The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-01-09

together, tie supposed horse thief be
ing forced to ride ahead. Kate rode
beside him She seemed very much
troubled at the position he occupied
with reference to the stolen horse and
was revolving in her mind some des-
perate method OF extricating him II
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.
'Now, see here" Kate said to him,
''when they get y back to the set
Element 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
welln 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 a 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 a stable or
hitched to a post without KNOWN
what he was dom He talked about
a varmint 10000 years old that had
fell into a we'll He didn't have sense
enough not to go around without
gun. | thort it wouldn't do to let him
go about alone, so l went with him
If be was on a boss he knowed he'd
stolen he'd a rid mighty hard. Instead
O. that every now and then he'd git
often his animal and down on bis
hands and knees, workin' at the stones.
He brought out hammer and KEEP
breakin' 'em and putin the pieces in
his pockets. Y'll find EN- there now"
The prisoner was called upon to emp
ty his pockets and produced some
twenty pounds of stone fragments.
81 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 is wus
yet, bein 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
Oft" said the judge.
"Yes."
"DischargedF' was the Iaconic dis
missai of the case. and Kate led the
professor away as if he had been a
child.
Some months later the professor re
turned. superintended gang Of la
borers engaged in digging up the bones
of the dinosaur and shipped them east.
When they were mounted In the mu
scum Kate. at the professors invita-
ton. visited the institution and was
surprised at the monster she saw
there.
By this time the professor had be-
come cognizant of the fact that by
her adroitness In proving him before
Judge Lynch to be iunatic she had
saved his life. and he felt duly CRATE
full He persuaded her TO remain In
the east. sent her to school. and she
learned as much in three years as some
girls would in half a dozen. Then the
professor married her She is now al
most as enthusiastic over the bones OF
great monsters that lived In prehis
toric times as her husband and assists
him in many of mis- duties