Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1903-01-15


! cOgnizance of the relative position
Lets have a look at them said ne
| eagerly. IF | should be wrong
! He did not finish the sentence, but l
| could see that he felt the iuyariabic JOY
| of the true psychic in any suggestion or
! prospect Of failure. Meanwhile ! was
! opening the safe. 1t contained moth
I ing except a few documents OF mine
! and the money. We had intended to
use it for some books of the Tunbridge
branch. little independent railroad
! which connects our town with the
! trunk line, but an unexpected and
somewhat mysterious opposition had
! arisen among the executive officers Of
| this insignificant corporation. and so
| the headquarters remained at the juno
! ton In the forthcoming annual meet
ing this would all be rectiHcd, as we
controlled a majority of the stock.
| / swung open the outer doors and
then unlocked the inner ones and my
| private drawer, in which lay the pack
ages, the larger Of them on top. rails
ed them with my finger sufficiently for
| Donald to see and then dropped them
back He nodded many times in
slow and rather solemn fashion.
Docs anybody else know they're
there" he asked.
"Your father" said |, adding with a
smile: But lie didn't know how they
lay or even that they were in my pri-
vate drawer. lie had the combination
of the safe, but have all the keys Of
! L I'D - =
"Thc larger package" said Donald
in a monotonouS tone. as if he were re-
| peating a lesson. contains 1000; the
smaller contains $1,000. The bills are
Of many denominations. | don't know
why"
"The money came from several
sources" said l. 1t is to be used III
! payment for part Of what is known as
! the Hackett interest. Mr.. Uackctt was
my partner, who died maly years ago
He left Il considerable part of his inter
est to an aunt, whose children have
since inherited it. 1t is her Oldest son
I whom we are going to buy out. OF
course, we can pay him by check, but
Tor certain reasons we wanted to have
| Il
"Thats Mr.. William Hackett isn't
u?" asked Donald. Il remember see.
! ing him here last winter when | was at
home. He's the man with the red face,
red whiskers, red hair everything red,
even his necktic. as | recall him"
That's the man." said |.
"Wel, uncle" he returned, Il hope
Mr.. Hackett may get the money, if
that's your intention, but there's an
other man after it,
perceived that we had got down to
the root of the matter.
Another man." | qucried.
"There is a pale, hard featured man,
with prominent ears and brutal look
about the mouth" said the boy. He |
has lips that are as stiff and hard as
iron His chin has Il little peaked point I
with a queer dimple that looks like a
shot hole. The left side of his mouth :
is lower than the right He is coming
here for this money. lie is about
feet 8 inches tall and of medium
weight, trihe thin perhaps. | can't
say how old he is but his hair is griz- |.
zled though | wouldn't wish to speak .
definitely about that, for | never saw /
him with his hat Off"
you've seen him. | exclaimed.
Donald smiled at me, and, extending .
his hand, he tapped upon the drawer .
Of the safe. | understood Immediately ,
that he had not seen the individual in .
the ordinary way Of mortal vision. (
"You think that he is coming here for
this money" said l.
Uncle, | know it," replied Donald. /.
II know that he intends 10 get this (
money and that he feels perfectly sure |
about it, and, the worst of it is, that /
l keep having the impression of his /,
getting il unless something very un- |
usual, something quite out Of the or
dnary, happens to prevent don't !
seem to have any confidence in the !
strength of the safe or III our watch !
man, and | don't know whether it /
would do any good to take the money /
and put it somewhere else
what do you want us to do:' ask |
ed "Sct a special watch"
"The thing that would please me !
best" he replied, would be to have |
this matter secret between you and |
me- Can't we do that, Uncle John: |
Don't tell my father or mother or any !
body. Just let me wander down here |
every evening and sleep on that couch. !
Nobody need know, and if nothing hap |
pens you won't laugh at me"
| answered that | could not allow |
him to take the risk, and held to this |
opinion although he protested that |
there was no ground for alarm.
This man wouldn't make a luncheon |
for me, uncle" said he, squaring his !
broad shoulders. I'D be positively /
ashamed to lay hand upon him in |
violence. Besides, I'll bring down my |
shotgun if you'd feel any safer"
We discussed the matter for few
minutes with the result that | tele |
phoned to New York for Il detective |
whom l have occasionally consulted. |
He is at the head of one of the best |
private bureaus and prides himself |
upon Il personal acquaintance with ev-
cry criminal of consequence in the |
country.
nat SNNllIllS ilNNl hlllAlNA lpOAlbAh
and | went out for a walk, and in a
secluded place which had been deSig (
mated in advance we met Mr.. Graves |
Reedy, the detective When the case |
was unfolded to this astute and eXpe- |
rienced man, he confessed that he not !
ed in it some slight flavor Of the I'M |
usual.
81 amt exactly accustomed to hav
ing descriptions come in this way" |
said he, but I'll tell you one thing !
right off the griddlc-I know the man.
amt seen him in some time and |
thought he was out Of business. 1t |
was said that he'd gone to Australia, |
and then | was told that he was dead, |
But, dead or alive, David Creel, alias !
Williams, alias Carney, is the man"
you recognize him" said l.
He spread out his hands as one who |