Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-03-09


spirator, nor that he had penetrated
my disguise at glance; and though
the struggle which had taken place be-
tween us th0t evening had resulted in
Lis defeat, it was luck more than skill
that had constituted me the victor.
The game of chess which was BEING
played between myself and the Syndi-
cate OF Scoundrels was at present in
my favor, inasmuch as l had sue
ceeded in removing from the board a
queen and two paWns, to wit Number
One, Number Three and Number
Seven. But as I had only one piece
to lose, and as the contest became more
difficult and more dangerous as the
number of combatants grew less, l
feat-when l knocked for the second
time at the door of the gypsy wagon
On the Leigh road-that should have
to be both wide-awake and willy were
to come out OF the business alive.
had scarcely joined the party,
which now consisted of five, including
myself, when one of the conspirators.
whom l recognized as Number Two,
held up his hand, as sign that he
wished to address the meeting.
Those of you who have seen the
morning paper he said, will scarcely
need to be told that our number IS
now complete. Death has remove j
another member of the council since
our last meeting. On that occasion ]
undertook with the assistance OF Coun-
cillor Number Three to obtain posses
sion of the dynamite that was con-
cealed at Fassett Square, l have kept
my promise; but l regret to say that
through some wretched bungling on
his own part, my unfortunate assist
ant lost his life. You have seen in
this mornings papers the account of a
singular occurrence which happened
last night. A man, carrying a coat over
his arm, and walking somewhat hur-
riedly, was observed to stop suddenly
as if in alarm-aud to feel in the
pocket of the coat. The next instant
he flung the coat from him and started
to run, but he had not gone three
PAGES before there was tremendous
explosion. AS the affair happened
somewhat late at night, the man carry
ing the coat was the only victim. But
according to the newspapers, he was
blown to pieces so literally that iden-
LITIGATION is thought to be impossible.
Fellow councillors, there is every
reason to suppose that the victim OF
the explosion was our colleague Num-
her Three. l had thought it wise, aft
er securing the dynamite which was
concealed at Fassett Square, to make
two parcels of it, entrusting one to
my collaboration and retaining the
ether myself, so that, in the event OF
either of us falling into the hands OF
the police, this council would still b1
in possession of sufficient dynamite to
carry out any project which has been
formed. Number Three was to have
brought the explosive here tonight.
end why he was .carting it about the
streets last night I cannot say. Tho
only supposition I can put forward is
based upon the fact that the explosion
occurred quite close to Plantagenet
Square; so am inclined to think that
Number Three had, upon his own re-
sponsibility, decided to make an at
tempt to anticipate the decree of the
council, and to blow up Lord Gran
thorpe's housewife what result you
already know"
Except for something between q
gasp and groan on the part of one
listener, and on the part of the others
simultaneous. sigh which bore evil
dence to- the painful interest with
which they had heard the narrative,
there was a dead silence for some time
after Number Two had ceased. Then
a councillor said somewhat uneasily-
"And the dynamite which you re-
tanned in your own. possession?'
tits here" replied Number Two
shortly, holdin&; up-with what I felt
was quite misplaced and unnecessary
cnergy-a brown leather handbag
which he mad been carrying in his
hand.
ITO Be Continued.1
A Little Huses.
Mrs. Witherly-I bought this rug for
the hahv tn NAV On ..%'.' st"