Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-03-06

ought to do. and then with a clear
conscience stand aside and watch cir
cumstances avenge professional pa
thence or the headStrOng Ignorance OF
the amateur.
/ had pushed back my hat when Fidd
was relating how one of the men who
had been implicated with his old en-
pleyer, the photo engraver-in the
counterfeiting which Fidd had helped
to expose-had recently returned to
D.. and met Fidd on the street and
hailed him as a friend without suspect
ing that Fidd had been in any way re-
sponsible for his conviction.
Are YOU sure of that?' / asked.
Sure o what?"
Sure that he doesn't suspect you?"
I'll tell you why. He's offered to let
me i'm on a new game with m"
Il see" / said.
"Yes'r. He's round here under the
name o. Davis. an he's got $500 IN
counterfeit bills. an he wants to sell
EN- to me for $3.50. Giddap,
HE a-scared to clrc'late it himself.
cause he's a-scared that you fellers
are watchin' him. see? So he'll sell it
to me fer what he can get. He want
ed 500. am beat'm down to $50, SOS
to look natural, SOS he wouldn't sus-
picions me. / ben playin' n. Giddap
Dolly.
Il got he whole story. It's some O
the money that they made tn other
time. an it's BEN buried under a pota-
ta-bin in a cellar
No, sir. He's too foxy to carry it
round on m. But he says it's good
lookin' money. am 1 needn't take it if 1
don't like the look of it when he passes
it over. l needn't pay fer it.; 1 kin give
it back to him IN keep my $50"
when is he to bring it to you?"
Fidd Hears Some Harsh Comnen..
He amt goin' to bring it. That's
where he's foxy agen. Giddap. girl! 1
go to go down to j to-morrah after
noon. an meet him at the American
house. an close the deal. That's why
someone make tn arrest. Now, here's
the way L Wanta handle it,"
You're sure h a he has counterfeit
money!"
Well, that's what 1 ben tellin' you.
had 1T hid in the cllar. 1 got the
whole story; l drawed it OUT
How did you draw it out?"
Why, J! KEEP quiet and let him talk
Fidd explained, with pride. II didn't
say nothin' to give myself away. 1
played m along good an plenty. /
got the whole story"
Well" 1 announced my decision,
you're about as much Il detective as
that horse is an antelope, I'm not go
ing to waste any time with YOU.
won't go to j to morrow, unless YOU
do as l tell YOU"
This was SO sudden a blow to self
c~omplacency that Fidd-staring at me
in hur amazement-even pulled up the
mare.
You're a joke" I said. you
wouldn't know a counterfeit if YOU
found one in your porridge. Go ahead;
what are you stopping here for?"
He went ahead. pale. but self
at once that 1 was jealous of him
that l wanted to get the credit of ar
resting his counterfeiter, and intended
to fix things in my way so that he
wouldn't get a chance to figure in the
case at all.
Fidd swallowed hard. "Well," he
said. Il don't purtend to be a purfes-
sional detective, but I got this Teller
Davis SOS we kin ketch m with the
goods on m. and 1 amt goin' to fight
about how it's done, neither. There
I'm the first place." I directed,
you'll not take any more money with
you than you'll need to pay your rail-
way fare"
There's amt no call fer to"
In the second place, you'll not
agree to meet him anywhere but in a
room in the hotel. and I'll have the adj
Joining ROOM. Then, when he hands
over the money. you look through it
and make sure that the check letters
on the bills are the same on all Of them.
And. if they. are, you take a fit of
coughing. and I'll come in and arrest
him. Do you understands"
"Oh. | understand all right. You
think
Never mind what 1 think. You do
EXACTLY what l tell you and you'll save
yourself a lot of trouble. Turn that
beast around and drive me back. What
train do Won take tn .I-n
1.-The 2:10."
Does Davis know"
II guess he oughta. He told me to
take it,"
ter at the American house. I'll get the
room next to yours. Don't try to speak
to me in j. He'll have someone
falling you. Let me out at the bridge
here. II I have to walk, 1 don't need
to be escorted by a horse"
Burns and Fidd Take a Journey.
The 2:10 to j. was an accom-.
modation" train of uncomfortable day
coaches. 1t wa hot and dusty. and
anas, and impatient mothers and fat
men. 1t seemed to me to move as
slowly as Fidd's mare. I wiped at a
cinder In my eye, n added each fresh
discomfort to my debt to Fidd.
And Ftdd-some seats In front of
~ aS OASASCO dS q CA1tu VA Au CACuIs
sion-hung out Of the window eagerly.
audited the time table by comparison
with his watch at every stop, and
jumped up continually to reduce the
fever OF his restlessness with ice water
from the cooler. He looked furtively
at me each time as he returned to his
seat. I remained stonily oblivious Of
him.
j. was a little Jerk water railroad
junction that sold supplies to q neigh
lborhood OF prosperous farmers and
called itself the Forest city" because
Iit had so many shade trees On It's
streets. It WaR proud. too. II itR lawns.