The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-02-19

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Brandon. he was soon in posse ssion OF
his own clothing. and was able once
more to jingle the nimblc and necessary
dollar in his pocket.
Everybody was OF course surprised.
but no one seemed sufficiently interest
ed in him to demand complete history
of his adventure. Huenos Ayres Is
happily free from the inquisi,orial
pests which SO often defeat tho ends Of
Justice by their ill-timcd interviews"
Consequently Percy left tho city with
ont word being sent 10 the outer
world to announce his temperance in
the land Of the living. 1t was forum
ate thing that such was the case. for II
gave him the chance to follow up the
trail with greater ccrtaint; Of overtak-
ing the man for whom he was search
ing.
lie lost no time preparing to shake the
dust Of Bucnos Ayres from off his feet,
and in few DAYS he was bound for New
York over precisely the same route
which the object of his pursuit had taken
few months before.
In aninsidc vest pocket Of his travelling
suit he had placed the little package
which Belle Lorimer had given him, but
it never occurred to him to examine it.
There it lay and did not see daylight
during the whole Of the voyage.
Upon arriving at New York he pro-
ceeded at once to the house in Gramercy
Park. but was surprised. on applying
for admission. to find that his friends
were no longer living there. He in.
quired whittier they had gone and Was
told that they had left for Europe.
Again he found himself aimlessly
walking the streets of great city. but
this time he was better prepared for an
emergency and walked only to get an
opportunity for thought and not from
compulsion. After strolliny nearly .
mile in slow and detected manner. he
took car downtown, and visited EN-
erick & Company's Office on Pearl street
What he might have done, had Mr.
limerick been there, we will not presume
to guess. hut on reaching the floor upon
which the Office was formerly located
he walked to the glass door and noticed
that another name was painted upon IL.
inquiry from tn. janitor ELECTED the in.
formation that the firm Of limerick &
Co. was no longer in existence. Percy
was now utterly at his wits end and
baffled. He knew not how to move and
could form no definite plan Of action
Every thing seemed to be working
against him. The Delaros and Mr..
Wilcox lit must be remembered he
knew nothing of his old friends death)
in Europe; limerick. he knew not whore;
himself wandering alone in New York;
what should he do? lie retraced his
steps uptown, engaged rooms at hotel
and sat down to consider
What is the use of going to Europe?"
!; he thought. II might never find them;
and yet can not stay here alone" Why
he did not at once repair 10 Mr.. VIII
cox's lawyers he could never afterwards
explain, but he did not do So After
many hours of consideration he resolved
to take the first steamer to Europe.
1t a few days he was passing Sandy
Hook, and week later he was
anxiously expecting to soc the Fastnet
Light
During the voyage he had not
mingled much with the company on
board. lie was too much cnwrapped In
his own thoughts to care to investigate
those of others. So he keep. himself aloof.
Ono day when in mia-Atlantic no be.
thought him Of The little package which
Belle Lorimer had given him and re-
| solved to open it. Retiring to his state
room and taking from his valise the
+! vest, in the pocket of which he had
placed the package, he drew out what
he would have valued as q precious
| treasure. had he known what it was.
Carefully unnrapping it, he found that it
contained an insignificant Portuguese
silver coin with a small hole bored
| through it. The small width OF silver
between the hole and the edge of the
| coin had worn away, indicating that
the coin had doubtless fallen from
whatever it had originally suspended
from-probably Mr.. Emerick's watch
chain. Enclosed with the coin was q
little note. which read: Examine the
edge OF this coin all round"
Percy did SO, and noticed that in one
part the milling had been filed OF
ground flat. and on the smooth edge
was monogram executed in SO minute
n manner that without a microscope
it would be impossible to distinguish
the letters.
Not having microscope in his Los.
session Lowell borrowed one from an
officer OF the ship and again retired te
his state-room TO further examine the
curiosity. Applying the microscope. be
gazcd intently for a moment and, drop
ping the instrument, said to himself
II thought there was no mistake
Those are his initials-.L Wand
Belle Lorimer was right This sup
posed Mr.. limerick does possess secre.
but it is not his alone There is at lcas,
one other who shares tho knowledge O,
1T. and it shall not be long before it DO
comes public property. / must and will
find the villain yet"