The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1906-01-16

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ly to the view of anyone who hap
pened to pass by.
"One hundred pounds reward" and,
but for the detectives advice, this
sum would have been doubled and
trebled by the son of the murdered
man.
wait and see what happens" were
| the words of the oracle in the person
of Mr.. John Sharp. Let nothing be
| done to excite the alarm of the in
dividual under suspicion"
Ted had written to DR.. jeremiah
according to promise, and the doctors
answer, when it came, contained the
news of an approaching flying visit
to London-an expedition which was
to combine business with pleasure.
Under these circumstances, OF
course, he must be invited to make
Magnolia Lodge his headquarters.
The invitation was dispatched and
accepted, and, in due time, the doctor
arrived, gold-rimmed spectacles, mil
itary bearing and all complete.
1t is hardly necessary to state that
he made himself quite at home in an
astonishing short space of time.
81 like your doctor" said May Bur-
rift to her brother. II liked him be-
fore saw him, from what you told
me about him; but l like him better
even than | thought | should now I've
met him."
Later on, in the retirement of the
best spare bedroom, DR.. Cartwright
was communing with himself:
81 had an idea she'd be a nice girl,
and wasn't far out If I'd said an I'M
commonly nice girl, should have
been nearer the mark. Seems a sensi-
BILE girl, too, this one. | should say
her waist was quite twenty-five inches
and an appetite to match! And her
names May! Pretty name that
short and sweet"
At the same moment that the doc
tor was pursuing these reflections,
Ted Burritt was inserting the key
into the lock of the study door. Dur
ing all this time, he had allowed none
to enter the room except himself. 1t
seemed to him to be full of mysteri-
Gus associations, which no outside
influence should be allowed to dis
turb.
Nothing had been moved. His faith
ers chair, pushed back against the
wall, remained just as he had left it
on the last time he had entered the
room. The pen lay beside the blot
ting pad, and The dust had accumulat-
ed over everything. He placed the
lamp upon the table and drew up a
chair
Then he unlocked that same COM
partment, removed the bundles of pa
pers as before, touched the spring
which opened the secret recesses and
took from it the burnt letter.
Again he took sheet of paper and
a pen from the desk-he would not
use that other which lay beside him,
with the ink dried upon it-and be-
gan again to write and re-write the
words which he knew by heart:
Have not forgotten =. of twenty
years -. on receiving this letter 49,.
at once for Dover -. expect to reach
-. There is that between us which
-. not allow you to deny -. | ask
-. and many -. you alone can -. If
you refuse. shall -. that you -. as
the criminal -. of your youth -.
d."
After working at this for about half
an hour, without being able to add so
much as a single syllable to what he
had already deciphered, he threw
down his pen.
81 would give anything to be able
to discover the missing words, but it
is quite beyond the bounds of posi-
bility. And there Is no hope this time
of any intervention-any guiding in
iuence to direct me-to point out the
way-of any spirit voice to speak to
me and tell me-"
Taking up the sheet of paper again
on which he had been employed, he
saw, to his surprise, as he turned it
over, that it was the same on which
his father had written those words:
my dear" The letter which had
never been finished; 1t was strange
he had not observed this before,
Then he took up the pen which his
father must have last used, with the
traces of ink dried upon It, Should
he put 1t away carefully as a relic?
Or should it remain where it was a
little longer? He dropped it and gave
expression to something between a
yawn and a sigh. I'm uncommonly
sleepy" he said, "and yet | don't feel :,
in the least inclined to go to bed.
have sort of feeling as though
had to sit up for someone" He gave
a short laugh Suppose l turn in on
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