Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-27
The Daily Story
KAINTUCK-BY THOMAS R. DEAN.
Copyrighted. .si3 by ASSOCIATED Literary Bureau


him up a fight of stairs. through 81
railway station and on to a ferrybost.
AS soon as the boat left the dock the
detective Joined the Kentuckian.
II thort you was goin' to nab the
thief" said the latter.
He has eluded me- Well return to
New York. You may as we'll turn over
the goods TO me. shall not be able
to take the thief"
Now. Granger was n countryman.
but there are few persons in the world
who have not learned the principle
that possession is nine points of the
law"
What an I goin' 70 git out o the
fnd:" he asked
oh. you'll get the reward. There's
$4,000 offered for the return of the
stolen goods"
Reckon that's all right. But If you
do the returnin' how am l TO git the
reward?"
TN report you as the finder .. the
property"
You iist tell me whar to turn 1t in.
and III go thar with it,"
There was 4 good deal of sparring
on the part OF the detective TO get pos
session of the property. which failed.
Before the boat landed he explained
to the Kentuckian that the latter was
in very dangerous position. If the
detective should arrest him as the
thief it would go hard with him. But
the bluff was not effective. The Ken
tuCkian said that he thought he could
prove an abb since he had reached
New York only that morning and Cy
Butler could swear to the fact since
he had come all the way from Hen
derson county with him.
Well" said the detective, 81 sup.
pose I'll have TO so with you TO the
bank that lost the money. but it's too
late to go today. The banks don't
keep open after o'clock. You can
stay with me overnight. and Wen
turn the money over tomorrow morn
ing"
The kentuckian said he had prom
ised TO stay with Cy Butler at hotel
OH the east side, but the detective ex-
planned that it would not do for him
to let him go away with the money.
so Granger finally consented to spend
the night with him in his room.
The apartment was in a cheap fiat
house. The detective. as soon as they
had entered ii. locked the door and
said to Mr. Granger:
See here. pard. there's plenty for
both of us in this deal. I'm the man
hof Pran hn no nj.
There's $4,000 OF it. III give you
$4,000. What do you say?"
What do | say? Why. I say I'm
rarnin' New York powerful fast. l
thort you was detective"
You're a pretty good sort of chap"
replied the other. land | don't mind
taking you into my confidence. was
the man who sat down by you in the
Hudson tunnel station. I was trying
|, to get away from a shadower l con-
cluded TO load the goods on 10 you till
could get away from him and divide
with you. All you've got to do to be
rich is to turn the goods back to me
and deduct your share"
Granger looked at him with righteous
indigna ton and said:
Stranger, I've lived in Henderson
county, Kaintucky, for forty year.
Anybody thar'll tell you hain't got
dishonest har in my head. I'm goin'
| to turn this money back to the bank
that lost it. and don't you forgit it."
The man put out his hand and grasp
ed Changers, saying. Anybody u
| know to look at you that you were an
| honest man"
Holding Changers right hand, tho
! rascal put his own left hand to his hip
| and drew a revolver. He had cooked
! and raised it only part of the way
| to cover his man when Granger. quick
! as a fash, put his hand to the back Of
| his neck and drew forth a knife about
! ten inches long and held it point down
ward over the so called detective.
II see that hand" he said quietly.
| land go you one better Drop yer
! weepOn"
The man needed to raise his pistol
! but a short distance to make IL effec-
! tive, yet the distance was sufficient to
give the Kentuckian time TO draw his
bowie knife-a weapon Of the olden
! time-and hold It point downward owe,
! him The villain quailed and dropped
/ his pistol.
How the Eentuckian drove his en-
! envy down and out into the street, met
policeman and the three proceeded
! to a station; how the next morning the
! money was turned over by its finder
to the bank. is merely a succession of
ordinary details. When the president
handed Granger a check for $4,000
the subject grows again interesting.
| The Kentuckian handed 1t back, say
! ing:
DO you reckon that If one o. my
! Kaintuck neighbors' mares war to
stray away and git On to my premises
and ! sent her back by a niger I'd
take money for doin' it? No, sir. You
may do things that away IN New York
but we don't do EN- so in Kaintuck."
And, turning on his heel he left the
bank.