The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-15

ances or which you have written oc-
Cured lately?' -"
zone OF them took place about Christ
mas time, the other two but a few
weeks back. The first one attracted no
attention, nor the second, l may say;
but when that poor boy, silly Rufus,
dropped out OF sight ana sound, people
began TO wonder ana recall the fact
that the two strangers l have mem
toned had also vanished from our
mdst In very queer and unexplained
manner. Ana l., here the old gentle-
man became impressive, even going TO
the point OF laying his mana on my
Knee ana remember Two other cases.
year apack' OF persons VINO came INTO
this road VINO were never seen 10 issue
from IT, or at ieast am assured py an
ola 1rienu OF mlne VINO hVes JUST "here
TINS road runs into the main one. But
Wnether all nhls means CRIME cannot
'eIi. Can you!
me auestioH came So suuuehy
started. II certainly mas lhat LOOK
l remarked. are tnere any uouptiui
cnaracters III thls neishoorhoou'
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e,,,.noa. ,,o,, oon haar tber, toll. In for
hnd ho .aa,n Iat h;s eve roam annre-
o;ot,,,a1,r 80. his eouors and sbr,bs
"uave Won anv nlan of procedure?" he
suddenly asked.
81 must first find out if there has been
env crime" I replied. letting my eve
follow his over the ton of a long we'll
sweep that was one of the chief orna-
nants of the place to that dismal turn
An tho road which T had been warned
from pursuing.
"Are there any other houses on this
road besides vours?, I now nut in. re-
caIIinr his GLANCE hack 70 myself by n
,,ast,,re
o,,,.,,,,,, 20 not INV
- en-. ~ o,d'tho,, said oI-
80. 10 ,ndifsarant,,, for the temnor-
,.,nssn,,t ha nod shour.
.o,, go a,oia n,ononoIy ~ tbis
H., ,,,o,, rrharo is orotbar dwelling nm
e. sor,e r,,If mile further on An equal.
II, ia dr,aIIirg With This hut moro fullv
ooo,,r,od" F." ba sniIed "a brother and
t,,o sisters renain 70 the KnoIlvs fam
,,', I'LL tho s;ngIe renresentative
of tha rrohmsn
a.. .. ,,,.orsr, ronao+-
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GU aS.o .,1T a. ms ..ho na ,,,,,at
iiiai,he' NJ" oIu "
Niii1 u .o,
on, young Niioiiy 20 a I'll,
L.u So,I.I Iii 49, ,;rIs o.,
the giris-what shail can .ie siris. s.,
ie iuu@' w. ~ ,,,,r,, ad,,,,, no
ing 10 stIihe uie 5 nappy ..,J,oa ,r,r,s
tween Jus'ioe anu ,,,na.oa I ,oenaa and
OF course wen euuo"e os ,i,.,s
ali 'na. - - ,;,,o IN don Iike
'p'
't..le, .an, ronoo+ad wondering as
orro,o &C bic words
.o,. ,,a',sa 4, :. don where flow.
ao,,t ,,ro,," be laughed leaning
80 80 r,,,ol, a snrav of honeysuckle
go, tp,e 1,ino that curled about the
ao,,,r,rs of the norch "I like sunshine,
t,ods of ,oses fountains and a sweep
80 To- o-yn lilo that we see before u.s."
"And the Misses Knollys have no
such adornments to their house?"
He Shrugged his shoulders. "Why
mt
Won have come to discuss is much more
interesting. 1t is two weeks now since
rsaw silly Rufus leaning over the fence
there counting the blossoms on my
oleander. When 1 looked again ten
minutes later he was gone, and that is
the last that any Of us know about
him."
HE might have strayed into the
woods,"- 1 suggested. .
I'VE have searched the woods. Silly
Rufus was a favorite in these parts,
Oh, we have looked for him far and
near, but we have not found him and
never will, 1 am thinking"
But what motive" I began.
But suddenly Mr.. Trohm's eyes had
become impenetrable, and / saw there
was some underlying reason on his part
for preserving a certain reticence con-
cerning his suspicious. Could they
have reference to the Knollys family?
1t seemed a preposterous supposition,
and vet I felt impelled to change my
question into the remark:
Perfect frankness on your part
20
The least clue is valuable in such cases.
A doubt, a surmse even, yes, whether
it be true or false will often put de-
tective on the right track 1 should be
Obliged to you if you told me why you
so often glance down the road towards
the east"