Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-05-13
Ny Strangest Case
BY GUY BOOTHBY.
Author Of CDR NIKOLA" BEAUTIFUL. WHITE DEVIL
..PHAROS, THE EGYPTIAN" Etc.
SYNOPSIS,
BY GUY BOOTHBY.
copyrighted. 1901. by Ward. Lock q Col

PART I.-Three rogues. Hayle, Kitwater
end Codd, meet at Singapore. Latter two
na nave ieaIned OF Of hidden treaE n
pear Chinese border. Hayle only half be-
leves account, but nevertheless agrees to
Join In search,
PART II.--Reaching sengkor-Wat. the
men make their way through the ancient
Streets and toward the once splendid pal
ace. Toward dusk after most tedious
search they come upon secret entrance to
cred great quantities of bar gold and uncut
Tubtes and sapphires. Hayle fills both
hands with gems and the men make their
way outside again. On reaching camp they
md their two Burmese servants. slain and
horribly nutllated, Chinese fashion. Dur
Ing the night Hayle secures treasure and
steals away into the Jungle.
PART Iu.-Utterly exhausted and I'M
conscious. Hayle Is found by English Off
GERS near frontier station of Nampoung.
As soon as able he leaves for Rangoon
and thence to England.
PART IY.-Two months later another
omcer at Nampoung. while out on a hunt
comes across Kitwater and Codd. Kitwa-
ter explains they were traders who had
1aiie r. Into hands of Chimes who had put
out ms own eyes and pulled out Colds
tongue. After recovering somewhat from
enects OF exposure and fortunes they set
on IN pursuit of Hayle.
CHAPTER I.-George Fairfax relates
how he became a detective in Australia
and finally came to open up an office in
London.
CHAPTER II.-Kitwater and codd try
to secure Fairfaxs services. They repre-
sent themselves as missionaries returned
from China where rich native patron
turned over to them on his doath great
Tor fortune which was stolen by a guest
concludes not to take case.
CHATTER III.-Miss Kitwater calls on
Fairfax IN behalf of her uncle and sue
s ceeds IN persuading him to take up the
calls himself Edward Bayley, of the Santa
Cruz Mining company, seeks to get Fair
1ax to go to Argentina to shadow mine
manager who Is suspected of embezZle-
ment; Detective replies he now has case
on which will engage htm for some time
Eairfax at a leading jewelers. learns that
u unusually large uncut stones have there
Just been received, and gets description Of
man of whom they were bought.
CHAPTER IV.-one evening Fairfax
ands himself followed by two rufiians, but
wiz repeat performances he goes forth the
next night. but with one Of hds most pow
srfqi men but little behind; Finding that
g dark street and turns about and con-
fronts ruflians who confess they have been
hired to , brain him. him Finding where they
On .h1r Rsef to a keep
prised to see Mr.. Bayley approach.
~HAPTER y.-From the managing di-
B.
Fairfax learns there is no Bayley in their
employ. The director, however remem-
bers former clerk who answers to the
description given by the detective; his
name was Gideon Hayle. That same day
by accident Fairfax almost comes upon
Hayle, but the latter escapes into cab.
Fairfax follows in close pursuit After
q long chase the forward cab comes to q
stop. but it is empty.
CHAPTER VI.-.After many persistent
INQUIRIES Fairfax locates HayIe in Fox
wells hotel. but misses finding him in by
only q few minutes. Subordinate de-
tectives are located at the various sta
tons, and one of them, Dickson. manages
to trace Hayle to Paris.
CHAPTER vII-Fairfax takes advan-
tage Of necessary delay to spend Sunday at
the kttwater home, and becomes very
much impressed with the charms of Miss
kitwater. He learns that 1t is she upon
whom kitwater is drawing for funds for
CHAPTER VlII.-In Paris Fairfax en-
lists cooperation Of Leglosse. the famous
French detective, through whose aid he
discovers whereabouts of Hayle Much to
himself.
CHAPTER Ix.-Hayle offers to compro-
apiece. then invites detective to dinner,
after which he suggests the theater They
enter CAP and Fairfax soon discovers he
has been trlcked snd is prisoner
CHAPTER. x.-DetectIve is locked up in
9 night he is discovered and rescued by
Leglosse Miss Kitwater reaches Paris
with news that Kitwater and Codd have
disappeared, and Fairfax concludes to en-
Gsaverto keep the two from meeting Hayle.
The next morning Fairfax, Leglosse and
Miss Kitwater leave for Naples, whittier
they have reason to believe HayIe to have
gone.