The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-06-22

Uedt1-S1e was partly starved 10
death, George said. The lad was then
only fourteen years old, and he had
never seen his father since.
II got a neighboring ~dispensary doc
tor to see my friend. He gave him
some physic to relieve his cough, but
declared that it was quite hopeless to
attempt to save him, INT In the sew
enth week poor George Rankin died.
'The day previous to his death he
gave me a paper which he took from
the lining of his coat, where it had
been sewn up.
"'You have been a good friend to
me- he said. About the only friend
l ever had, and I can't repay you for
your kindness except by giving you
this. l don't know whether 1t will be
any good to you or not. I had a mind
to destroy it, but 1 thought | had bet
ter not. 1t is a letter from my father,
which he wrote shortly before he died.
Although he never did his duty by
me. he evidently kept an eye on me,
and knew my whereabouts to Some ex-
tent.
"'Read 1t out loud to me- George
| added, so that I know you can make
It out
II took the letter and read:
George: I am not likely to live very
many days, and l am thinking about
my money. I can't take it with me.
l would if I could. I daresay you have
no love for me, and I would not let
you have it, but 1t is a pity that any
body else should get 1t. You think
have not done my duty by you. tell
YOU I have done more for you than
my father did for me. l gave you an
education; that is more than l got. l
do not wish to see you. but after l am
dead you will receive this letter. l
have arranged to have 1t posted to
YOU. You will find my money hid in
the top garnet at 81, Workman street,
Old Kent Road, where l shall die. L
will not tell you where it is hid. 1t
will be a little exercise of your pa
thence to find it. You were always an
impatient young wretch, and would
not let you know where it is at all,
but l would rather you had it than
anybody else. Your rather.
"The letter was written in very faint
ink, in a Grabbed, illiterate hand
writing. but l made it out fairly well.
81 got that letter. said George, in
October last, and went to the address
he gave. l managed to get into he
garnet where he had lived, and having
rented it for a fortnight, searched
everywhere l could think of. l had
the floor boards up, and looked and
felt up the chimney and tried every
conceivable place. but I could find no
trace of any money or anything else;
and, as l had no means to pay rent. |
lDJ - .psua a. IN h0 va nnt told n
soul about it, as I meant to try again
some day, but l shall never have an
other chance now, so if O care to
start on a wild goose chase you can'
and anything you may find you are
welcome to-.
after I had buried George Rankin,
1 turned my attention to the bidder
money. 1 am not, l hope and Deneve'
a c~ovetous fellow, but l thought that
if I could find it I might as well have
it, and as l had been In a carpenters
shop for a year or two a boy
knew a little of building and could
, handle the tools fairly well. l there
fore started off to the Old Kent Road
{ "Yorkham street is in a very pool
neighborhood, the houses being let on
in tenements of one and two rooms
each. l found No. 81. and arranged
! to rent the attic at half a crown 6
t week.
"On the Monday I moved n bed
a table. and a few chairs to my new
l abode, leaving the rest of my belong
S ings at my old lodgings, and set II
t work to try and find the miser'
hoard.
DAY after day 1 ~persevered, trylni
S every bit of the rooms surface Du'
like poor George Rankin, could mt
t. nothing. l had the boards up a
n a time, sounded all the walls, an
T went halfway the chimney, but a
r. to no purpose, and l had quite mad
ND my mind that the old miser ha
# PLAYED a hoax on his son. when ] dc
y termined, as a last resource, to col
suit a detective sergeant at the Eas
O. end, who was a friend of mine.
! 81 knew the serge ant could be I
ed. and I saw him and old him al
W Sergeant Green listened PATIENT
~ TO my tale, and carefully read the le
:. ter which George had received fro
his father.
"You have tried the place all oy'
Of and found nOthingY' he asked.
10 Yes | replied. Il have, and If yC
vi can help me. and we find the none
"a YOU can have whatever share you Ill
7 to name"
well said Green. There may
something in it or there may be not
ing. If we find the money it may
=, much or little. Suppose we say IT,
=. YOU shall give me a third but that
- shall not be more than f2O!
Il did not. at the moment, eaten Il
meaning. and | told him so.
D." 'Wh., what | mean is said
~. suppose we find EDO. am to havetl
" If we find EGO l am to have EGO. b
that's the limit. If we find g ! Il
| am only to have 800
l Right you are | cried. You a
l. very fair. and | agree
1--WE then went to my attic and co
menced operations.
IT, "Green questioned me closely as
,n' where | had searched.
lie ''Nll. thirk it must be either
to the window. the door, or the ceihS
a he said at last. You nave not l.
the window out"
oh Ono | replied. i raven't.'
a. "We got the saSheS ont. and open
I'M tie boxing If the c"aScment-trh
but il was quite empty. and it to
ed us some hours to r%einState the W
dow.
on Green then carefully tapped
stiles and framework of h door IL