Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1932-09-09
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CHAPTER L-Exhausted, ragged,
ID starving, q boy Of about sixteen
found in the woods, and befriended,
. camping party. He has ned from
b brutal father. Bat Morryson. Bat
pMceal him. Fed, and In clean clothes,
= boy, who gives his name a. Shad
Ae1idan) II sent on his way TO Can
y. with Q letter to Colonel Blake
CHAPTER M-shad elevsrly eludes
~ father. Colonel Blake, his wife, and
leiT young daughter Ruth. are Inn
Rpssod By the boys manner. The
lonel secures him . situation In the
Isndiy with youth Of his age.
keny," and Bumpy Brown, tinker, .
aage character, considered By the
htfattlaeed people Of Amity. Dam a. .
:e s's soS.i. q W. Ws Scns ssss
frequent visitor To- the picturesque
AAek which Brown calls homo. known
TIE vicinity a. the Fun SHOP
VatA determination 70 take his son
AAsh 70 his eva dissoiute life
CHATTER lM-Morryson. known
Awbrsaker. = overawed By Colonel
e lis father PASSES out Of shad':
j. With Bony. he pays . visit 70
hMpy Brown. A girl, young and
fptfy, comes 10 Browns shack. In.
lgs6tly % his neglected education.
Ne years PASS.
~Praise lne LOrdl" he shouted as
they wrapped an old shawl around
the cage. Then they locked the door
and set out for Canton In the sheriff's
Auegy, the bird under the blankets
Between them.
Mrs. Doolittle was weak from loss
uf blood but likely to recover. Her
father still fingered, dimly conscious
but unable to speak. The doctor had
attracted one bullet from his neck,
>ene had gone 80 deep that 1t could not
be reached. another-and that no
doubt, was the one which had struck
Mrs. DoollttIe-had been found on the
Aoor. The two bullets we're delivered
90 Colonel Blake.
Ehad took the Judge and the district
attorney to the part Of the road
where, the night before, the unknown
man had left it and taken to the field.
At length they located the point with
absolute precision. They saw where
he had turned and gone into the ditch.
Beyond the low fence In a fallow corn
field they could discern the familiar
rubber tracks. The judge measured
them.
: 1.-THE same tracks," he exclaimed.
He went below. crossed the road
somewhere and got into his boat. Did
you observe whether he Hmped or
not7"
Shad could not say. the night was
TOO dark. But he did not believe that
Bumpy Brown could travel SO fast as
that man was going. He thought that
the man he saw wore broad-brimmed
hat. He could not be sure Of It
They walked down the road a mile
~ 80 but saw no more rubber tracks.
The two men who had brought the
tinker to Smithers' store were Ellery
Anderson. a carpenter Of middle age,
and Richard Berry, q mason, some
what younger. These men were often
working In Ashfield and other villages.
They had families and were respected
members Of the community Of Amity
Dam. They went with Colonel Blake
and his associates and the boy Shad
Morryson to Browns cove. The col.
Onel had requested Smithers to allow
ghad to 60 with the party.
They had come to the rickety turn
gtile, near which the men hitched
their horses and took the winding path.
The district attorney and the Judge
stood q moment surveying the curious
little home Of the tinker. They de.
seconded to its door, which the sheriff
had unlocked, and entered its on,
room. An old clock was ticking Oh
Its shelf They surveyed the crayoI
portrait.
tits a decent, motherly face" the
colonel remarked. Her spirit Il
here. The place is as neat as wax.
They searched the cupboard, a small
closet and every nook and corner anC
erevice In and around the house. On
der the broad overhang Of the caves
toward the river, an old black knii
jacket hung on q wooden peg. In On'
OF its pockets they made a really i'm
Dortant discovery:
Two loaded, sQuare-based pisto
cartridges.
The sheriff called to his associates
what do you think Of that7" he asked
a. he displayed them. .
The colonel examined them.
"Thunder and Marsr" he exclaimed
7-Well, the pistol must be here some
where"
"rll bet he threw It in the river
said the sheriff.
THAT may be-" the colonel an
,swered. But such a man is not apt
% throw away things that cost X
much. II he did, he would do 1t care
Hully."
He turned to Anderson and Bern
and asked: How long did 1t tak'
you to get here?"
Berry answered: -Not more thar
ten or twelve minutes. We got II
with Tip Beach q little below tn
corner he ran his horse. nrowI