The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1900-07-07

ius. an as sure OF 1t AS that5I
am, aliye--some day he will turn up
Well replied John, .if he Is here.
ne Is well hidden. When started in
=. ing him$l$Went upon the hyopthe-
sls tnat ne must either be in the d.
Tsesory OF have relatives-other Nc
5 were and through
syhom ne might be reached. It was
500 established that neither Of the
Ailcnae McCaffreys In the directory
was 1he mar we want. Then I went
.ossyofk upon most promising hum
dred OF #McCaffreys that U could
plckz out om the list, old and young,
male, and female. of all classes.
Inc most pronounced result as yet
u q profound conviction that the Nc
Satfrey mind, for occult reasons best
known to itself, has a deeply rootd
antipathy to the police. and i have
also o vehement suspicion that the
police will be justified in hooking very
sharply after doings instigated by the
McCaffrey mind. All my INQUIRIES nj
ter the vanished Michael, ELECTED only
demands of what / wanted with him.
i did not feel myslf authorized to give
any definite information on that head,
and the McCaffrey mind, of course,
leaped to the conclusion that / was a
minor of the law seeking to nbridge
the liberty OF one of the clan, :
consequence of his highly crcditable
Disregard for some statutory enact-
ment. One amiable old lady McCaff-
rey Pathetically regretted that she
had no water handy that was hot
enough to scald me, and a combatiyc
gentleman McCaffrey, strangely gifted
IN ornate Ell hellishment Of his parts
OF speech, proposed to do me up Just
Tor luck and would have assaulted
me beyond q doubt if 1 had not been
armed.
Il have made up my mind that
whatever talent / may have us a
sportsman does not lie in the direc-
ton OF McCafferty hunting. But the
game shall be pursued all the same
and more effectively than by me in.
person. The man l have engaged for
the chase is nm old and skillful dctec-
tive, an exceptionally smart one, who
being such is not at all likely to be
suspected by them, and 1 shall keep
him at work among them until l know
all we want to know about all the Nc
C~affreys."
ST. don't like the idea" STAN
mered the widow uneasily, "of involv-
Ing you, a stranger, in such an x
pense as that. i know it costs a good
deal to hire n good detective"
"Oh, that's nll right" answered
John jauntily. ~ want to do it for my
own satisfaction, now. And you will
soon get v the idea of looking upon
me as "a stranger 1 hope. Addic has
already"
Addie peeped slyly at him, with a
little smile and a blush, and even
around the old woman's mouth there
was n momentary deepening of the
wrinkles, as if she, too, would have
smiled had not that grace been long
forgotten by the muscles in her sad
c~ountenance.
John Latham told the truth when
he said that he wanted to keep up the
McCaffrey hunt on his own account.
lie was determined he would not be
driven from that field. And, still a
better reason the continuance of the
chnse afforded him an excuse for fire.
quent calls at the cottage to tell how
his detective was getting on and to
consult with Mrs. Hall. Incidentally
/ Addie was always present during
these visits, SO that he was now sure
of n pleasant hour or two in her So
ciety Mt her home, at least once and
sometimes twice a week. And he saw
with pleasure that her mother was
growing accustomed to the sight of
him, perhaps wns sometimes even
pleased to see him. In truth, he was
making better progress than he
thought. Under her hard and cold ex.
terror the widow hid q good warm
heart. and was not slow to; appreciate
the sterling manhood of hes daugh-
ter's lover. .Hc will make her n good
husband when justice is done and l
am gone" she said to herself.
u Il ~
One evening when Latham returned
home Chester Sewall said to him:
you look as happy as if you had
won the grand prize in a lottery"
why, SO ] have. the grandest prize
in the lottery of life, the honest affcc-
ton of a noble, true-hearted girl"
".Ali, yes, very delightful, no doubt"
drawled Chester, affecting a cynical
tone, ''but it isn't practical"
"NVhat is the matter with you,
Chet?'
Nothing, only my girl and Wall
street together are teaching M the
value of the practical"
"Has Miss Willmarth come around
to her fathers views"
Il can hardly say definitely MS to
that. She continues urging me to go
into politics under the banner of Mr..
Pratt, of whom, between us, I am get
ting rather tired, and 1 have agreed
to, as you suggested, look the field
over and see what it offers. But
there's time enough for that. The
burning issue of the hour is that the
last dollar I have in the world is in
peril-imminent peril"
How SOP"
THAT Internal stock cannot posi-
bly, go half a point lower. 1t will not
be allowed to. Everybody says it is
a miracle that it has got down to
where it is. 1t must take a turn, and
when it starts to go up will regain
lost ground and more, too, very rap
idly. But if / do not put up $1,000 to
protect my margin by 10 o'clock to-
morrow 1 shall be sold out under the
i / rule. Every dollar l had left is in it
already, and If it goes i shall be ru-
i7ined."
Don't let 1t worry you, my boy.
AYou shall not be sold out"
CHAPTER IN.
JOHN Latham held u limited and
conditional though publicly acknowl-
edged partnership in the prominent
legal firm Of Gaunett, Stryker g. La
than, q place he had conquered by
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