The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-30

however, they arc quite removed.
WHY he should have called upon you
In such a guise IL question | can
not for the life Of me answer with
any sort of satisfaction"
."pcrhsps you will be little more
explicit" aald. "Nou have not told
me vet how II 10 that you have been
able 10 locate the gentleman In quea'
ton. This morning you must re-
member you had no sort OF remem-
brance of him"
"In that case you must forgive me,
he replied. "Aa a matter Of fact ]
was 80 much carried away by my eN'
element that | could think 1T moth
ing else. However, I have promised
Won the story, aSd you shall have r.
some years ago, eight or ten per
haps. We had young man working
for as In the Argentine ~ nm over
seer. He WAS In many respects u
brilliant Young fellow, and would
doubtless have done well for himself
ia time. had he been able Ia go
straight Unfortunately. however.
he did not do 80. lie went from bad
To worse. At last he wus caught IN
Aarraut piece OF dishonesty aud
WAS Immediately discharged. When
! tell you that that young man had
mark such as you described upon
his check. you may be able to derive
some idea ~ what iollOws.
Might Il not be- a pure coinoi'
drncr?" replied.
Not IN this case, fancy he an
swcred. What makes me tbs more
inclined 10 believe that II h the same
individual. 10 the fact that our see
rotary met him In Lrudcnhnll street
only few days ago. lie looked old
er. hut had evidently prosPered In
the world A. matter OF fact
Warner described him as bring ir'
rrproachsbly dressed and turned
ont. / trust his good fortune was
honestly come by, but I must own
IRON wnnr know ui him, iiHi
have my doubts
put what possible reason c"uld
this individual have for calling upon
me, and why should he have made
me such an offer a. have described
tu your
Tho director shook his head. The
question was evidently heyosd him.
81 can assign no sort Of reason fol
g." he said, unless he has some hop'
Of bring able to get you out of Eng
land for time
II don't see how that could benrh
him" / replied. II am connected
with no case In which he has an!
sort Of interest"
You never can tell" the old gen
tlrman replied. From what I know
Of him. Gideon liaylc was always
Gideon what?" cried. springnI
20 my feet Did ] understand yol
60 say Gideon Hayle'"
That's the name Of the young maj
Of whom have been speaking I,
you" he replied But what make
you va excited"
because I can understand every
thing now" declared, Goo
heavens! What an IDIOT | have hrcI
not to have seen the connection be-
fore, Now know why Gidroi
| Huylr tried 10 lure me ont Of Eng
land with his magnificent offer. No'
| see why he set these roughs upO
me. It's all a. plain as daylight"
u am afraid do not quite under
stand" said my companion In hi
turn. "liut IL ~ quite evident to IN
that you know more Of Hayle's pas
life than / do"
Il should think did" ! replied
IN love. what a blackguard the ma
| must be! lie robbed his two part
nsrs Of enormous wealth In Chinl
left them In the hands Of the Chimes
TO be tortured and MANNED for III
aud now that he knows that ] al
| acting FOR them in order to recoyr
| their treasure, he cndeAvors to pu
nae ont ~ the way. But you've no
done II yet, Mr.. FIayle," ] continue,
bringing my fiat down with a ban
uron the table, land what's mor'
clever a. you may be. you are NJ
| likely To accomplish such an enc
| Ynull discover that | can take yer
good care Of myself, bat before yer
long you'll find that you are bein
taken care of by somebody else"
This n strange affair indeed
Mr. Fairfax" said the manager, IAN
1t Is evident that ! have been Of som
assistance Ia yuu. I need not w
that I am very glad, the more So b'
cause Il rs evident that our compan
IN not involved In any system G
fraud. viii not disguise from 20
that | had my fears that it was th
beginning Of trouble for rs all"
"You may disabuse your mind q
that once aud for all" answere,
'it there Is any trouble brewing
IL for our friend, Mr.. Hayle. This
gcntlcmnn's reckoning II indeed lik,
ly TO be a heavy onr. | would no
atand IN his shoes for something"
There was brief and somrwha
uncomfortable pause.
Aud nav allow me TO wish you
very good afternoon" the old gentl,
man observed.
Good afternoon" replied. IAN
many thanks for the service 20
have rendered mo. Il has helped IN
more than | can say"
pray don't mention II, my dea
sir, don't mention H." Eeplied III
kindly old gentleman, as he move
towards the door. II am very gla
to have been useful TO you"
When he had gone ! sat down q
my desk TO think. I had had u goo
many surprises 10 my life, but don
know that | had ever been more Al
tonished that ! was that Afternoon
I1f only | had been aware Of Hayle'
identity when he had called upon IN
two mornings before, how simpl
everything might have been al
ranged Al matter Of fact / Ia
been talking with the very man ] ha
been paid TO find. and. what wa
woTse, had even terminated tho IA
tervieE myself. When / realize
everything. ] could have kicked m,
self for nv stupidity. Whv shonl