Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-10-05

! A CLEW BY WIRE
Or, An Interrupted Current.
BY HOWARD M. YOST.
Copyright. 1896. by J. B. Lippineott Co.
Observation-Disclosures

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
SYNOPSIS.
Of a Philadelphia bank robbery. reaches
Homestead, gets Jake Hunsicker to drive
in Jake's wife sarah., . servant IS years
Ds$ Mxf Chs + SSssssSss savings
Morley to g party. Knowing this would
next morning as usual he arranses with
Horace Jackson-a fellow employe-to be
on hand when the clockwork should release
next morning Conway discovers the cash
theft, but Mr.. Morley, a. trustee. proves an
alibi for him; without however removing
&c cI alsrfs s i1Perry expresses his CON-
must must, hold him in doubt. whereupon Con.
resigns his posto MI Morley also
cause Of public distrust e1acts a promise
that friendly relations between Conway
and Florence Morley be discontinued until
hf asery after
writes to assure Conway Of her continued
so long deserted. Conway hears strange
noises; sees ghostly, figure in the moon
light. shGots ct II. only to md It refec;
even after daylight comes speaking in dis
jointed unmeaning phrases. Conway learns
from Sarah that Sylvester Morley and his
daughter have q summer residence In near
n s eHH nfSHGfs v1-Discovery is made that
been walled up. Florence driving by with
her father sees Conway, but offers no salu-
tation. Jackson has frequently been com
CHAPTER yI1-conway sees sonntag.
his agent. He knows nothing of walling up
cellar doors. SOnntaP connects rnvSfaryonc
aMHPTER aa bs9Msn TSs
ry. Jackson had proposed to her, been re-
fused fI but upon accusing Conway of rob-
would marry jackson in case theft could
eHxP + 3 iIAsa,n mysterious noises
many restless hours trying in vain to Iocate
them A pistol shot from the room below
tSr heard nwhesr oap he decides to cut
barred-up cellar. and In the morning pro-
' cIAP PH'i E" the son nss discovers that
stones used In walling up doorways CORE
spond to those of ruined schoolhouse near
Where jackson has taken a place. The
mysterious voices are heard. and by COM
pairing notes with Conway traces them to a
telephone arrangement. and an important
aeed phraaes IS h pu dog enWa m the de-
Hunter, station agent at Sidington, is an
alias For Skinner,
CHAPTER XII.
I stood for some time gazing at the
door through which Mr.. Sonntag had
gone. Amazement held possession of
me. A thousand and one questions
whirled through my head.
But my lawyer had departed. final
ly strobe to the window in the hope Of
finding him within hailing distance.
He was far down the Twineburgh
road, too far to call Rim.
saw him pull up his horse and lean
forward and address man who had
| approached him from the opposite d.
| rection.
The conversation lasted but minute,
and then horseman and pedestrian each
went on their several ways.
| When the pedestrian drew nearer
saw it was Hunter. the station agent at
Sidington, or, as Sonntag had informed
me, Skinner. 1t seemed very odd that
he should have assumed another name.
Then my eye caught the glimpse of a
horsewoman coming down the road
from the direction of the Morley resi-
dence. 1t needed but that glimpse to
tell me that it was Florence. She was
coming toward the house, perhaps to
see me.
When she reached the cross-road lead
ing to Sidington and Twineburgh, up
which the man Hunter was approach
ing, she refined up her horse.
When the fellow came up to Florence,
I was surprised to see him stop and en-
gage her in conversation which last
ed some minutes and appeared to be
rather earnest, judging by the way
Florence leaned down toward him.
| Finally the young woman turned her
horses head and ga1loped back in the
direction she had come.
| The station agent watched her re-
treating form, then slowly began to re
short distance when he stopped ane
looked toward my house, then agai1
turned and came back.
I watched him from behind the cur
tains. AS he approached near saw
his clothing was wet and bedraggled