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

whsn he arose he seemed to have an
righteousness that more beitted a
'tChadband" than a dignitary of the
Established church.
Wins that maketh glad the heart Of
my young friends said he,
slowly sliding one hand over the other,
also maketh glib the tongue. When
YOU are ready to begin. my e neph-
ew. I shall be ready to listen. Suppose,
now. you tell me all about Mcguire"
And so, when the table was cleared,
we drew our chairs around the fire, and
7 gave him fun particulars as to how
I had paid ransom for my friend, and
how We had lived together, and so on.
He was ali attention when 1 related the
episode Of the cards, and the strange
words Mcguire hal used in speaking Of
Nora, bidding me repeat them twice.
and he took a great interest in the
weird effect the shock had had upon
the poor fellows brain.
Now. II you wouldn't mind giving
US your views. Mr.. Anguish" I was be-
ginning, when he stopped me.
"One moment. John" he said.
Would you mind calling me uncle? If
you viii kindly get into the way OF
& NA}lAS II mere. IL III GDIIiS CASTER "
you in public, and II you let slip an
Anguish then. anguish it will be. and
all our schemes, If we lay any, will be
added. We shan't be interrupted, I
SUPPOSE"
No, my dear uncle; no one will come
unless I ring"
We'll. then. I may tell you that this
Ragged Thirteen has given me more
serious thought, and has been a great
err puzzle TO me. than any case I ever
took up; but what has just happened
in ireland. coupled with the DR.. James
affair and the other case in Manches-
ter, has thrown a good deal Of light On
the matter. What was the origin of it
all? I take ii, some quarrel at the
University, and judging from h cards
that have been found with the victims,
I should say tina the dispute was con-
nected with a gambling transaction. I
have been to Cambridge, and with the
help Of your information. 7 ~7iscovered
your fathers and Mr.. Ira, ers' real
names. and on the college books, and
in the same year, the names of the two
men who were killed abroad.
Now. it seems to me hat there were
at least five people connected with the
business, namely, our father. Mr..
Travers, the two men. who did not
change their names, and another-and
If that other be living, and we could
lay our hands upon him, then would
the reading Of the riddle be a mere
matter Of coercion. Your father, John.
n your uncle, Hugh, as we may as
well call the poor gentlemen, evidently
realized to the full that they were in
deadly peril. and took every ~precaution
against he danger that threatened
them. The other two We're less careful,
probably because their offense was not
so great, and after being abroad some
time, and thinking that the affair had
blown over, they became careless, and
paid the awful penalty. The vendetta
still went on, but when you first came
across the Ragged Thirteen. John, you
saw its vengeance wreaked upon a mar
who was a stranger to your father.
: i have inquired closely into this part
OF the business. and in each OF these
outside cases, the men killed, and the
priest whose life was attempted, were
strong political opponents Of a certain
section of the Irish party, n had
worked hard against 1t. Now, then,
here is my theory, and o may take 1t
for what 1t is worth. That which
started with one man as a vendetta
became, by that one mans ability, an
organization that ministered to his re-
venge, and has been worked up into
an awful weapon to carry terror, by
the most Internal means, into the camp
OF it's political opponents. Now, what
sort OF a man could do this? To begin
with. he must be possessed Of the most
enduring hatred, and where will you
find men who carry on a vendetta like
the Corsicans? Then, too. he must have
irish blood in his veins. or why this an
tagonism to the so-called enemies OF
Ireland? All, you understand"
I had risen up, and a mans name was
trembling or my lips.
Don't speak YETI he said. You
know. his is only theory. but I have
watched the man whom you have rec
coguized by my description. I have
taken note of his incomings and out
goings. 7 have been with him when
he little suspected 1t, and I say to you
two men that II Maurice D'Orville is
not the man whom of all others you
have to fear, he is yet the head OF
some powerful secret society. I can
1 HDI IHlu lildl he was ever dI Sdiii-
bridge, but in the same e in which
your father went down. a young Irish
man named Brian Lennon disappeared,
and was never heard of again.
Now, Mr.. Tremayne-I beg your
pardon, John-it is no secret to me that
you are acquainted with DOrville's
relatives. Cultivate the acquaintance
till you make ii a firm friendship. I
know his mother is a Corsican lady,
and you may be able to find out who
his father was, and, unless I'm very
much mistaken, you'll be told that the
family name is lennon. Now, you've
something definite TO work at, and the
sooner you begin the better. II I am
informed correctly, D'Orville will be
In this shbourhood in the course of
q few DAYS"
There's one point you haven touch
upon I said, after we had sat for
some minutes silently staring at the
fire. land that is Maguire's connection
with the affair.""
"Ah," said he. IF Mr.. Mcguire
hadn't become mixed up in il the mat
ter would have been fairly Main. but