Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-12
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Short Story
4 BRAVE NAN uNDER 4 CL0uD.

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escaped without being seen The DO
lice got busy sad tracked some Of the
plumber to s pawnshop The pawn
broker declared that j had been
+ huBught in by a respectable looking
man who represented himself as
man OF business esho had been wei
to do and had met reveTses The
pawubToker was suspicious Of aim
but he told So strai gut a story that
the paWnbrCker was finally convinced
and bought several hundred dollars
worth of articles from him The next
day the purchased goods were ideud-
fed as having been stolen
That is as far as the police got in
the matter till one day the pawn
broker met a man Oh the street who
resembIed the broken down merchant
who had sold him the stolen goods
lie followed the suspect and ON com
ing 10 a policeman turned him over.
The captive showed great deal OF
Indignation al his arrest and threat
ened the pawnbroker with suit Tor
damages as soon as he had been ac-
Quilted He said that he WAS not q
merchant and had never been q mer~
chant He was 2 seafariug man and
had been ashore only Is few weeks
He gave mis- name as Patrick Dueau
When the trial came off tho prie
oner claimed that on The date of tie
theft or. rather. the sale of the plum
der to the pawubrOker he was NOT IH
America at all. The prosecuting az
torueE asked him where he was 81
that time Before replying he asked
the date and was reminded that the
pawubroker's entry IN his cash book
of the payment for the goods he had
purchased was Aug is. The pris-
oner scratched his head thoughtfuily.
but could not remember where h9
was on the date named. He thought
he was at sea. but was not sure
Asked if he kept no record That would
prove hts case, he said that be didn't
even know now 50 write.
This statement threw doubt on his
accuser's statement that he mad palm
ed himself of as a merchant tn re-
duced circumstances and gained SYM
pathy from the jury Even the prose
cutting attorney tried to help the poor
man 10 get evidence to prove his alibi
"If the captain of the Mark Hutch
ms was here. said the prisoner, che
could tell where 7 was on that day.
for all that summer / was sartiH with
him
Where is the party2" asked tho
prisoners counsel
He was here for two weeks till
yesterday. seen him in the street
and tried to speak TO aim, but ] lost
him in the crowd. seen by the pa
pers that his ship was 20 sail last
night when The tide served"
What's that yer saying said one
Of the spectators. I'm Cap'n OF the
Mark Hutchins, and I haven't sailed
neither. sail tomorrow. One O. my
crew told me that Ri old messmate.
Pat Dugan. was to be tried today f1r
seIijn stolen goods DuEan was
good man. and I thought I'D come
round and see If the man beiH tried
was him. But that Teller isn't Pat
Dugan. He's d fraud"
"Cap'n," cried the prisoner. almost
in tears, don't say that I'm Pat
Dugau sure enough. I've cut nay
beard since you saw me Don't you
remember that night when we was
rOundiu Cape Cod with the wind
BLOWN q gale out O. tbs north and
fo'castle covered with ice and the main
jib had TO be lowered"
ARE Won the man that went ont
on the boWsprlt al the risk of si5alE
overheard ana lowered that 3ihE
why. sartin. caD'n. Don't go back
on me now. stood by you and the
crew lhaE a#Iui night.
Il reckon you did stand by rae
That was the bravest deed IN my
reckonin. Il was purity nigh sure
death There was Hothia but slip
perry ice TO hold on 70.
LET the witness take the stand.
said the attorney fer the defense. 5la
captain having been sworn the law
yer proceeded 10 question alm.
Was the prisoner a member o.
your crew ia the summer III -s-~t
He was.
Where was your ship on the l5ih
OF August Of that gearI
"Wau, now If you'd asked me where
I was ora the list o. that month OF ta9
last Of it i couldn't have told you
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