Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1932-09-16
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CHAPTER Exhausted. ragged and starv
ing q boy of about sixteen is found in thu
woods, and befriended by a camping party
He has fed from his brutal father, Bat Nor
friends conceal him. Fed, and in clean clothes
the boy, who gives his name as Shad (Sheri
6an) l. sent on his way to Canton, with let
Ter to Colonel Blake
CHAPTER H-Shad cleverly eludes hil
father. Colonel Blake his wife, and theii
Soung daughter Ruth, are impressed by ths
boys manner. The Colonel secures him a sit.
uatiOn in the village of Amity Dam. He be
comes friendly with a youth of his age
~B0ny," and Bunny Brown. tinker, a village
character, eonsidered By the straitlaced peopl'
of Amity Dam as a drunkard because Of hi
periodic lapses from strict sobriety. Will
Bony, Shad Is a frequent visitor to the Bic
turesque shack which Brown calls home
known in the vicinity as the Fun Shop" Bal
Aorryson comes to Amity Dam, with determi
nation TO take his son back to his own dis
solute life.
CHAPTER HI.-MOrryson, known lawbreak
er, 10 overawed by Colonel Blake, who is tn
Shad's life. With Bony, he pays visit Z
Bunny Brown. A girl. young and pretty
comes to Browns shack. inquiring for him
Shsd applies himself diligently to his neglecteI
education. Two years pass.
CHAPTER IV.-In new clothes, and
with much Of his uncouthness worn on.
lEhad visits the Blakes, and love for
Ruth takes . strong hold on his heart.
The community IL convulsed by an at
oscar on ps tire Ps tss fs s% hin
daughter, Mrs. Doolittle. wife of Cyrus
iDoolittle, prominent citizen, are shot
and seriously wounded. Circumstantial
the assailant, and he is arrested. Shad
lie convinced Of his friends innocence,
and with boyish confidence determines
to prove It
Z CHAPTER v.-statements by Cyrus
iDoolittle and his stepson, Robert
Royce, strengthen the case against
Brown. Shad loses his job, and goes to
live with Bony. at Miss Spenlows. The
two boys seek and find DISCUSSES the
murderer had worn. Colonel Blake
takes an active interest in the case.
= They went 10 the Westminster
hotel and learned that the next train
going west left at six-forty. They
decided to telephone and learn If the
scolonel were at home They learned
that he had gone to Kildare pond
hunting. The pond was about five
miles back in the woods,
They went to a store. Shad got
some paper and twine and wrapped the
hats and handkerchief in snug pack
age and tied it to his belt.
I'm hungry" said Shad. "Ler's
get our suppers and walk home and
have a talk with the DOCTOR"
When they came out of the supper
room a number of men sat around the
fireplace. They were talking of the
murder at Amity Dam. Among them
we're Robert Royce. Ellery Anderson,
James Evarts, commercial traveller,
the proprietor Of the hotel and a
stranger of about thirty. rather shah
billy dressed The stranger had red
hair. a freckled face and abnormally
large ears. Anderson had spoken of
the excellent work of the district attor-
ney In promptly solving the problem.
THE problem amt solved yet" said
Bony. 81 happen to know that they're
barking up the wrong tree"
"Huhl You must be rather smart
boy" said the hotel man.
mo, but where there's so many that
DO all their work with their tongues
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while kind o. stands out. The game
was put up on Bumpy Brown. He
was a drunken OF pup Of man. No
body supposed that he had any
friends. He hated the Doolittles. He
lived all alone a mile from anybody
else. 1t would be hard fer him to
prove an allerby. The man that done
the shootin' put on that limp. He
wore a SLOUGH hat in Mr.. Doolittle's
house and broad-brimmed hat when
he was runnin' away"
With the rashness of youth Bony
told of the different points in the road
where the man with the broad
brimmed hat had been seen in the
darkness escaping toward Ashfield. A
mile below Amlty Dam he had hidden
the colored handkerchief which had
masked his face and the SLOUGH hat
In a stone wall. Half a mile out of
Ashfleld he showed the broad-brimmed
hat In the hollow Of an old stump and
put a cap on his head. In the edge
Of the village he was wearing the cap.
Tense with interest, every one was
leaning forward in his chair gazing
at the boy. The landlord was first to
speak, asking:
How do you know he hid the hand
herchief and the hats?"
1--WE found them today"
"Where are theyf"
We've got EN-"
"Let us have look at them"
-No stree. We amt goin' to show
'em to nobody till we see the district
attorney. He's up at Kildare pond
huntin' deer. One of us is goin' up
there tomorrow to ind him."
They went out-of-doors and hast
@ned toward the bridge.
The tavern gossips of Ashfeld had
something new to talk about Mr..
DvArts said that he thought that the
boy had told the truth. The drum
n~ was also Of that opinion.
Hes q notorious young liar," said
Robert Royce. There isn't a laEIeR
an more harum-scarum chap IN this