IHminock, being hampered in Ids
i search for an alibi by the fact that he
I could not himself remember where he
i had been tit Unit time; consoled him
self with the flowing bowl, and was
popularly supposed to be drowning bis
remorse.
Thun, one day, there came to Haw
kins’ nlllee, a hard-headed, shrewd obi
fellow, who bad been deputy IJ. S.
marshal of Unit district. (Ju.pt. .lay
was a different sort of man from the
amateur llawksbaws who bad pre
coded Him. He looked Hawkins
straight In the eye and said, In a calm
voice, “I've got your man.”
Huwkln’s spinal marrow was a trifle
cold as be asked, “Who Is heV"
‘Mobil blank," replied the detective,
I with decision.
Then In* outlined his case. II was
absolutely Ironclad. Not a point but
was supported by a bull’ dozen credible
witnesses.
Itlank had been seen In a saloon near
Ilio alley Jiisl before Hie shoot ini;. lie
had exhibited a revolver exactly like
that found In the alley, and had said
in the presence of several men that he
was K'daK out. to look for Dick (,'orbetl.
li’rom (he saloon the detective had
traced Itlank directly to the alley.
Hi* had next been seen at his hoard
IttK house, half an hour after the shoot
Intf, and had been noticeably excited,
lie had j;lven Information that (Jorb tt
hail been killed, and hail afterwards
told a story of bis whereabouts which
made it Impossible that In* should have
learned anythin); about the shoolltiK.
The clothes which he had worn on
Unit day corresponded exactly with the
baker's description. In sl/.e and gen
eral appearance he strongly resembled
Dlmmock, the dentist.
