The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-11-06

The cabin was divided into three COM
partments, the one ] had entered being the
main one, the living room. 1t was more
| completely furnished than any had ever
seen in the Hills, and would have del GIFTED
( the heart of the most sybartic miner or
/ hiii-mau in the Rockies or Sierras When
1 | mention that two rocking chairs and
/ lounge formed Iart OF the bric-a-b rac
furnishing he living room. some idea may
be formed of the luxuTiousuesS OF thia
/ hotel in the upper Bl2ckfoot country, on
one of the forks of the Marias River
! Jack sank languidly into one rocker, and
/ | followed suit into the other. He looked
| at me, and | looked at him.
"Well?' l at length calculated
! 'Well?" he responded and We stood
staring at one another again. Aching and
/ itching TO know someth ng of the mystery
/ that began with my brothers last mlssive,
! reaching great depth at "Reddy's Tomb,
and which was now deeper than ever, Yet /
! determined not to be in the least inquisi-
tive in regard to it, so carelessly asked If
| he had any red-eye. He had, and pro-
| duced it. | drank of it. and found 1t good,
he drinking with me. He offered me pipe
| and tobacco. and we sat and smoked like
| pair of aboriginal bucks, in silence and
| stoicism. This forced state of affairs could
not last forever; but how long 1t would
have continued had | not, in spite of my
resolve 10 maintain an armed Indifference,
| exploded with impotence that had got
the bet er of me. | know not.
Jack" | suddenly blurted out, laying
down my pipe, blow the whole thing, for
Gods sake!" This broke the artificial ice
thu encompassed US, and was fol owed by
such n burst of laughter from Jack as l
never dreamed him capable OF, my tone
| l., tH, narl-
screw that had drawn it forth; and this
me ted the broken ice completely, and
hearty shake after the laughter had sub
sided followed by a second and good stiff
drink of red-eye, proclaimed the glorious
summer of content a d renewed reciprocity.
Hank, said Jack, as we settled into the
rockers again, have you never thought,
imagined or surmised anything since the
night l broke camp and left you?"
Yes. million things, said l.
"Anyth ing pat concerning the mystery
| that now seems to have reached the climax
! with your"
No.
Haven't, Ell? Well, now let me ask you
if there was anyhing culiari in the physi-
cal formation of your brother Ned?"
Yes; there was an unequal distribution
of toes in his case. He had six toes on the
right and four Oh the left foot.
Jack pulled off his boots very leisurely.
The arrangement of toes on his feet was
the same as l have mentioned.
What do you now think?" he queried.
Coincidence, " resp 'nded /, not ready to
exclaim, My long lost brother!"
Now, let me ask if you found ANYTHING
in your vest pocket the morning after Ned
disappeared from home, that you did not
| put there yourself?"
7 With Of
and took out my wallet to look for a GER
| tain paper. While 1 was hunting for this
paper, Jack was writing at the table.
In a moment he passed me the writing
1t read as follows:
DEAR HARRY borrow fifty of you
until better able to pay it. Yours truly,
"NED."
1t was the counterpart of the writing l
produced. More, it was in the self-same
hand, as any one who ever saw writing
could tell.
That settles it" said l. Il can now ex-
claim, My long-lost brotherp
You bet you can, Harry! And / can
settle that fifty with fifty thousand. 1 am
Ned Wayne, and this is the Hotel de Wayne,
for the Waynes. And, Harry, you and the
syndicate have struck it rich at last There
| is luck IN odd numbers. Shakel"
w SAOOk. AS the Sldhe Ol ii non ) uedu
is to the shake of lambs tail, so was that
shake to the previous mock affair.
| To tell Ned's story, the reasons for the
roundabout and strange ways he adopted,
his wo ders to perform, with the mystery
of -Reddy's Tomb, would require an
other paper, and is his story and not mine
| 1t may be told some day.
! Such was the story as told by Harry
! Wayne to old ST SLoKUM.
THE END.