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to put them'on ? 1\Iercy'!" said 1. ' Why didn't be live ((A1! 3-,, cu ` an _'___ Lvuhu I110 l.VL II I..lIvL_Iu' A u I han(1_ (1 th tags ;to he let 'the proprietor IookL.at-thcm,_;be- ing careful to keep ou hnnd_on lth`9n1,= till the time. % V . ` . ~ . .-5 - - - _. . -.- .4- 1:3 can any I.4xI.Va\.-. , `.`Yes,7 h said; .(1ea~nt-'1iAk`e, hIVl `lid seuthis suit tQ;a young man a `matter _.of threqor four weeks ago. But_pef3re- that and on the same night I sold-theni .to_ another man, who never lh'ed+.{:p` put ` `them on'.- touch me for what I did._ V. .1; "said a momen_t~'* that L-"sh ", In". her pocke`t_tI_1e` tggg, t'g__len_ ,t.rom`*thpsoV `clothes. S_how-m .[thei.t8g_s,' and I'll talk. fas_'f ~eno'ugh; for the` lnlv >aAn :t nu" _... .1 gum . to't;.g_f1. w1ga-t_ l"m3`1*` , .. 38*-W5?-?T*1*sfA `.15, .. K . ' knew a%bo'ut`m-1poka:at'-ms. _ Lgw-' % son; and there. weretears in her 6.76.8 9 (fI`l__L _1.$ _.-........ M` I.......-... LI... rvnll . VI: IJVIOVVI Live ;.l`Jh`en she hesimted s little. pnlling at the strings of her winter hood. which was all crinkled up under her _arm. but `nally asked me not to say.-"anything about Will drawing the money. 9 . Air-I .1- ____I4_ _`-_.___A.' IA. I...`-_-cg 9!` -LA L Iaooaooiv `VS;:ll, said.` Mrs. Lawson, Will's asked Lawyer Clapp aboutit. andlho says it's all right. He's going dowq to the city tomorrow with Will after the money. They ll beybnckin the evening` in time for Will to. piayanta Gluiil District school No. %3." ~ 1:14.- _--- II|__...-L .1- u----.- .-v v- ""`i"c>1:l'z-1-11"; savkes-!:vI saidwlgex-J I g6t_ my breath again. You don't say 89! Yes. she said. It's all here in this 1ist-No. 98,567. T ` 1171.-.. v -_I__.1 I... An I.-!AI .._A. 1.1.- an--an ovvc When I asked her if he d got the money and she said he was going to the city the next day to get it, LI dld_n t encourage her In any hopes that might not be fulfilled. ~ ` ~ g 1 -p,,:, -- , ,,,_,, nit-I1'II|_ I had turned around. with my dish- pan, almost full or bloody water, in my hands, and I just sat down `In a chair. feeling weak all in a minute. `and the dlshpan tipped over. and all that ,water' Went sailing dver my clean oor. um-.. u.....: ._..u_....on v ..-n.:|'...I..-.. r .44. _ ---._w- ----- ---- - -- u-v `------u Her words and her manner atrhck me all of a` heap. but I managed to ask her what kind of a prize, for I thought perhaps he'd drawn a necktie or a clock. -v vuvvuou "It s a money prize," : teen thousand dollx`4rs;" --..~--., - -v 5 --o`- What Jo you think? she ds:ke'd,' a1- - most dancing acros .tothe sihk. where I was 'cleauing `a small ' turkey for Christmas din rxex---w,hat do you -think? Will's ticket has drawn the prize." ` `l'T__ :-...J.. _'..A L-.. ...-__-._ ..L...`_-I_ -avg. u-nu. u uuouguu. ascuucs ugusc. After the- boy had shown oi! his. -clothes and told us all about his visit to the city I went home. for I had,le1.'t some things stewlng on the stove, and 1 was afraid they'd burn. but I hadn't been home very long before Mrs. Law- son marched in, with n worried~__look on her face and that wretched lottery ticket in her hand. Mrs. Lawson was a God fearing woman, and shealmost - cried as she told me about nding. a. i ticket in the watch pocket 01 "Will's - new pantuloons. The worst of it." she said, "is that ' Will denies all knowledge of the ticket. He spoke up real disrespectful `when I told him he'd better burn it. He said itmight bring luck. . e - :1 l `(T .-..I_ 3.. I_-__.`I ___,,I,. J, 1 Vtvuw -v..-qr vv It was e'1tactly.tv5\"o!w-reeks atter-on Dec. 23.120 be exact--that M133.` Lawson- came over to my house looking more cheerful than I'd seen her look` for many a long day. _ ~ ' ' n1v1...;. A- ..-..` 4.