Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-24

! that she would rush to my rescue and
get killed along with me- dashed at
| him, cut at the hand holding the re-
volver and was rewarded by hearing the
| weapon strike the floor at his side. /
saw him stoop for it, and plunged my
| swords point at his back. It rebound
ed as if it had struck cork. The next
| lick was dealt at his hand as it CROPPED
/ toward the pistol. I knocked his arm
out and he fell sprawling on the floor.
| The mistake I made then was in try
ing to get possession of the revolver, for
| when reached for it, he bounded to his
feet. and, Kissing like a cat, sprang out
at the open window through which he
had come. I saw his head and shout
ders disappear below the sill just as I
secured the gun. / ran to the window
and saw him crawling down the slant
ing roof of the conservatory. Remem-
| bering his armor, took aim at the back
| OF his neck, but was too shaky to shoot
well, and missed. Before my unnerved
| fingers corld cock the revolver again he
was out OF sight and I heard the gate
/ in the rear close with slam.
81 started in pursuit down the front
stairs but when reachedthe first land
! ing ] met my mother and keeled over
| in q dead faint. The drug and the
| wound were too rcuch for me. I came
| 10 in a MON emit and prevented her from
notifying the police CT the neighbors of
| the accident. Then it was four o'clock
l tried to get a message to you, but
failed on the first attempt. That's the
| whole account of my adventures
you have certainly had tough time
of it, declared DR.. Lampkin. cat whose
door do you lay the attack?'
1T is the work of the villain who set
the bomb for me, and I am nov pretty
sure he is involved in the Palace Hotel
| affair"
what, Gielow?''
Hendricks unused a moment, then he
said:
''This attempt and the other, show
ing such positive enmity TO me person
ally, make the whole business the big
gest mystery of my experience. Be-
sides, there is another clew which tends
to lead me away from the idea of inn
| plicating the artist"
What is that?''
Hendricks gazed at the open fire as
if debating how to express himself
clearly.
you remember" he began, chat the
letter Miss Huntington showed us pur-
porting to be Caruthers' at Philadelphia
was forged, of course, since Caruthers
was dead when it was written"
81 remember" said Lampkin, with a
sudden start.
you also recall that I spoke to her
Of certain idiomatic expressions in it.
showing that it was written by a for
eigner.'
Eyes, quite we'll
Hendricks smiled and strcked his
wounded side.
"Gielow didn't write that letter Now,
| what foreigner have we reason TO sus-
pect of having had a hand in this
matter?''
Bant;nni," exclaimed the doctor,
rising excitedly. "My Lord, why did I
| not think of that before? And he is
Il sutton FOR the hand of the heiress, be-
sides'
The detective smiled. He was at one
OF his old games of trying the effect OF
conflicting evidence on his friend.
"You have forgotten one other thing
and there you are" he grinned. What
| about GieioV's cOnfession?''
Dr.. Lampkin's face fell. He was silent
for several minutes.
"Ycu are incorrigiblei" he broke out
suddenly. 81 don't make sport OF you
when you come nosing around in my
| profession. sit down and give you the
| benefit of all there is in its
! The detective smiled apologetically.
'fYou a-e at liberty to retaliate at any
:iune,'' ne returned. Besides, if let you
on to the climaxes of my cases before I
reached them you'd lose interest, and
| I'd not have the pleasure of your COM
| panionship.''
DR.. Lampkin took his hat to leave.
'I must get back to the office," he
said, good-naturedly. ''Ill drop in this
| afternoon. Remember, yen are to stay
| IN this room week at the very short
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