Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-01-24


When the snow was brushed away. there,
cold and deap, old Turner was di cove cd.
There was wound In his head, and the
mailbag which lie carried had been
broken open and robbed OF ost Of its con-
tents. Amongst the re Allan ertram's
letters, with their valuable enclosures,
had d sappeared.
CHAPTER III.
Sir Geo frey Bertram and his nephew
were together In the brea} asst room at
Rock all when the first things of the
murder of old Turner reached lelr ears.
''P, s. late agaln!" exclaimed the Baro-
net, VITA as much carelessness as he
could sumo but glancing around i'm
patiently in search of the letters. Al
though Sir Geolrey lad lived through
half century, now that, for the first
time. he had given away his heart, he
was expe Fencing as much anxiety to as
certain his fate as though he were lad
of twenty.
Il don I know IL it's true, SIR" re-
sponded the butler, as he handed round q
dish of outlets, but they do say, sir. that
old Turner was murdered las night on
the road between UlthOrpe and Hull
'Old Turn murdered?' echoed Sir
Godfrey, who could ha done such
thing? And with what motive
The butler paused moment, then gave
the rest Of his information.
1.-THE ma l-bags have been robbed, sir.
! hay nj heard the whole tale, sir bu .
there's some talk of all the parcels and
registered letters being missing.
Sir Geo rey looked startled, and glanc-
ed across at his nephew, who, however,
had h S eyes fixed upon the table cloth,
and made sign.
"Poor old Turner, To think of his
meeting with such fate! By-the-way,
then, those cheques OF yours, Allan, l
suppose. will be among the stolen proper
ty? We had better give information at
once to the police as 1t may be means
of tracing the criminal. | suppose that
the letters were registered b5--- Good
gracious nan, why, what Is the matter
with 20 4"
1t wa, no wonder that he ked. for the
young fellow had risen hastily from his
seat, his very lips white, and was now
stan ing gazing wildly into his uncle s
face.
Il never sent cheques at all, )" he own
ed. IL got the bank people to give me notes,
as 1t really seemed So bother. OF course
have the numbers of hem. But
Sir 60 Tie pushed back his chair with
murmur of inten irrtati IL.
Ideally. Allan, you are incorrigib!e "
he sal /. LESS bother to risk thousand
pounds by trusting bank-nOtes 10 the post
han t. draw three or four cheques? Well.
bring the nun Iers with You, and let us he
o at nee. There is NJ time to lose, that
is clear.
At that point fresh di fculty arose,
for the meme randum Of those same num-
bers was nowhere to be found 10 y tina it
was wan ed Allan was certa that he
had taken down the II mbers upon a slip
of paper which he had afterwards pla ed
in his p0cket-book but, search as he
would, that document was not forthcOm-
ing
And the odd part of the affair is that
the book has not been out OF my posses
sion sihCe he exclaimed IN ditatively.
"EXcept indeed that | hap ened to leave
1t in the hall at the Nicarage in side the
pocket of IN, great c0at"-with surrep-
tit Gus glance at his uncle, which N ght
mean almost anything.
Sir Geohrey, however, needed neither
the words nor the look. Tie indignation
he was feeling against his nephew allow.
ed OF no other thou hit.
''lf the money has gone you will not
have a creature but yourself 10 blame y
he said ste My. LAS to what you will dc
in that case do not preten o be able to
give an opinion. Of one thing onl, am
altogether certain, and that is that shall
not pay for the lruit of your folly.
Allan thust his hands into his trou ser:
pockets, and listened with logged ex
preston upon his face.
We'll" he exclaimed at last, 1T Is Of
no use waiting here, sir. 1t will at any
rate be well to give infOrmItio to the
police about the matter. There's the dog
cart at the door. Are you going to III
thorpe"
AT the small police stat on, where In
the room usually appropriated to the u il
of some drunken labOrer or suspected
poacher there lay stark cold form
decently cOyere with white sleet, 1
good deal of excite nent prevailed, no
did the tidings brough by the Baronet
tend TO lessen the cOmmotion.
IT ers's detecti e already upon TIT
road from London, the district inspector
informed Sir go rey. 81 course we n
dong all there is to lie done so | don
see the need of Ii 8 arriving. 'OW ever
let hope, as he is coming, he may dc
SOM goo (which was clearly more thai
the speaker saw his way to expect.
~ ave you any clue" questioned Altar
ANXIOUS y. " t course, II the fellow
| could be taken at once he might have tn,
property It'll in h $ possession, which
would be great thing"
The o Ger rubbed his grizzle,l head.
The Hull police is on the sent, and ar
watching the docks and the ra lway-sta
| ton" he declared, But as to a clue
Sir eotfrey mo ed away with all i'm
| atient exclamation; then, with one foo
upon the ep of the dog-cart he turned
| again towards the insI eclor.
Il should like to see the London maj
| when he arr rs, " he remarked. I'm tn
, meantime, avis, will wish you goo
morning. Oh idiot" he went on. address
ing his nephew as soon as they were agai
| upnn the road. of course 1t Is natura
that the sharpest men in the force shout
not g sent to place like this; but reall
such in.apables as he ought to be pension
ed off
Allan Bertram laughed little sarcast
caIly.
If all the stupid men in En- land wer
to receive government pension sir
might come tribe heavy upon the ia,
payers, he rotor ed. but may as
why We are going in this direc ion!'
"Ho else should we reach the bank
Happily everyone is not as needless a
you are Allan. Why as he noticed tn
sudden change that passed over til
younger mans countenance do yo
rea ly mean that it had actually never OF
Cured 10 you that we should be able
obtain the numbers of the no es there "
Allan ansN cred not word, and S
Godfrey smiled rather grimly.
TO BE CONTINUED.
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