|._2..I-m`i -n.- .'..'1_-'.a -i -v- vv #7 ---u --up-ou- All I could say. didn t persuade herh into my way of thinking, though she d come over to consult me, and she went home with the ticket qlasped tightly in her hand. as if it could bring anything but orrow. . ' y . ._ . -3I{{{`f}{~Jx}:'iEh Will I wou1dn't'de-T stroy it." she said. . All 1 --__I_`| _-_ :ln.1_.u;, __, , ,_ ,1 -- --_-5--v I-you-ca nuance Luck is hard work nnd fsinving ..ways. said I, and I'm sorry. to~see, .such notions getting into your head. my kitchen stove. T - Nothing good can come of it. you may be sure. It I were `in your place. I'd burn that lottery ticket right now in Lt'I'I__.A_ V _,_._ _,__'I Cvvvln v :1 a. Q years say ` tha,t?`sintul:f: Au fled their venaltI9&:%t; .. Pm 91" the. 9*11!?8.. ??25*%C1%L}l:i`.5. in the-case lfme -going: to1'tell;gg_ - about. though youannay rsay .tl5.isS2li`;"$;.; .110 actual sin eommittedApy;g;,;;i`f,[e:;q,: which may be true. but; he :~.ga._s'e my under strong temptation; anti-,that'.is"'j,; the next thing: to it. .A;lly.Y}'ll_i`. eW_il1. Lawson, the eldest~son~ot herxvliowas I Samantha -I<`i,sher. would~. - nevermhavs` .; ` been arrested. fl)r'.tntirde_r and put. in peril ofhis life it he-hadnlt yieldedgto" temptation and had-sto do with a lot. teryticket. _. l_` _ .. W Widow Lawson. _Wlll s-mother. lived |. next door to me in a little. white cot- tage with green blinds and aneat ow- 1 ] er-garden in front w'hen.__these things if lmppened. and `we were the `best of :1 friends, So I remember as it it was "I only yesterday the day Will came home 1 from the city with his new clothes, It {.1 was the 9th of December. and Will's 4 mother had been saving up all sum- }` mer to buy that suit for a Christmas ll! present for her boy. so it_was quite an event when he brought it home.- I ran 1 right over when I saw. him. and he put the clothes on and paraded around the house so we could see how he looked in them. Will was a handsome boy. with a straight. slender gure. - Am-m. 4.1.... I... -._-I ~I-----~ -5 '-"- she" said. uFir_ . ,But this roommate had seen the ` ticket. He remembered the number and thought It strange It wasn't found onthe dead man's body. V He told the police about It. and so when the ticket was cashed for Lawyer Clapp _In New % York it was traced back. and promptly d vlanded Wm Lawson in prison, I heard q that the broker. who `bought theaticket 1 ;:ea,me-very hear being arrested the nmnrder and only . escaped` by giving wars name and address. a It the hadn't d_raw,n`_tha't pomp It would nev'- o errhave beemheard-.-of aa1n`.`and Wm ~wnuldn tot*3m9 . ox. .' V o -;*Wl';`stuck"-1? toll ;;ab'I_Pt.~ wsbe o-ake? one .Wl9.|"f manna ` sbtefllveifazt-a ' '* -a `;-<. ,J! nld\f!1W:'J**?i*f9?t`1!!* .-o! h!!3.io*ese ' .,~ 1 ,_..'.`/V v...- ." " v H -~ on--w-o -~~--- _--- ----...- `w'.fh' went `off that night. The 1'01 lowing day was Cbxistmas, and what .9. Christmas it was`tor_'po'or Mrs. Law- , son and me!` Lawyer Clhpp Vcamebac-1: the day after Christmas. `He told__us that the man who boughtlottery "ticket ' Noi 98.567 had been` stabbed `to death __ln ,the street; on the very nlght_'Wlll `bought his new clothes and not "tar from_ the place where` he bought_ them; He was a stranger` In the city. only ` one ,man knowing anythlngiibout him, and that xnan"hls` `roo_m1jnate_at a cheap 4 h9?1~ . (WU HCQVH IJIDII `I I.fth9uhf'":.`#b!!tt'3.I?St_`, vua -V9-av -gu-c vvuaouu we-o vvjv -7.-v ----V ___ ---__. I've got to go away with these men tonight, he said, but I'll. be back in *a few days. And Lawyer Clapp is go- `. lug. with me." and you can hear from ' me through him. But. whatever hap- pe1`1s.y"you'n.1ust always believe that I _told you the truth.-about that ticket." nu.-- _._..g. .,.u a.