The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-03-03


Suddenly saw something which
made me grasp Freds arm.
DO you see that man in the buggy
over there, Fred?'
"The man with tho gray beard and
the large spectacles, in the yellow
buggy?"
"Yes. Have a horse hitched to a
carriage at once. ! believe that man
knows something about your letter.
saw him in your brothers house, on
my way here, and his behavior was
suspicious,
Fred was going to ask questions, but
urged him to hasten, and promised
to tell him more while following the
stranger.
In ten minutes we were on the road.
In twenty minutes we saw the yell
low buggy, and then drove so as not
to lose sight of it. 1t was getting dark,
and the stranger even had he taken
the trouble to look back, could not
have seen our faces; and since many
vehicles passed along the road our
buggy would hardly have aroused his
suspicion. On the way / told Fred of
my theory and plan.
1T is clear to my mind" | said,
that tnat letter is very valuable to
your brother. He was seen near your
house shortly before the letter was
missed. Then he rode to town on
| fast horse and this suspicious looking
stranger, most likely implicated in
your brothers schemes, follows him.
| believe they will meet in the city,
and If we can manage not to lose sight
of this man we may be able to gain
a great deal of information"
After an hours drive we reached
the town The yellow buggy III front
of US drove more slowly. Finally it
stopped at a livery stable, and after a
talk with the man in charge, the
stranger drove his vehicle in through
the large doorway. Most likely he was
going to leave it in care Of that es-
Enlistment
What were we to do? Should we
drive to the stable, and leave our rig,
it might arouse the mans suspicion
We concluded to stop and await de-
velopments. After a few minutes the
man came out, crossed the street, and
entered saloon. Then | told Fred
to take our horse and buggy to the
stable while l would watch the saloon,
until he could rejoin me. 1t was now
quite dark, and the entrance to the
stable was not we'll lighted, so the
stranger could not see our faces. We
had the advantage in that respect, for
the entrance to the saloon was bright
ly illumined.
EAfter Fred came back we had not
to wait very long. The stranger came
out of the saloon. rubbed his mus
tache with his handkerchief, cleaned
his glasses, and slowly walked up the
street We followed him. AS we
passed along we heard people talk Of
flooded cellars, and the warning in
the papers. Fred paid little attention
to those remarks, but to me the ex-
pressions of anxiety were very inter
|. esting.
After a walk of about half an hour,
the man halted at a corner, held his
watch up to the street lamp, and then
leaned against post, evidently ex-
pecting somebody His patience was
not put to too severe test. Soon an
other man arrived and Immediately
the two proceeded up the street. AS
the second man came up. my friend
pressed my arm. and | nodded my
head In the light of the lamp we both
uoprxy Andarcap Mo had
to be very careful, now, for we had
reached a part of the town whose
streets were more deserted than the
business district. The two men ahead
of us seemed to feel perfectly safe,
however, for they walked on uncon-
cernedly.
We were near the famous bottoms
of the city when Henry Andersen and
the stranger stopped at an old two
story frame house. The stranger
fumbled in his pocket, drew forth
key, opened door, and both entered.
We took a position on the other side
of the street and intently watched for
a light.
nan came out of the house in the
shadow of which we were waiting, and
| accosted him, asking
DO you know, sir, who lives in that
frame house?"
Some crazy Dutchman," he repliel.
Seems to be a star in class of his
own. Nobody knows what he's doing,
and certainly don't care" With that
he left US.
The light for which we watched
seemed about to fail us, and Fred was
beginning to show signs of disappoint-
ment.
Have patience, Fred" | exhorted.
81 don't think we shall be disappoint-
ed--there it is now!"
A little light shone through the Gel
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