Beadle's Half Dime Library, No. 1004 — page 5: what you’re looking at

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Scorcher Sam’s Sweep-Stakes. Eis shot the fellow, had it not been for me, | of the bridge, the Scorcher. having ex- “Nothing would please me better. IL eR 2s and he might have done it anyhow, had | amined his wheel and found it all right. | feel quite honored at thus having the 4 fat eae the chap not stolen my bike and wheeled “There is not much to tell,” he an- | confidence of a real police detective; am Bi a sates away. swered Dixon. “A young woman at-/| glad that. I have made your acquaint~ oh “And do I really look so much like | tached to the show first saw and recog- | ance.” 1% him?” nized Murrill, and she pointed him out to| The Scorcher mounted his wheel and i" i “You saw him yourself.” Cactus Bill.” started back toward the avenue—Am-~ “I know; but we cannot see ourselves “And you say he shot at him?” sterdam—with the other wheel in tow, se 2. ‘las others see us, you know.” “No, but would have done so had it | to say. He guided it along by one of the . ty | * Well, you look enough like him to be | not been for me. It was a close call for | handle-bars, steadying his own’ machine ea! his twin brother, as I told you before. } the fellow, I believe.” with one hand—not an easy trick, but ~ + You had better steer clear of Cactus “What did the young woman say when | one that any accomplished rider can do, A Bill.” she pointed him out?” taking due care to avoid a contact of a “What seems to be the trouble be- “She cried out— There he is! I would | pedals. tok tween him and the fellow who looks | know him among a thousand!’ And the Dixon accompanied him as far as the 4% like me?” showman asked her if she was sure. | avenue, where he turned in the direc- ~ 5; “T don’t know that myself, as yet.”’ ‘Yes, I would know him anywhere, even | tion of High Bridge Park, Buckley going x “Did you learn what the man’s name|in another world!’ she answered.’ north in the direction of the place from. o; was?” “And she spoke his name?” which he had started. ne “The showman called him Louis Mur- “Come to think of it, she did not.” The detective was turning the matter rill, I believe.” “Then how did you get hold of it?” Over in mind as he rode along. To Scorcher Sam’s surprise, the man “Cactus Bill spoke it, when he ordered Not that there was a “case”’ in it; he somewhat paled on hearing this, and]} the man to stop. ‘Stop! or I will drop | did not think that; but when anything _ Sam took renewed interest in him. you in your tracks, Louis Murrill!’ he | piqued his curiosity he generally liked ae “Do you know anything about him?” | cried.” to learn all there was to be learned ae he demanded. “He is the girl’s champion, then, it | about it before he let go. i “Oh, no; I know nothing about him, | would seem, and is taking up some quar- He decided to know more about this. of course,” Dixon assured, hurriedly, as | rel of hers. From what you have said, I Approaching the tent of the Westerm it seemed. take it that he did not know the man by | sport-showman, he found that the crowd “T thought you acted as if the name | sight, himself.” had dispersed, and that only the ordi- was not new to you.” : “That is the way it looks.” nary concourse was present. ¢) “TI will confess I do not want to meet “Do you know what relation he and A little knot near the bicycle stand, we your Cactus Bill.” the young woman bear to each other? ” however, remained, in the center of eh “Would it not be better to meet him “No, I do not.” which was a man who seemed to be 4 and be introduced, and let me vouch for “Is she his wife, do you think? ” laboring under some great excitement, ‘ it that you are not Louis Murrill?” “Impossible for me to say; don’t know | and Scorcher Sam rightly guessed who “No, thank you; I think I will keep | any more about them than you do, Mr. | he was. clear of him altogether.” Dixon.” It was the owner of the wheel Sam had “Well, there is wisdom in that, no “Of course not; what is the use of my | borrowed. < t + doubt. However, I have got to go back bothering you with questions? Here I A woman near the curb, leaning on a ss there with this borrowed wheel, and I | am detaining you, and I suppose you wheel, called. to him and ‘pointed as wad 94 will mention the fact that there are two | want to return that borrowed wheel.” Sam was drawing near. cd Louis Murrills, and that may be a life ‘You are not detaining me, Mr. Dixon. The man stepped out of the group |. preserver for both you and the real Mur-| Is