|....4. -.h.l.6} rm... `Ix` ovnuy nunwvvu uuov vv -o-no no. u and all because of that lottery ticket. Lawyer Clapp came in by and by all \ o_tj.a hustle. and the four--Will and the ' lawyer and the twoVstrangens-wcnt "down to Mrs._ Lawson's house. The poor woman fainted away when she heard that Will had been a1'x'ested. and I ran in as soon "as I heard of it. When I got there. the fence in front` of the cottagewas all lined_wlth pryinggfaces. ``7\-\ an `Inn 1' n rnnrxru An nan I-A T-`II Will had been arrestecl. tor murder." When Mrs. Lawson came to, W 111 told her not to worry. that he had one nothing to be arfestedhfor and that it would all come out right In time. I - ._-L.A.- .._- -_._.._. 114.1. LL--- __--__ `V The school tu_stee `wept over to_.t_he jmg_1)' and e_xpls1i.x1`ec.1 that Will \vas_ "Santa Claus `and that_l_t wogxldinoy do ~to let the _chi]dre1 ) 1_1d__out that their. idol was but a}man`o.' clay. ,'1`he`feI; low `walked (over toward `the `_[tree.e placed his hand "upon Will s shoulder . u can my uvoa yv ; and 'grufy_1'ema1_'ked: . _ * 'Will Lawson,-you are my prisoner! _ _WilI was dumfounded,` but his sur- ptflse was as`no_th1ng compared tothat or the children, who then learned what `they had never even suspected--that '__theh-T Santa Clgms was only ,a man. % }The festivities broke up in a hurry, but the than, whowas an oicer from New York. never left Will's side. ` __._,,_L_.1 A--- ....-_-..'I -__ Ivvoui `I, - _'I I. _ 1 l 1 1 1 1 uuuus ysuuno . . . , ,..The room soon lled. and. tothe ac- companiment otjthe music gt" tin and- .b.ra'ss horns. Santa.G1aus 'epte_ren.' `The children gazed _upon_[ the weirdly built up, St. _Ni,chglas. ` w_ith_ feeling of _ awe . , mi_ngle_d t.,W.l.th' _adm_irati9`n.. ,'.Snn_ta "stepped up to ,the tree. bowing, toetjlie ..l_itt_le_, folksnas he went. `, Clumsil'y}he "selected the ilijst__pi*esent and ..called out the name inscribed there'on:- ' ` L ;-l1,InI_I1isei._BI70.W'I.1l"_. _ 1 s A` youngster" about seven. `years of age, with his "hair. plastered edowniinto : ea cowlick `on \ his _t_orel_iea d. Dlfdmptly i 'Si:'epped, torwa`r_d_fr'om,4 the ti-j')`1.1_t."roV`vv. i looked around `and. `seeing ths'_i_t he was \ the only `person. out of, line. I 'stu`c:k._ his `nger into his cheek, began to blnbber ; and abriiptlyl rushed back, to the_`_shel~ i ter of the crowd. Hewvas quieted and i made his way haltingly to" the tree, ` where St. Nicholas A handedn him a inguve colored sheep which emitted a | `plaintive L "`Bi_1-_a-a!" when it "was pressed. As ' Jimmie moved je_rk1,_ly ; ' backward towardhis `original position ; the door opened.` {Every `one looked 3 around. and nllewere astonish'ed to ob? serve that the two men who entered were strringers. One of the ne\veo1uei's asked it Will eL:u_vson was there_.- ' IIVi-_ ..-l--_1 A`_:;_._J.,_- __-__;_ -_.-.. 1.- .LI_,. ` III} KJCCLly`I \JlIIuI4II3l * i The buildin8jbe1D8'lh_g:Vt0 Difr'ict 1 No. 3 was the typ1ca._l_`:_<':oun'try school- ` house. It was painted" red,._ and 'tco'n-V n tained two -roon,1s--one"jtor,, the _n_1pi'e `` E advanced schoiars and one'for the pri- i maries. There was `an. jentrancejfior 1 each section. One of theselittie vesti- i. bules had. `been trans`foi'iIie;d.:for the oc- casion into-a dressing 1"oom ~tor Santa l Clans. In_ the__ middle` of`the primngy department, which `_was_ the larger` di- lvision of the `building. It ghqrt X but broad spxfeiiding Christmas tree jj_h_ad been placed. `It, bore. a` ifairly genefous _ yield or tinseied `gifts, '_.Wi1i added the presents hehad h`o`ught, and then,` be- fore the children began to arrive,V`re- _Santa Clntje. V, _ tired to the vestibuleto 'm'ake up" as * J I _ `f0_h.' I ouldxz/f.d!