Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1912-09-19

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lust possible that the man had been
pardoned. If 50, why did lie nor recog-
nize and greet his old friend? The
deputy had been as friendly with him
as the regulations permitted, even
more than TINT
II he had not been pardoucd. than lle
must have escaped. but that he could
sit there with such brazen assurance
was not like DraTton. The deputy
found his position embarrassing III
way, and yet it did not take him long
to make up his mind what 10 do
Dinner had been finished half an
hour before the deputy approached him
and said
II have good memory for faces
aud | am sure l have seen yours be
fore"
ut may be So was the careless re-
ply, accompanied by a smile.
Haven't | met you in the village Of
Wadsworth?" naming the place where
the K state prison was situated.
i may have passed through the place
on train, but | am sure I never stop.
ped there 1t IL 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 he
suddenly decided to adopt new linz
of policy for awhile. He would meet
| flnesse with finesse. The pair entered
into general conversation for two
hours. and then the deputy sent out Z
| telegram asking the warden of the
| state prison If Drayton had been par.
doned or had escaped Two hours Lat.
err, as he was nearing the end of thA
| journey, he received an answer read
ing:
! "Drayton is still with us and has 5ul
been locked In his cell"
| Here was another puzzle, but u did
not take the astute official long to reach
conclusion. Drayton had claimed
| that the felony had been committed b.
some man resembling him Here was
| his prototype, his twin brother. While
he looked more like respectable busi-
ness man than a thief, the ex-deputy
determined not to let him go without q
| rigid examination.
1t happened that the two got of at
the same city, and they had scarcely
descended from the train before the
stranger was given In charge by the
official and taken to police station. 1t
was a high handed thing to do, and if
he was what he represented or seemed
L..
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 were wonder and amaze
ment in the court. Their own moth
ers could not have told them apart \
little detective work had unearthed
bad record for the stranger. and. al
though he started out to make a great
legal fight he ended by confessing that
he was the guilty party and that Dray-
ton had served two years for Il crime
he hat 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
moral lesson from the bench had some
thing more to say. His conscience had
been troubling him for the way he
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. bur
that the law could not take cognizance
of the fact