The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-08-17
xl.-THE ADVENTURE OF THE
MISSING THREE-QUARTER.-
Continued.

It's this way, Mr.. Holmes. AS I
have said, l am the skipper of the Rug
ger team of Cambridge varsity, n
Godfrey Stanton is my best man. To-
morrow we play Oxford. Yesterday
we all came up, and we settled at Bent
went around and saw that all the fell.
lows had gon to roost, for l believe in
strict training andplenty ofsleep tokeep
q team fit. l had a word or two with God
frey before he turned in. He seemed to
me to be pale and bothered. Iasked him
what was the matter. He said he was
all right-juSt a touch of eadache
I bade him good night and left him.
Half an hour later, the porter tells me
that rough looking man with a beard
called with a note for Godfrey. He had
not gone to bed, and the note was taken
to his room. Godfrey read it. n fell
back in a chair as If he had been pole
axed. The porter was so scared that
he was going to fetch me, but Cod
frey stepped him. lac a drink Of water.
n pulled himself together. Then he
went downstairs, said a few
words to the man who was watt
ing in the hall, and the two of them
saw of them. they were almost run
ming down the street in the direction
of the Strand. This morning Godfrey's
room was empty, his bed had never
been slept in. and his things were all
just as l had seen them the night be-
fore. He had gon off at a moments
notice with this stranger, and no word
has come from him since. l don't be-
lieve he will ever come back. He was
O sportsman, was Godfrey, down to his
marrow, and he wouldn't have stopped
his training and let in his skipper If
1t We're not for some cause that was
too strong for him. No: I feel as if he
, were gone for good, and we should
never see him again.
Sherlock Holmes listened With the
deepest attention to this singular mar
rative.
What did you do?" he asked.
II wired TO Cambridge to learn if
anything had been heard of him there.
I have had an answer. No one has
seen him."
Gould he have got back to Cam
bridge?"
Yes, there is a late train-quarter
past eleven"
But so far rs you can ascertain, he
did not take it?"
mo, he has not been seen"
What did you do neNt?"
81 wired to Lord Mo~unt-James."
Why to Lord Mouut-James."
Godfrey is an orphan, and Lord
Mount-James is his nearest relative
his uncle, / believe"
Indeed. This throws new Hight upon
the matter. Lord Mount-James is one
of the richest men in England"
$50 I've heard Godfrey say"
and your friend WAS closely re
lated?"
Yes, he was his heis. and the old
boy is nearly eighty-cram full vi CONT,
too. They say he could chalk his bii,
lard cue with his knuckles. He never
allowed Godfrey a shilling in his life
for he is an absolute miser. bat IL Will
all come to him right enough"
Have you heard from Lold Mount
James?"
NO."
What motive could your friend have
In going to Lord Mount-James?!"
well, something was Worrying hiE-
the night before, and if it w;is TO dc
with money it is possible that he would
make for his nearest relative who ha6
SO much of it, though from all l have
heard he would not have much chance
of getting it. Godfrey was not ono
of the old man. He would not &c
If he could help it."
We'll, we can soon determine that
IF Your friend was goin,r 20 his reia.