The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1911-03-17

son. A bundle tightly roll.
Ell In black oilcloth was strapped 10
his back lie stopped In the middle Of
the road. Looking about. his eyes
rested upon a weather.beaten sign
board upon which had once been
painted the picture Of black bear
resting upon lts launches. For more
than a hundred years this sign board
had been swinging TO and fro as II
reckoning and inviting passorsby to
enter the little Inn that was standing
some is or 20 feet back from tho
road. II took Mr.. Herman Weisgar.
Der several minutes to declpher the
Inscription beneath the faded picture.
When he had succeeded. as he thought,
he muttercd audibly, dish ish de
blaze. Der black bear vas Inn. und
! shust myself viii walk In NIT him"
Braclng up a llttlo and stroking his
chin he stepped with heightened
stride into tho little front room that
served as an Office for tho Black Bear
Inn. Here ho found himself In the
/ presence OF n pleasantfaced woman
who smiled coquottishly
lie greeted her in his own tongue.
In which she replied. and the CONVEX
satlon was now carried on briskly In
/ the German language II was buX.
| ON widow on the one hand and ras.
/ cally counterfeiter on the other. lie
was a longtime rogue. but she was
honest and unBuspicious. with her
the world was good, with him II was
dog eat dog and the devil take the
hindmost. The widow Hartz was al.
together too unsophistlcated to pene.
trato the dark recesscs OF tho hollow.
hearted man that had by chance come
suddenly into the AFFAIRS OF her life.
She Judged him by her own heart
and little dreamed Of the misery no
soon to follow her chance acqualnt.
ance with Herman welsgnrbcr
Her husband had died about two
years before At this time her heart
was conferred on her son. a young man
nearly twenty years OF age. John
Hartz. thanks TO the training OF his
father. was honest and industrious
The Black Bear Inn and the little
farm adjoining was sacred inherl
lance from his paternal grandfather
The Inn was now somewhat out OF
date. but was still doing its part to.
wards furnishing the mother and son
living and a little to lay up for a
rainy day. Johns father had taught
him TO stand firmly for the right In
all things.
Mr.. Woisgarber's gray blue eyea
we're shining brightly beneath his
oyerhanging brows as he stood ex
planning to the widow Hartz regarding
himself. The word tramp. now 81
Aptly applied to the tie.path tourist
had not been coined In that day and
men Of his like were little understood
lie said he was Just out on pleasure
Tour and that he Travelled on foot NJ
matter Of choice. lie was moving
leisurely along that he might better
enjoy the lovely scenery and pure
mountain air. His words were wei
chosen and deeply impressive as h,
cautiously worked his way up to tn,
point OF Offering TO remain for time
and assist In the work about the Inr
and farm. He had smooth tongue
The turnpike. winding it's way
along up and down the sides, oyel
and across the Allegheny mountains
was then the popular highway fol
droyers and wagoners upon their wa,
to and fro between Eastern Pennsyl
yania and Plttsburg, Tho peopl,
along this route were principally Ger
mans. Some OF them could neither
read nor speak English. They llyet
mainly on what they produced ant
had little occasion TO spend thei
money. Almost anything that locke,
like money would pass In thos,
days much OF the paper none,
In circulation was OF the wilt
cat kind. Between the counterfeit
and genuine issue there was but m
tie choice. One passed from hand I,
hand almost as readily as the other
Herman weisgarber. as he Gale,
himself, had for many years been dodg
ing about from place to place ma
king living by showing the queer
Under pretence Of his inability to un
derstand the English language he wa
able to deceive the officers and es
cape arrest It was always "Nloht
verstehe" with him. "He shust dldn'
know noting bout baper monies"
To the widow Hartz he appeared
man OF honor She measured hi
character by her own and could Sc,
no farther Six months had scarcel,
passed from the time she met hin
until he became her husband.
When John Hartz came In contac
with his stepiather he was hones'
and had he followed In the footstep
Of his own father he would have re
NAMED so, II did not take long 4
prove that he was susceptible ant
easily drawn into ways that were darl
and forbidding, Step by step he wa
led along and craftily initiated int
the mysterious doings Of counterfeit
ers