`s Iip1')oi1itthm.',.I ve` _ pro mised, and 1- mu`8t'?be,'._thr." Ee- 81des.. `I, took. 510 or the.` money Ifgot ; from the. ticket and_b o(1ght a; few _l_it tle presents fox-.the youngsters. `And then. ; too. you know if`! dqn f. _gO` ther l_1 be n o `Santa Claus." I_,_lIJl___ I._`-___.I.._._v .A.. but ; 2 I . .V.' `-_--7- a `nun. nu fjwiu, I am 11a't 'pset' 17w1h you I would not go_ go the Chrlstxpaisreye jolu. ticatxomdosirn `at District fsdhbol -N5,` 3" lll'\l. I '.-__|.1..o`.n. _u'._"-..__:_L .u_;, .11:-';,better_ not to `say anything about., this,` "to the neighbors. -_Reme;x;_t>er. . _m9'ther."not ,a_` `wjvogx-'d._'. ~ ` ` -A T I '"-11..-. 1-- `U - * `M-rs',_`La4wso"n was so excited thit she i'.cQuld"`only.n_1ux nt_>le out het'_p'1*omi_se to regard .Will s}w1shes. ms the way home `he remark ed_:"" % ' ` " `uivviuu -- '- 3` ' ` Cowrichi; l)(!.0`liu-`ion `B; litligditn AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-AAAAAAA`AAA A A - vll. .|-lllu IIIKU CCU 85' 3' ~ - .v :,}:_{`Z_-152' 3!: v ; `.I am-t szramrouncsa M .. . I SW.`-.m PE?-'9` '*.!.N!% 15 . 9T;%*1,{kwent-.awar-%; - :2.- .-.`.L t . . . 'jibas1`T 1;o_. * in; % `A gas` 54.2-3 IA :1-active than his place or busines_s._ Ho looked like a Russian` and was talland stout, with; a _big `nose and black hair and eyes. Tho hair othis head and the -_hai,t.Of his tac met` and,_tangled up to- gether. and, he, darted ms round. eyes at. us out of._ the :t__1; icket like a .snake_._ I _lai4,d ._W1l's clothes down on the counts: and said ..tl1ey were bought there and ..th.at . Lswould. alike: to set; 8..b9ttero_9i!1t and pay `a little more=money..,`. . , . 4. .x . - I PDI... ......... -......-.1~4I.- I.-..._.1|_)-_.u ,._n:~- _..._- trvvy - ----- as vlav The man o1J`e;1_e_.-1"1;he hd id _(:hu.t l;e%.cou_1dn ,t qllowr; the fun p1-1`c_e,. .smt..t2e'.1;.t!:ir;owvAs>.tr Aen6izshA op: 4`n.o'fh;er ;!`.1.1t ta n1a!se.%uv.; .Then. soxyethi9a.aPmit $11.9 ;t.o Aatrt:xsVh4s.%9tten- em: ss.d;h,e 8.l'}.b;bed .tl.1em:; 912.; . ,-._.. . .-'_'.-_ . I _. ` % .. ha eaweiwea vtm, . . . 1..,wh9.1.n a ereat.r,t4se+ . _ ___g3%,yoo.,. V II nnuns-' -as GSA`-`us ` ,,,' _.-__'-.-I-any there too._ though "was a bright win- _,ter day,` and there was a`smell of dye- mo_st turned; my stomach. stuffs .ab6ut.`the, frosty Interior that 7'-an I\nAv\-XnL-_ ---- ----`L ` ' ` 5:. "an ueun ILI I pretending to want to `It was` a littlebit of a -`yg no :1?" yauuxluvu. - ' I*m~uot -going to. sit here with fold- . ed hands? I said, and `see ~W_i1l hanged, and that's the end of it, -You may go with me if you want to, but I want you to remember that `I m to com- mand the expedition and do whatever I se,et~to do." * ` ' I` think my positiye way cheered her npa little. She went with me. and we saw the poor boy sittinggalone and dis- pconsolate in his cell. Such a crying x time-as we-had over him! ,He.told;ue i where he` had bought the clothes, and s we found the store and -lookedit over. I buy aomething. place in a dirty part of the `city,..witha ~low._ gmoky ceiling all covered with_y~sp`ec'ks and I a chilly atmosphere. It was dark in I too, itwas a I Juan. A._. --A-'l -- -.g-- ---v no uua-.-Iva-IvlIi\I_ l'I.Vt.'. - " - V I One day Just before the time .`et'-(or the trial Mrs. Lawson came` bye: to my house and sat there grievingfap41`:cry- ing over the plight poor `Will "was in until. my heart almost broke at the sight ot her misery. Finally I told her that .1 was going too the city the next day, though I had-never thought `of it before, and that I meant -to stay"? there until I foundout all -about"th`at ticket and `how it got into the pocket vof~'the boy's pew pa-ntafloons. '- ' A `IT ... 4-; _._.I_.. L` - ` " ` '_con1i:iIxi:i iixi ' Wi11' W. it Seem ,to me that he msum .119 right into a disl_1o`nored_ gra `e, * (Inn ow -Incl-'knl...... 4.1.