Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-02-28
;. ...l,a..sAi.-,soora three DAYS AGO. and

sltblHS IN your presence, ne Crled.
"Then you know where he is, and
can take us to him?"
81 regret that such thing is out
of my power" answered. "The
man came. into and left this room
without being hindered by me-"
Kitwater sprang to his feet with
an oath that struck me as coming
rather oddly from the lips of mis-
sionary.
| "I see it all. You are in league
with him." he cried, his face suffused
with passion. "You are siding with
him against us. BY God you are, and
I'll have you punished for it. You
hoodwinked us, you sold us. You've
taken our money, and now you've
gone over and are acting for the
| enemy"
opened the drawer of my table
and took out the envelope he had
| given me when he had called. For
reason of my own had not banked
the note it contained.
Excuse me, Mr.. Kitwater," / said,
speaking as calmly as I could, "but
there seems to be little misunder-
standing. 1 have not sold you, and
have not gone over to the enemy.
There is the money you gave me,
and I will not charge you anything
for the little trouble I have been
put to. That should convince you of
my integrity. Now perhaps you will
leave my Office, and let me wash my
| hands of the whole affair"
/ noticed that little Codd placed
| his hand upon the others arm. It
| travelled down until their hands met.
l saw that the blind man was maxi
| ing an effort to recover his com
posure, and I felt sure that he re-
GREETED ever having lost it. A mo-
ment later Codd came across the
room to my table, and, taking up
piece of paper, wrote upon it the
following words:
'Kitwater is sorry, am sure. Try
| to forgive him. Remember what he
has suffered through Hayle."
The simplicity of the message
touched me.
pray sit down a minute, Mr.. Kit
water" I said, land let me put my
self right with you. It is only
natural that you should get angry,
if you think have treated you as
you said just now. However, that
does not happen to be the case.
can assure you that had I known
who Hayle was, should have taken
| very good care that he did not leave
| this Office until you had had an in
| terview with him. Unfortunately,
however, I was not aware of his
identity. I have encountered some
bold criminals in my time, but do
not know that I have ever had a
treated you SO badly"
I thereupon proceeded to give him
q rough outline of Hayle's interview
with myself, and his subsequent
| treatment of me. Both men listened
with rapt attention.
| THAT is Hayle all over" said Kit
water when had finished. ut is
not his fault that you are not q
dead man now. He will evade us if
he possibly can. The story of the
roughs you have just told us shows
that he is aware that you are on the
trail, and, II 1 know him at all, he
! will try the old dodge, and put run
ming water between you and himself
rs soon as possible. AS said to you
the other day, he knows the world
as well as you know London, and, in
| spite of what people say, there are
still plenty Of places left in it where
he can hide and we shall never find
him. With the money he stole from
US he can make himself as comfort
able as he pleases wherever he NAV
happen to be. To sum it all up, if
he gets weeks start of US, we shall
never set eyes on him again"
IF that is so we must endeavor to
make sure that he does not get that
start" replied. II will have the
| principal ports watched, and in the
meantime will endeavor to find out
where he has slowed himself away in
London. You may rest assured of
one thing, gentlemen, l took this
matter up in the first place as an
ordinary business speculation. I am
now going on for that reason and
another. Mr.. Hayle tried trick on
me that have never had attempted
before, and for the future he is my
enemy as well as yours. hope L
have set myself right with you now.
You do not still believe that 1 am
acting in collision with him?"
II do not" Kitwater answered,
vehemently. "And l most humbly
apologize for having said what did.
1t would have served me right If you
had thrown the case up there and
then, and regard it as a proof Of
your good feeling towards US that
| you consent to continue your work
upon it. To-day is Friday, is it not?
Then perhaps by Sunday you may
have something more definite to
tell u.s."
ut is just possible, 1 may" re-
| turned.
I'm that case am instructed by
my niece to ask If you will give us
the pleasure of your company at
Bishopstowe on that day. After the
tolls of London, day in the country
will do you no harm, and needless
to say we shall be most pleased to
see you
| I remembered the girls pretty
face and the trim neat figure. am
not lady's man, far from it, never
| theleSs thought that I should like