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Copyright 1905 by Charles Morris Butler
CHAPTER VIII Continued
We can run no chances you know
Doc laughed Pearson insinuatingly
then as if in apology for his act be
sides it will be to your own interest
in case the haunt was discovered If
you do not know where it is you at
least will not be held responsible for
any harm that may come through the
discovery see
We kill traitors said the matter-of-fact
Sharkey complalsantly
It may save your life said Pear
son as ho satisfied himself that the
doctor was completely blinded But
Jie took no pains to insure the doc
tors comfort for he placed a pair of
handcuffs upon his wrists I am
obliged to do this he said as he
changed places with the boy and sat
upon the seat with Schiller driving
the team so the boys wont think me
unmindful of the duiy I owe them in
protecting them from possible danger
from treachery
The doctor sat in silence for quite
a time meditating vpon the strange
ness of his adventure Oft and anon
from the distance could be heard the
Laying ofaogs so that the doctor
knew Jie -was being driven past farm
Aouses now and then But they met
no one At last the team came to a
halt and the doctor was assisted to
alight
The trio left the roadway and the
doctor heard the team drive off Pear
son walked arm in arm with Schiller
guiding his footsteps so that the doc
tor did not fall into any of the numer
ous ruts or bark his shins against any
of the snags in the underbrush Shar
key followed on behind carrying the
doctors case of instruments
Again Doctor Schiller lroke the
silence What kind of a place are
you taking me to he asked
This time Pearson condescended to
keep up the conversation Did jou
bound together in the state described
however places them on a footing
with the rest of us Whether all do
anything contrary to the law or not
all are held accountable to the law
for what the few have done under
stand
Yes I believe I do What you mean
to say is that the law never forgives
you what you have done at any time
no matter how right you live after
wards
Thats it But we live in open
defiance of the law That is we have
manufactured laws that conflict with
the laws of the United States For in
stance we shoot a man for interfer
ing with another mans wife If there
is any law we do respect it is the law
of marriage Most all of our penal
ties are death A man is compelled to
be honest to another if he desires to
live We are not justified in taking
life we are not the law but it can
not be otherwise with us
How do you live That is how do
you obtain your supplies asked the
doctor
We have agents who supply our
wants They have many acres of fine
agricultural land supplied with mod
ern machinery and plenty of help to
till the soil What we do not raise
we buy or in extreme cases like the
present we raise by force
You talk of schools I should think
there would be no need of such a
thing as an educational institution
The country cannot exist it will be
depopulated through poverty if noth
ing else You certainly have not been
in existence long enough to have rais
ed children to the age of schooling
Not so We have existed for
twenty years or more unmolested We
are self supporting We dig gold from
the mountains We have manufactures
in a remote form for the making
of shoes and supply a large portion of
Pearson walked arm in arm with Schiller
ever hear of the Jonesboro Bank rob
bery he asked
Yes You mean the time when
President Jones was killed by about
twenty mounted desperadoes while at
tempting to protect the banks prop
erty
The same Well we are going
right to the cave in which the des
peradoes took refuge when pursued
by the citizens
So asked the doctor 1n surprise
Yes I dont mind telling you Dr
Schiller that we are only a foraging
party for a colony of convicts it is a
hard term to call a company of men
convicts but that is what we are
We have formed a colony built a
city protected ourselves against cap
ture and mean to live in peace if we
can But Doctor I dont think you
will find us such a bad lot of men
after all I dont know whether you
are in sympathy with crime or not
though you once did commit a crimi
nal offense Even your class will nev
er realize what a life such men as I
have led in infancy youth and man
hood and the need of protection from
ourselves and the world
It must be an interesting com
munity said the doctor
So it is You would hardly be
lieve that we compel one another of
the motley group of citizens to live
upright and honest lives would you
Composed a3 It is of all the different
shades and grades of criminal out
casts
Hardly was Ine incredulous an
swer
Such is the case however replied
Pearson enthusiastically We respect
one anothers rights carry on busi
ness honestly support schools and
while our colony as you can well im
agine is not founded on a religious
basis we recognize something of the
sort honorable marriage or duty to
our neighbor Barring a few neces
sary raids such as we are out upon
now we live very ordinary lives
You are not all hardened then
you cannot be
We are not all criminals of course
not But most of us have done some
thing some timor other to merit pun
ishment from the government There
are many like you who have paid the
penalty of their sins and only asso
ciate with us because they cannot bear
to parade themselves before the
-world as having fallen once- Being
one of the states with this article In
fact our treasury is on a sound basis
better to day than it ever was
Why do you divulge to me the
secret of your existence asked the
doctor
For the simple reason my dear
doctor replied Pearson complaisant
ly that it is my wish that you take
up residence with us We are in need
of a few professional men like your
self to make life pleasant for us You
are one of our kind an outcast and
have nothing to lose by joining us
As for a money consideration we can
pay you a salary princely in magni
tude in comparison with your pres
ent income
The doctor was somewhat prepared
for the offer All I want is money
and revenge in this world he said
as if assenting Money to be happy
revenge on the man who is the
cause of all my- trouble
You can command money in plen
ty said Pearson what kind he did
not say Revenge depends upon your
self Whom have you such bitter feel
ings against
A doctor who was instrumental in
sending me up
How and in what way do you
mean to accomplish your ends
How I dont know nor care But I
want to make him suffer as I have
suffered Disgrace him before the
world as he has disgraced me Re
duce him to poverty and want Ruin
him imprison him do anything to
make him feel what it is to be damn
edan outcast of society That is my
only aim and desire