- ; - ...v_-u. yum. lJI. \l4,-`I11 l5|.U.|.l.lU.L'1l. - The proprietor wasn't a bit m_ore"at i.a;itA4ioi:v9. cried;.1.* 4 but tn.-a '!oV._ VIII . KIIUIII 2 %;W|LL : it d_1fdi1 t V [e himself` `took tnms u:;%59r.A{gv`,Y+ %'.!:I.ze% \:to_ the m.11"|:0@9~f Ekr% 'dreadfu!f wonld -:15,`2;}?-,;:i;:.T3i L A ' The` "ne'xt' murmur; ztiau '=`!ai,"1'r_efore; ~Ohrls'tmas.- Will? in-`nd .Iaawver.;% C1899 Werg gp, l1118,h$!' Md 9`.!`3;;:>!d. got themoney. though qygf` V :30 P9!-. 3m9.t11.'l.1E'Wf% 01': '-*3?!` wattu`nm"th til`eti`!;`iid`.' _ .;;%senHn;- V. .. in the afternoon. aiid .P8.'. and'1ni"T @?* i|..L.. i`.V.-`"" -.-the train td".mt:tm:: L _. *i;i'i " Wm Jnm,ped`:9"~$r_n1it:,;8l!.d,o ~up.to;h1s llttlmmothor before. t,b;,s:it0.fd " -'ur'n."'..*n .'.x`~.'.".a-/9 [...`..., ..._,,_ ....u g. uugblls c.,yca_nuuppcu I . _W wantqto know abdut` tugs: E _._cloth`es..T"I _gai(1, and who.`-had thm 3 rue/1'or e<.you sold them `to _VW_1ll'L_aws_on, E _"a.,n,d 'w ye';_ got ' an -. othcer?-butside, wind 2 H43 'me_afn_ ?i:t);'k1;ow` alI ab911_t it bet9re:_ ~ W3 leay,-`this place." ' V . ` 5 . ~ -. .~ , `.,-' "'-5--5% 4 `Nu.-`A `....-.. L-n-.._ ;n. -,_,_ n, . 4- - I IIVCKICIJ Ila `:*1f"d6n': kxibwf any W_iil.1-.La,Ws:b 5' % ;a_ai.d he. and.-1.. doi1`t:4k1;o`w ;~th.e. .ciothen. `so you_ d'.bgtte`r},get`ot;t. <`_`- . .._ `_ deuce, ,sg1d 1, thq"t' vefybody ' thatf ,4.-touchn that -suit ot.*"clothes*5 beomeu-;`aV ? 11,81: 1:iisb_t% .91!-V .1. M11-?*;xnu'-aT`%whopper ` `I:i-`e the o'ther`.day, `when 1; hrgtnded `want; to, .ex_c;nge._Ait`tor 9,. better. suit A and nay m asks xtb` tdr s1'1j r'f -':'r1`1i,'2`*'fd1,f. w1_t;i_ jma `.1 hdpf 1 1` ~'f L`~ ' <-. =; av -~.'"-r` .1,-Q-`. *` .`, ,-. s~ ;z.,_.,.. wt zowAm:=:nto%wdrst-ere` !m.!;.J `. nu, ncq,vv~.I.u_.lB place." , AI`;j_tgad never before thoght of5'bine ` ne `efse _b'nying'th9 clothes 'beforegWill -bought `them; and -F doq9t}_kfnow.` whit` m.,t51e;,m9 og-A.guc1i'.`l; Ithihs . en 4 l" giiead'"`it".was' the ` rrlzht. Imi` it heatt WI rmf i ` `/ :_`._ _' ..;,_ _ , _n_ d_dit.- L - I "I" `I`3?ii6n t"A Eiibw in; Wiil`},:I.aii }.{v- E i "V"`'ell._what d_o ydu yuht,? .he1sked '4 and, my.` now his black `eyes. `snapped Wu nninf +1. I.nu..`_ ..I....'..4.' 4.1..-... -,t1stLa's cool as 71} rd bee1`.mnmng 1-... my own kitchen. for you ll need a {the sense you've got, `befdr-e .w r _ through; with you. We r,e. from th- ,.country'. but we am -t_ -so "as w- Inlr "2 ' V ` _.-`--_-5 -~.vI~Ul ; L -V.-; .-!'HV..\g1y|.u115$i ueulep .- 3 \ . , , . _ Well, things we:e.=-all xed at last, andf Lawyer :Clappa 'g{o_t a policeman" in plain -cloth`gs to" `godilong with us. We. left-the policeman outside and marched- ..i;nto the-store, bold as brass. -The pro- , prietor .didn -t -erecognize us at first, cl g_1gess,__and came forward to wait on ' us, though there Wasn't `athing in his `store I d a -bought at a~'quarter_.of the price l1el_askjed_ -for it." How Will ever} ca_rne,.to'trade1ih';si1ch`a place is be- I. yond 7my' comprehehsioni Before 1 L said a word I picked up a coat that 1 was lying on.-the counter and looked at the marks on the tag sewed at the back of. the-';eollar.~ -They were the same as the markson the tags I had in ` mypocket..__ ,- __ ' I . When the man saw who I was, he began to seem mad again. buthlj saw ., '-mm trembling. .. .. " i= _ ,f_`You take your oldclothes andgc I away." he said. I don t nvant you . !. here. I never saw the clothes before. ` and I told you so once)`. _ Now. you keep your temper. I said. A E eeiotne`s ,.