Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-12-28

AS a result. he now lies Qf indeed, he
still iveS) under the ban of n terrible
crime; and /, for one, do not hold you
TO be guiltlesS Of his undoing. Give
me back my brother, or never look me
in the fact again!"
This nay be very dramatic and
high-toned," / retorted, stung past en-
durance, but it is a monStrously I'M
just and heartless challenge. Never
theless, / accept it for the love I have
borne, and still bear, you. Make your
mind easy upon this one point; that il
energy and fixity of purpose can unrav-
ell the mystery which at present envel-
| opes your brothers disappearance, that
the mystery will be unravelled. Let
this assurance satisfy you for the pres
ent. Good-bye-MisS Webb"
"Good-bye-Mr. Watson" she re-
Joined, striving hard to suppress the
tremor that would creep into her voice.
Make good your brave words, and I
will n day ask your pardon on my
knees for having wronged you. Mean
while, poor Toms shadow seems to
stand between us like a pail, and / can
only pray that you may succeed"
She held out her hand as she spoke,
and after a momentary struggle with
my pride, 1 took 1t in both mine.
IF l don't it shall not be my fault"
/ said. And so, for q time, we parted.
1t was late in the evening when I
reached town, and l called at our place
Of business more as a matter of routine
than with any expectation of finding
my services in request. I was mn
what surprised, therefore, to find a
message awaiting me from Mr.. Hawk
ins then my employer, it will be re-
membered) asking me to follow him to
his private house without delay. l
J knew him to be the last man in the
world to make such q request without
good reason. And so, postponing my
already overdue dinner, I jumped into
a passing cab and FASTENED to Woburn
Square, where Mr.. Hawkins resided.
I found him in his study, and with
him an ~odd-looking old man whom he
introduced as chief clerk to Messrs.
O'Brien & Grudgery, the eminent Dub
lin solicitors. 'Dined yet?' queried
Mr.. Hawkins, in his abrupt yet kindly
way.
mo, sir" was my reply. 81 got your
message twenty minutes ago."
"All right" he said, approvlngly.
nth sOu nave W put up Will "
sandwich and a glass Of sherry fo- the
present and take it out in supper Later
on. Mr.. Flynn, here, has to catch the
S:25 from Euston, and l want you to
take a note of certain instructions his
people are favoring US with. They are
the sequel, apparently, of an inquiry
case in Australia, which you had al
most entire charge of early this year.
yxrhnn n we lnfI tN Dnpnnynhnr IL ~
"Oh! The Arnewood, or Arnott bust
ness I replied. "Of course, / do. But
! / thought that was settled; the miss
| ing heir found and everybody satisfied?
/ felt rather proud Of our success in
that case, sir"
"Bedad, and well you might" put in
Mr.. O'Flynn, dividing what was doubt
less meant as a complimentary smile
between Mr.. Hawkins and myself. II
never remember a job more nately and
quickly put through, as far as it went
thin. And that's why I've been stint
over here to beshpake your hip again;
for, If you'll behave it, we're no nearer
the ind than when we started"
"What!' / exclaimed, "did the wrong
nan turn up after a bit?"
"Sorra a bit of him +.trning up, right
or wrong" was the quaint reply, land
that's what's bottle ring us intirely.
Sure there's not an Arnewood in Dire
land, from Capt. Richard himself (who,
barrin' Mr.. Luke, is heir by entaiD
down to old Mrs. George Arnewood Of
Tralee, but is clarmoring for a share Of
the estate"
/ had previously produced my note
book and was taking down every word
the old fellow uttered. But I had not
the vaguest idea what he was talking
about. OF Captain Richard / had
never even heard, and who "ould Mrs.
George Arnewood Of Tralee," might be
/ could not even conjecture.
"Upon my word. Mr.. O'FIynn, I don't
quite follow you," l confessed.
maybe not" he replied, with a dry
chuckle. "And small blame to you.
either, seeing the fog we're all in our
selves. Then, too, theIe are the trust
ees-"
Pardon me, SIR" l interrupted, "but
I must ask you TO be precise in any in
structions you may have to give, the
more especially as Mr.. Hawkins knows
but very little Of the affair we put
through for you nearly a year ago."
That's exactly why I sent for you,
Weston pat in Mr.. Hawkins, with a
trace of irritation in his voice. 81 nat
urally thought you would recollect the
details Of an affair which passed
through you hands so recently"
$50 l do, sir" ] protested. "and I
have abundant memoranda to fall back
upon even should my memory prove de-
fective. But Mr.. O'Flynn spoke just
now of people and trustees / never
heard Of before. So far as my work is
concerned. 1t ended with the discovery
of the missing heir, Mr.. Luke Arne-
wood. In Queensland, and placing
Messrs. O'Brien & Grudgery in COM
minication with him. ! understand,
from what Mr.. O'Flynn has said, that
Mr.. Luke Arnewood has not yet re-
turned to this country"
"Thrue for you!' broke in the Irish
emissary.h '+And that's just what's
botheriup ire all. He wrote. more than