Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1912-01-05

I've NtNI-E@NI llunru ~ W. uulHI
and. not knowing wnat the man was
talslag about. just smiled. &c couldn't
think OF anything else to do.
" aIn'f been stealin' that boss. have
~" asked The girl.
Il don't know what you people are
oil talking about" said the professor.
= came Vu here to learn II this fossil
Is Of value. and End II very valuable
indeed As ! have said. IT'S dlnosaur.
must be sixty feet long and doubtless
between 10000 and 1000 years old."
The sheriff. the owner Of the horse
aud tAe posse alt looked at one another
in establishment. An idea popped into
Kate's head. She gave the men
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 vertebrate.
Gents said Kate. hes . lunatic."
what makes.y' think sor' asked the
sheriff.
Didn't y hear what he said about
them stones7 He's got an idee into bis
head that 10000 years ago some var
mint or other. dragon mebbe. seven
~ feet long fell down a well. What
more do y want for TO make him out
crazy msnT'
'Oh. knte-' exclaimed the owner Of
the horse. "It's you That's gone dsft
or you're trying to save his neck.
don't know winch. He's been caught
in the set and Is playing ii on u.s."
Where did he get the talk about
dinosaurss' asked one man. who. be-
ing better educated than the rest. had
rend OF extinct mammoths. Horse
thieves don't know anything about fos-
sils."
"Come on. Glenn" said the owner Of
the stolen horse. Il call upon you a.
sheriff to arrest the man and take him
In for trial"
~ won't have much trouble dom
that remarked Kate. -seein' he hain't
got no weapon. Does boss thieves go
about without gunsr
This was staggerer. and the sher-
10 was debating In his mind what to
do when Upton finished bis investiga-
lions and said be 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 at the position be 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
lnnacy As for the professor. be 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
Element they'll take y before Judge
Lynch. V mustn't be surprised at
any evidence may give in"
Upton was SO wrapped up in the
dragon that had fallen down the
well" that her words made very little
impression on him. When they reach
ed the settlement. true enough. be was
taken before Judge Lynch. and num-
Der Of men. new to the case. were I'm
paneled as jury. the sheriff regard
ing those who were with him when
be 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
1T 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 be was weak In the
upper story. Just the kind Of man to
git on boss he seen in stable or
hitched to a post without KNOWN
what be was doin'. He talked about
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 went with him
II be was on a boss he knowed bed
stolen he'd rid mighty hard Instead
tuut every uOW uu1 tntu uc tit
often his animal and down on bis
hands and knees. workip at the stones.
He brought out hammer and KEEP
breakin 'em and putin the pieces In
his pockets. YIN End EN- there now"
The prisoner was called upon to emp
" his pockets and produced some
twenty pounds OF stone fragments.
q reckoned." the witness proceeded.
shat be suffered some disease when q
child that KEEP bis 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 felier needs to be sent bnck home"
will you see that he is taken care
Off said the Judge
"Yes''