The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-03-26
CHAPTER X.

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CHAPTER X.
There were not more than a dozen
residences along the lane where itot~
don Lodge was situated. and the in
hahitantS of none Of these took any
interest in the fact that the little fur
niShc1 house had been let. The three
tradcSmcu, the butcher, the baker and
the grocer. who called. were told hy
Mr.. SyivanUs Thompson, as Mr.. Ed
ward Wall chose 10 call himself. that
he obtained his supplies from London,
J ana that Il daily quartern LOAF, ami Il
rather unusually large supply OF cG"s.
butter ana milk were all that was re-
: Grired. Mr.. SylvanuS Thompson had
T. friend staying with him, who, the
tradeSmcn imagined. was aiiiDg, rs he
never. on any OCCASION. howed him.
self. There was also, the tr,theSnen
told one another, a tail, elderly ser
want. the bakers boy had seen him.
The lad could not in any way describe
his features, as the mans face was
swatiIed in y handkerchief. as though
le were suffering from Il tCCthichc,
n III was Standing 1T the end or
the rather dark hail. The two lust
mentioned ~personagcs must have ar
rived during the night, rs no one lad
seen them enter the house.
The tradeSmpn soon became OH
WINGED. not only that Mr. SylvanuS
Thompson obtained his supplies from
Lordon. but also that he was laying
in a considerable store. He was con-
tinually ~jOurneying To and from Lon
din in his dog cart, and on his return
Invariably brought with him 4 collcC-
ton Of parcels and boxes of MI kinds
and shapes. Some Of these seemed
even tO be OF considerable weight, for,
one day. when Mr.. Syiyanus ThOmn-
son was resting rs horse in front of
the Greyhound" Il lad playfully put
his hand underneath one of them and
found It. too heavy for his boyiSh
strength. 1t was written down for
moist sugar, and rotten bad moist Su-
gar IL must have been, the grocer said,
to be so heavy.
With all that Mr.. Sylvanus Thomp-
son, his ~journeyingS and his idiosyn-
CRASHES. excited but faint interest in
the neighbOrhoCd. The river was
swarming with boating men and their
ladies, and thei joyous laughter rung
over the Tranquil waters. ine inn
Keepers and lodging house proprietors
had their hands full, and Mr.. SylyanuS
ThompsOn's nearest neighbor, Sir Will
lam CuthbertSon, was represented only
by the grave-visaged attendant, who
seemed to he attending To nobody or
nothing but his patient, who asked no
questions and permitted no chatter,
and by Lucy, who for Il moment
left her side of the Nest.
IT, -. A-...I - -.
fection by w prOfeSsors-masters of
invcntion-cupidity and fear. These
fierce and cold blooded teachers sum
up their pupils ability and capacity of
endurance to Il nicety. and find for him
IA way of accomplishing his devilish
work more suitable I" his habits of
70. Thus. Il man well versed in the
secrets of chemistry, DESTROYS to rid
himself Of an enemy, would most like
iy have o to subtle poisonS. The
platelayer who has Il deadly quarrel
with his railway company looscns Il
few screws and throws half Il dozen
sleepers across the line. Thus also
George Maclane, with his experiences
as Il miner fresh in his mind. hit upon
the plan of digging an underground
mine from Reedon Lodge to the Nest,
IL Dt'" lis 4F'lN NiN''s ~ li' h''
gerOuS memory, TO atoms.
George Maclane was npt n man to do
things By halves. or without careful
deliberations. TO the servants Ut the
Bottoms the information had been
vouch afRd that their masters We're
taking Il short tour in the country, and
Mr.. Edward Wall was left in charge
in their absence. Nobody had seen
thcm enter Rcedon Lodge. and nobody
would see them leave. The only per-
son upon whose shoulders the crime
world be laid was Mr.. Edward Wall.
and he was promised five thousand
pounds and twelve hours start to get
away. The actual gold and notes We're
exhibited before the young mans
greedy eyes, and in doing : % Mr.. George
MaClnrc made the one mistake III
his otherwise nicely-calculatcl ar
rangcmcnts. He allowed MI. Edward
Wall to sec that II very much larger
sun in Snvereigns ana notes was kept
in the strong box at the Boltous.
The murderous plan was simple
enough. They would lly two three.
hour fuses to make sure of success, in
case. 10y any passing accident, one Of
these should fail. They would resume
their own garments. II in h mid
de Of the night walk rs far rs Wind
SOY. where they would take the early
irCrnipg train for some station along
the Great Western line. AMI hence
pretend To be engaged in a walking
tour. In the meantime the mine would
have exploded and annihilated Lord
Cleyc. They had never been seen in
the business. and could not he sus-
pectcd. As to Mr.. Edward Wall, il
was In his own interest 10 get away
and save his neck.
OF course, there was the remote
danger Of failure and detection: hut