Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1921-10-13

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hand and earued on q small hghs
which dissipated the uncanny shad-
ows-and showed him q line from
Dante's Inferno" that 20 him seemed
very miserable; some former occupant
Of that cell had written &c with ehar.
coal On the whitswashad oxssr wall
Then Dale sat YEARLY dowm On tho
narrow bed. Leaned hLs head xDm -
hands. and began 70 think.
He had always wantea dkAszlsass
% 0vsrsons, barriers % ssrmsSnA q
wsrk 70 %. . agAt - aGAs Or ha@-
cell. IN fau @easure 10 led fswA
them every enc. Ms eie nss aexbs ~
ability 70 svsrss1s the difassltbss. eur
IROuRt the barriers. Do Ais WORK wen
asd nght his aghf as O COED man
fights. and wia-if 10 we're net fsv &c
charge Of haviss shet ana killed Dlask
Adam BALI u ssemea % him aUw
Tat that msst END an that wa wsssA
while fer him. Ter that was mere
tAan Q difnssIty. mere than q barssax.
Hs arDiy bslisvsd tAaa 70 haa Assa
bis bullet that had anishss the sarshly
existence 81 Ne giant hiiinan. Tree,
II lad bssa IN accident Dat ksw was
he 20 esRviAes q Jury thar 70 haa ben
IN ascidsstf WSuld the Jury tahs his
wsrd fer TT The Jary wesIa net, Of
course.
The mysterious third shet, that had
come from . little distaRss-but be
could not reasonably expect deliver
ance from that source n sniy 10 LAD
held down his abOninabls. savage ssm-
per: II only he had
liaJor Bradley interrupted his ~
pleasant train Of thought.
| No brOodIng there. my heyr
Dale locked up. The old attorney,
as ssai In appsaraRes a. though he
had not evsB sesa Q saddle that day,
was standing just sutsids The eata-
iuI door Of bars. Beside hiM st0sd q
"hitsclaa ssgro hey with o Dig tray
II sfsamisg food OH one hand snd q
i'"I Of stsaning coffee 10 the other.
The jaller came and uRIeckesi the
'i"nr. alss he very cnnsidsrats
brought another steel sRs FRESH water
The major entered the cell. sns the
negro followed.
I An amused twlRkle appeared IL
bales syss az Bradley put the tray
Town - The ssarbot. There was
.nough fer I've tATsShing- mas him
hands, The black boy was ssat 70 the
frsnt deer 10 walt.
Il thought yeu'a 30 as hungry a.
] am, aAd I'm As hungry 40 peer cid
BY Heck ever vast" lsughsa the
major. ss he sat dews and bsgaA %
peur the coffee. Riding always made
'ss as huHgFy ~ q bear In April. Light
right late 10, Dale. There's nothing
like a good steak, fer any mesi, when
a fellow Is half starved: oh, Dalsi
Try that one. won't your told Nassen-
gal" III cause his bshsadlnen ~ these
steaks weren't perfect. Nassengals." he
added. runs the hotel here. the e.
reka Funeral ParIors. and the One
Price Clothing Emporium"
| u wonder" smiled Bill Dals, what
he does With his spare timer
Bradley laughed. his eyes swinkling
werrily. Dale found that As too was
hungry. Rsw that savsry odors had
Invaded his RestriIs. A minute later,
and hs had PrsnSsscss Ais steak dali
eI0us
/ 'iassengaIs shall net ssr,sr BE-
heatmsnt." said the nsajsr; and he
began 10 carve his own steak.
IL was an excellent meal. the grin
surroundings Notwithstanding. when
IL wis over. the negro esy came and
took away the dishes. and received
with 9 g!as.oms gEls - tys siiivsr
ley produced handful Of cigars, ana
tive ef them were pronptly lighted.
New. sir" said the old lawyer, Il
feel like talking. Let's see. you gave
your man Hayes orders 20 carry the
work right along as Though nothing
had happened. didn't your And the
sheriff Is TO 20 back the day after to-
morrow TO arrest tive or three Balls
and two or three Torreys, 20 see what
he ean nnd out concerning the dyna-
hitting Of the two buildings and the
treStls-tOday was not q good time 20
snake the arrests. Am ! esErseiT"
Correct" asddsd Dale.
Bradley regarded his cigar sAsagAt-
fully.
New" he said In q low tsns. sud
denly lifting his gaSs - che ethsrs
face. tell me absui che aAing that
brought yes here. Don't emit evsn ahs
slightest detail. Nobody can svsrhsar
ysH II yea will held ysur vsiss dswn
These walls are very tAish. yea go.
Well, yea may bsgin."
In carefully guarded sssss. Dill
Dale save q straightforward asssant
Of the whSIe unfortunate occurrence.
The .ajsr listened Intsntly 70 ever
were Of Il, 10 intsntly that no allowed
his cigar TO 20 out. Often he stepped
his client ana asked him % repeat Ger.
tais portions 81 the stery In seesE
'sat he wigAt DO desbN ssre Of q
psiat.
As Najsr Bradley reese % ash the
jailsr 10 cens and lst him ssa. Dale
muttsrsd dswAhsartsdly:
TELL mo. major: what % yea think
OF my ease7 Il leeks rather bad
doesn't itT'
Not bad enough 10 warrant yeur
feeling blue ever It. NY bsyr" said
Bradley. showing his polished white
teeth In q smile that was meant 10 be
reassurinE. Il think well get you out
Of II. Anyway. don't worry about II
Worry will kill 4 cat. they sayI Tor
didn't kill Adam Ball. John Moreland
lad taught yeu how to shoot pretty
well; and II yeu took even half as
careful an aim rs yau think you did
ysu couldn't have mIssed Balls hat BY
80 much.
Il have an idea, Dale" he resumed
that IL We kasw who AIRED that third
shet wee knew wks did Ter Rail II
mlSAt have been esns In srcer' 20 save
yse Ball was netsd. understand. as
an safair aad, tricky fighter. He might
have been trying % tr4ek you when
he rOss and fell greaning. Perhaps he
meant - draw ysu into the opsn, that
10 Might have q clean shss at you
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