The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-04-22
Winters snapped at him.

fered the watch to me- ! knew Il, and
/ pretended I.was going to buy il. We
went into an alley and ! got the
watch The tramp shivered II was
plain how Alex had secured the watch.
Then got the story from this fel-
low. lie claims to have seen the
whole affair. He says he was in an
empty car--in the car the automobile
struck"
The tramp broke in here and told
his story, with frequent interpreta
tons by Alex and Mr.. Winters, He
used a strange medley. in which ia
miliar words took unfamiliar mean
ings, but it was gradually made clear
10 us
On the night In question the tramp
had been pounding his ear'-this
struck me as being graphic--in an
empty boxcar along the siding at
Casanova. The train was going west
and due TO leave at dawn. The tramp
and the 'brakey' were friendly, and
things going well. About ten o'clock,
perhaps earlier, terrific crash
against the side OF tho car reused him
He tried to open the door, but could
not move IT, lie got out Of the other
side, and just as he did so, he heard
some one groan
The habits Of d lifetime made him
cautious lie 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 tail
lights were burning. but the head
lights were out Two men were stoop-
ing over some one who lay on the
ground. Then the taller OF two started
on dog.trot along the train looking
for an empty. He found one four cars
away and ran back again. The two
lifted the unconscious man into the
empty box.car. and getting in them.
selves, stayed for three or four min.
utes. When they came out, after clos
ing the sliding door, they cus up over
! the railroad embankment toward the
town. One, the short one, seemed to
limp
The tramp was wary. lie waited
for ten minutes or so. Some women
came down a path to the road and in
spected the automoblle When they
had gone, he crawled into the boxcal
and closed the door again. Then ht
lighted match. The figure of a man
unconscious. gagged, and with his
hands tied, lay far at the end The
tramp lost no time: he went through
his pockets. found little money ant
the cufflinks, and took them. Ther
he loosened the gag-it had beer
cruelty tight--and went his way
again closing the door OF the box.car
Outside on the road he found tn,
watch. He got on the fast freight east
boee time after, and rode into th'
city. He had sold the cuff-links, bu
on Offering the watch to Alex he ha'
been COPIED
The story, with its cold recital o
villainy. was done ! hardly knew If
were more anxious, or less. That
was IIalsey, there could be no doub'
How badly he was hurt, how far h
lad been carried, were the question
fhat demanded immediate answer Bu
il was the first real information "
Lad had; my boy had not been mul
dered outright But Instead OF yagtl
terrors there was now the real lea
that he might be lying in some strang
hospital receiving the casual after
tion commonly given to the Chart
cases. Even this. had we known
would have been paradise to the te
rlble truth | wake yet and feel m
self cold aud trembling with the no
ror of Iahey's situation for thrf
days alter Ills disappearance.
Mr.. Winters and Alex disposed
the tramp with warning. It was el
dent he had told MS all he knew "
had occasion, within a day or two
be doubly thankful that we had give
him his freedom. When Mr.. Jami
son telephoned that night we had new
for him; he told me what ] had n
realized before-that II would not
possible TO find Halsey at once, ey'
with this clew The cars by this tim
three days, might be scattered over {
union. But he said to keep on hopir
that II was the best news We had ha
And in the meantime. consumed wi
anxiety as we were, things were ha
penng at the house in rapid succ'
sion
We had one peaceful day--then +.
dy took sick In the night went
when heard her grooming. and fou
her with a hot-water bottle 10 |
face, and her right cheek swollen /
I'll It was CLASSY
"Toothache2r ! asked not too &c
ly. you deserve Il A woman
- your age. who would rather 50 arou
with an exposed nerve In her he
than have the tooth pulled, II wo
N be over in a moment"
e SO would hanging" Lddy 7
b. tested. from behind the hot.water |
10 tie. ,.
| was hunting around for cotton /
10 landanum.
"Yon have tooth Just like II yc
j" sell. Miss Rachel" she whimpef
r. And I'm sure Dr. Boye's been try
IN TO take II out for years"
r. There was no laudannm. and III,