Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1912-05-10

indeed "A l hive snid liza dinoanl1r
must be sixty feet long and doubtless
between 10000 and 20 900 Years old"
The sheriff. the owner of the horse
and the posse all looked at one another
in astonishment An idea nonned into
Kate's head She gaye the men N
meaning look and drew them away
from the PROFESSOR. who. being moro In
terested In the dinosaur than their talk.
forgot all about them In rummaging
among the big stone yertebrae
Gents" said Kate. "he's n lunatic."
"What makes " think so?" asked the
sheriff.
.Didn,t v. beor what no said abont
them stonesy He's rot nm idee into his
bend that 10000 veors AGO some var.
~ feet lono fell down n well. Whnt
more do y wont for 70 make him ont
n crazv many"
"Oh Kntep' acclaimed tho owner OF
Tho horse "Ips vou that,a gone daft
or vou,re irving 70 save his neck. 1
DOM know which. Hes been caught
IN tho ACT nnd ia nloving ~ on ma"
"Where did he got the talk about
dinosoursp" os,,ed ono man who be.
ing better educated than the rest. had
read of extinct mnmmotbs "Horse
thieves don't know anything about fos
sils."
"Come ON. Glenn" said the owner of
the stolen horse. ~ call upon YOU as
sheriff TO arrest the man and take him
In for trial"
"Y' won't have much trouble dom
that" remarked KATE. 'seein' he hain't
got no weapon. Does boss thieves 90
about without eunsP"
This WINS n stngperer. and the sher.
ifr was debating I'm his mind what 10
do when IYpton finished his investipn.
lions and said he was going back to
the settlement. So thew nil rode back
together. the supposed horse thief he.
ing forced to ride ahead. Kate rode
beside him She seemed very much
troubled Mt the position he occupied
with reference 70 tho stolen horse and
was revolving IN her mind some des.
perate method Of extricotInp him IL
she failed 70 convince others of his
mnocv Az for tho nrofessor no was
unconscious of his danger In any
event. he never dreamed TINT the men.
nlty for horse stealing was the same
Ms for murder
SNOW. SEQ here" KATE said 10 him.
"vben tbev cot y, bock 70 tho set.
tIement thev,ll take " before Judge
Lynch v, mustn't ha surnr,sad nj
nnv avidence NAV 0ive in"
hinton wns 40 wranned nm In the
"drapon that had fallen down the
welIS that her words made very little
ed the settlement. true enough he was
taken before Judge Lynch. and mum.
Der of men. new TO the case were i'm
paneled as n iury. the sheriff regard
ing those who were with him when
he made the arrest as witnesses. The
latter were examined I'm 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
I 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 n stable or
hitched to post without KNOWN
what he was dom lie talked about
q varmint 10000 years old that had
fell into a well. He didn't have sense
enough NOT 10 20 around without n
gun. thort It wouldn't do to let him
go about alone. 80 | went with him
II he was on boss he knowed he'd
stolen he'd a rid mighty hard Instead
o. that every now and then he'd gii
often his animal and down on bh'
hands and knees. workin at the stones
He brought out a hammer and KEEP
breakin' 'em and putin the pieces In
his pockets. Y'll 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.
that he suffered some disease when
child that KEEP his brain from CROWN
Small boys pockets are always full O
tops and things, and the mans IL wus
yet, bein loaded down with nothin
but stones. Then when we came 10
the well where tho dragon had fell In
he looked up and said pra'ar. Hoss
thieves amt giyin' 10 prnyin'. The
poor Teller needs TO be sent back home
"Will you see that he Is taken care
OFT" said the Judge.