Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-06-01
uennls read as Follows:

| eIR GILES MO~UNTJOY:-l have a disclosure
20 make, IN which one OF the members OF your
I family Is seriously interested. Before 1 can
venture 10 explain myself, ] must be assured
that / can trust to your good faith. AZ a test
Of this. 1 require you to fulfill the two condL
tiOns that foiiow-nnd to do IL without the
slightest loss OF time. / dare not trust you
yet with my address. or my signature. Amy
act of careiessness, on my part, might end
fatally for the true friend who writes these
lines. II you neglect this warning, you will
regret IL 10 the end of your life.
To the conditions on which the letter
insisted there Is no need 10 allude. They
oad been complied with when the discov-
cries were made at the back of the mile
stone, and between the pages OF Gibbons
History. Sir Giles had already arrived at
the conclusion that a conspiracy was In
progress to assassinate him, and perhaps
TO rob the bank. The wiser head clerk
pointed to the perforated paper and the in
comprehensive writing received that
morning. IF we can find out what these
mean," he said, you may be better able,
sir, to form a correct opinion"
And who Is to do thatf" the banker
asked.
81 can but try, sir" was the modest re-
the attempt"
Sir Giles approved of the proposed ex-
pertinent, silently and satirlcally, by q
bend OF his head.
Too discreet a man TO make a suspi-
ciously ready use of the information which
he had privately obtained, Dennis took
care that his first attempt should not be
successful. After modesty asking per-
mission to try again, he ventured on the
second occasion To arrive at a happy dis
covery. Lifting the perforated paper. he
placed IL delicately over the page which
contained the unintelligible writing.
Words and sentences now appeared
Uhrough the holes In the paper in their
right spelling and arrangement, and ad-
dressed Sir Giles in these terms:
II beg TO thank you, sir, for complying
with my conditions. You nave satisfied
me of your good faith. At the same time
II ~ possible thai you may hesitate to trust
a man who Is not yet able to admit you TO
his confidence. The perilou, position in
VIII oh l stan obliges me TO ask for two or
three days more OF delay, before | can
safely make an appointment with you.
Pray he patient-and on no account apply
Tor advice or protection to the p~olicel'
Those last words" Sir Giles declared,
ARE conclusive. The sooner | am under
the care Of the law the better. Take my
card to the police Office"
May / sag "a word first, sirt"
10 you mean that you don't agree with
me-"
II mean that"
You were always an obstinate man,
Dennis; and it grows on you as you get
older. Never mind! Let's nave IL out.
Who do you say is the person pointed at
in these rascally letterst"
The head clerk took up the first letter of
the two and pointed TO the opening sent
ence: Sir Giles Mountjoy, / have a dis
closure to make in which one of the mem
bers OF your family Is seriously interest
ed" Dennis emphatlcally repeated the
words, "One OF the members Of your tam
ily." His employer regarded him with a
broad stare OF astonishment.
hnua of TIM vnapnlara 90 49, ILL., sY
Sir Giles repeated, on his side. why,
man alive. what are you thinking OFF I'm
an old bachelor, and | haven't got d fam
lily,
my brother is in Frauce-out of the
way Of the wretches who are threatening
me. l wish | was with him."
There are your brothers two sons, Sir
Giles"
"Wellf And what is there to be afraid
Off My nephew, Hugh, is in London
and,m mind! not on . political errand. |
hope, before long, to hear hat he is going
to be m~arried-if the strangest aud incest
girl in England will have him. What's
wrong now"
Dennis explained. II only wished to say,
sir. that | was thinking of your other
nephew"
"Sir Giles laughed. Arthur in dangerl'
he exclaimed. AS harmless a young man
q tft ilfNo. lhO L Out Cdu SuN Oh
him is that he is throwing away his money
farming in Kerry"
Excuse me, Sir Giles; there's not much
chance OF his throwing away his money,
where he Is now. Nobody will venture TO
take his money. l met with one of Mr..
Arthur's n~eighbors at the market yester-
day. Your nephew is boycotted."
$50 much the better" the obstinate
banker declared. HE will be cured of
his craze for farming, and he will come
back to the place am keeping for him in
the Office"
"God grant itr' the clerk said, fervent
ly.
For the moment Sir Giles was staggered.
"Have you heard something that you have
not told me YETI" he asked.
mo, sir. l am only bearing In mind
something which-with all respect-Ith think
you have forgotten The last tenant on
that bit Of land in Kerry refused to pay
his rent. Mr.. Arthur has taken what they
call an eyicted farm. It's my tirm belief. .