Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-06-06


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1 tIsuth fools ass to leave II hind hen
they Not they
rhoughshey were we'll out Of ear 4
shot 81 land, and alone upon tho
boa i, Kit hooked round him 81
,,#p iciousl u fore ne answered Then
. pleasant smile play over his face.
|'It y'yas 81 1le were irecal ling some
happy memory. 8sss .ss5 &
4s's How do e know 7?,,s he asked, by &
way Of preface. s.you' a. listen for
9 moment, I'll tell q \ I fs you want
more proof, when Eve done, you
must be difhcult to- please When I !
I was up at Monlmein six months ago, Y
came across . man lhadn''t met for
several years. He was q Erenchman,
who knew had spent the most Of his
life away back in Barmah &. He was
very flush Of SSmoney at the time, and d
kept throwing g. out hints, en- W s.s
Were alone, OF "a place he knew Of
where there was the biggest fortune
Ion earth, to be had for the mere pick
Ting up and carrying . Is He hadsfs
brought away as much Of 1T ass he's
/ could, but he hadn't time to get it all,
before he was chased out by the Chi
nese, who, he said, were strong in
the neighborhood.' $ sa sss%.
Ntwater. stopped and rubbed his
hands with a ehuc}1le Decidedly the
recollection was a pleasant one. g.
l.s''.sWell,' he continued, s.sto make a
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| my opportunity, and got his secret
out of him by .l !. well, never
mind how I managed it, Tt is suffi- !
.''eat that I got it,. And the conse-
! on nee is, I know all that is to be.
! ...,own.' &. %$ j. e, -
| That's all very well, but what be-
came of the Frenchman? How do you
know that he isn't back there again
filing his pockets?'
q don't think he isl Kitwater re-
!! piled, slowly. ut put me to lot of
inconvenience, and came just at the
time when I was most anxious to
leave. Besides, it might have meant
/ trouble" He paused for a moment.
LAS matter of fact, they brought it
in Suicide during temporary insanity,
brought on by excessive drinking.p
i and that got me out of the difficulty. 3
1T must have been insanity,sI think,
]; for he had no reason for doing away
! with himself. 1t was proved that he
]S.had plenty of money left. What ws4k
more, Coddy gave evidence that, only .
the day before, he had told him he
was tired Of life.'' - 81:
Hayle looked at both with evident
admiratio - s..,s
well, you two, taken together,
beat cock-fghtinA~ he said, enthusi-
astically. Then he added: 'sBut
what about the secret2 What did you
! get out of him % ne<-.>---~.,s ~
Here it isl said Kitwater, taking
an old leather case from his pocket,
and producing from it small piece g
of parchment. There's no: writing
upon it, but we have compared it with
another plan that we happen to have,
and find that it squares exactly"
He leaned over Hayle's shoulder
and pointed to a certain portion Of
| the sketch. 81 55*@s @
.''That's the great temple,"she said;
''and what the red dot means we are
going to find out
| "Well, suppose it is, what makes
you send for me?" Hayle inquired,
suspiciously.. T..
I Because we must have another
good man with u.s." Kitwater replied.
"I'm very well, but you're better.
Codd's head piece is all right, but il
it comes to fighting, he might Just as
well be in Kensal Green. Isn't that
| SO, little MANI" >7 555:szz
+ Mr.. Codd nodded his head y
II said, send for Hayle,' he re-
marked in his quiet little voice. Exit
sent, and now you're here, and it's
: all right" s..
| "Codd speaks the TRUTH" said Kit,
!. water. 'Now, what we. have to do is
to arrange the business part of the
! matter, and then to get away as
quickly as possible.
The business portion Of the matter
was soon settled, and Hayle was
thereupon admitted member of the
syndicate for the exploration of the /
ancient town of Sengkor- Wat in the
hinterland of Burmah. = .sss
For the remainder of the day Hayle
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was somewhat more silent than usual.
IF there's anything in their yarn
It might be managed he said to him .
self that night, when he was alone in
his bedroom. .''Kitwater is clever, I'll
admit that, and Coddy is by no man
ner Of means the fool he pretends to
be. But I'm Gideon Hayle, and that
counts for Something Yes, / think
it might be managed"
What it was he supposed might be
/ effected he did not say, but from the
smile upon his face, it was evident
that the thought caused him consid-
cradle satisfaction. b.: 81 ~
Next day they set sail for Rangoons
Continued next week