`h9W:\1en0W.i5dW ; \~heh.he,*c1me-`baekotrom the door with zithem? eW;ell,eo my `mind, he wasn t 1`:.;o;i(gry.A- He was just scared; Now. `Why? `And why did he lie about selling l the `clothes? .If there. .was_only'_some , wayiof proving that he sold the clothes, [it `might be p'dssi.blefto_ frighten him | i11_to'telli1_`1g.the.4t1'uth. .. Qt fer that night, and by the `time they reach_ed"us we d done ta,--lot of-runningiirbund, bizt we were all, ready ,_for the ;c_1_othing._ dealer. Well. thig warn All Rvnn .44 1...... _"IfAW; .hy,_ said Mrs, ~Law;;iL46n;'-`_if.1A1ereTa1fe . the-tags; Will` saved "every Vane" or . P,-_._.:.a --I'g_voI-IUIJO E. Vtheng, vthinking ...he might want to change the clothes or something. L `We ' -gajn. send. home and .get_ the tags. _nC I x '1_jhey ye got the` `store : `private marks M on`-'them._, _ T I -I _ `V T ` ._ H i.ITlhpg;iaaga_T % . . Fthe. f_gl_sl_1QotS_ though it was `told in` R con}! la ring but. ..__ `A_:...A_ 9 ` -- ..l....., .. .1 -.11; uuun .. 1. Iu|';'.:;Uf.LC,Il llU\\.` ` I c_611li1 ee`litiipLehaxxgiuyexptese . sibhi iii fh}1oxx"sv"e'}`(js-`that. he .k_i15'=.W" _`__:;11`'9zbo;1_f "1;.14Ic-`,'a`11`i~p:;jt,' 9. x f, ;;;o`::'1' boy T j._am1':` '}f<:il)`_wed`t,l_1e; .as;_gj'I;1;th.e.;:1ewsr 11". 1 . ." .-` " p _`. Hi.` -' ."~"` .` l ..i.;. ': ! 1! an, IbLl\Il\-C5.-I1`; up LU vVl}C_ll'.' '2': \VEl"o 3 .`,`What is it -about -the -lothes? he asi;e'd.. keeping his evil eyes xed on Mrs. Lawson; tliinkingerhaps that _ she _d be the `easiest one of the phrty to E scat-e"into an `ahs\_\'ei' that might give ` him somthing like a hint _-to be guided _by. ` She did lbok. pretty .timid*an'd _ alirinifxing-5`-ibutr Pgnve he:-`arm a-good 1 I -piijch `(ind whipered'to heif` to"be rm. ' `dud feliei` setnfed to take on _- cjdurnge. .1 L NW1-inf -In N`-- Iihnnf ' -I-n. n`I.':-I-lg)". '1" -. --- -9-v uvv--vu I.v sun`: Ill-l.I.'V'JLll ll"Cu v`;`W_T1`1atAis It about the clothes?!" re- fhe - m nn.- "Arid .wh`a_t i.r. l fdid tIi'em'? ` '.It s. my` business to _dell _ - clotliel%.,'a?nd Wthere s m`o-;_la"w against it .`;that ` I ever; :'h`ea_rd-~_ `of, - v tl3ere s VI no :`.liatn1*5d_oe,. is .thm'.e? " llI7A_'Ia 7 - yr vIvsA\.>" nu ..ga;\-|,U u 7-s;'_' . said the omeer; the1`Vs, harm doge; an a'y,oun1z m_an is_t'o.be}t1'ied ,fo_r.'hls.l1fe on` account 'of`yr'm, and you can, muko.,t_h'i:'1gs}rilrlxthby ;telling `the truth, it;__yox1',-'i1:r-x*jeu`t forgotten ?how.j . T II;-`u3 .' u_';_. 41_`_'_ .1'I:- pwvt-Clue I-II / You'll? nd out soon enough. `said zheoicer. and we all started for the _-d6or.f But I_ kept my ears open `wide, for I expected to he ca1l'ed- back. And, sure (enough. before we. got into the street the [fropriutor called to us to .wai{t.and,-cameV up to 'wl_1ereA we were. rhn In I6 .nI.....4. 4|... `.`I-;.|.'-_-an I, mg milder. but I can't see what you r getting at. - V . ' . nit.-__1n ` .___ _u . > - -_ - _ .:We ll. seegabout that directly, said _.the -Officer, but '-I_ ve got a little busi- .ness to do with you rst.. Andhe I-:tead him the subpoena and gave min a -copyeof-it. all in printing and writing. plain` as you please. . v. ; Of course I'll have to obey the or- der of the court. said the man. speak- I T-'T' `T y. , I_ _rted- tor the door, and I _suppose he thought he'd scared me out._fo1- I- ` _ heard him. chuckling, but he _soon had ` ;,.canse to changehjs mind, for, I; knock- ._,.ed, on the glesawith mynmbrella, and ._!n;walke_d t-he.oi`cer,: . The storekeeper Qwas takeg _aback.V but Vheltried to put `on a. bold 1 face and asked, the oicez .1t._`he' was. conducting. a. b1ang:h.i1_1sane asylum. ; _ ` o,;..Because_if ym_1.are, . he said, you d betterotake your patients to some other shop- an`-C9 .-- - - - -- ZVTIIIQ Uubi _..__ ....._... t-A\4|.I..y` uuvue LUL an u1u ;;woman, T A he said, and when you've ,ni_s_11ed_yonr say.you can take your ` .9_ld clothes and walk out. _ _ I T ..J...._L_.1 L77 ,uuLu1'e we .TJ'U\.\.'U-;' - .\.. -"-;~.._`."\.-' r-'2'.