The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-08-09

ove~ and over. Mr.. Overton vas evil
IDENTIFY considerably excited when he
sen it, and somewhat incoherent in
consequence. Well, well, he will be
here, I dare say, by the time 1 have
looked through the Times. and then we
shall know all about it. Even the&fnost
insignificant problem would be well
come in these stagnant days"
Things had indeed been very slow
with US, and 1 had learned to dread
such periods of inactiOn, for I knew by
experience that my companions brain
Was so abnormally active that it was
dangerous to leave ii without material
upon Which to work. For years / had
gradually weaned him from that drug
mania which had threatened once to
check his remarkable career. Now l
knew that under ordinary conditions he
10 longer craved for this artificial slim
ulOuS, but l was well aWare that the
| fend was not dead but sleeping, and l
have knoWn that the sleep was a light
one and the waking near when in peri
DDS OF idlenCss | have seen the drawn
look upon Dim aScetic face, and the
breeding of his deep set and i~nscrutable
eyes. Therefore l blessed this Mr..
OVerton, whoever he might be, since
IN I4dH NO1E N4tI l4S ViI!SoII4dtAS Ii|f~
sage to break that dangerous calm
which brought more peril to my friend
than all the storms of his tempestuous
life.
AS we had expected, the telegram
was soon followed by it's sender, and
the card Of Mr.. Cyril Overton, Trinity
college, Cambridge, announced the ar
rival of an enormous young man, six
teen stone Of solid bone and muscle,
who spanned the doorway with his
broad shoulders, and locked from one
OF us to the other With a cone!y face
which was haggard with anxiety.
MI. Sherlock Holiness"
My companion bowed.
I've been dow to Scotland Yard,
Mr.. Holmes. l saw Inspector Stanley
Hopkins. He advised be to come to
you. He said the case, so far as he
could see, was more in your line than
in that of the regular police"
Pray sit down and tell me what is
the NATTER
IT'S awful, Mr.. Folmes-sirply aw-
full! I wonder my hair isn't gray. Cod
frey Staunton-you've heard of him, Of
course? He's simply the hinge that the
whole team turns on. I'd rather spare
two from the pack, and have Godfrey
for my three-Quater line. Whether it's
passing, or tackling, or %dribbling,
there's no n to touch him. and then,
he's got the head, and can hold us all
together. What am I to do? That's
what ask you, Mr.. Holmes. There's
Moorehouse, first reserve, but he's
trained as a half, and he always edges
right III oil to the serum, instead Of
keeping out on the t0uchllne. He's a
fine place-kick. it's true, but then he
has no Judgment, and he can't sprint
for nuts. Why, Morton or Johnson, the
Oxford fiers, could romp around him.
Stevenson is fast enough, but he
couldn't drop from the twenty-five line,
and a three-Quarter who can't either
punt or drop isn't worth a place for
pace alone. No, Mr.. Holmes, we are
done unless you ear help me to find
Godfrey Staunton."
My friend has listened with amused
surprise to this long speech, which was
poured forth with extraordinary vigor
and ea~rnestness, every point being driv-
en- home by the %slapping Of a brawny
hand upon the speakers knee. When
our visitor was silent Holmes stretched
out his hand and took down letter So
Of his commonplace book. For once
he dug in vain INTO that mine of varied
information.
There is Arthur H. Stanton, the
rising young forger," said he, land
there was Henry Staunton, whom !
helped to hang, but Godfrey Staunton
is q new name to me-"
1t was our visitors turn to look sur
prised.
why, Mr.. Holmes, I thought you
knew things" said he. II then,
If you ave never heard of Godfrey
Staunton, you don't know Cyril Over
ton, eithcr?"
Holmes shook his head good humor-
eddy.
Great Scott" cried the athlete.
why, was first reserve for England
against Wales, and I've skippered the
varsity all this year. But that's moth
ing. J didn't think there was a soul in
England who didn't know Godfrey
Stanton, the crack three-quarter,
Cambridge, Blackheath, and five inter
nationals. Good Lord! Mr.. Holmes
where have you lived?"
Holmes laughed at the young giants
naive establishment.
you live in a different world to me
MI. Overton-a sweeter and healthier
one. My Qualifications stretch out into
many sections of society, but never,
am happy to say, into amateur sport
which is the best and soundest thing III
t England. However, your unexpected
5 visit this morning shows me that ever
in that world Of fresh air and fair play
t there may be work for me to do. Sc
l now, by good sir, l beg you to sit dowr
! and to tell me, slowly and quietly,
g actly what it is that has occurred, ant
l how you desire tnat I should hell
!, You"
t Young O.verton's face assumed tht
: bothered look of the man who is more
: accustomed to use his muscles than hi:
Y wits, but by degrees. with many repe.
titions and obscurities which I ma,
omit from this narrative, he laid hi;
S strange story before us.
: CONTINUED Next Week.
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