New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1916-02-12

1T WIS him. all right Look nj II,
mare
she isn't IN" only white 'or@e owe
!oalcd.' remarked the driver. sortin.
! his t>tiul of rcirS
'IuI who else could it have bccu:'
Tho driver uttered an inspired i'm
prccatiou.
II can tell You ehau~t t. live II
this here township w"'~c comm, t.
on second tho1sh's I'll keep il to my
self I'LL we get there"
And he cracked his whip
Oswald himself rode back To the
township hcfor" the moon went down
Ne WAS very heavy with his own re
Elections. How r.acuilicent. 1t had
all surpassed his most rXtravagnut i'm
nElnings
But the fly OF self must always pol
son this young mans ointment. and
tonight there was some excuse from
his degenerate point of view
Thus Inspiring. vainly "a now he
know, Oswald Melvin rode slowly back
Into the excited town and past the
liHhted police barracks I'm the limo
ccYCc Of that portion Of his heart Eu:
him. aud two I'm Uniform followed 10y
that one. dashed ont on Oswald and
the old white screw
Surrender" sang out one.
Call yourself Stingarccr' painted the
runner
lind your eye on me lunG?' he ill.,
Guired DELIGHTFULLY."-. as no dismountod.
Long enough said one policeman.
The other was busy plucking loaded
rcvolvcrs from the dcSpcrndo's peck
OTIS \ crowd had formed
i surprise was IN store for prisoner
and police alike. Every stolen watch
and all the missing. money were dis
covered no later than next morning In
the bush quite close to the scene OF the
outrage There had been no attempt
to hide them. They lay in II heap.
dumped from the saddle. with no more
depreciation than broken watch
glass True to his new character. Ga
valid learned this development without
iinching His ready comment was In
next days papers.
Never was such triumph tasted I'm |
rs was this innocent
ma I" impose on every mind. He had |
but carried out Il notorious intcntion
for his few friends were tie first to
bctray their captain, albeit his bold
bearing and mngnanInuus smiles won
m admiration which they had never
before vouchsafed him IN their hearts.
lie was, indeed, Il different man He
had lived to see Stiugnrcc in action. and
now he modelled himself from the life.
The only doubt was ms to whether 1t
tho last of that business he had nc
tually nvowcd himself Stingarcc or
not There might have been trouble
about the horse, but fortunately for
he enthusiastic prisoner the man who
lad been thrown was allowed to pro
ICED on II pressing journey to the Bar
90. There was n plethora Of evidence
without Ills: besides. the hide and bone
marc was called Bnrmaid, after the
original. md 1t was known that Os-
Wild had tried to teach the old crea-
urc tricks; above nll. the prisoner had
lever pretended to deny his guilt Still
his matter of the horses gave him n
ertain sense Of insecurity in his coy
ell.
He had awakened to find himself
- S.t.x
uully more Of man than In his heart
f hearts he had dared to hope. The
rhacity and consistency Of his pose
ERE alike remarkable Even in the
cause OF cgoism he had
ever shown SO much character in his
fe. Yet he Shuddered to realize that,
ivcn the usual time for reflection be
ore his great moment. that moment
light have proved as mean as many
mother when the spirit had been vino
nd the flesh water. There was In
no but one feature Of the affair which
ven Oswald Melvin. drunk with no
'ricty and secretly saug,Iine Of nom
al punishment. could not contemplate
allure followed the others into the
lpcrs which kept him Intoxicated, and
bundle Of these papers found their
lventurous way to the latest fast
,Ss of Stingnree In the malice.
The real villain dropped his cycglass.
appcd It in ngain and did his best to =.
ack 1t with his stare. Student of /,
as he was. he could not have
nccivcd such n development in such !,
character. He read on, r,ore en-
,htCDcd than amused ITO think he !.
ID the pluck" he murmurcd as he \
oppcd that Australasian and took up
@ next weeks. He was filed with
but soon n frown. and then !,
oath came to put an end to It
NE little BEAST he cried. Hell g
II that woman. He cant have kept
up" lie sorted the papers for the y
test Of ala sinful publican saved I
en- for ,iN-and therein read that /,
;wald Melvin had been committed
r trial and that his onlr concern was ~
r the condition of his mother which /,
IS still unchanged and had seemed A