Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-12-26

II, vas that had saved ne
/ had the ca,oer loose-I turned 1T
back. and thcra they ,av. tina, little
roll of CLIPPINGS lust AS they had haen
take, from no~ckothook
They Wcr. tn non MS the whole STORY
we could NOT again he led astrav. 7
was quite calm again. | picked Them
up carefully and laid them on my desk.
Then l washed my hands and filled nv
pipe. There was a certain exquisite
them. in tantal,zing myself, in defer
ring Toy ~ moment or two the revelation
which was to come.
But ut l3s; ! sat down and spread
them out os the desk before me. There
were twelve Of them. some only n few
lines in lcnth. others OF half a column.
OF ona there were four copies. but of
ta:tered and stained from long carry
ing: some were in English md some
We're IN French. and they were dated
from places as far apart as Dieppe.
New York ana Sydney.
piled Them carefully beside me and
started hopefully on the task OF do
cipering them-of riecing together the
Their | proceeded, the more my spirits
fell. for they told no story. they seemed
to have no relation to each other-no
common thread. Apparently they had
been gathered aInlessly at haphazard
to satisfy the within Of the moment
q bank robbery. a third an escape from
prison. n fourth was merely 4 marriage
notice: n fifth told Of a row in a sailors
owe. and so on down the list. They
were about different people-friends OF
Thompson's. perhaps. none or tha,n
had any connection with Tremaine:
they told no story. furnished no clew.
Shn1 nnf n NJ az 1i~h% ~, H. $1,000
te3y-they were absolutely worthless.
laid them down in DESPAIR. Yet if
they were worthless. WHY had Miss
Croydon taken them? Why had IRE
maine so,igh, for themo Were they
mistaken. 100. Had they imagined The
clin,trro toIa 49,, .h;ah ~ 80
they did not ,ell? Eut pernans thew
ala tom ~. 49, - pe'i"pS ny
it. They must have some connec,ion
ra'nnn e"' why Shouio l ioe
/ ran throueh them fe,e.isb,y ,s,,n
but with no better result. Al last I
aid ttcn, ,aown ana tnol. mn No lin.
r ,,s 49, ,n' "i.u .ooh up my pipe.
than mine II GnafyeH Ne wara ' nniu
here.
4 heard q stem coma down tho ,,.,,
sion at nv ,5oo,. Snn,.nn" anokaS '
+ hastily stutfsi ,be clinninp M'' ;n,o NV
nockat ,nd n,anaa ~ IS ~
WAS NOT Trpnl1 inc yvhn c4nnl t1n,a 20
va Godfrey VIM s.o'o 'eie-i.
..YNell- of al; .bines,, +, or;ed .r ,..
inst WISHING for vSu 800 ~, WIS
With that ou,et sn,i,o or bic ha
stepped over me Threshold 49, "0
nav n nrohi ~ mean you We got some
"s saia shiil-
r. have. the w,rst .e4.
as tho co,,ptan,noa iislleei Iuie
first rive me vorr ea. tne npnil I'm oue
They We've drinn,n eo' I'LL; tho NAT.
the firsf time + he, I'd ~. 49,, nnu
savagely against the windnms oea'-
II happened to he across the straa+
I Thought IA RIM ous. ~ aiu aio
moment" ~ 'o" q
When did Won got hoo,, frau w..
ingtcn?" JOIN 'io' "as"-
Just this evening. and rva not =.
put in tomorrow at Roston 81
o
/ handed Kim o c,p,r On, tool,
myself. ] confess that tho 49,, opA , u1e
which 1 lighted it l', was ."e n maecn mh with
wholly
sympathy with INV v excitsn,en smiling IN
the great discovery? some news WAL fro,s
the house partva" 9o'ie news from
NO: I haven.s hoard
he ho~,sanartyr Ae"1o q "oro IRON
what is it, them Or. witt, e..
Godfrey" cried c nv WIN III, IT., ..
and l unged NV hand ;nto
my pocket and drew them forth.
He was IL of his seat In an instant
THE clippings! Not the ones'~
THE very ones." l nodded tr,,,nrh-
antly.
Let me see them: but wait" and he
held himself hack ..r "a anu ne
me. Lester-I wasn't ey oe
such a bomb. This is great luck Whers
did you find them?" Ao
1 told him Of Higgins. ch,ro. ..,.
that had put me on the track ana IN
he same breath related what Ceo,i,,
had told me OF Tremaine and his an
with his zombi. g."
Good boy!'' Godfrey commended
I had 6n;ched