Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-09-21

observe Drayron at a Nearby able
just possible that the man had been
pardoned. If so, why did he nor receg-
nize and greet his old friend? The
deputy had been as friendly with him
as the regulations permitted, even
more than that
If he had not been pardoned. than he
must have escaped, but that he could
sit there with such brazen assurance
was not like Drayton. The deputy
found his position embarrassing in a
way, and yet 1t did not take him long
to make up his mind what to do
Dinner had been finished half an
hour before the deputy approached him
and said:
II have a good memory for faces.
and l am sure I have seen yours be-
fore"
1T may be So" was the careless re7
ply, accompanied by a smile.
Haven't l met you in the village of
Wadsworth?" naming the place where
the K state prison was situated.
II may have passed through the place
on train, but am sure 1 never stop
ped there. 1t is possible that we have
met before while travelling"
The voice, the movement OF the
mouth while speaking. the look Of the
eyes, everything about the man was
perfectly familiar to the officer, but ha
suddenly decided to adopt q paw linz
of policy for awhile He would mea1
hnesse with hnesse. The pair entered
into general conversation fog two
hours, and then the deputy SAINT ont d
telegram asking ths vandan Of thu
state prison If Draytnn had bean par
donsd or had escaped Two hours Lat
er, as he was nearing the end OF thd
journey, be received an answer ran<zl
ing:
-Draytnn IN stnl with I'm and has >5znu1
been locked in his ceEl"
Here was another puzzla, but it aid
not take the astute official long to reach
conclusion. Drayton had claimed
that the felony had been committed By
some man resembling him Hare wad
his prototype, his twin brother. While
he looked more like a respectable busi-
ness man than a thief, the ex-deputy
determined not to Let him 90 without a
rigid examination.
1t happened that the two got or ae
the same city, and they had scarcely
descended from the train before the
stranger was given In charge by the
official and taken 20 a police station It
was a high handed thing to do, and IL
he was what ne represented or seemed
to be he could make trouble for the
other
Few men have done for another what
the deputy did for Drayton- He re-
manned with the stranger until he got
good grounds for his arrest the old
charge. He brought the cashier and
others on at his own expense and got
the authorities to extradite the man
and the courts to put him on trial and
summon Drayton from state prison.
When the two men finally stood to-
gether there were wonder and amaze
ment in the court. Their own moth
ers could not have told them apart A
little detective work had unearthed. a
bad record for the stranger, and, al
though he started out to make a great
legal fight. he ended by eonfessing that
he was the guilty party and that Dray-
ton had served two years for a crime
he haC not committed The latter was
pardoned and restored to citizenship
and responsibility, while the guilty
one was sent to occupy his place in
prison, and the judge who had read a
moral lesson from the bench had some
thing more to say His conscience had
been troubling him for the way he
man, and he sought to console it by
admitting that somewhere In the world
every man may find his prototype, but
that the law could not take cognizance
of the, fact