Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-06-15
meet you. Miss Carmody. The pleas,
ure is all mine''

meet you, MISS OdrmOoy. The pleas.
ure is all NINE
There was twinkle in his eve
which was Irresistible. and Miss Car.
mody laughed until the color came
to her cheeks, and she looked more
charming than ever. She took Mr.
Seymour in charge. and induced him
to tell the story of how he came ia
solve the mystery of the Hestol
bungalow. Mr.. Chalmers listened ia
Mr.. Seymour's carefully prepared
narrative
When 1 received Mr.. Chalmers
telegraphic advices.'' said Mr.. Sew
mour, L made up my mind that the
hrst place to search was along the
lumber docks. i thought it all over.
and said to myself. it is like this:
If Hestor has built house in trop
zeal America the lumber probably
came from New Orleans, which is
the great lumber market of the
south. The contractor might hal.
from any place, but naturally he
would ship his material from New
Orleans. 1t was nearly dark when ]
arrived in the city. l went to the
hotel. looked at my mail, and went
from there to the docks. questioned
stevedores, dock-wallopers, sailors
and levee men of all descriptions ]
went finally to resort frequenteG
by such men. There were probably
so of them in the room. I picked out
smooth-looking colored boy and
told him 1 would give him So if he
would ask every man present if he
ever helped load lumber for a man
named Walter B. Hestor. l told him
all about Hestor; that lie was a news.
paper man who owned yacht called
the Shark and that he was eccen.
trio, and liberal with his money
He was a bright coon,'' said the
veracious Mr.. Seymour. land he
wanted to earn that money in hur,
ry. He got on top of beer keg
and made a speech. Once in while
he would misstate a point, and
would correct him. When he was
through a darkey, with a face as
black as the ace of spades came for.
would give to know what boat that
lumber was shipped on. 1 did not
want to appear too anxious, SO | of
fered him So. We went to one side.
and he told me that about year ago
a man arrived in New Orleans with a
yacht called the Shark and that the
owner superintendent the loading of a
lot of lumber, doors, windows and
stuff on a schooner called the Sam
Walker He described HeStOr to a
dot. He said Hestor's chief amuse-
ment was to throw money to the ne
groes along the leyee to induce them
to sing and dance. He would stand
on the Sam Walker and throw coins
| by the hour, until the levee was
black with darkies. | knew he had
| the right man. l gave him the So
| and promised him $40 more if he
would locate the Sam Walker for
me. At about midnight we found
| that the schooner was at Lake Pont-
chartrain. and was going to sail the
| next morning. | paid my colored
| friend and started for the West End
l found the Sam Walker / wanted
to get the information without eXcit-
ing suspicion. l learned that the
first mate was ashore in some of the
drinking resorts of the place. Then
[ ran across a friend of mine who
was much intoxicated. | used him as
tool. Early in the morning l found
| the first mate. From him | learned
that the schooner was going to Ha-
vana. He was pretty full, and | bribed
him to let me go aboard the schoon-
er. There was no way to shake my
| friend. whose name is Bender. so we
| took him along.
ITO Be Continued