The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-22

CHAPTER NNlN.
Constable Btruun. on his round al day
duty in he dun streets of sleepy Dane
thorough. had y"t time 20 busy At> sharp
brains ON wha' hi. superior officer WIS
Won; to designate n The "aponynoi~
l"Jtvr job"
He keep his restless. slaniiag back 'y'>
continually at work. II" had seen for
ejgn hanGNriIing>. and Ar had Lrtrl. Al
~ec"ri hand. Mr. Marsh'S opinion ~ i"
The authorship Of the pink and perfUm"i
letter. II seemed. then. an especially Tor
tunate circumstance when he Splol. At
the corner % ~" High street.. q WoN-
dressed Young woman. with dark. lash
ing eyes. weil-cut features and a sallow
complexion. like gold-bronzc-in short.
undoubtedly a foreigner. She had a let
ter in her hand. and IN a moment more
She llad droInc'' il il'" IN" l'ah"'ofouEh
post"nl'"'
Inc GlrI passed inc poArrlhah without
taxing any more nou"e OF MN tnah II ne
had been "A lamp post. and he very slowly
ana cautiously followed the glrl. mnrh
as a hunting SPIDER pursnes an nnwililng
ny along the window edge. Sh" dis'p-
pear"d within a doorway. "Bennetts
Royal Library. and Constable Barnum
watched that door with as unrelaXing "A
scrutiny As over a weasel bestowed upon
q rabbit hole. Presently the girl came
out. After an instants hesitation Con-
stable barnum entered the Library.
Il beg your pardon. ma'am, he said
deferentially 10 Mrs. Bennett. behind the
counter. but might ask YOU, on Super
~intendent Swanns account. if that young
lady who just called in here is a stranger
ana a foreigner:
"A foreigner she Is. was lhe reply.
but not exactly q stranger here. Ma
demoiselle, rs they cah her. has been
here a dozen times or more on errands
from the countess. She is her ladyship's
new foreign maid, and a prime fayorite,
50 the other ThorS1alc servants say. with
my lady,
Taking a polite leave of Mrs. Bennett.
! Constab bic Rarnns walked with ouick
steps up the street again. and entered
the postofice. The postmistress was az
first disposed 10 demur 70 his ~netition
that he nigh, he allowed 10 look AZ the
asst letter which had been dronped into
the box. But the well known name Of
SUPERINTENDENT SWAIN produced q tails
manic effect.
At last bet ween the postmistness' fin
ger and thumb did apDnar n lettor mink
and directed 70 some rcrson residing in
the town Of Arad. in Hungary. There
could be no mistake about rho identity
Of the stationery. or Of the foreign hs nd.
writing, with the handwriting or the sta
tionery Of the ANONYMOUS epistle rec,a,v-
ed by Violet's guardian.
Ten minutes later. in a small inner den
Of the craulped ponce station Of Dane
borough. Surcrint.nden Swami loom.
ing, as usual. all TOO large for the psr-
row apartment allottrd IN him wac lie
tening TO the report Of his Jealous subor-
dinate.
Mademoiselie Glitks. gliding trimming
with her well-fitting boots over the Dane
borough pavement. entered shop after
shop. creating generally a li,,l. futter
among the inmates Of each emporipm
partly due 10 the Importance Of such y
customer AS her noble mistress. partly
also 10 the energetic and imnatient man.
ner in which she conducted her sb,n-
ming
Giirka. as she dartel 70 and fra. Ike. .
kiuyfsh.r on The wing ahoy.. m. rood
beds and -rdyy shadows of 4 river. never