The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1902-11-13

llfr. and also an extremely dangerous
one. ! 4m afraid you must iuoS upon
hnmnu mature Il ON a yery atrauge
point Of yicwl"
Not more strange probably than
you DO" ! answered.
"lut you are continually seeing
the radicst side Of IL. To you all the
miscrirs that lie OF crime entails
are visible. The greater part Of
your i.wr 90 spent among desperate
men who arc without hope. aud 20
whom even their own shadows are u
constant menace. I wonder that you
stiu ma-agc TO retain your kind
heart"
"hut how do you know that my
heart b. h,nd2' ! inquired.
Eli for no other reason. Simply be-
cause yun have taken up my uncle'H
case" fbr answered. "Do you think
when De- waz so rude 10 you just
nov, that ! could not src-thnt you
pitird him, and for that reasuu You
furcbore TO tal,r advantage of your
puwcr2 know you have kind
heart"
And you Hud q difficult 10 as-
aimilaB that kind heart with the re-
morscicsg detective Of Public Lifef"
~ find Il difficult 20 recognize in
you the man who. on certain
notable ocrasion. went into a thieves.
den IN Chicago unaccompanird, and
after a terrible struggle in which You
NEARLY lost your life succeeded In cf-
frrtiug the arrest OF notorious
murderer"
~ that moment the gong IN the
hnll sounded for lunch, nnd ! wus
hy NO means sorry for the Interrupt
zion. We found Ritwutrr and Codd
awaiting our coming in the dining
room. and vc thcrcupon sat down 20
the meal When We left the room
again. We sat 10 the garden and
smoked, and l1trr IN the afternoon
my hostess couduricd me over her
estate, showed INC her vineriCg. in
troducrd ue 90 her Two sleek Jcr-
ssys. who had thrir homo In the
meadow had seen from the win
dow; 90 her poultry. pigs and the
pigeons who came futtrring about
her, confident that they would couc
10 no harm. Meanwhile her uncle
had resumed his restless pacing up
and down the pn'h on which I had
FIRST seen hiul. Cadd had returned to-
his archaeological studies, and ! was
aloae with Miss EI;whter. We were
standing alone together, remember,
~ the rate that separated the FRr~
den from the mc8dow.land. | knew
rs wei o. possible, indeed ] had
known 20 since We had met in the
churchvard that morning, that she
had something ~ ray "a me, some
thing concerning which she had not
quite made M her mind. What u
was. however. I fhncied | could
hazard o 'ery good guess, but was
determined not Go forcsthli her, but
To wait md let her breach II 10 me
In her own way TAis, ] faucied, she
was now about to do.
"Mr. Fnirin~." she hegaa. resting
her elasprd hands upon the bar ~
the gate as she spoke, IL want, " you
will allow me. TO have n serious talk
with you. could not have a better
opportunity than the present. and.
such ~ 10 D.. / want to make the
best ~ &c."
81 MN quite at your service, Miss
FItwutcr," replied, land II can be
Of any use TO you I hope you win tell
me. Pray-lct me know what ! can
do for you?'"
at l. about my uncle and Mr..
Codd that want TO speak to YOU"
she said, sinking h,r voice little, as
II she were afraid they might hear.
"And what about thcm?"
IL want TO be loyal 80 them. and
yet / want To know what you think
Of the whole affair" she said look.
ing intcntly az me as she spoke.
RELIEVE me. have good and SUM-
cient reasons FOR my request"
81 am to tell exactly what think
about their pursuit OF this man
Haylr2 And what chances of sue
cess think they possess?'' ! said.
II am not thinking so much OF
their gucurss," she returned. las of
the real nature OF their ease"
Il believe understand what Is
passing IN your mind" / said. I'm
deed should not be surprised II the
suspicion you entertain II not the
samc as ! have myself"
''You have been suspicious, then9"
Il could scarcely fan to be-" re-
piled.
"rcrhaps you will tell me what you
suspect2"
"Wil ycu forgive me. In my turn,
u ! am abrupt, or n speak my mind
a little TOO pininly?"
''You could not 30 that she an
swcrcd with Sigh. II want to know
Four exact thoughts, and then I
shall he able TO form my own CON
clusioas."
we'll" I said. "hefore ! begin.
may ! put one or two questions to
epa? You will. Of course. remember
that | had never srcn or heard Of
your uncle and Mr. Code until they |
stopped me on Ln6eate fIiil. Tiny |
were and practically are strangers
10 mr. have heard their story Of |
their Treasures. but have~aoi heard |
what anyone else has to say upon
tie sNbieet.v
* thinAI understand. Now what |
aT~ ses'g afieetisas2''
''In the first place. did your late
father ever speak 20 you OF his
brother as being missionary la
China"
She shook her head. ana from thr
Iaok upon her face I could see that |
had touched upon something pa
fnL This. AZ least. wnn one af the
things that had struck hsF AZ aus-
nartons.
III he were missionary. am
lnitc acre ms father did net kBaw |
T." she ssId. ..in fact always nn-
serstood that he was somewhat % =
ang Il s:.s..s.s.sss:.,rnee could |
never settle down 20 anything. That
: x1ar hrst. now what u yeur seq
paa question. Mr. FAirfxx7-
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