Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-03-25
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BY ouY BooTHBY.
Author of Or Kika.a," "The Hesu.ifa,
White Devil, 100 ri,aros, T,.e
Egyptian" Et-.
copyrighted, 1901. by Ward. Lcck & Co,
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~ - Scuu. meet u, .oiEGa pofs. Latter two
nave learned of eSistSEce OF hidden treas
ure at Sengkor-Wat-oid Burmese ruin
/ uear chinese border. Hayie only half be-
| lieves account but nevsrtheless agrees 10
Join In search -
PART 1I.-Reaching Scngkor- Wat, the
men make their way through the ancient
streets and toward the once splendid pail
ace. Toward dusk after a most tedious
search they@coHie upon secret entrance to
underground vaults, in which are discoy-
e r,'ldg great quantities Of bar gold and uncut
hands with gems and the men make their
| way outside again. Onreaching camp they
horribly mutilated, Chinese fashion Dur
| ms the night Hayle secures treasure and
steals away into the jungle.
| PART uI-utterly exhausted and un-
conscious, liayle is found by English Off.
GERS near frontier station of Nampoung.
| As soon as able he leaves for Rangoon
and thence to ENGLAND.
PART IV.-Two months later another
oIllcer at Nampoung, while out on a hunt
comes across kitwater and Codd. Kitwa-
fallen ao ha ,hey were traders who had
out his own eyes and pulled out Codd's
e e9ngne. - After recovering somewhat from
off in pursuit of Hayle 81
SHAPTER I.-George Fairfax relates
now he became a detective in Australia
and nnally came to open up an Office in
| CHAPTER IT.-Kitwater and codd try
to secure Fairfax's services They repre-
sent themselves as missionaries returned
rom Shlna where rich native patron
turned over to them on his death q great
Iortune which was stolen by q guest
diayie9 at the mission. Fairfax almost
concludes not to take case.
CHAPTER III.-Miss Kftwater calls oy,
Fairfax In behalf of her uncle and sue
cseds IN pefsuacing him to take up the
WORK S1l Later IN the day q stranger, who
Cruz Mining company, seeks to get Fair.
1ax TO go to Argentina to shadow mine
manager who Is suspected Of embezzlsee
on which will engage him for some time.
70 at a leading jewelers. learns that
g. ~ unusually large uncut stones have there
JUST peen received, and gets description Of
man OF whom they were bought
CHAPTER W.-one evening Fairfax
nnds himself followed by two ruffians, but
ma win1na ages 70 elade them suspecting they
next night, but with one OF his most now
erful men but little behind Finding that
dark street and turns about and con.
m mrea t to l brain him Finding, where they
goes in their place to prkkn een o detective
He conceals himself and is much s,,r.
prlsed to see Mr. Bayley approach.
rector Of ts ss .nta %I the managing d.
aai n1al learns there 10 no Bayfey in their
eem emp = The The director. however. remem-
1eFs former sr. clerk who answers to the
name was Gideon Hayie. That sam, d niy
BY accident Fairfax almost comes upon
Fairfax I follows in close pursuit. After
long chase the forward cab comes 10 a
stop. but 1t Is empty.
CHAPTER VI-After MANY n.r.,
Inquiries Fairfax locates Hayle n S'i F Sell
Welrs hotel, but misses finding him in hy
t tan;gt, lew minutes. Subordinate de.
tions e snd are located s at the various sta
TO trace Hayle to Paris.
CHAPTER VII.-Fairfa1 takes adyan->
th hse q Necessary delay to spend Sunday at
much Impressed with the charms e ~ M Wnry
KdWate Fl; He learns that II is she upon
the Pursuit Of Ha as drawing for funds for
n CHATTER y1II.-In Paris Fairfax en-
IIsa cooperation Of Leglosse. the famous
a frenSn eeseletiye; through whose aid he
himself. - piesents
The opportunity was so novel, that
/ decided to embrace it. Why should
I not do so, since it was very good
excuse for keeping my man in sight?
He could scarcely play me any tricks
at fashionable restaurant, and
was certainly curious to study an
other side of this mans complex
character. accordingly accepted
his invitation and promised to meet
him at the well-known restaurant he
named that evening.
"In the meantime you will tele-
graph to your clients, / suppose"
he said. "You may be able to give
me their reply this evening when we
meet"
II shall hope to be in a position
to do So" answered, after which
he babe me good-by, and picking up
his hat and stick left the room.
sat down and wrote letter to
Miss Kitwater, telling her all that
had occurred; then went out to dis
patch it with telegram to Kit
water himself, informing him of the
offer Hayle had made. could guess
the paroxysm of rage into which it
would throw him, and would will
ingly have spared his niece the pain |
such an exhibition must cause her,
could see no other way out of it,
however. The message having been
dispatched, settled myself down to |
wait for reply, with ali-the pa
thence | could command. In my own
mind knew very we'll what 1t would |
be. 1t was not so much the money
that Kitwater wanted as revenge. I
That Hayle's most miserable offer
would only increase his desire for
it, felt certain Shortly after three
O'Clock the reply arrived. 1t was
short and to the point, and ran as
follows:
Tell him will have all or moth
ing"
Here was nice position for a
man to find himself in. Instead of
solving the difficulty we had only in
creased it, ] wondered what Hayle
would say when he heard the news,
and what his next step would be.
That he would endeavor to bolt
again, l felt quite certain. IT was a
point in my favor, however, that he
would not know until the evening
what Kitwater's decision was, so I
felt / had still some time to arrange
my plan of action. Of one thing I
was quite determined, and that was
that he should be watched day and
night from that minute, but not by
Mr.. Dickson. That worthy babe
return to England, and his rage on
discovering that Mile. Beaumarais'
maid had tricked him would have
been amusing to witness, had the
principal event in which l was most
concerned not been SO grave. The ex-
pressions he used about her were