The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-07-16

the Iahth ana say that your DOSS senl
yuh out for suthin'. Then you have
a tire bust or the mschin 'ry explode,
an let on yuh can't get home till to-
morrer. Then about sundown tomorrer,
yuh gets powerful excited an rip
aroun' an say that yuh just cayn t
keep still no longer-that the boss done
got held up by two desp 'radoes. Got
that straight, song"
eyes, SIR" answered the boy.
"Good. Yuh sem tub me tuh be a
real sensible young feller. Well, about
two days from now, yuh come tub the
house which is writ on this paper IN
goin tub give yuh, an yuh III find the
boss there safe an sound, an maybe
git reward. Now, son, I ain It goln
tub be harsh with yuh, but if yuh don It
do exactly as l tells yuh, there IL be
sunthin' comm your way, an it III
come good and plenty. Yuh IL be good,
won't yuhi"
eyes, sir"
"Rightl AM now there's one thing
more. After yuh git the boss out, yuh
let on that yuh know who $ been keep
in him captive. 1t was Jim Hunter
an Shack Morley. Don't fergit them
names-Jim Hunter an Shack Nor
ley"
"You want me to tell on you9" ask
ed the amazed chauffeur. "Say, I
don t care what you do to him. 1 won It
tell anything if you d rather not. He IS
the meanest man l ever worked for,
and he's got lot coming to him.
He
''Easy there, son." reprimanded
Jim. "Don It yuh ever run down a man
when yuh takin' his money. If yuh
don t like him, quit yuh job an then
shoot yuh mouth off some if it help
|yuh any, but IS long as he's yuh boss
stand on his side. UNDERESTIMATE
"Yes, sir. !"
"Well, now hike along an dos
said"
Randall Lawrence, bereft of his Van
Dyke beard, and clothed in overalls and
a blue flannel shirt, rode through the
streets of Benson City between his two
captors late that evening, and was duly
imprisoned in vile quarters. He Ian
guished in his cell for some two DAYS
before he was discovered by his chauf-
feur and released. Coincident with his
rescue he received news which caused
him to procure warrants for the arrest
OF Jim Hunter and Shack Morley.
"Yuh wait till the trial. was all
they could be induced to say.
"lf them two boys swore on the BIZ
bic that they held up that there oil
skunk, / wouldn't believe it, onless
uh course they done it fer some kind of
joke" declared the foreman of the
Bar o outfit, which numbered Jim and
Shack among it's members, and his dec
laration voiced the sentiments, not only
of tho Bar 0 people, but also of every.
once who had ever come in contact with
tho two culprits.
The day Of the trial saw the popula-
tion of Benson City considerably aug
mented by rough and noisy element
who loudly voiced their belief in the
prisoners innocence, and evinced
readiness to pull Benson City apart if
the jury should decide otherwise.
In the crowded courtroom Jim and
Shack listened to the rawlings of the
prosecuting attorney with unmoved
faces. Mr.. Lawrence was equally Sc
rene. He told his story simply and
truthfully, dwelling much on the dis
comforts of his imprisonment.
"Gentlemen," he said impressively,
"the room where i was confined was
not fit for hog to live in. l breed
some pretty good hogs, and / II tell you
honestly that if they had found them
selves in that room they would have
died for lack of air and sunshine.n -