Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-07-30

had given Hendricks strength. and
the struggle was a short one. But,
just as Ellison went down, q shot
rang out, and the old man lei. The
garden suddenly became alive With
men. officers. and others probably
detectives.
AS Inspector Thornc. who seemed
i'm charge of the men. raised the
wounded man, he saw that he WAS
badly hit. hut Job could still speak.
Look for the man who calls him
self Frank Wilson,, he said, in a
clear voice for Ellison, at the sight
of the officers, had escaped. He is
the man YOU have been looking for
so long--the shadow He is i'm the
''nuse now
Thorne seeing that Job was dying,
and must therefore, be speaking the
truth, gave some hurried directors s..
and his men scattered, Gags: To he the
first to capture such q celebrity. Some
entered the house, while others sta
toned themselves at al. the entrances.
Have they found hin?" asked job,
anxiously. raising himself on his elbow.
In the hope of seeing his old enemy
I'VE shall find him. no doubt" re-
sl,e,. Tholne. He cannot possibly get
away sre.,. us"
The dying nssn. although his eyes
We're fast glazing, SUI. stared around
him
What do YOU want something TO
drinlS?" and the inspector held Il glass
of water to- his lips, but Job pushed it
away
NO, no; 1 want to see her my
daughtcr--1 ann Martin Frale!' Then
added: II let it be thought Frale was
dead. and. as we We're so alike took
the others name"
They thought his mind must he wan
derins. What WAS this talk about a
daughter? The sound of hulrying steps
and Grace Ellison was beside him. Not
far off, hcsitating, as IL in doubt wheth-
or to advance. was Dick Barnett
She saw the wounded man, and her
kindly heart was moved to sympathy
as she knccled down beside him and
wiped tho death dew from his fore
head. While his dim eyes regarded her
longingly.
Here. Dick--here'" she called out.
This is the poor man who did so much
TO help US i'm our trouble. And he is
dying,'
Barnett, pushing forward through
the crowd, recognized in The wounded
man his eccentric friend OF other days,
whom he had met under such peculiar
circumstances. 1ie too. was moved at
the sight, and uttered few compass
sinnate words.
rs there anything that / can do for
you--any thing that YOU want?" She
asked. as, she hon. down to catch what
he might say, for his voice was failing,
and he was growing weak. For mo-
ment he raised his trembling hands
TOWARD her and then let them fall back
with a choking sob
"No-no there is nothing my
daughter,' he quavered.
Grace looked agould for n moment
i'm n beNildered way, then said:
Why did he call me his daughter?
Nh, his mind is wandeiing. and he Is
thinking of the daughter that died"
His fast glaaing eyes; were fixed on
her, and Mt the sound of her voice his
face seemed to brighten.
will you Will YOU kiss mc---for her
sake he inuiinnred, and his his life
seemed To hang ON her reply For ii
moments he hcstated, thNn leaned
down and touched his lips With hers.
AS she turned away. Job sank IN the
inspectors anna and his eyes closed.
but on his mouth WAS a smile of In
effabc peaceZand SO the end came To
the tired man.
Frank Ellison did not escape and,
evidence being produced TO show him
10 be the man who had made nelry
With the police suong, he Was dried
and sentenced TO long term of I'M
prisonlneit. james Ellison Was not
seen faom that day, and his affai,s
were found In such a tangie that The
entire fortune he had received from his
Wife had vanished.
Dick Barnett learned in time OF hi.
young wife's origin, but it did not
change his feelings towards her, and