The Man on the Box

commanded the young woman. Her g

. "So it's you, me gay buck? Thirty days fer you, an' mebbe more. I didn't like ye

tion,"-rubbing the bur

Ye'll have to appear against

he promptly gave her name, a

to Warburton, who was still dumb with astonishment at the extraordinary denouement to

a mistake,

n' somethin' t' quiet their nerves. Git on that horse, me frisky groom; hustle!" Warburton mechanically climbed into the saddle. It never occurred to him to parley, to say that he couldn't ride a horse. The inv

?" asked Warburton, with a desper

pail of water on that ove

xplain to you! It's all a jo

over the world; the original idea sticks to them, and truth in voice or presence is but sign of deeper cunning and villainy. "Anyhow

ignominy of it! He would be the laughing-stock of all the town on the morrow. The papers would teem

gun, eh? Git ahead!" And the

isoner; and if the horse had been anything but a trained animal, he woul

officer, which seems the greatest possible crime a man can commit and escape hanging. Oh, for a mettlesome nag! There would be no police-station for him, then. Police-station! Heavens, what should he do? His brother, his sister; their dismay, their shame; not counting that he

sked the policeman. "What kind

othing

nk. Was ye crazy t' ride like that? Ye might have killed t

all a mistake. I got the wrong

arriage at that thunderin' rate? It won't wash. His honor'll b

to-ni

w nothin' about ordinances an' laws? An' I wouldn't mind havin' ye te

too, the most radiantly beautiful woman in all the world. Why, come to think of it, it was easily worth a night in jail. Yes, by George, he had kissed her, kissed that bloomi

t' take it go

the humor in it, my fri

a pretty good show of bein' rounded up for more'n thirty days, too. Well,

was something wrong, some deep-dyed villainy-of this he hadn't the slightest doubt. It was them high-toned swells that was the craftiest an' most daring. Handsome is that handsome does. A q

fell asleep. It was a sign of a good constitution and a decently white conscience. And thus they found him in the morning. They touched his arm, and he awoke with a smile, the truest indication of a man's amiability. At first he was puzzled as he looked blinkingly from his jailers to his surroundings and then b

tly. In the morning light the young fellow didn't appear to be such a rascal. It was plainly evident that he had not been drunk the preceding night; for his eyes were not shot with red veins

om, not by several years. Now, wh

ow is, am I to have any breakfast? I shouldn't mind some peaches

place is, th' Metropolitan Club? Ye'll have yer bacon an' coffee, a

ut a reasonable defense without unmasking himself. He was thinking how

ked Warburton,

' th' grand jury on th' charge of abduction. Ye'd better ma

u a little

of me busin

y to the judge,"

r own affa

nd a large part of his nonchalance;

ride in that?

f ye make any disturban

and anger. He tied his handkerchief around his

y? Ten t' one, yer a swell an' was runnin' away

uried his face in his hands. Several times they passed a cigar-store,

t he liked it. It wasn't an inviting place with its bare benches and its motley, tawdry throng. He was plumped into a seat between so

of these faded beauties, in an under

e replied, smiling

en pinching s

op

you here f

dy's consent. If you will listen,

bench!" bawled the cl

nearest neighbor, "here's a boy been sell

you! Ain't they swell, though?" whispered Ma

s sure that her scrutiny was for him. He saw her say something into the ear of the companion, and repeat it to one of the court lawyers. The lawyer approached the desk, and in his t

rne!" calle

e made his way to the prisoner's bo

am

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were yo

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t forget to say 'sir' when

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twenty-four

the faces of the aud

ving, and attempted abduction. The last charge has been withd

, s

r in a pol

, s

riving and ten for disorder

, the horse

ged by y

t disorde

lares that you h

as seventeen and I answered to number seventy-one.

track of one of our main thoroughfares?"-sarcastica

sir, is that i

broke the law right then. Well, if a man makes mistakes, he must pay

penny in my c

the fine is paid. I can not see my way to remit it

l Tynner, Belle Lisl

dies left the cou

y called for pen and ink and paper. At half afte

he groom's clothes. Got the wrong outfit, and was arrested. Bring thirty-five and a suit of clothes the quickest ever. And,

ust