Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-04-12

rs he concluded his sentence
and STROBE of toward the door
80 of the inn. y glaSt!y Senaa-
ton Of physical fear, As though had
been detected in the act of assasSina-
ton, overwhelmed me and left me star
ing With MY jaw down. Then ran
after Jones, calling upon htIl and CT
bowling my way through the crowd.
Sercombc stood Tor a moment conSplc-
uouS IN the doorway. and then he van
ished. But Jones, being q small man.
was swallowed up among the villagers.
l caught sight of Montgomery standing
apart by his horse and hallooed TO him.
he hesitatcd for an instant and then
pushed through to me,
'Find JONES'" l said hurriedly. Viii
liams is dead-murdcrcd by this bloody
| gang. Oh, there he is" And we reach
ed him simultaneously.
I pressed my questions home, and
Jones. bockohing to n Of his men
who stood by, lent half an ear to me.
Excuse me, sir" said he, Il will at
tend to you directly" and whispered
some order in the officers ear. The
man made his way through the throng
and disappeared. Yes, sir" said
Jones. "a little way from the stream
we found the body, first discovered by
a man, Lewis, going to work. Evident
~ attacked by moro than one person,
but the coroner will determine that"
See here, Jones'" said I, "can l see
you later
He looked at me with his sharp, IN
compromising eyes. Yes, sir; dare
say Well want your evidence
"All right" l answered, and. turning
to Montgomery, Come. we'd better
| get back. There's nothing to be got
from him at present"
Montgomery pulled my arm. Hood"
be whispered.
l started. The idea flashed upon me
in Il distastoful light. ITO be sure" I
said. Il had forgotten" We hurried
cut Of the knot of stragglers. The car
riagc and Hood were gone.
This discovery brought my wander
ing senses together. We had been
duped again and that by a sheer acct
dent. of which Hood had cunningly
taken advantage. l myself had pre-
pared my own disappointment. Mont
gomery informed me apologetically
that he had tried to keep his eye on the
carriage. but that NY summons had
taken hirl from his post. We inquired
Eagerly among the 1~IstHnGCrl. but that
was Of little &,>ii. On" or two had
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NIL agreed it Lad taken the road to the
castle. The futiliiy OF these inquiries
soon Gawncl Oh nc. It wa; not 50 that
Hood should DO taken. AID I went back
to Jones with ny "
IF you want the real lIurlercr." |
declared. you will find him or the top
Of a carriage driving somewhere be-
tween here and Aberavcn."
The sergeant stared at me.
Hood" said l..
Jones smiled. What evidence have
you, sir| he asked, pulling out his
note book.
stammered and hesitated. He's a
scoundrel.." said I.
Jones looked extremely dispassionate,
but seemed prepared to copy down my
sentiments. All Of a sudden l saw the
situation In its ridiculous light, but,
though it stopped my tongue, it did not
dispose me to laughter.
IF you have any evidence to offer
against Mr.. Hood, sir, I shall be pleas
ed to take it down. said Jones. and at
the same moment he elevated his eve
DroWs i'll q formal smile at some II
behind me. | started around. and there
was Hood, imnlobile and civil, cs al
ways.
| never Seid 4 word.
Il Shall be pleased to answer any
questions, sir" said Hood.
/ cursed him in my heart for an
amazing &%coundrcl and turned on NV
bee. 1t did not please ne to suffer
SO black AZ eclipse. Montgomery fol
lowed Meekly ut my heels.
Il would have Knocked the beast
down il you had given the word" he
said.
His lea!ty won my heart. Mont
gomery.' said |. "if there's any good
soul i'll this world, which have begun
10 dO|Dt, it's you. And now the devil
OF 1t is that we have Williams in our