The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-01-05
By Edward Hughes.

to Mrs. Graves dainty dishes, anC
when he arose he seemed to nave ar
righteousness that more beftted q
"Chadband" than a dignitary Of the
Established Church.
wine that maketh glad the heart Of
man, my young friends" said he
slowly sliding one hand over the other
"also maketh glib the tongue. When
you are ready to begin, my dear 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
I gave him full particulars as to how
I had paid ransom for my friend, and
how we had lived together. md so on.
He was all attention when I 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, If you wouldn't mind giving
us your views, Mr.. Anguish" I vas be-
ginning, when he stopped me.
zone moment, john" he said.
Would you mind calling me uncle? If
you will kindly get into the way Of
doing it here, it will come easier to
you in public, and If 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
supposed" :
mo, my lear uncle; no one will come
unless I ring"
"Well, then, I may tell you hat 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 it, some quarrel at The
University, and. judging from the cards
that have been found with the victims,
I should say hat the dispute was con-
nected with a gambling transaction. I
have been to Cambridge, and with the
help Of your information, I discovered
your fathers and Mr.. Travers' real
names, and on the college books, and
in the same year, the names of the two
men who were killed abroad.
Nov, it seems to me that there were
at least five people connected with the
business, namely, your father. Mr..
Travers, the two men who did no
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,
and your uncle, Hugh, as we may as
we'll call the poor gentlemen, evidently
realized to the full that they were. in
deadly peril, and took every precaution
against the danger that threatened
them. The other two were 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 man
who was a stranger to your father.
II 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. and had
worked hard against it. Now, then,
here is my theory, and you may take it
for what it is worth. That which
started with one man as a
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 hk
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"
had risen up, and a mans name was
trembling o my lips.
Don't speak yeti" he said. You
know, this is only theory, u I have
watched the man whom o have rec
coguized by my description. I have
taken note of his mornings and t
goings. I have been with him when
he little suspected 1t, and I say to you
two men that If 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 cam
not find that he was ever at Cam
bridge, but in the same year In which
your father went down, a young Irish
man named Brian Lennon disappeared.
and was never heard of again.
Nov, Mr.. Tremayne-I beg your
pardon, joint is no secret to me that
you are acquainted with D'Orville's
relatives. Cultivate the acquaintance
till you make It a firm friendship. !
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 n~eighbourhood in the course OF
a few days."
There's one point you haven't touch-
upon" I said, after we had sat for
some minutes silently staring ct the
fire. land that Is Maguire's connection
with the affair"
"Ah:." said he. ~ MI: Mcguire
hadn't become mixed up init the mat
ter would have been fairly plain, but
I confess that I'm utterly at q loss TO
see what he has to do with II. Ma
guire 10 no doubt his real name. Now,
I'm certain that I came across no such
IA ma III thes Rocks az the COLLEGE where