Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-01-03

the tHmErissn ] ttIL-
] repeated my 1ntitntiGsI, ans tT-
rrnssasd tire lfts;iesf HRfisfHttisli when
an t4nrfly Ente Wis fixed fEr EEr fihn-
uu.f. ana 4 was glad to sss,ial'ts arifzr
arune ten minutes atEulbafy ma EAIE,
etser from the W1lrtaprg gf NarAR fE'tss
nra Nurns gQiue, 1o ten Anguish cd tht
discoveries 4 hna 1IImds.
F8Efurt ] smiG anything ta him, how-
ever, j went 1o Il tsuK in which J ksGd
n caIlertiDn 81 udds Had ends, ssrh BE
tine rough tfHtEinsR az FpeTehes lhhi
were 10 he flied i-,, little Iis't't's ca
Rrutptufs ihaf ] had dome, and H0 forih'
ma fr,c9rn amongst IhEIn ] IoaE ONT Lns
rDnata nf a hand.
I sent fur Anguish and drawers 10
k,rrrne 10 tine 'den."
.LNok nj This model" j said, T4nt1IEg
n On the rAtlA. md the DsEt thine Fou
sps DNDrTfIie compare his HAND WGlh
ii. ] aid this trurnsalats9F after Whaf
hsrrtnga in Mr.. TTEvsrsB roarap 70
wCrkad II np from the Sketch ] rnaas
while the traare OF the hand that WAS
rEuIlfnr the gME-uur5 was fresh IN my
mind. To-Day I saw DOrT1nes hano
in much the same position, and ] ret
gtE- las,d The likeness at once, There
fE no E~nistaking the -Trarn1ne1t thuTno
iafut ana the extreme length q the
fsrsr bones OF the fingers. ] Ea%
ANY other like il.
~Nuw pay attention 70 an0tbEr s2et
that ] uuFr rus1tjUl- On b night
when DR.. James Was murdered my
father picked NJ 3 handkerchief th&f
close beside his ho5y, and this piece
Of linen ana lace was scented with hell
tsor,e. DfO-vfTle's mother had to-day
q h~andkergf5sf tEzt gave ezt exactly
rbe same 0aur. and she p2ayfDly re-
marked that hEr s0a WAS always steal
( Ing her h-auEkErchBsf because he was
( SO fond CT tne scent This may be only
a coincidence but, taken in e~o1june-
( ton with ny recognition o. b hand,
! don't think IL is
Anguish sat placSsly watching the
model and muttsring something
abuzt The MAJ Who dug q pit and feii
into il himself and Hugh was for
I rushing CT and having DOrvflle ar
rested then GnG there.
Matters are working beautifully.
Ny. TraverE,8 said Anguish; don't
hurry them You must remember that
in ali probability ihere are others con-
ce.ued in this awful conspiracy, and
slthgc-h slang doesn't seem proper
when ore Is arrayeE in this garb. 1
must put il that IL you viii only hold
On. We SHAH bag the lot. Look at Mr.
Treulayne. He's getting 10 BE- quite
a man Of nerve, though I daresay u
rare him G tw5uge TO shake the hand
that SO nearly finished of his friend.
Now. about tie dinner party. Did you
ask them
Yes and they're all coming next
Tuesday. Tbis is Thursday. 50 that
we've plenty Of time 20 get some PEG
PIE To meet them. There's the doctor,
and his wife and daughter, ana On.
and Mrs. Galloway from the rectory.
The more We have the better"
All. quite So" said Anguish. But
couldn't you ask someone except the
rect0r7 Wed better not have two Rich
nonds in the field. and my Church his
tory won't stand a very severe test.
Who is the old colonel that called the
other day. Can't we have him and his
pretty daughter?"
And so the party was made up. and
everyone invited sent an acceptance,
and as nothing OF Importance happen
ed in the meantime / should come al
TO the Tuesday evening.
Before our guests arrived we had
ON advice from Anguish.
Whatever happens" said he. "you
nus neither OF you betray any know
ledge Of the Ragged Thirteen. You may
be put 10 the test, and in the most in
oeent fashion; but II you are. and IL
D'Orville sees anything suspicious,
then we may look out for most IN
pleasant squalls. / remember goiag TO
q dinner party once. and my host ask
ed TO be careful not to mention hang
ing or poisoning. as there would be
people present 10 whom these would
be tender subjects. Do you know, be-
fore the soup had disappeared we were
in full swing on thos very topics. II is
almost a certainty that D'OrviIle
doesn't that we suspect him. You new
81 got a sight OF his face when you
grappled with him. and you would new
er have known anything about the
cards or the newspaper cuttings IL II
had not been for an accident He
thinks he knows all about yen. but
that you know nothing OF him. and
have no idea of b meaning Of the
pastsSoards that he and his gang
leave behind them"
Il don't half like the idea of sitting
down with ueh a man" said Hugh.
And what's more, ! can't see any
thing in it"
That is right" said Anguish. We
want to understand him thoroughly.
We are certain that hi has a deuce Of
a temper. Something may put him
out. n in that case we might pick
up useful information. Besides. we
want TO put him off his guard COM
pletely, and so you must both lay your
selves not TO do the honors OF the
house as il you were entertaining a
deke. III 1 were you, Tremayne. 4
should take the mother in to dinner.
and get her TO preside eft one end Of
the table. Then IL any telegraphy
goes on between her and her precious
son, we shall have a better chance of
seeing IL. A glance that only lasts the
tenth OF a second will often ten YOU
more tina an hours talk"
IL was indeed a heterogeneous party
that assembled in the drawing-room OF