Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-09

compulsion. After strolling nearly
mile, in slow and detected manner, he
took a car downtown, and visited En-
crick & Company's Office on Pearl street.
What he might have done, had Mr.
limerick been there, we will not presume
to guess, but 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 it.
Inquiry from the janitor elected the in
formation that the firm of limerick e
Co. was no longer in existence. Percy
was now utterly at his wits end and
baff1ed. 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 Gt must be remembered he
knew nothing of his old friends death)
in Europe; limerick, he knew not where;
himself wandering alone in New York;
what should he do? He retraced his
steps uptown, engaged rooms at hotel
and sat down to consider.
what is the use of going to Europe?"
he thought. Il might never find them;
and yet 1 can not stay here alone" Why
he did not at once repair to Mr.. Will
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 see the Fastnet
Light
During the voyage he had not
mingled much with the company on
board. He was too much enwrapoed in
his own thoughts to care to inves tigate
those of others. So he kept himself aloof.
One day when in mid-Atlantic he 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 precious
treasure. had he known what it was
Carefully unwrapping 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 hal originally suspended
from-probably Mr.. Emerick's watch
chain. Enclosed with the coin was a
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 or
ground fiat. and on the smooth edge
was monogram executed in so minute
| a manner that without microscope
it would be impossible to distinguish
the letters.
Not having a microscope in his pos
session Lowell borrowed ono from an
officer of the ship and again retired to
his state-room to further examine the
curiosity. Applying the microscope. he
gazed intently for moment and, drop
ping the instrument, said to himself:
81 thought there was no mistake
Those are his initials-'L. U.'-and
Belle Lorimer was right This sup
posed Mr.. limerick does possess secret.
but it is not his alone->Ther is at least
| one other who shares the knowledge of
it. and it shall not be long before it be-
comes public property. 1 must and will
find the villain yet"
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