The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1880-03-13
OTTWlTTED.

spgAMA or TwENTYFoUR HOURS.
moan thrilled the heavy night air.
korm ot woman stood out dimlv
Ii the blank beyond on the very
Of the river pier. Two white arms
Hung on high. 4 wild face was up
II to the ashen, pitiless heavens.
\ lips uttered something like curse,
4 was heard by the dull-eared wind
he hundred bells, in as many quar-
n tie great city. changed ] , and tie
Ion tongues were snn for an hour.
fash Of a body IL the inky waters
4 Oh the midnight; the waters with
lden shock, stirred squeaking snip
sleyia,tanic per with an ague-hke
s-. Tie woman 5 form on tie dock
gene,
/. Banker Jeckyil was i sort Of ami
VI exclamation, always on the point
Ind Of human inteIicctlon, always
Se point of breaking out IN excIama-
h0nasylIables. He talked in inter
bns, acted Internationally, did busl-
an Intersections. Mr.. Detective Fer
bas tool of his that is translated
lengthened prose the stcntographic
2oranda ot intclections that formed
eialect oi his principal.
4 10 O'Clock that evening Mr.. Banker
kyll had sent for Nj. Detective Ferret
ngent business.
1iss Vancouver il Al iaggc inttr CT
Jeekyli.
Tel" raimned Ferret, halt 81 .Ae
Tof asking a4acstion, anu half Il he
llei of au exclamation.
bor thing | .hink she'll make away
herself, ven red Jeckyll, WITH 81
ricanism put you must get semc
to her Whereabouts Immediately.
"a never forgive III, ( Il sue ea,i
4. Ny own sister ! daughter, you
aware, Mr. Ferret, and heiress of the
e OF my late brother-ln-laW, MI
kouyer.
Jeekyll ookca the impersonation
1Siety-N@s, for the moment, 4 great
expressed in a silgle human inter
lon, al least apparently.
+. Ferret looked up at Mr.. Icckyl
oyely, with sort OF diagonal inqHlsi
0ess IN his small, cunning eyes. Nj
net, IN the course Of his protesslona
erlenee, had never looked at anybody
Fly. His glances always seemed (
nr al q target from the side ot h!
Neil, repeated Ferret, still half in
Dsatlyely, and with an expression
! said, or might have said, il Mr.
3.yli had peered sharply into his taee
] NE to know exactly what You mean
. Ieekyll.'
cool thousand, Ferret, If you bring
within six hours. | shall be up al
I'm 50 worried, you know, abou
lda, replied Banker Jeckyll, an,
1.-TWO understood each other thorough
Na Vancouver was a young lady Of 20
!. three years she had been prisonc
||.ee |eeF room, under the care of her unel'
saaralan,and his selected physician
ses and attendants.
a q was mental malady,' Mr.. Jeckyl
Vi md 50 said physician and attend
d Tier poor mother used to hav
T. Went on Jeekyll; but the late Mr.
lsolver always took great pains 7
aen' too, Mr.. Jeckyll was 50 consid
$50 sympathetic.
can't have the heart to send her t
sslom, he used to say in hls griet
heh way. she's my own sister
slh'er-the only relative | have III th'
y and, If she is violent some
= 50 long as | have dollar she shal
taAeh care ol at home
y nelshbors gossiped: How gcner
: ar. Jeekyll'-though there wer
VINO whispered suspicious, an
secuted Tor doing SO.
laa Vancouver had become in
- With William Hamilton, Il youn
,ai ,ahen q legal anatomy. The stcr
~ plah mad forbidden Hamilton to er
~ ~ mouse, and from that date I'll
- ~, lady had been going mad. SO ra
,.au .a.hof' and most people believed, 70
as ae' Jeckyll was influential, as lncal
a;. aalo cash is apt to be. There is a cel
Mo slnlty ay IN cash, especially in Fiftl
mt m. .i!lcies, &c! and Mr.. Jeckyll was tn
70 = hamilton was conceited-not an
enon a,ah men usually arc-but concei'
usn, wy nevertheless, to believe ths
onn. ancouyer had gone mad on HI
ana nj ~ was so romantic to thin
m;,., u, lor the sake Of the romance, NJ
hs.;o hon was able to bear his loss wit
~ resignation. It was / o'cloc