The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-09-21


just possible that the man had been
pardoned. If SO, why did lie nor recoy-
nize and greet his old friend? The
deputy had been as friendly with him
as the regulations permitted. even
more thar that.
II he had not been pardonej. tiian he
must have escaped. bun that he could
sit there with such brazen assurance
was not like Drayton. The deputy
found his position embarrassing In II
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:
Il have a good memory for faces
and | am sure l have seen yours be-
fore"
1T may be So" was the careless re-
ply, accompanied by a smile.
Haven't l met you in the village Of
Wadsworth?' naming the place where
the *. state prison was situated.
Il may have passed through the place
on a train. but l am sure l never stop
ped there. 1t is possible hat we have
met before while travelling"
The voice. the movement of the
mouth while speaking. the look Of the
eyes, everything about the man waa
perfectly familiar to the officer, bat hs
suddenly decided to adopt a new hna
of policy for awhile. He would mss(
fnesse with fnesse. The pair entered
into general conversation for tive
hours, and then the deputy sent cut &
telegram asking tho warden Of thu
state prison If Drayton had bsen pan
doned or had escaped Two hours LAT
er. as he was nearing the end Of tn
journey. he received an answsr 80
ing:
"Drayton is stfi with N and Aas ~
been locked In his CELL 8
Here was another puzzlA bat 4 dtA
not take the astuts official long to reach
q conclusion. Drayton had clatmsA
that the felony had been committed b.
some man resembling him Here wa
his prototype. his twin brother. While
he looked more like a respectable bush
ness man than a thief, the ex-deputy
determined not to let him 60 without q
rigid examination.
1t happened that the two got or a
the same city. and they had scarcely
descended from the train before the
stranger was given In charge by the
Official and taken to a police station. Il
was a high handed thing to do, and IL
he was what he 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 on 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 We're wonder and amaze
ment in the court. Their own moth
ers could not have told them apart. \
little detective work had unearthed n
bad record for the stranger. and. al
though he started out to make Il great
legal fight, he ended by confesslng that
he was the guilty party and that Dray-
ton had served tw" years for Il 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 II
moral lesson from the bench had some
thing more to say His conscience had
been troubling him for the way ne
charged the jury against an innocent
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 c~ognizancs
OF the fact