Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1932-09-30
Friday, September 80, 1892


the police happen to be pr.. s.pg biz !
A few hundred dollars might hs nm !
useful TO man who Is only ,ery |
jumps ahead Of his pursnors rev
course the telegram which camn vi
in cipher from one of his confod.. was
He probably went to Canada " .''es'
The doctor arose, saying: ~ b'u
long ride to make and must 20 ,t
presumption, perhaps, bur 49,
mapped out a new trail for Won ave
your chief. If he thinks thar q "nu
worth following. shall be gloa
know what terminus it may lead =. W.
Please remember that my name is w.
to be mentioned in the matter" '
After hi5 friend had gone Shad fol.
phoned to Colonel Blake: ~
II ought to see you today and th,rvs
are in such shape here that l cannos
leave Bumpy."
What is on your mindT" the colOps,
asked.
New evidence. 1t looks important ~
I'll take the noon train and drive
up from Ashfield."
"A Bumpy Brown dinner will ho.
ready when you come" said Shad
He and Bumpy set out for Browns
cove. A little beyond the store thew
met Deacon Starks and his wife. Ths
latter stopped and Mrs. Starks called,
out:
"Shad Morryson, this is pretty com.
pany for you to be in"
well, don't know any better com
pany in this place"
A cruel ironical laugh came from tia
woman. The man muttered a reproach
to his wife for speaking to black.
guards.
The grimy blacksmith looked out Of
the open doors Of his shop with red
hot iron In his hand as Shad and
Bumpy came along. He shook tho
iron and shouted: "There goes that
d-n' murderer"
The blacksmith shop of Hod Sher.
man was a dingy dusty place, that
smelled Of burned hoofs and forge gas
and horse dung and old iron. Here
the men of leisure in Amity Dam met
on winter mornings around a rusty
stove, smoked and chewed tobacco and
drank beer and gossiped and played
Old Sledge with sooty cards on a de-
tached door supported by their knees
Bony called this ''The SCOT and Dung
club" having in mind the two vocifer-
Gus Odors that surrounded 1t, as wen
as deeper grounds Of appropriateness.
Men came hurrying out of the
gloomy cavern of the shop. One Of
them who had just come from the
store had paper sack in his hand.
He hurriedly opened the sack and
hurled an egg at Bampy. It struck
between the shoulders of the old man
and spattered its contents on the two
pedestrians.
"YOu hurry on. I'll catch up with
you" Shad said to Bumpy.
He ran to the shop door and said to
the man who had thus assaulted
them: You don't know what you an
doing. That man has harmed no ond
The district attorney knows what he's
about. You'll know the facts one Of
these days and then you'll be sorry"
'They're a lot o. d-n' fools there
in Canton" the smith bawled out.
How can anybody doubt who 10
guiltyT
You're all wrong and you'll know
1t soon," Shad answered as he hur-
ried away.
The old man was walking fast when
Shad caught up with him. He did not
speak. For a little time they went on,
side by side, in silence. They were
well beyond the village on the lonely
road when Bumpy said:
I'D ruther be hung an done with
1t. I got to bear 1t best can. It's
all due me-" e
The people can only see one side
Of any subject an that's the one that's
toward EN-" Shad remarked. there's
lots O. folks here who believe that no
one but church members can b
honest"