The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-01-15

the enemies Of Mr.. Pendleton. Will
you do what wish you to do, Jamesw
81 will do whatever you think best,
Mr.. Wyndham." replied the old. man
simply. 81 know that Burr loved you
and trusted you more than any other
person in the world. Tell me what
am to do, sir, and will do it."
'Then. you must leave the house at
once, taking nothing with you. / will
write an address upon this card where
you are to go. Assume the name Of
Thomas Judson. Wait; will write
line for you to take with you"
"Wyndham tore a leaf from his note
book, wrote rapidly upon it and passed
| it to the old servant.
"Give it to the lady who will admit
you at that address. Wait there for
me until l come no matter how long
that time may be- Will you do it,
| James"
Eyes, SIR
| James, very much in the manner of
one who is stupefed, found his hat and
| then returned to the room where
Wyndham was awaiting him. The
l friend of his master was still standing
| in the middle of the floor and evidently
| had not moved after the instant when
| James left him.
| 81 am ready, SIR he said. "Can L
| would it be possible-I mean are you
| willing that l should see-him-before
1 go?"
| mo, James," was the calm reply.
| go as you are. Forget that you have
| seen him at all except as you saw him
| last in life. What comes after that
ah. well! Go as you are, James. Do
not forget your overcoat. The night is
| cold"
| James hesitated at the door. He
| stopped and looked back, but Wynd-
ham was still in the same position in
the middle of the floor. He did not
raise his head or make sign, and the
old servant stepped sadly into the hall
and closed the door.
! Wyndham still remained in the atti-
tude of one who is listening. He could,
| in fact, hear the old mans footballs as
he descended the stairs; he could hear
the bang of the outer door when it
closed, and not until then did he make
| move. Even then he only raised his
head, so that he could listen more in
! tently, and waited.
| Many minutes passed in this manner,
but at last. as if satisfied that there
| WAS no chance that James would re-
| turn. he closed the inside shutters at
| the windows. after which he helped
| himself to a portion Of the brandy on
| the center table.
| After that. with distinct deliberation,
| he opened again the door which COM
| municated with the room where Pen
| dletOn's body had been discovered.
| He approached it and for a moment
! stood silently regarding the grewsome
| aspect. Twice he sighed deeply. Once
he bent forward and intently examined
! the hilt of the weapon that had taken
the life of his friend, but he did not
| touch the body or the chair in which
it rested. Once he looked toward the
! door-he had left a jar-but not with the
startled glance of one who expects to
discover somebody peering in upon
the scene; it was more as if he were
| measuring the distance and relieving
by calculation some mathematical
| oOuDC lIldI SIlll pOSScSStu Hill.
| There was a safe in one corner of the
rcCnl, one of those little iron safes
that lock with a key. The key was
in the lock, and from it dangled others
attached by ring-a ring that he had
often 1een in the possession. of his
| friend e.;
He threw the door of the safe open
without hesitation, and with an air. Of
| familiarity that is indescribabIe Sc
lectcd certain bundles of documents
which he deposited on the floor beside
| him. Then he removed the key from
the lock, selected another from the ring
that was suspended to it and with that.
one opened an. inner drawer of the
safe. From that, also, lie removed the
papers, but those he placed in his
pocket. Then he relockcd the drawer,
Replaced the larger key in the safe
! lccll, losed the door again, arranging
J it az nearly as possible as he had
found it and deposited the papers he
had distracted from the safe in va
rious pockets about. his clothing
Then he sighed while he looked again
fntently upon the body in the corner. :,
| For a moment after that he remain
ed apparently in deep thought, with
bowed head and tight lips, and then
he went out Of the room and sought
the one habitually occupied by James.
There he selected a handkerchief,
which bore the name of the old valet,
and returned with it to the room of
the tragedy. /. : s:..a->? ....,..(.
Ten minutes later he quietly left the
house. and as quickly as he could
traverse the distance he re-entered tile
club where he had parted with Pendle-
4 ton less than five hours before: He
went at once to the desk.
HAS Mr.. Pendleton returnedT' he
asked, and on being Informed that he
From that, also, he rermored thu, papers, .
had not he added: "Yor may destroy
the, MESA ge- l left for him., Expected
| that he would be here half hour ago:
4 When he comes in, say that. I am in the
cafe" And as he turned o"go to the
/ cafe the outer door opened, and the
very. man with, whom Pendleten had
left the club entered. +, s,;a.-, s-...g
! But Wyndham did not turn his head.
He went calmly on his way to the cafe