Bisbee daily review., 1911-03-03
The Man Who Was
 Bribed
By N QUAD
Copyright. 1910. by Associated Lit
 erary Press.


 lazy to work were determined to live on the community of Hopewell. The constable warned Abe that he couldn't do it. Abe said nothing. but Abe's clothing was found by the mill pond. Mrs. Singer took on awful. and a sofl hearted citizen started purse for her and SG0 were raised. and there were others who contributed food and cloth ing. The widow moved from the sta ble into shanty.
 Ten days after the powwow Abe Singer appeared He had been ear. ried downstream by the current and thrown on an island. where he had re- maiaed unconscious for days and with out food for other days. It was a pret ty shy story, but the people had 10 believe it. and congratulate the teller on his wonderful escape.
 It was about sixty days later when the next event came of. X ciiizer who owned a farm outside the village hired Abe to dig a well He had fe- fused jobs not so hand OF dangerous. bur he took this one right away. tie preferred well digging Go even yhe postoaice steps When he had bs2n digging for two days asi after he had thrown out hints about quiczsaud and caye.ns the alarm was given that the curbing Of the well had cayed ia and that Abe was probably a dead snan ! eighteen feet down
 There is only one thing to do in such a case-dig the poor fvlicw out f iiv- ] ing. succor him; if dead contribute a fund to bury him and carry tlle widow along. There were some whJ wouldn't have come down lal for tta fact that Abe had gone to work and made no kick.
 His desire to help himself opened all hearts. If that hadn't theu thare |. were the widows tears ant imaeEta- : tions To fau back on The s'Iru oi Slo0 was raised for har and t vas mars ! clothes and more provisions ] The bottom of the wel paS strutk at last. but there was no Ahe Ihc4e | sure had been a cave-in, but < hadn nt ] caught him. There was a liygterT ca hand to be solved 1T not 'ne be, tom of the we'll chen whore vas leE | The question was ol every A9 for foul days. and then Abe came ba el- to au- ] swer 1t himself It was easily ex- 1 plained.
 1 He had bad warming Of She com i ing cave-in and had scrambled out. ! Such was his terror that he Aad been i temporarily out of bis head He re- i memiered running away as fsst as | be could, but when his sens@s came l back to him be was thirty mhss away and hiding in farmers bar1 As soon as he had recovered his Asfye he came joedag slong home aDd was ready to tackle tlie job again.
 Hopeweu shock it's head in doubt ing way. but did not talk muck Abe Singer was coming to the fro,li and becoming a hero He had also el9yed from a shanty into . cottage ana was living on the top shelf AS a matter of fact. he did finish the well and tAereby made lisaself solid with all who snight
 have olnarvise criticised. NcTsrthe- ! less the town constable felt that he had arte te r,srfafisl He went to Ale
 and said.
 @Yoa went to your death in he raver and returned Xsu Ee-t t5 Tc'-r eeith ia the wei and retlrneG- Font try
 the Hstle g@.ac again. If yon eo
 don't Believc the town will -aise an other dollar for yoi.r widow.
 The summer had departed and 'atl
 autumn had come Abe hadn't tiued
 himself out looking for any U'ore jobs
 but was now offered the position of
 night watchman of the village. It was
 cold job and poor pay, ana no cnt
 wanted it until he stepped torwaid Not a robbery had ever been commie
 ted in the village. but there ere taS'
 payers who thought it best tc guar,
 against such things happening. Whei
 the constable heard of the aproint
 ment he met Abe to say;
 "No foolishness. now
 If robbers come I shall Kill some oi
 them was the reply
 Hut if you have them kill you dor {
 make mess of it.
 q shall do my best to die. and wher
 ycu see me lying dead you will iie sor TT for what you have said"
 Two weeks passed. and then Ons
 night at midnight there were yell:
 and shots and the noise of running
 and the people turned out 10 find Ab' Singer missing. lie was searched for but not found Next day tbere was 3
 grand hunt. but no clsw Robbers had
 killed him and borne his body away
 anofher public subscription for th' , widow-moge provisions. fuel and clothing. She actually opened an ac count at the village hank and put or g mourning Another two weeks and fhe eat came back. Abe walked in t' say that he had discovered three yegg
 raca abCut Co break into the postoiic' and when hn bad fired on them thel hal seized and chiorofCrmed him ana E borne him away in a buggy. FO 3 twelve days he had known nothing
 but now he had come back to talk 2 his job again.
 Q Hopewcll didn't say much. It didn' ! threaten It didn't bring out tar ans