Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-02-06

CONTINUED from last week. I


as soon as he was alone the unfortu-
nate New Englander ~nosed all the
cracks and openings with the most pas
ssionate attention. But the weather was
saool. and the trunk still managed to
contain his shocking secreC:
He took a chair beside 1t and buried
his face in his hands and his mind In
the most profound reflection. If he
were not speedily relieved, no question
but he must be speedily discovered.
alone in strange city, without friends
or accomplices if the doctors introduce
ton failed him, he was individually a
Yost New Englander. He reflected pa
thetically over his ambitious designs
for the future. He should not now be-
'come the hero and spokesman of his
native place of Bangor. Me-; he should
not, as he had fondly anticipated, move
on from office to office, from honor to
honor; he might as we'll divest himself
at once of all hope of being acclaimed
president of the United States and
peaving behind a statue in the worst
possible style of art to adorn the CAPT
tol at Washington. Here he was, chain
4ed to dead Englishman doubled up
inside Saratoga trunk, whom he must
get rid Of or perish from the rolls of IA
fional glory!
should be afraid to chronicle the
Language employed by this young man
10 the doctor. to the murdered man, to
Nine. ZcDhyrinc, to the boots of the
a.otei, to the princes servants and, in
:: word, to al who had been ever SO re-
,no1ely connected with his horrible mis-
oriune. He SUNK down to dinner
< bout I o'clock ut night. but the yellow
coffee room appalled, him, the eyes of
ahe other diners seemed to rest on him
with suspicion, and his mind remained
upstairs with the Saratoga trunk.
TVhen the waiter came to offer him
cheese, his nerves were already so
much on edge that he leaned half way
out Of his chair and upset the remain
der of pint Of ale upon the table
cloth.
The fellow offered to show him to
the smoking room when lie had done.
land, although he woild have much
tpreferred to return at once to his peril
1ous treasure. he had not the courage
TO refuse and was shown downstairs
ito the black, gaslit cellar which
formed, and possibly still forms, the
divan of the Craven hotel. -.
Two very sad betting men were
blaying billiards, attended by a moist,
-consumptive marker, and for the mo-
ment Silas lima ined that these were
THE only occupants of the apartment.
But at the next glance his eye fell upon
"A person smoking in the farthest cor
ner, with lowered eyes and most re-
spectacle and modest aspect. He knew
at once that he had seen the face be-
fore, and in spite of the entire change
tof clothes recognized the man whom
he had found seated on a post at the
entrance to Box court and who had
dlelped him to carry the trunk to and
froni the carriage. The New England
4er simply turned and ran. nor did he
4 pause until he had locked and bolted
himself in his bedroom.
There all night long, prey to the
most terrible ina ginations, he watched
beside the fatal boxful Of dead flesh
THE suggestion of the boots that his
trunk was full of gold inspired him
with all manner of new tcrrors if he
so much as dared to close IN eye. and
the presence III the smoking room. and
flnder an obvious disguise. uf the I;3i>c"
Ter from Boz court convinced him hat
he was once more the center Of U'.$r;.::t
vaccinations.
Midnight had sounded so!iI,' Tin!
when, inipcllcd by uneasy suspicious
Silas opened his bedroom s''ui' ~:
pecreu into the passage. 1t WAS u!:i'y
illuminated Ivy Il single jet Of GAS. a.Hi
sonic distance off he perceived !, man
sleeping on the floor in the costume OF
a hotel servant. Silas drew near the
snail on tiptoe. He lay partly on his
back, partly on his side, and his right
forearm concealed his face from rec
ognition. Suddenly. while the Ameri-
can was still bending over him, the
sleeper removed his arm and opened
his eyes, and Silas found himself once
more face to face with the loiterer of
Box court.
GOOD night, sir" said the man
pleasantly.
But Silas was too profoundly moved
TO find an answer and regained his
room In silence. =
Toward morning, worn out by appre-
hension, he fell asleep on his chair,
with his head forward on the trunk
In spite of so constrained an attitude
and such a grisly pillow. his slumber
was sound and prolonged. and he was
only awakened at late hour by q
sharp tapping at the door:
He hurried to open and found the
boots without
"fou are the gentleman who called
yesterday at Box COURT" he asked.
Silas. with a shiyer, admitted that
ne had done so.
"Then this note is for YOU added
che servant, proffcrilig scaled en-
Eelope.
Silas tore it open and found inside
the words, ''rwelve O'clock
He was nunct1!a1 IN tho horr Tho