The Lambertville record., 1911-12-29

and the posse all looked at one another
in astonishmeDt. An idea popped into
Kate's head She gave the men a
meaning look and drew them away
from the professor, who. being more in.
terested in the dinosaur than their talk,
forgot all about them In rummaging
among the big stone vertebrae
Gents" said Kate, hes a lunatic."
what makes y think so" asked the
sheriff.
Didn't v bear what he said about
them stones? He's got an idee into his
head that 10000 years ago some var
mint or other, dragon mebbe, seven
| ty feet long fell down a well. What
more do s. want for to make him out
crazy MANI
"Oh. Kate" exclaimed the owner of
the horse Its you that's gone daft
or you're trying to save his neck,
| don't know which He's been caught
in the act and is playing 1t on u.s."
Where did he get the talk about
dinosaursf' asked one man, who, be-
ing better educated than the rest, had
read of extinct mammoths. Horse
thieves don't know anything about fos-
sils."
Come on. Clem." said the owner of
the stolen horse Il call upon you as
sheriff to arrest the man and take him
in for trial.
"Y' won't have much trouble doin'
that" remarked Kate, "seein' he hain't
got no weapon. Does boss thieves go
about without guns2"
This was a staggerer. and the sher-
ifr was debating in his mind what to
do when Tipton finished his investiga-
tions and said he was going back to
the settlement. So they all rodeo eoback
together, the supposed horse thief be-
ing forced to ride ahead. Kate rode
beside him. She seemed very much
troubled at the position he occupied
with reference to the stolen horse and
was revolving in her mind some des-
perate method OF extricating him IL
she failed to convince others of his
unacy As for the professor, he was
unconscious of his danger. In any
event. he never dreamed that the pen
atty for horse stealing was the same
as Tor WuFueI
Nov. see here" Kate said to him,
"when they get y back to the set
tlement they'll take y before Judge
Lynch Y mustn't be surprised at
any evidence | may give in
Upton was so wrapped up in the
dragon that had fallen down the
well" that her words made very little
| al..r n
ed the settlement. true enough, he was
taken before Judge Lynch. and num-
ber of men. new tn the case were i'm
paneled as a jury the sheriff regard
ing those who were with him when
| he made the arrest as witnesses. The
latter were examined in turn and told
the same story. which was simply that
the horse had been missed. they had
Lit out on a chase and had come upon
the prisoner and the girl. the horse
grazing near by. When they had CIV
en- their testimony Kate took the
stand
al was ridin' along" she said. when
| seen the little man ahead. From
the way he talked | made up my mind
|
upper story, just the kind of man to
git on a boss he seen in stable or
hitched to post without KNOWN
what he was doin He talked about
a varmint 10000 years old that had
fell into we'll He didn't have sense
enough not to go around without
gun. / thort it wouldn't do to let him
90 about alone. so | went with him
If he was on boss be knowed he'd
stolen he'd rid mighty hard Instead
n that every now and then he'd gil
often his animal and down on bis
hands and knees. workin' at the stones
, | qe brought out hammer and KEEP
breakin 'em and putin the pieces In
his rockets. Y'll find EN- there now
The prisoner was called upon to emp
tv his pockets and produced some
, twenty pounds OF stone fragments
T reckoned. the witness proceeded
"tbat he suffered some disease when I
] child that KEEP bis brain from grown
] Small boys pockets are always full
TONS and things, and the mans is wu'
vet helm loaded down with nothin
: but stones Then when we came t
: tho well where the dragon had fell II
:. he looked up and said q pra'ar. Hos
4 thieves amt givin to prayin' Th'
moor feller needs to be sent back home
.Will you see that he Is taken car
4 Off" said the judge.
"Yes'
r "Dischargedi" was the laconic dis
II missal of the case, and Kate led tn
= professor away us If he had been
child
. Some months later the professor re
it turned, superintended a gang OF ia
borers engaged in digging up the bone
8 of the dinosaur and shipped them eas'
J. when they were mounted In the mu
scum Kate, at the professors invita-
e tjon visited the institution and wa
2. surprised at the monster she say
a there
a By this time the professor had b'
It come cognkant OF the fact that b
o. her adroitness in proving him befor
10 Judge Lynch to be a iunatic she ma
d saved his life, and he felt duly graft
a full He persuaded her to remain
10 the east. sent her to school. and so
learned as much in three years as som
le girls would In half a dozen. Then tn
!" professor married her. She is now
most as enthusiastic over the bones
10 great monsters that lived In prem
1t toric times as her husband and assis1
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