The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-07-10


wanted to say. something he had to
say before he died. lie gasped dozen
words or more In a tongue utterly I'M
known TO Barnes, who bent closer to
catch the feeble effort. II was he who
now shook his head; with a groan the
sufferer closed his eyes in despair. He
choked and coughed violently an In
slant later.
Get some water and towel" cried
Miss Thackeray, TREMENDOUSLY. She
was very white, but still chung to the
mans hand BE quick Behind the
bar"
Barnes unbuttoned the coat and re-
vealed the blood. soaked white shirt.
Better leave this to me-" he said In
her ear. There's nothing you can do.
He's done for. Please go away"
"Oh, sha'n't faint-at least, not
yet. Poor fellowl I've seen him up
stairs and wondered who he was. Is
he really going to diet"
Looks bad" said Barnes. gently
opening the shirt front. Several Of
the cranlng men turned away sud
denly.
"who IL he. Mr.. Jones?"
"He Is registered as Andrew Paul,
from New York. That's all I know.
The other man put his name down as
Albert Room. lie seemed to be the
boss and this man sort Of servant.
far as ! could make out. They never
talked much and seldom came down
stairs. They had their meals in their
room"
There is nothing we can do" said
Barnes, except try to stanch the flow
Of blood. lie is bleeding inwardly, I'm
afraid. It's n clean wound, Mr.. Jones.
Like n rifle shot, should say"
That's just what 1t is" said one Of
the men. tall woOdsman. "The Teller
who did II was a dead shot, you en-
bet on that. He got { other man
square through the heart"
"LOrdy, but this will raise rum
pus," groaned the landlord. We'll
have detectives an"
IL guess they got what was comm
TO EN-" said another of the men.
whats that? Why. they was ridin'
peaceful as could be to Spanish Falls.
What do you mean by sayin' that, jim
Conley? But wait a minutel How
does II happen that they were up near
your dads house? That certainly
amt on the road TO Span
Spanish Falls nothin'l They wasn't
goIn' to Spanish Falls any more'n am
at this mleute. They tied their horses
up the road just above our house"
said young Conley, lowering his voice
out OF consideration for the feelings
Of the helpless man. at was about
leven O'Clock. | reckon. | was comm
home from singin' school up at Number
the fence. Naturally l stopped. curl
Gus like. There wasn't no one around,
fer as ! could see. so | thought I'd
take look To see whose bosses they
were. thought IL was derned funny,
them hOsses beln' there at that time o.
night an no one around. Looked
mighty queer TO me. Course. thinks
|, they might belong to somebody
visitin' In there at Green Fancy, SO
thought I'd"
"Green Fancy" said Barnes, start
ing.
WAS II up that farY" demanded
Jones.
They was hltched jest about a hun
dred yards below Mr.. Curtis propity.
on the off side o. the road. l hadn't
any moren got to our front gate when
heard some one running In the road
up there behind me. Fore | knowed
what was happenln', bang went a gun.
! almost jumped out'n my boots. The
rmnin' had stopped. The horses was
rarin' an tearing so thought I'd"
"Where'd the shot come from?" de-
manded Jones.
up the road some'eres, couldn't
swear just where. Must'a' been up by
the road that cuts in To Green Fancy.
So | thought I'd hustle In an see II
pa was awake, an git my gun. Jest
then pm stuck his head out'n the win
der an yelled what the hell's the mat
ter. You betcher life | sung out who
! was mighty quick, cause pas purity
Spry with gun an didn't want him
iakin' me fer burglars sneaking around
the house. While we wuz talkin there
one of the hosses started our way
lickety-split an In about two seconds
IL went by us. II was purity dark. but
We see plain as day that there was
man In the saddle. bendin' low over
the boss neck and shoutin' to Ii. We
waited couple q minutes, wonderin'
what 10 do. an listenin' TO the boss
glttin' furder and furder away I'm the
direction OF the crossroads Then
way down there by the pike we heerd
another shot. Right there an then pa
said he'd put on his clothes an we'd
set out 10 see VIII was all about.
"Well, pa CO 18th my gun an
his'n an weN , where | seen
the hosses. 81 IN, one of 'em
was still hltcht he fence. an
t'other was gone. We stood around a
minute or two examinin' the boss an
then pa says let's 90 up the road ways
an see If We en- see anything. An
by gosh, we hadn't gone moren' fifty