Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-12-28

4; dition to be trusted in the streets alone
| AS s. result. he now lies if indeed. he
still iveS) under the ban of n terrible
crime; and l. for one. do not hold you
to be guiltless of his undoing. Give
! me back my brother, or never lock me
in the fact again.
| This may be very dramatic and
! heightened" l retorted. stung past en-
! dulaEce. 'but it is IL monstrously i'm
| just and heartleSs challenge. Never
| theless, l accept it for the love have
borne. and still bear. you. Make your
mind easy upon this one point; that if
energy and tiXity of purpose can unrav
! 81 the mystery which at present envel-
/ opes ycur brothers disappearance. that
the mystery will be unravelled. Let
/ this assurance satisfy you for the pres
/ ent. Good-hye-Miss Webb"
''Good-bye-AIr Watson" she re-
| .i:ined. striving hard to suppress the
/ trrmor that would creep into her voice.
Make good your brave words, and l
| will one day ask your pardon on my
! knees for having wroHged you. Mean
While. poor Toms shadow seems to
, stand between us like pail. and can
! cEly pray that you may succeed"
| She held out her hand as She spoke,
and after a momentary struggle with
/ my pride. | took it in both mine.
j eff I don't it shall not be my fault"
! said. And 81. for time. we parted.
| 1t was late in the evening when |
! reached town. and called at our rlace
of business mole as a matter of routine
! than with any expectation of finding
!, my services in request. l was some
: what surprised. therefore. to find q
/ message awaiting me from Mr.. Hawk
! iEs then my employer. it will be re-
| mclEbered) asking me to follow him to
his private house without delay. l
knew him to be the last man in the
world to make such Il request without
good reason. And so, postponing my
! already overdue dinner. jumped into
passing cab and fastened to Woburn
Square. where Mr.. Hawkins resided.
l found him in his study, and with
him an odd-looking old man whom he
introduced as clief clerk to Messrs.
O'Brien 4 Grudgery. the eminent Dub
lin solicitors. "Dined yet?" queried
Mr.. Hawkins. in his abrupt vet kindly
way.
NO sir was my reply. 81 got your
message twenty minutes ago"
"All right he said, approvingly.
''Then you'll have to put up with
sandwich and Il glass of sherry for the
present and take it out in supper later
! on. Mr.. Flynn. here, has to catch the
500 from Euston, and l want you to
take a tote of certain instructions his
people are favorng us with. They are
the sequel. apparently. of an inquiry
case in Australia. which you had al
most entire charge of early this veal.
when was laid up. Remember it:
''Oh! The Arnewood, or Arnott bust
ness" I replied. ''Of course, do. But
J. thought that was settled: the miss
ing heir found and everybody satisfied?
| felt rather proud of our success in
that case, sir
! "BeGad. and well you might" put in
Mr.. O'Flynn. dividing what was doubt
i less meant as a complimentary smile
between MI. Hawkins and myself. II
never remember Il 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" 1 exclaimed, Ibid the wrong
man turn up after bit"'
''Sorra bit of him turning up, right
or wrong" was the quaint reply, land
that's what's bothering 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 clarmorng for share of
the estate"
l had previously produced my note
book and was taking down every word
the cid fellow uttered. But l had not
the vaguest idea what he was talking
about. OF Captain Richard" l had
never even heard. and who ''ould Mrs.
George Arnewood of Tralee," might be
l could not even conjecture.
Upon my word. Mr.. O'Flynn don't
quite follow YOU" l confessed.
Maybe not" he replied, with a dry
chuckle. "And small blame to you.
either. sccing the fog we're all in our
selves. Then, too. there are the trust
eeS-'
So Pardon me. SIR" Interrupted. "but
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 year ago.
"That's exactly why l sent for you,
Weston" put in Mr.. Hawkins. with a
trace of irritation in his voice. II nat
urally thought you would recollect the
details of an atfai: which passed
through you hands so recently
so I do. sir" / protested. land I
have abundant memoranda to fall back
upon even should my memory prove de-
fectfve. But Mr.. O'Flynn spoke just
now of people and trustees l never
heard of before. So far as my work is
concerned. it ended with the discovery
of the missing heir, Mr. Luke Arne-
wood. in Queensland, and placing
Iessrs. O'Brfen & Grudgery in com
munication with him. / understand,
from what Mr.. O'Flynn has said. that
Mr. Luke Arnewood has not vet re-
turned to this country"
AThrue for you!" broke in the Irish
emissary. "And that's Just what's
us all. He wrote. more than
four months ago, to tell us he was on
his way back; but sorra word have we
had of him since, and, AS I'm telling
you. the fnmily's raising ructlons.'