The Argosy, October 1906 — page 165: what you’re looking at

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“pliced an ambulance at Colwell’s dis- Se posal for the purpose of conveying ‘the prisoner to Minnewaukon; and late that afternoon the- sheriff, Max, and Pasco _began their return journey. - : Telegrams were despatched ou Min- = newaukon to Rose, Dr. Jenkins, and Lee £= Marvin, announcing the capture of Pas- = co. and ‘his acknowledgment of guilt. ‘That night was passed at Matt Gidley’ S, and next day the south-bound train car- ried the prisoner and his sone to. Car- ; -fington. — ae Rose and her father, ‘Dr. Jenkins Sid _ Campbell, the sheriff of Foster County, Ses, were at the station to meet the arriving = partys her father seemed like a different man. ‘The doctor, as usual, was gruff and _._-Inatter of fact, but he found occasion to 2 eee ~ grasp Max's hand and whisper in his eee We’ re not done with this thing yet. == ee Next j in order is a seance at the jail.” oa 04 Ng : eS Max wondered why there was to be a os =— “* seance * Ee “at the jail, but passively ac- sae = companied Jenkins, Marvin, and Rose, 2 who: were trooping along at the heels of —— _ the two sheriffs and Pasco. Notoriety was dear to Pasco’s soul, = asd: ‘it is to be presumed that he had ~ AL ' ‘ — earned enough to satisfy him. Later, he was to count the cost—but that. fact - = seemed farthest Se his - Se at the. === smoment. = = = The “seance’ ’ was etek in nite -sherif’s “office in the jail. On either side of the —manacled — prisoner sat Colwell and ‘Campbell ; “near-by was the doctor, smo- king: teflectively, and on the other side of p = - the room was Rose, with her. father and ~ Max. - se = A oe short was pulled up i in Front : of a desk, a pad of paper in front of him oa and a — ain his, hand. == pe ed oe ae me -_ an - 3 : PE gs et ne Ny Og ee ge eS * — - a ——_e pe 7 ~—. —- - _— . a . = = Se IN THE WAKE, OF THE SIMITARY oS T fie eae ine one at the post: Just then a anon leading into a Cor-— ‘man walked directly to Max and wenn = _ words. Rose was radiantly happy and_ Pasco, you were known to bear Cully a grudge.” bullets. Minnick’s, = ~ huntin’ for Phillips’s steer that Tuesday, _- = and I only chanced to be near Marvin’s ~ Claim. = Ss ; ‘Larrimore’ S, window. eg called | at “your shack one night = when you were away,” spoke up Max. eS “Oh, you!” snarled Pasco. “ The more I hear, the. more I wisht Td throt- = a tled you when we was in the lake to = gether. == — 1 4 ni +i" ff i ridor was thrown open and the ee came into the office with Lee. The young — Aah his hand. : : No words were spoken. Lee Marin oe = ‘gratitude was beyond the power of mere ~ In passing to a chair, Lee halted in front of Pasco for a moment and gave him a long look. Pasco sneered = = shrugged his shoulders. 2 me © That’s right,” said he. “ You owe Broderick a heap. If it wasn’t for him rT reckon I’d still be at large and you'd as good as sent up.” == Tee: passed on to the chair and sat down. “There is something else we know, ’” continued the doctor, ‘“‘ and that is that every bullet you cast bore the mark of that defective bullet mold. These + — marked bullets have enabled us to con- nect you with that attempt on Jasper Broderick’s life——” “JT wisht I’d got. him!” breathed. << ‘Pasco through his teeth. “And with the shooting of Abijah Cully,” pursued the doctor. _ “If Cully hadn’t died you’d never knowed,” chuckled Pasco. “We had something of a case against you,’ said the doctor. ‘You were at Larrimore’s at eight o’clock on the night of Tuesday, June 10th. F urthermore, ; “Yd have given you the slip, slick an’ = clean, if it hadn’t been for them: marked Se You couldn’ t have mage out no case ag’inst me. : “T had been layin’ or Cully for quite a spell, but I didn’t go out that night in- ~ tendin’ to shoot him. - I had made up my* mind that I’d buy some bullets at when I did that. I was ede F= ned the See after leavin’ I seen Cully through thes ‘And he was sech a = Sa << — oo * < . <y ~ ‘ — se ™— ™ a 2. ee 3 isd << o< = <3 as > = — ~~ oa - ne ety Fe —— =