Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-01-03

quet, and I was glad to escape, after
some ten minutes desultory small talk.
even from Tie witchery of Morals eyes
and Morals voice. to tell Anguish of the
discoveries had made.
IL Before said anything to him. how
ever, went to box in which I kept
a collection of odds and ends. such as
the rough outlines of sketches that
We're to be filed in. little pieces of
saalRture that I had done. and so forth.
and from amongst them took out the
rdBdel of hand.
ID sent for Anguish and Travers to
Como to the den"
81 olssat Nhis model" I said; placing
itFqn the table, land the next time you
sees D'Orxtaie compare his hand with
it,. did this Immediately after what
happened in Mr.. Traverss room. and
Worked it.up-from the sketch I made
while the image of the hand that was
pulling the gas=cord was fresh in my
mind. To-day ! saw D'Orville's hand
iiiHmuch the sanles position, and I rec
ognised the likeness at once. There
IS 20 installing thf@proninent thumb
jbd9t AID tie eKt4enSe length of the
first bones Of The fingers. never saw
any other like it.
sss.Now pay attention to another fact
that I must mention. On the night
when DIR. James was murdered my
father picked up a handkerchief that
close beside his body, and this piece
fslinen and lace was scented with hell
trope. D'Orville's mother had. to-day,
ashandkerchief that gave~eut r-exactly
the same odor, and She plaYfuMy re-
marked that her. son was Salwayssste
ing her handkerchief because he was
so fond of the scent. This may be only
d coincidence, but, taken in -conjunc-,
tion with my recognition of the hand,
Irsdon't think it, sis."3
Anguish sat placidly watching the
model e. and muttering something
about the man who dug a pit and fell
into its-hiinself, and Hugh Was for.
rushing off and having D'Orville ar
rested then and there.
,zzz;ss'Matters are working beautifully,
Mr.. Travers," said Anguish; don't
hurry them. You must remember that
inFall probability there are others cons
cerned in this awful conspiracy, and
although slang doesn't SEEM proper
when one is arrayed in this garbsS L
must put it that, if you will only hold
on, we shall bag the lot. Look at Mr..
Tremayne. He's getting to be quite
a@man, Of nerve, though T. daresay II
gave him a twinge to shake the hand
that so nearly finished off his friend.
Now, about the dinner party. Did you
ask them?"
Fry YES and they're all coming mex,
Tuesday, This. lis. Thursday, so that
VT IF inc fn
pie to meet them. There's the DOCTOR
and Mrs. Galloway from the recto1y.
The more we have the better.'''H
.t>"Ah! quite So" said Anguish. "But
couldn't you ask someone except the
rector? We'd better not have two RICH
monds 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, ana
everyone invited sent an acceptance
and as nothing of Importance happen-
ed in the meantime should come at
to the Tuesday evening. tt.N
b Before our guests! arrived we had
some advice from. Anguish..s;.
whatever happens" said he, t'you
must neither of you betray any know
ledge Of the Ragged Thirteen. You may
be put to the test, and in the most in
ocent fashion; but if you are. and If.
D'Orville sees anything suspicious,
then we may look out for most un-
pleasant squalls. remember going to
a dinner party once, and my host ask
ed to be-! careful not to mention hang
ing, or poisoning, as there would be
people pre- sent to whom these would
be tender subjects. Do you know, be-
fore the soup had. disappeared we were
in full swing on thos very topics! It is.
almost certainty. that D'OrYilleg
doesn't that we suspect him. You new
er got a sight of his face when you
/ grappled with him, and you would 'heV
er have. known anything about the
cards or the newspaper, cuttings If it
had not been for an accident. He
thinks he knows all about you, but
;that you know nothing of him, and
haNe no. idea of, the. meaning Of the
pasteboards that he and his gang
leave behind them. '''' F'sS ''h r,, :,
I ~ don't half like the idea Of sitting
down with such a man,. said Hugh,
land what's more. L can't see any!
thing in it., ar. ,,,,f.,.,.... .,~.. e,5u
49, THAT is right said Anguish tfwe
want to understand him thoroughly
we are certain that he has a deuce of
a temper. Something may put him
out, and 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 if you were entertaining a
duke. If I were you, Tremayne,
should take the mother in to dinner,
and get her to preside at one end of
the table. Then if any te1egrap ply
goes on between her and her precious
son, we shall have better chance of
seeing it. A glance that only lasts the
tenth Of a second will often tell you
more than an hours talk
| 1t was indeed heterogeneous party
that assembled in the drawing room OF
1.-THE Dell' to do justice to the dinner
that had taxed the resources of the es-
Establishment to the uttermost. ...'
1t was as though we were about to