Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-06-27
NY. Sra est Case
81 GUY BooTIIBYs
Author Of .DR. BEAUTIFUL WHITE DEVIL
" PHAROS THE E0YPTiAN., Etc.
by gu i Y ] 5 o o EIBY u.
Copyrighted, 1901, ~ wara. Lock 8 co.l 81
TContinned from last week I

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PART Three rogues, Hayle. Katwater
end Codd. meet at Singapore: Latter two
nave learned Of existence of hidden treas
pss e Sc ony af FS Se
ueVes account, but nevertheless agrees TO
Join in search. dis Il = 5>HssSs4t Az .s n
!. PART. 11.-Reaching sengkor-Wat, the:
men make their way. through the anctent
ace. Toward. dusk after a most Tedious
search they come upon secret entrance to
underground vaults, in which are discov-
rubies an and H sapphires. = HaSle His @both
hands with gems and the men make their
way outside again. On reaching camp they
horribly mutiated, Chinese fashion, Dur
ing the night Hayle secures treasure and
steals away into the Jungle. IT." !. !:
+ PART III.-Utterly exhausted and un-
conscious, Hayle is found by English ofti-,
GERS near frontier station Of NamPourg:e
As soon as able he leaves for Rangoen
and thence to England. ~ ~ +,.s
PART 1.-TWO months later another
officer at Nanpoung, while out on hunt
comes across Kitwater and Codd. KitWa;
fallen into hands Of Chinese who had put,
out his own eyes and pulled out Codd' S
tongue. After recovering somewhat fron
effects of exposure and fortunes they set
OF In pursuit OF Fiayle. -a. r.
, "Since YOU are so interested in him
am sorry to have to say that I dc
not know very much. You see he had
very little to do with us. AS I have
said, he turned up while our prede-
cessors were here. From what
heard about him from Gregory, he
gathered that he was a tall, thin
man, who had come through from
Picking by way of .Yunnan.' xtE..
s,""Are you sure it was from Yum.
'.That's what they told me-" said
Grantham. ''Since then I have heard
that he was. on his way from Peking
to Burmah, and that his coolies had
robbed him of all he possessed"
''You don't happen to remember his
name, Supposed 49,.
The blind man tried to ask the
question calmly, but his voice failed
him. t.~/ e. - d. "
: LAS far as / remember his name
was George. Bertram," Grantham; an
Thefe WAS pause for a few; sec
ohds,; after which the blind man be-
gan again
he didn't tell you, suppose,
X S[hs T., b had any money about = out
He hadn't red cent" said Grant
ham. 1.-THE Chinese cleared him out.
They lent him the money to get to
Rangoon. ! happen to know that be-
cause he cashed my friends check in
Bhamo." -. ~ j.. :. ,
There was another and somewhat
longer pause. - r + - 81 :
"You did not hear4whethers he had
any precious stones in his possess
sion?" ~.+. .E-H z,
"Good gracious, no! From what
they told me I gathered that the man
hadn't halfpenny in the world.
Why should he have been likely to
have had jewels? In point of fact
I'm sure he hadn't, for I was given
to understand he was about as woe
begone customer rs could be found
anywhere" ..>j.- ,..:."ys,:
The blind man uttered heavy sigh
and sank back to his former position
upon the ground. IT,, .
An hour and q half later, just as
the shadows of evening were drawing
in. a. party of Sikhs put in an appear
ance, bringing with them dhooly,
in which they placed the injured man.
1t was almost dark when they
reached the station, where Grant
hams superior officer was awaiting
their coming. -. y. 5.a,. -. -.
what on earth's the meaning Of
this?" he asked, as the cortege drew
up before the bungalow. ''Who are
these men,? And where did you find
them?" ~. &c. -
Grantham made his report, and
then the wounded man was lifted
out and carried to q hut at the rear
of the main block Of buildings. The
little man watched everything with
an eagle eye, as if he were afraid
some evil might be practiced upon his
companion. When the blind man had
been placed on q bed, and his foot at
tended to as we'll as the rough sur
gerry of the place would admit, Grant
ham did something he had not al
ready done, and that was to ask them
their names ..|.. - ..s, 5&%
my name is Kitwater," said the
blind man, land, the name of my
friend here is Gedd-Septimus Codd.
He's one, of the best and stanchest
little fellows in the world. I don't
know whether our names will con.
vey much to you, but such as they
are you are welcome to them. AS a
matter of fact, they are all we have
with which to requite your hospi.
tally" ,-.s,..: ~s -. !. 1.
. Why it should have been so cam
not say, but it was evident from the
first that Capt. 'Handiman did not be.
neve the account the refugees gave OF
themselves He was one Of that Pc
euliar description of persons who
have an idea that it adds to their dig.
atty not to- believe anything that is
told them, and he certainly acted up
to It on every possible occasion.
There's more in the ca sc than meets
the eye" he said, suspicio usly and
fancy, il only we. could see the bot