The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-09-15

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NO, what is it?" questioned Aphes'
resting on his hoe.
Bank robbed. Burglars got in dur
ing the night. over fifty thohSahd uoE
lars In clear cash gone and they say
Duy is fairly frantic.
| "Who did it-no one suspectedF
No one seen about the placer
mot clew. There were tracks or
n light wagon In the alley back of the
hank and the burglars rot In through
the door opening there. The sun had
faded the tracks on the main road and
there's no trail to follow"
"Why. say" exclaimed Abner alb
ruptly, "you make me think OF some
thing. It was after midnight this morn
ing when I was awakened by Lion. He
was making q fearful uprOar In MS
little yard. And I noticed just now
some wagon tracks curving from me
lane across the rear of our lot Maybe
that might have been the burglar
crowd, getting out Of town through by
ways"
Abner went to the rear Of the lot
again. He followed the ruts made by
wheels. They circled around the
penned-in space where Lion was kept
As he neared the point where they
rounded an old shed he paused, trifie
startled. Lying in heap against II
was q gossamer coat, wig, ana
black cloth mask In flash the keen
witted old man reasoned out the stu
alton.
ITO my way of thinking, the bank
burglar stopped here to take off his dis
guise," reflected Abner. That's what
disturbed Lion. I'll go down town to
learn the particulars Of the robbery
I'll tell the sheriff Of my discovery
here. 1t may be clew for him"
| But Abner did nothing Of the sort
He learned first that Barton had Of
fered reward of S. 200 for the appre-
hension of the thief and $4,000 If the
stolen money was also recovered. Then
a calculating expression came Into
the old mans face.
| He went home and up into his room.
! lie lDdutu Ills pio-
tol. He pinned to his belt badge he
had worn when once sworn in as spe-
cha! by the county sheriff.
Then Abner took the raincoat and
went to the Enclosure where they kept
Lion. He held the garment to the
muzzle of the expert bloodhound.
Lion understood. Abner could hard
| " boI ahoSn no Tad him nIpf
into the yard. The intelligent animal
noSed the wagon tracks until they
reached a traversed highway. Here
he went more slowly for two miles.
struck off on dirt road, followed its
crooked winding for an hour and halt
ed just outside of an old ramshackfe
hut.
Abner secured the dog to a tree and
cautiously approached the howell. He
glided near to, an open window and
peered within room beyond. His
back to him, rough-lookfng man was
separating a mass of bank notes into
four piles, suggesting the presumption
that he was getting the spells ready to
divide with his associates.
"He's my man !" breathed Abner, and
crept around to the front door, pushed
it carefully open and stole from room
to room until he came TO the one In
which was the man with the money.
What he did was done so quickly
that the other was stunned subdued.
The sudden conformation, the leveled
weapon, the officially cleaning star had
their due effect, and the money, packed
in the original sack that contained it,
the thief was hustled townwards be-
fore his associates might arrive on the
scene. Abner reached his home tri-
umphant.
Once there, he sent for a real police
official and gave his captive to his
charge Then he went straight to th6
bank.
"Tll take that ten thousand dollars,
Mr.. Day." he announced, brisk and
busnessllke. "You can take out the
mortgage money and give me draft
for five hundred dollars for one John
Barclay, former owner Of Lion, the
hero dog"
And Meta. real owner Of the intel1f-
gent ANIMAL fairly Rugged Lion as she
realized all the happiness and good
fortune he had brought to them.