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when I walked leisurely to the barn, and after paying for his keeping, ordered him saddled, and immediately started out on the jump. Just as I passed from the barn I noticed a man coming on the run towards me. I put spurs to the animal, when the man yelled, "Halt! halt!" but I wasn't halting, and kept on down the street, looking back at the gentleman as my horse sped rapidly along. He then yelled: "Stop that man! stop that man!" [Illustration: "STOP THAT MAN! STOP THAT MAN."] I kept looking back, and had just begun to congratulate myself on my success, when suddenly my horse came to a full stop, and I landed forward astride his neck, hanging on by his mane. I then discovered a large policeman holding him by the bit. I dismounted, and as the gentleman who had been running behind came up to where we were, the police officer said to him: "Mr. Cavanaugh, what shall I do with the horse?" "Take him back to the stable, for the time being," was the answer. I then said: "I now recognize you as the gentleman and detective whom I was introduced to a few weeks ago by an acquaintance from Bronson, Mich., at which place I believe you formerly resided, and where I married my wife." "Sure enough," he answered. "Your wife and I were school children together. Johnston is your name." "Yes, sir." "Well, great Heavens! you're no horse-thief!" "Well, who in thunder said I was? I am sure I never said so," was my reply. "What have you painted this horse for?" he inquired. "Well, I guess I'll have to tell you privately," I answered. We then walked along together, and I explained everything. "Well, this case," said he, "has been reported to the Captain of Police; and I guess you'd better go over to his office and explain matters, and a note from him to the proprietor of the sale-stable will help you to dispose of the horse." We visited the Captain, to whom I explained, and as proof of my statement produced my papers and some newspaper clippings. The Captain said if I was sleek enough to trade a lightning-rod agent out of a horse with a patent right, I ought to be pensioned. He said he'd send word to the stable-man that it was all right, which I suppose he did. At any rate, I sold out to the proprietor inside of an hour. I then decided to go immediately to Findlay and see what grounds they had for wanting to arrest us. On arriving there I spent about three hours in trying to find an officer who would
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