The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1906-11-22
CHAPTER X.

Of the door. | turned to Mossel with q
demand for an explanation
wait ill Herr Graden returns" be
grunted sulkily.
have the strongest objection TO those
silly tricks of secrecy with which the
professional police endeavor to magnify
their most simple discoveries ! was
speaking my mind strongly ON the subject
when my cousin reappeared-
Halo. what's the matterr he asked.
l explained the position. while the fat
German chuekled in an oily. Irritating
manner.
rs not the official always the same z
said Graden. with a grim smile Come
to the light. Robert. and IN explain
1t was certainly an ingenious discovery
they had made. Upon the page upon
which the map should have rested were
several slight indentations. evidently the
result Of marks made upon the lost paper
by pencil with fine point With great
care my cousin tore out the correspond
ing map from his guide book and ntted
Ii into the vacant place. Then, turning
it slowly back. he drove pin through
the thin paper at the spots Immediately
above the indentations on the page be-
low.
The devil take him. he cried Look
Mossel This doesn't help US, after all
1t was true. enough The pin-pricks
showed, first. Lemsdorf; then cross
road some ten miles to the east; and
then Bromberg. TO the north, on the
Berlin-Thorn. and Gnesen, to the south
on the Posen- Frankfurt railways He
had evidently been measuring and caleu-
lating indecisively-
''Do not trouble yourself, Herr Ora
den," said Mossel. with a wave Of the
hand that had more than a suggestion
of patronage There are still teiegraphs
/ viii have him detained at whichever
place he reaches. / shall return in half |
an hour-so a good supper, l trust. Mr.. /
Landlord"
We followed him to the outer door. /
which opened to wriIhing wilderness
of snowfiakes. for the fall had recon-
menced- The policeman turned up his
collar with a grunt of disgust and melted
into the darkness. We turned to meet
the face of the landlord. white and drawn
with terrible anxiety
My SOM he gasped- What Of my
SOM
Heaven pardon mel' cried Graden.
Il had forgotten him.
This man he drove, that Is about to
be arrested-is be a criminal? Do not
spare me. mein Herr"
sYour servant-our driver to-day-wilI
be telling the tale in your kitchen, of l
the death of the Prof Mechersky, of {
Castle Oster- This man. whose name Is (
Marnac. killed him That is why we q
pursue Yet, my friend, | see no dan
ser for your son, unless
Unless what. mein HERR
''Unless he refused 10 assist in the '
.scape Of a murderer"
He is an honest boy, a good boy. but
'ery stubborn His horses were borrow
d: be had promised to return them to- l.
light He would never consent to drive v
his man to Bromberg or Gnesen. which d
AT least an eighteen hours journey. Il
N, mein Herr, mein Herr, what is hap p
there in the snow 2, b.
I'VE are in the hands Of Providence. G.
y friend. said my cousin gravely, lay NJ
Ig his hand on the landlords arm. You e
IN do nothing bat pray that il may be 81
ell with the boy I'll
l was very sorry for Reski. As m
ade my toilet in my room upstairs. the W
niger Of his son grew upon me. Fate a
,cident. Providence-whate yOu TO
loose to call it's a strange thing. for th
deed it chooses Its victim with a fine ha
When | entered our supper m
ON, found my cousin equally disturb b
an
This is bad business about the DIR
ndlord's son." be said 1--WE a good
md to follow the sleigh. though it's W
tie good that would do We
Its an awful right" I grumbled. for on
Iced the wind Tas shrieking in the roof ma
e lost soul Ne
You're a queer chap, Robert, with
ur COMPOUNDED mannerisms,v he said.
ct Ill wager you'd be the first to be WI
into the storm in matter Of life tn
d DEATH"
1t was not exactly complimentary. but Ina
let It pass gu
MosseI was delayed. 1t was close upou %
enty minutes more before he arrived. 20
stamping bear Of ute
IN, whose curses preceded him as he
led down the passage to our room. COZ
What's mp, M0sselY' Graden demand liu
sharply. tnr
The wires, mein Herr Graden. the the
resi- Potztausendl but this storm hiss wis
'ught them down like clothes Iines.s eno
a special train, then" rem
They have not an engine In the sbad Dr
rave been TO see; II was that which MIN
sxed mev mt" dow
5raden drew sheet Of paper from slal
pocket and glanced at 1t swiftly. :.
There is not train till ten In fhe :
rning," he said He will be at Rrom-
&. which Is the nearer town. By eleven nor
latest This is branch line. and re nor
Id not get there under three hours ms
Is nov seven. An old man as .,a Il put
ID hardly travel through such a nipbf and
bout stops for food. Again. this Iad tnei
, drove him may have refused to pro- tame
l. We must chance It, my friends ienc
follow" NJ
! thought you had already SO decided PAM
m | saw the sIeighs at the door" ed
/ Mossel. bust
sleighs, MosseI7 1 ordered no ing.
<hsl'' shot
Well. they're there. Two troikas MAC
three good horses apiece. Come and ed.
for yourself" cour
he policeman had spoken the truth | sta
the leeward side of the porch two w
.hs were waiting. The light from the whei
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