CHAPTER IX
Dr Schiller Initiated Into the Con
vict Society
The time may come said Pearson
insinuatingly to Dr Schiller as he
helped that worthy over a log lying
across their path if you join our
forces -when you can do even more
than this You are a man of intelli
gence and will undoubtedly command
influence in time There is no reason
why in the future you could not or
ganize a band kidnap the gentleman
and incarcerate him alive in a living
tomb
The chance was readily grasped by
the doctor I accept he said I
have everything to gain If you desire
my presence among your clique you
can depend upon me To show you that
I am sincere I will do all In my power
to aid you in any undertaking you
may engage in To show the people
whom I come in contact with that I
will do right by them If human hands
can save your comrade I will put him
on his feet again
We will soon be at the rendezvous
and can then be convinced of the sin
cerity of your resolve said Pearson
They walked on in silence the bal
ance of the journey At last the party
came upon a little clearing By aid
of the moon which was shining now
a mans form shown up in the dis
tance Halt Who comes there
was the challenge
Citizens friend sentinel who have
with them a doctor was Pearsons re
ply and at the same time he made a
mystic sign with his fingers
The trio traveled a short distance
further and were again halted Again
they passed a sentinel and at last
stopped before the door of a dugout
situated in a ravine
The door stood partly ajar through
which came the glimmer of a light
created by the burning of a pine knot
suspended from the ceiling of the room
which was about eight feet square
A sentinel armed to the teeth guard
ed the door but upon receiving the
password allowed the party to pass
Hewed logs at the rear of the room
formed a blind door which led into
another room twenty feet long and six
teen feet wide along one side of
which bunks were arranged after the
fashion of berths on a steamboat and
from the number of these at least
thirty persons were finding sleeping
accommodations in the abode In one
corner of the room on a lower berth
lay the wounded man
Up to this point the doctor had not
been relieved of the bandage frsm
his eyes This was now taken off
together -with the handcuffs The
room was dimly lighted by a candle
stuck in the neck of a bottle The doc
tor first rubbed his eyes then his
wrists while he accustomed himself
to his surroundings A groan from the
direction of the corner berth made
him look toward it There were two
villainous looking men sitting at the
side of the bunk holding the hands of
a wounded man
The doctor threw off the covering
which was over the man who lay
stretched upon a rude mattress a
bandage roughly tied around his
waist and over one limb He was
soaked in blood
A basin of warm water said Schil
ler to Pearson Hand me my instru
ment case he said to Sharkey With
one hand on the wounded mans wrist
he was counting the number of heart
beats to the minute This being done
the doctor opened his case and laid
out a package of clean bandages and
selected several instruments to have
them handy After the water arrived
he bathed the hurt with a sponge and
examined the wound made by the bul
let
We will administer a little chloro
form said the doctor as he satu
rated his handkerchief with the fluid
taken from his case
When the man was thoroughly
under the influence of the drug he
was lifted upon the table The doctor
then began probing for the bullet and
succeeded in locating it almost imme
diately It was but the work of a mo
ment to remove it and to thoroughly
cleanse the wound jjvith a preparation
taken from his case The flow of
blood was stopped as well as possible
and the wound bound up The patient
was placed upon the bunk again be
fore the chloroform was taken from
him
To be continued
BEATEN AT HIS OWN GAME
Sure Thing Gambler for Once Gets the
Worst of It
There was a sure thing gambler
down in Mississippi named Gamble
good name by the way said John
Sharpe Williams He never made a
bet unless he was sure he would win
He was out at a country fair staying
at a hotel One morning a man who
was in the sporting line himself got
up early and looked out of the win
dow He saw Gamble carefully meas
uring with a tapeline the hitching
post in front of the hotel He knew
something was up and When Gamble
went out to the fair he went out and
measured the hitching post himself
Then he took a sledge hammer and
drove the post into the ground an inch
and a half
That night after supper while
they were sitting on the hotel porch
Gamble craftily led the conversation
around to the difficulty of judging dis
tances and heights
Now he said theres that hitch
ing post out yonder Ill bet a hundred
I can come nearer its height than any
body here
How high would you reckon it is
said the sledge hammer artist who
after a lot of conversation had put
up the hundred with Gamble
Oh said Gamble Ill take it at 30
inches
Oh no replied the other man
you are wrong Ill bet it is less than
29
They measured and it was 28
Gamble hasnt smiled since that day
Rehoboth Sunday Herald
Heard of Osier
She They say the Kongo dwarfs
six specimens of whom have been
brought to London by Col Harrison
never reach a greater age than 40
years
He What do you suppose does it
chloroform
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1 1905 after eleven months of costly
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FROM THE PENCILS POINT
As a man thinketh before breakfast
so is he
Reverence is the foundation of last
ing love
Life loves best those of her children
who laugh
Righteousness is a lot more than re
spectability
A smooth tongue has caused many a
man to slip
Killing time is a sure way of spoil
ing character
The sense of duty is a sign of the
divine in man
The sense of duty is a sign of the
divine in man
He was a cynic until one day he
met a little child
Hatred often comes from only know
ing half of a man
Hatred often comes from only know
ing half of a man
No words of faith have force until
they become flesh
Ardent lovers dont always make
amiable husbands
It Is hard for the leek to see why
people prefer the lily
The only sure thing about a lie is
that it will never die
If you have horse sense you should
know when to say neigh
Women v should take their cues
from Cupid and be blind
Whoever heard of a man being sor
ry for what he didnt tell
Christs yoke is built for two and
so becomes a bond for him and you
When his goods are his chief good
a man is likely to find little lasting
good
When Love takes up the harp of
life the neighbors still complain be
cause the airs are all sentimental
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