` .31.` _."L "`-1" {:4 -f1t's`an i:i gnf.'*=:hfsatdaf,?fI'1{t:89?.: _ amoney. ahd :.lf\ gv.pVa13 _ ftime I an(-`I "- - ~ ~ ;,~:::. :- ':~.*i 3 . , _ tQ.?*~A- e&1dvt1Ie`9sni!;t1frsv _ .,i.b_en{?woul1_1n vt ` obey you; E. 5 1519 -:'protect_ us`. and-1 to '~`sub'-' _j y_o'u.it_o -goo. _toe?thee-t`1}_lal. .1 `And you doglie _w.h_en;you says you didn't sell clothes to Will Lawson,` for I've - got .th_e?ta,gs.- that were on .them-got ' -them inymy.` pocket `this miQute-and } _the marks on them are the same as the 3 ` marks . on the clothes you've got on your _shelves. So the quicker you call .; theoicer in and givehim a history of | the clothes the better it will be for you. ;_,I All the time I .was talkinglrs. Law- `stood there all of a tremble. hold- I {Ing on_to,x_ny arm with bothhands. as though she was afraid I meant to y at the man and match his ugly face ._apd- claw the truth out of his throat. The fellow looked at me. `with his shaky eyes aming with rage and hate. I though I could see that he was scared I-An l : `IYo talk; pre"tty stro'1V1gv for an old lrnrnon 9! lg.` nan u..._.: .__L-._ If walked away without saying a-_ i.word,:,and. thepicer and Mrs. Lawson, followed. A We went to _Wjl_l; the. first .;h1ng,qna,told _11i_m the .ne.,ws.' My, but .139 -was glad to think .that`he wushbe-. `lievgd gt last; 1fh,e,,tti_a1 didn't amount to much utter` that,.'.'_\_`1nd they _ never fqun_dT out whognurderetl` that `strange: _ Q:-0!` Why h<.= 3vas::mu.rd.e.re<,L:' '1l3he`noIice. V 9fa5'.it is one, of Jim n*1,lv9d,xrinx; `mysteries & .thous_h, ber Itong:me;a.ptl}er;j:x!w,Iu ` ` an-c-pd-to-i--5 ~ --I * - "' ' .,. ...... .r_\-\l_`ll\o' sv nuu vv_ vvuat. I U |.lUUo' _,_'8 that's _why you lied to. usjrhen _w`e,_-_ca,me in here." I said. And-you ;_woi1:l hagve seen that` boy so to `the ?.gg1lows_`rnth,er*,t_han lose; the price or `a those clothes! Yjou ought; to be tarred and-featlm-ed!". A.` V v . . ` -2. V `I m the one that found the ticket," `broke in Mrs. Lawson, the tears of joy running down her -face, and Eve al- ways thought he- lied to me about how- it came there. I'm glad he hasn't got the sin of lying to answer for even if we can t prove that he ,didn t kill the nuns: vb.`-ran-leg \-31-11; heirs might have claimed the. 'clothes, he said. ,``and then I didn't want-p.eo_ple,to know; what Pd doggy." . L HA I-land-In ...I.... ..-.. 11...: A. __A, We can prove that fast enough now." said the orticer. Then"he turned to the storekeeper again. Why didn't "you come forward` and tell the truth when yousaw the danger thisT_inno- cent boy was in? he asked. But for _this remarkable woman-he -really `said remarkable and nodded his head-_at me, though 1 think -.\1rs."Law-_ son deserves` most of the credit for`. _.what. was. done on account or her thinking about -the tags-but for this remarkable woman he might have` .been,.hanged. ? .. - . L The;;c1othing dea`ler s eyes sparkled` cunning. . - .Vu1:n.... 'u...:_... v__;-L-' ., - ,_ , - - - ---- __._.- ......,.. ..--~.u-.v\n LU]. tuuxucl L'u.l.LlU in, ahd I sold him the clothes. I sup- pose the lottery ticket was still in the watch pocket, and he must have found it after he got home and presented it for payment. V. Then in'haIf an hour or so, con- _tinued the man, this young fellow that's been arrested for murder came in and I anl him +1.- ..1..n...... v ---_ MU LI-ICLI ywluuyu JV`. ll` uav V I-vvup - Mrs. Lawson went aw1iy'lok1hI_ji_1st as cheerful as 1: Wm had eamed the money down atthe xhillind hag! it'all` in his hand. and I b:i;df,tq;,go to work ; rand clean up the muss'.on_ tlio3f-oori . caused `by , that . pan"fot..i,blboc1y~ [wp.ter. ; But `,s9mehow' I _ c'o1 fld;;,'t bo_ :-thankful for wha__taIli`~s. :La;wpggpnqId+;_ ered `such a` blessing.";`[4};gu;ggf:.ggg$th notion pnt79f_`3n;y,i = warn I"Iun nail-" iuuunllu` V--av n 717113 nlcer langhed at the shameless scoundrel s changed tone and manner, but I _didn t feel much like laughing. 