Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-13

ers the floor space OF the ch, .naa eos.
n other room. but Ii struo,. ah
the wall Of the chamber IN me tat
where the bed stands O II ene sMe
the wall OF the shop. II doaae outsid
partition pointing to the : tn
which the work bench stood sasalnx
IL in line with the front. no, 70 fact
Of the bed. 1t was put IN ~ .le ba4
well. With these points in mn maze Tie
experimental with s~uryevor;s mind
ments, trying TO verify the mo. iistrn
house as l believed il ~ Of tie
couldn't be certain, SC / had 70 ' ais
pure science and,try the exper; slse y
entering from the river. uehta
because the professor had Iat. u.aeeeded
down when he departed. 10 ue bed
lyze the liquid In the glass aho svu an,
you'll doubtless find Ii TO ba ~, uee
ut least n powerful soporlfcp Uson, o.
drank a dose, the professor Law SAsls
locked the door by pulling the u9va
tached to the key. the trap bed So vlu at
and he followed uoppd
a hardly imagine how I've lou
over this problem. l fshad WORKED
piazza I'm order to study tho nvm te
Of the Miniski; l threw hits ~ s,eae
into the stream from the ledge o. oalf
same purpose; l accidentally ,nn nc
into the river also for that nnrnaaaotQ
for the sake of getting a friendIv aul
ing in the house. Once hero i"E
e no better way Of retaininc "ua
miliar acquaintance than bv u
love to Miss Louise. | was AN
sorry for you" a"iuly
Don't speak OF IT," intermn,oa !.
doctor. coldly. I'D rather no, .ne
called upon to express an onipion ~
your conduct"
"Disgraceful without a douht. h..
had a big purpose, and you'U aya..i
me for finishing. I'm sure. 7 ts@.ss
at the start that the daughter mich, y
cogn.zant of her fathers character. os
the nature of his business. a MN
convinced that she is entirely inn
cent" "~V
DO you mean that you slsnAo,aa
Miss Drummond OF completely IN -.
"nu lhe dOctOr, indig.
nantly.
"Oh. no! no. no, l meant the o,b.,
secret. Let's move this alleged loom 7
think we shall find the secret Incl -
it."
The doctor complied as il he Vera
acting in a Cream They tugced AT ths
machine, but 1t failed to bulge.
Funny" mutterei Philbrick. athen
was IA mark on the floor that day va
We're here that showed the loom had
been moved. Suppose you close The
door. doctor"
DIR. Williams shut the door, and Ia
fore he had returned to the loom Phil.
brick had drawn it easily from he
wall. AS il came out a door opened h.
hind il. The passage it revealed was
dark. Philbrick took the lantern
eagerly and entered.
Come on, Docp' he called exeitedly.
here we are"
The doctor followed. They stood in
a small chamber cut out of the ledge
against which the house stood A
small work bench and a printing press
Were the chief furnishings. On the
bench was a quantity of paper cut to
the size of bank notes. Beside them
ere two copper plates and some en-.
grayer's tools. Philbrick took up one
of the plates.
''One hundred dollars, Bank Of
America" he muttered. That's right
Prof. Drummond, you see, was a eOun-
terfeiter. Starkweather was his en-
graver. When Shareholders work was
done the professor had no further use
for him.
And you are a detective" said The
doctor.
Il am in the United States secret
service responded Philbrick. I'VE
suspected Drummond long ago, and !
am only one of several men who have
been engaged in watching him. Ny
wife is a detective, also. She had been
Investigating the operations Of the pro
fessor during his absence after the
murder. His journey WIS undertaken
for the purpose of floating a great
quantity of his counterfeit bills. VI
fortunately. | didn't keep Mrs. Pm.
brick posted as To the exact game
was playing here. and she was Daay
upset ut first when she caught me
flirting with Mss Louise. She's lel,
given me now: but she couldn't stana
the thought of my retaining frenzy
relations with Fairyiew. So | nad "
work from outside. | Gm greatly us
appointed. | wanted to take the man
alive, but | had no evidence Whatever
on which to base a search Oh us
house. OF course. l could have lotta
q search on information and Deiiei,
but | dared not risk that. The old IVA
would have elud "a me. Fer the same
reason l didn't want him indcteu Az
murder. Ii would have spoiled y!
game. SO I took Charles Starkwea's,
er into my confidence. He saw lna.m
l were allowed to go ahead In my omA
way the inquest might come 10 nvs
ing, but the professor would NC
posed I'm the end. ] don't see NE mr
chinery for making paper like lne s~a
eminent paper, but | am CONVEX
that he has Il paper mill sohle ri
He was n great mechanic! anu @
there is nothing nm eng the muiu s.rss
and criminal contriyf noes II tios no'o n
that is really novel. His system :.
traps and weights and deilca'c Aha
rhinery may be duplicated Oh ~
stage of any city theater.' .oys
Philbrick never found the proles soav
paper mill, but the professors Iss,s
was found next day in the fiume VIZ .so,
workmen had found Starkwea.h hat
Mrs. Appleton claimed that II was a.,st
of her husband. She proved a s Il
marriage with the professor, a iass