Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1894-04-14

"We m st not lose any more time, v
no says hurriedly. you return To
your house. tell your wife everything.
II will not make much difference now
for all West Chester will know Il be-
lore noon tomorrow. Wrap the child
up warmly and car y her to my house.
You can return with your own. To
morrow shall explain everything to
Belknnp. lie understands my posi-
ton: will know that there is proba-
bility in my story. Then the note
book must be found, and all will be
provcn-vou understand mc?"
"Ics, MIR. Adrian. And I'll do just
as you say. have started in with
you, Ill stick To you"
They leave the platform. these two.
man and master, the shadow after
them. muttcring to himself as he
makes his way through the trees:
"a pretty plot Too bal il was
spoiled. A clever man is Adrian Dyke.
! love clever men. All, Franklin, my
boy, know your secret now. You
did well to tell me to watch your
brother. ] have discovered all. I
know why you wished TO keep your
mouth shut and don't blame you.
But is Adrian Dyke guilty OF the MUIR
der2 by the hockey, it begins to look
as II he wasn't. / don't believe he
knows anything about that notebook
sitter all; IL ne did he would not
speak so earnestly about finding It.
He would know the leaf. which Is
the only part Of Il that would benefit
him, Is missing. BY the hockey! This
th;rv q sr.,ttturr Iaanar ,nd daarar I
only find out one thing to be puzzled
by another. felt sure he had torn
ont that leaf, now am just as posi-
tive that he did not Who in the devil
did? That's the question now. lie
will take back his own child, but can
he prove she is his own? She looks
like him, even observed that sup
pose the nurse, Mary Ca der, knows
all about II. She will testify. He
says Franklin nyNe knows and will
testify. But viii lie? He's n damn
fool II he does How did he find It
out? And w " did he keep IL?
''Perhaps nc knows the whole plot
and was g,ing Ia stand in with his
brotheri l.ut would he lay in Jail,
running the risk of getting hung to
nj ow his brother 10 get away with
this fortune? am getting more and
more mixed up. can see what ] have
to do now. must find the man that
tore out that leaf: find out why he did
IL. But why should any one tear IL
but Dyke? IL would not be Of benefit
to any one else"
lie creeIs along In the shadow, keep
ing his eyes upon the men he Is follow
ing, his brain busy with conflicting
thoughts. Suddenly he stops, his face
lights ND with an inspired idea. He
stands still. close To the fence ''Csn
that be the solution? he murmurs, be-
lief and doubt struggling for the su-
premacy. cit might be, Let me zee!
DR.. Wilbur adopted Henri Gsreau
when but q boy. Garesu's father
was n drunken brute, . criminal.
He killed his wife, was sentenced 10
twenty-one years for doing H. The
Did doctor proposed to leave his money
to the young partner. He knew II
He may have q secret; some young
women in the case-it often happens
that wny-needed money-knew the
Did man must pass along dark road
On his return TO his house, laid for
HIN, put him out Of the way, took the
money and iewelry from the dead man
to avert suspicion. But why In the
devil did he take the notebook, and
why tear out . leafi He could not
have known Of Adrian Dykes plot
Let me Think He might have fol-
lowed his partner and In some way
overheard the master and man arrange
nattera Then. determined TO kill
two birds with one stone. killed the
old man, tore out the leaf 70 hold Il
over Dykes head 70 force him 70 give
MP some Of his money and then went
bacx 70 the house. f0rred his way Into
the library. AMI put the book In the