'I_ can tell you, with poor Will lying there `TI I\?`I.cl'\!1 I'\(\l'L`v an`... ;;;-.A. .l...A._ 41'- A , , V--- v v_., ...v... yvvn UV 111 IJIAI5 LIJZZIC it prison, his neck_ almost into the hangman s noose. IKITII, - -7 O - C u.:_y \.uuLvI.ucI.' l.ui;I.|. U31!-1 yuuraerea. He lay upon the s toneso.tlg e alley. .with a knife wound in his"bre',aat and the-blood all about him on the frosty I: ground, This suit of clothes that I had _ just sold him lay there by his side just as I hadvtied it up for him. Then the thought came to me that I might take `the man's clothes and no one would lose by it, for, you can t rob- a dead man, be having no use for clothes. So I picked them up and hid them under . my coat, and no one saw me, so great V was the excitement I got back to the store as quick as my feet could carry me and put the clothes on the shelf again, never once thinking of the little printed slip in the watch pocket of the pants, worse luck! As` eeonif gs if -<:'a'r;1ewu;)Wt<')' place where the crowd was I saw .that it was my customer that had been murdered. We lnv nnnn fha cl.-.'no'a".~'.n 43'.-.. ..n.... - -... ~.v-.y - ' _ About twe minutes after the man went away with the clothes there was "a hue and cry in the street, and I went out to see what was up, leaving a clerk i to.wait on customers`. When I got out- side, I heard people saying "that a man had just been murdered at the mouth of an alley not far up the street, and I went there, curious to see who it was. Ac. ...\..... ._ 1 -.--r vn. lIIalkI\aI That must have been the '1o tt'ery 'ticket! gasped Mrs; Lawson.` And Will has been telling thegospel truth :all' the time we've been" doubting his word, poor boy! . Yes, said the man, I guess it vital ' the_ lottery ticket I've been reading about in `the papers-~No. 98.567-that drew $15,000. I was a tool not to have `my mind- about me and take it out of the watch pocket when I got the clothes back on the shelf again. They wonldn t have traced it to me, I can tell you, and I d have been $15,000 better off now." I wish you -had! said Mrs. Lawson, _ 'withea sob. V I Wish to goodness you hail 1 _7fe rasal glared and went on with his story. A`I....--1. J._._ _.-9-,- - --- -` Had P9 ` i rAll in good'm;` old womi1n,'vyas the impudentreply. Yo'u ll soon know. all about it-if you 1l~give.me-a- chance. .:This :,rst customer {bought this` Suit _..and paid` .for_i't. _'Then he went tothe back end of, .,the_ sigoreto put it on,-` I saw. him shift some articles, such as a knife, a bunch of keyshand a little change, from the pockets_ of theipants he had on to the pockets of the new "ones, but he seemed to 'hange"his L mind, for he took them out again and asked to have the new suit done up. 1,.saying that he'd wear the old clothes a home. But .1 noticed that he. put a little slip of printed paper into the watch pocket of the new pants and d_idn t take it out again when be shifted the other things. I remember thinking about it at the time and intending to call his attention to_it. but another customer came in just then, and I for- got all about it. From that day up to a Week or so ago _I never once thought of_ the mattef, thongh [ve beensorry enough for o my forgetting that little slip of paper. unn-_;. ._,,,,:;_ ., - -- - ulvllv VV All Inll! 17 Ill, 3503 unava- He doesn't want it known. she aald, though I can"t see jvhy. and we're going on living as it we hadn't _a -cent in the world, for a-`time; at.1ea_st.`1 -and `then perhaps. we'll : move _away. !. 1:-.. t - _._-_. ._....A. ._'..'..Q .I).4'uI'mlu'-u`nn"hI'n