The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1879-09-20


For al! that, you might pat ne to
the test.
Just then sudden thought revealed
itself to MI Big@erton.
And 80 might" he conceded II
| suppose it's against the code Of human
| nature to et ones own flesh and hIuod
starve outright, and have u kind ot half
! notion u try you. anyhow. There. there"
| he rrloindcd, cautiously; don't rush into
| Il vortex af avowaIs before YOU are certain
of my intentions, whic are these You Y"
| heard al Iraslleaf the clerk Nno de-
camprd week or SO ago, leaving kilop
and Carr considerable SUM the worst
for his flight Well, very contdentialy,
and strictly between ourselves. the United
American Detective Service has tracked
the fellow to little turing centre
II Massachusetts. where the atorcmen-
toned service intends 10 keep hlm unlll
the reward- offered tor hl- apprehension
| IL coEos4;. enough to rtcomInnse thcm
for their pans. Now, John, here's your
chance. TO up to Beams Point, aud
| keep a clear eve on the fellow then, When
the time arrives to expose hlm, Ill come
| up and arrest him, and pay YOU we'll for
! YOU do your work in the right way
But how will recognize the culpriti"
quered Liel.
Easily enough; lie is your height to
u hair g breadth, very dark, and eliminate
to u last degree"
Are YOU certain he il at Beamis
| P.int4'
Certain as ! am Of my own existence.
There Is put on. tavern I'D the place, and
at il he is domicied. /, is highly prob
| able he will be disguised and under an
| assumed name. But you must ferret out
| his identity, aided bs the information |
have given you, and the fact that he has
! been in the place just fortnight come
| Tuesday. Here's enough money to cover
! your expenses. In event ot your failure,
| warn YOU never to come my way again,
| Ii YOU succeed your future is assured
| Now go
| And John, slowing away generous
| coil Of bills in his innermost pocket. obey
| d Mr. Bnggertons peremtory bidding.
| Now Beams Point WAS an almlcss
province Of nnfertile soil, somewhere
along the Massachusetts, coast; of which
one predicted IT first scantiness of pop
ulatlon. and ageneral poverty in the way
| Of human comfort. There aere precisely
seven rambling farm houses, an equally
rambling church and, more pretentious
than the rest, 4 heap OF brick and NOR
| tar stigma!lzed for brcvity's sake. The.
Tavern''
| John Liel got 10 this place en the sec
ond morning after his departure from
BlgyeIton's office. Once there. he set
about his duties with all the system and
regularity betitting them. Gong direct
| " TO the tavern, he ordered room. and,
while subscribing himself upon the bat
tered register, took occasion 10 scan the
/ names enrolled thereon.
Ia most part they were good, sensible
/ Yankee names, such, he argued, rs might
be and probably were the possession Of
the itinerant peddlers who predominated
! ii that sec ion. But two names were one
.jot out Of the ster-otyped category these
were Miss Spear, New Haven, and Oliver
| Pierce, Brooklyn. He closed the book
suddenly whe. he saw the date subloin-
ing them, Tuesday. April l2 That was
the day on which Philip Brashcar had
come to Beamis Point.
| He went to his room, there to await the
sounding Of the dinner gong. 1t rang at
last, and, with . strangely luttering hear,
John repaired 10 the dining room, and
the first person to be introduced to him
was Mr.. Oliver Pierce. Of Brooklyn,
The fellow Was manifcstlv in the last
epoch Of respectable lntoxicatlon; AMI az
he lolied about the room, eating. gcsticu
lating and talking all IN breath. John
had no meagre opportunity TO study his
rum blossoming physiognomy.
His intuition told him the fellow Was
the one he sought His lace vas covered
by straggllng beard Of several weeks
i growth. he WAS quite dark, and John .
i height ITO hair BREADTH
That afternoon John telegraph.d Big
gerton substantially as follows:
"Uncle tlcus:-Everything is in
excellent order, and awaiting your pleas
ure JOHN."
Ii WAS twilight when he again entered
his room. and scarcely had he done 80
than he heard some one fumbling At the
door knob A second later the door
swung quickly open, and leaning against
the panels was woman. Quite tall
woman she was certainly several inches
above toe accepted height OF her sex
Her face, outlined by the dense shadows
Of the hall Was strangely preposses,lng
she had full regular features, u damask
rose sort Of complexion, and pale gray
| eyes. under dark. curling lashes.
!, Mr. Licl WAS the first to regain his com
rosure.
us there anything c,n do for your
At the first sound Of his voice she shrank
+ back still further in the shadows Size
! had not seen him until he spoke.