Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-11-19


open the Office door and showed US
the manager, Close. sitting on chair
by the Dire. .ooking 4 gnod deal dis
heveled.
MIR Closer" exclaimed November
Yes. the boSS-nu other"
Got evidence" inquired November
staring at Close.
'riptop. No one seen him from dark
10 dawn. And we got the boots Found
'em in a biscuit tin On shelf in the
shanty just behind here where he
sleeps"
You fool. was ut my accounts all
night" cried Close to Thompson.
November took no notice
who found the hootsg" said he.
Cookie, when he was cleaning up
Found bottle OF sleeping stun. too
nearly empty" shouted two or three
together
November whiStlcd Good for
CooNce. Has he owned up%" he nod.
ded ut Close, WAS they your boots
Mr. CloSe?"
YES. roayDd Close
"But he denies the robbery" said
Thompson eNritrdly
"Ot course deny it," cried Close.
Let's see them boots, put in No
vcmbcr.
The boys took EN- to the huuk
house. said Thompson Say. Nov,
think of him paying us With one hand
and rohhins us with the other. tho
Wonderful" observed November in
his dry way. He continued to stare
hard ut Close, who at last looked Up.
and could have sworn | saw Novem.
Der Joe's dark dashed eyclid droop
slightly in his direction
\ change came over the manager
Get out of here" he cried augrily
get out Of here, YOU and your woods
detectivc" and some uucommouly
warm language charged out ut the back
of the closing door.
The men who had been robbed ana
their comrades closed round as No.
Vemher examined the boots
seventeen in one heel and fifteen
IN the othcr-cowhide boots" said
Chris. That's what he that robbed us
wore, and I'll swear to that"
II could swear to ii too" agreed No,
vembcr
Take them and the sleeping stuff, "
pursued Chris ITS a silver fox skin
TO a red on conviction. ch. Noyem
bcr?"
Have you sent for the police?"
mot yet We'd waited till You come
up Wen send now"
"The sooner the better" said No.
vembcr. And whoever goes'H find
four chaps from Camp Il in the hut by
Tideson's bridge. They've orders to
knock it down and take the roof of
and carry the stove into d."
listened to November making this
astonishing statement. and hoped |
showed no surprise. What on earth
was the game that he was playing?
Hurry up. boys. and send for the
police or there may be trouble Who's
| going?"
Il don't mind if go" offered Chris
/ IN start right now. The sooner we
get Mr.-Close safe in Jail the better"
| We all saw Chris off, and then the
men took us back into the bunk house
where they talked and argued for an
hour. November had relapsed into
his usual tacituruity. But when at
/ length he spoke again his words acted
| like a bombShell
Say, boys" he said. and the ca
dence of his accent was very marked,
its about time we let the boss out"
Every head jerked round in his di-
rection. Let him out?" shouted n
dozen voices. Before the police
! Gomez"
Best so" replied November in his
gentle manner, You see, it wasn't him
held YOU up, boys"
"Who was it them"
November stood up.
come, ana III show you"
Finally four of US boarded the big
canoe ana set off
| lost all sense of direction in the
| darkness until we came out on the
| banks of the brook near TidesonH
! bridge We crossed. and all four of us
| crouched in the shadow Of "A big rock
not twenty yards from the hut. We
had been forewarned by November to
keep very quiet and to watch the hut
The pale forcights Of dawn were
already in the air wien ! felt Noyem-
Der move slightly. and moment later
| heard stick break, then footballs on
the bridge. blush shadow came
cautiously down the bank. hesitatnG
at every step, but always approaching
/ the hut, until at last it passed within
/ it, Then match harcd inside.
/ saw it pass the broken window There
/ was a pause. The door creaked faint
I ~ and the figure stole out again
put out my hands toward Novem-
/ ber-he was gone
Meantime the figure from the hut
was moving UD the oath tn thp road