that all you want to know about | with whom he had been standing and be rill.” them?” looked down the avenue, and as Sam ee “Yes, that is not a bad idea. Do it, by “Tam curious to know all about them, | drew up and stopped he shook his fist he Ova. | Call means.” naturally.” and called out: Mm “And you, officer, just keep your eyes|. “Yes, it seems to have awakened a “What right had you to. go off witha . | open around here for awhile, and if you | good deal of curiosity, that is true. I was | wheel that didn’t belong to you, I want & see a man who looks like this gentleman, | beginning to think that perhaps you] to know?” Ph: 4 - take him in and hold him and let me] had more than passing interest in them.” “Keep cool, sir!” said the detective. =f A know.” “Oh, no,” the man hastened to assure. | “ Here is your wheel, all in good condi- ei | : “TI will do it, I promise.” 7 Nothing of the kind. I am full of nat- | tion, and much obliged to you for it. It. a ied “You won't go with me, eh?” to Dixon. | ural curiosity, that is all. And why | was a case of necessity, and I borrowed 18 “No, thank you; I have no desire to} not? Here is a fellow who looks some- | it.” ‘pose as Murrill, if that fellow is after his | what like me, who appears to be in dan- “You had no right to doit, though,anmd 2 gore.” ger of his life. Why wouldn't I be inter- | I’ve a notion to make you pay dearly i oo “Very well. By the way, I suppose | ested?” for it.” Sis aa i] ve you enjoyed your scorch over the bridge, “There is something in that, I have “One wheelman ought to be glad to @& | P after I got out of sight?” to admit.” aid another, under such circumstances. t he P} AL “Well, since you did not see me at it| “There is a good deal in it. I would | By taking your wheel I was enabled to » t | you must not ask me to testify against really like to know what more you] rescue my own, you see, and the only. i Yee as) myself in the matter,” was the laughing | learn.” damage done was the inconvenience “of | “hie, Seply. "sy the way, ‘where is that show- “Well, give me your address, and if | a little delay.” = sem man’s place?” it is not too far out of the way I will “A little delay. You have kept me f | . 3 Sam named the place. make you a call and let you know how | here almost half an hour—” ae See VA “Not that I want to see him, you} it comes out.” #‘ Well, you have got your wheel noes f ae} “understand; it will save my running into “My address would take you alto-| go off and say no more about it. You Ba danger. But you have not told me the | gether too far out of your way, and I | make me tired.” Sita whole story, evidently. Would you mind | will not trouble you that far. Tell you “Make you tired, do I?” loudly. “Pu Raa _ telling’ me all you know about this fellow | what I will do, however, that will an- | make you tireder, if you ever take my ~ | —\) _Murrill and Cactus Bill? But you said | swer the same purpose.” —_ | Wheel again, or any other man that does |) a ou aid not know what was the te ? “What is that?” it! For one cent I would—” . Ron * peng) “J will come to this part of the city | “I would take your wheel again, under ia ‘ipa! i CHAPTER V. for my bicycle exercise, and will no | the circumstances, or any other man’s,” doubt fall in with you again. "v4 returned Sam, sternly. “T would take / | “Yes, we may possibly .meet again, your horse and carriage, if necessity de- Scorcher ‘Sam was somewhat: puzzled. that’s so, Well, so-long, Mr. Dixon! | manded it, if you’had such.” — Vi: rao ‘Something about Phil Dixon he did not | Steer clear of Fort George until after| ‘Do you mean to tell me—” _ gr ays he Dhaai under | that affair has been ettled, or you may “Yes, and I will take you in, if on SES a br ie oo ee aa ‘Perbaps | he: was. right, that this man : i ke y | 2G CURIOSITY Is AWAKENED, | get it in the neck, as the boys say.” don’t shut right up and get out of here,” See f and the other. were brothers, and hence |, ode “ Thank you; I’ll take good care not to | cried Sam, showing his badge. eat Br jase Webel ik). -Phipinterest, ay § self within shooting isi a ae The man’s unreasonableness had tried ee 5 a um i _ If so, one or the other of them was| « a! by the way—” — _ | his patience too far, when he would } Gas going g under an assumed name—and per- f z ‘Wha at? . gladly have done the same in his b half, | haps both, since he had not heard the | “Should you run across that fellow— | had the circumstances of the case | beet. | Le other’s name_ ‘save as Gecared,. 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