The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-11

The professor looked at his horse
and. not knowing what the man was
talking about. just smiled. He couldn't
think of anything else 10 do.
''Y' uin't been stealth that boss, have
W" asked the girl.
81 don't know what you people are
all talking about" said the professor.
III came out here TO learn II this fossil
is of value. and l find 1t very valuable
indeed. As have said, it's dinosaur.
must be sixty feet long and doubtless
between 10000 and 10000 years old"
The sheriff. the owner of the horse
and the posse all looked at one another
In establishment. 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 lunatic."
"what makes y think 500" asked the
sheriff.
Didn't v hear what he said about
them stones? He's got an idee into his
head that 10000 years ago some var
mint or other. II dragon mebbe, seven
ty feet long fell down well. What
more do v want for TO make him out
a crazy mang'
'Oh, Kater' 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 it on u.s.
where did he get the talk about
dinosaurs:" 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, Glenn" said the owner Of
the stolen horse. II 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. ''seeip' he hain't
got no weapon. Does boss thieves go
about without guns?"
This was a staggerer. and the sher-
iff was debating in his mind what to
do when Upton finished his investiga-
tons and said he was going back to
the settlement. SO they all rode back
together, the supposed horse thief be-
ing forced to ride ahead. Kate rode
beside him. She seemed very much
troubled ut 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
lunacy. 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 for murder.
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
welr' that her words made very little
impression on him. When they reach
ed the settlement, true enough. he was
taken before Judge Lynch. and num-
Der of men, new to the case, were i'm
paneled as n 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 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.
81 was ridin' along" she said. when
seen the little man ahead. From
the way he talked made up my mind
from the first that he was weak in the
upper story. just the kind Of man to
git on a boss he seen In q stable or
hitched to post without KNOWN
what he was dom. He talked about
a varmint 10000 years old that had
fell into well. He didn't have sense
enough not TO go around without "A
gun. ! thort 1t wouldn't do to let him
go about alone. so l went with him.
If he was on boss he knowed he'd
stolen he'd a rid mighty hard Instead
tHul every HOW anu Inen ne u KIT
often his animal and down on his
hands and knees. workin' at the stones.
He brought out hammer and KEEP
breakin' 'em and putin the pieces in
his pockets. VII find 'em there now"
The prisoner was called upon to emp
ty his pockets and produced some
twenty pounds of stone fragments.
II reckoned." the witness proceeded,
chat he suffered some disease when a
child that KEEP his brain from CROWN.
Small boys pockets are always full o.
tops and things, and the mans Is wus
yet, bcin' loaded down with nothin'
but stones. Then when we came to
the well where the dragon had fell In
he looked up and said pra'ar Hoss
thieves amt givin' TO prayin'. The
poor Teller needs to be sent back home"
'Will you see that he is taken care
OFF, said the Judge.
Eyes"
"Dischargedw was the laconIc dis
missal of the case. and Kate led the
professor away as If he had been a
child.
Some months later the professor re-