe
lifted the unconscious man into the
empty box-car, and getting in them
selves. stayed for three or four min
uteS When they came cut. after clos
ing the sliding door, they cut mp ovel
the railroad eznbankHnent toward n.
town One, the short ne, seemed q
limp
The tramp Was wary. He waite<
for ten minutes or so. Some wome.
came down a path 10 the road and in
spected the automobile. When the.
2 had SOue- he crawied into the boxca
and closed the door again Then b
lighted q match The figure Of a mai
unconscious. gagged. and with hi
hands tied, lay far at the end Tn
tramp lost 10 time; he tent througI
bis pockets. found a little money an
the curlinEs, and took them The
he loosened the gait had bee
cruelty highland gent his wal
again closing the door of the boxcal
Outside on the road be found th
watch He got on the fast freight eas
some time after, and rode into n
city. He had sold the cuniinks. bg
On offering the watch to Alex he Ia
been COPIED"
The story. with its cold recital {
| viIIainy. was done / hardly knew III
were more anxious. or less That
was Halsey, there could be no doub
How badly he vas hurt. how far b
had been carried, were the question
that demanded immediate answer. 81
ii was the first real information y
had had. Ely boy had not been mu
dered outright But instead of yagz
terrors there was nov the real fes
that he might be lying in some strans
hospital receiving the casual atte
ton commonly given to the chart
cases Even this, had we known
would have been paradise TO the te
rihle truth I wake yet and feel n
self cold and trembling with the hc
TOR Of Halseyfs situation for thr'
days after his disappearance.
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