Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-03-18
ROCKY FORD COLORADO, FRIDAY. MARCH 49, 1904

and presented themselves prominent.
iy To the view OF anyone Who hap
pensd To pass by.
One hundred pounds reward" and.
but for the detectives advice. this
sum would have been doubled and
| tr.bied by the son of the murdered
man.
Wal, and see what happens" were
the words Of the oraei. in the person
of Mr.. John Sharp, Let nothing be-
done to excite the alarm Of the in
dividusl under suspicion"
Ted had written To DIR. jeremiah
according Ia promise. and the doctors
answer. when IL came. contained the
news Of an approaching nying visit
To London-an expedition which Was
To combine business with pleasure.
| Under these circumstances. Of
course. he must be- invited to make
Magnolia Lodge his headquarters.
The Invitation was dispatched and
accepted. and. in due time. the doctor
arrived. soidrimmed sp~eiaeics. MIL
itafy bearing and all complete.
| Il iS hardly necessary To state that
he made himself quite At home In an
astonishing short space Of time.
| = like your doctor" said May bur
ritt To her brother. u liked him be.
fore I saw him. from what you told
me about him: but ! like him better
even than thought should now I've
met him.
Later on. In tho retirement of the
best spare bedroom. Dr. Cartwright
/ ,.aksl t.f
Il had mn idea she'd bc . nice siri.
and wasn't far out. II I'D said an un.
commonly mic. siri. ! should have
been nearer the mark. Seems Hcnsi.
BILE Girl. too. this one. ! should say
her waist was quite twenty-five inches
and nm appetite to match! And her
names May. Pretty name that
short and sweet"
Al the same moment that the doc
tor was pursuin. these reflections.
Ted Burritt wns inserting tho key
into the lock Of the study door. Dur.
ing all this time. he had allowed mono
to cR<cr the room except himself. II
seemed to him to be full Of mystcri
ons associations, which no outside
influence should be allowed to dis
turb.
Nothing had been moved. His faith.
cr's chair. pushed back against the
wall. remained Just as hc had left Il
on the last time he had entered tho
room. The pen lay beside the blot
ting pad. and the dust had accumulat
cd over everything. Hc placed the
lamp upon the table and drew up q
chair.
Then he unlocked that same com.
partmcnt. removed the bundles OF pm
pers NJ before. touched the spring
which opened the secret rccesses and
took from II the burnt letter.
Again he took sheet OF paper and
pen from the dcsk-he would not
use that other which lay beside him.
with the ink dried upon it-and be
gan again to write and rc-writc tho
words which he knew by heart:
Have not forgotten -. OF twenty
years -. on receiving this letter -.
at once for Dover -. expect to reach
-. There Is that between us which
-. not allow you to deny l ASK
... and many -. you alone can -. II
you refuse, I shall -. that you -. rs
the criminal -. OF your youth
"J.-"
After working at this for about hall
an hour. without being able to add sc
much as a single syllable to what he
had already deciphered, he threw
down his pen.
IL would give anything to be able
to discover the missing words. but II
is quite beyond the bounds of posi-
| L., 4, To tivy,f
of any Internationally guiding in
fluence to direct me-to point out the
way-of any spirit voice to speak to
me and tell me-"
Taking UP the sheet of paper again
on which he had been employed, he
saw. to his surprise. as he turned II
! over, that 1t was the same on which
his father had written those words:
MY dear" The letter which had
never been finished: 1t was strange
he had not observed this before!
Then he took up the pen which his
father must have last used, with the
traces of ink dried upon 1t. Should
he put It away carefully as relic:
Or should it remain where it was a
little longer? He dropped 1t and gave
| eSpreSSioH " soie'hhS oSl"eSh
yawn and a sigh. I'm uncommonly
sleepy" he said, land yet l don't feel
in the least inclined to go to bed.
have sort of feeling as though
had to sit up for someone" He gave
short laugh. Suppose l turn in on
the sofa for bit? l wonder what
makes me SO sleepy? I didn't take
anything at dinner but little
His eyes closed, and in few minutes
he was sound asleep. A clock outside
in the hall struck the half-hour with
out any change taking place in his
condition. Another interval of time