Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-10-05
THE MARATHON MYSTERY
A STORY OF MANHATTAN
STEVENSON
Author 1.-THE Holiday Cadets 6sscony,'

. t'hN4' - A'NAalAAbAar 1 GSt 9VA aAt SNcbA Ait
me. Isn't II fearful night?
Indeed II is, I agreed. i had quite
a time getting here.
You came to see Grace she asked.
with glance over her shoulder down
INTO the street.
Yes, said; she's expecting me.
We sent up my card I told my man
not TO wait, l added, thinking 1t was
FOR that She had looked out OF the win
dow. It's too bad a night TO keep either
man or beast outdoors He's TO come
back a. III dare say Grace viii put
up with me till then
She hesitated an instant, looking at
me IN a way did not understand. Just
then the maid came to the door. but
seeing me with Mrs. Delroy. went away
again
fear shel! not be able 70 see you
tonight Mr., Lrygdale she said, az last
She's not been feeling weu since din
ner. She's lying down now. and I
think she's asleep,
Oh, wen, then I said, 7 won't dis
turn ner It nothing serious, ! hope 2
NoI ~ an merely little lndispo-
a'..D-' '"aH 'et you our
neie WaS something IN the last
W. ~ " ntSte 700 Ih4eh easeFhess,
~, ~ . i'' p W"Ieh arrested my attention
- Nl1'" a"1.o Ihe MTS. leroy TOT
80 Nto"' HoHLIFy' she usually me
9"ZIls't' btHlIesl, most hoSpllaole
woman IA tne "orId-tne very last per
aol' Nuo "ouIa lhi!lN OF cnaslhg man
~ 49, " Hl"IiH' aoi I KNOW why y
W aa, ~ Sotarao" Jhe thouEht haSheo
~ ~ US = ny Asa4 Ilal sie was aeceiF-
..@ '"g, 1"1e s-.e "tsn telIns the
~ ~ u,4, l,'@l sl.E Ms-"lsu 70 seI t.a 81 me
~ Toa,, a. a., s,t -, osIIil''cy III nae
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CrovGon NAV gar battar arter . ,g5j1a
IA 80, -. - -. 'i'1N' q "Nl'S
ms 49,, s,,r,I- - b,, .,,-f.
asty
,'Tm afraid NOT rs n narvors
headache YOU see. II win last ain night
probably.
" Is She subject to nervous head.
aChasg' asked nlavfna for ffroe .Trn
sorry to hear that She doesn't i'm the
least look IT,
a.0h NO she srsue~ad or1frLr1,.
she's not IN an subject 10 theT1 NM
occasionally when she's oyervgorlxed
herself
,.7-na ga,,tarc. +rsus5 oss int ,o,L
fngness 7 ssvg that She v9sn'r tbirlrina,
of vyhar she was ea wing and y-har, she
glanced down into the street again
began 10 prf an inI,Iine- Of +hG real
state of "a fairs was q IirrTa ashamed
of the part was pIaving. but deter
mined 10 brazea il ont. II Miss Grow
had AL lone 4 ntVhf like
This had a right to know N yybv
shrll5 She make a mystery Of iro what
WIS tnsra in her erra0d thar needed -n
be- corcaaled from rne2
Mrs Delrov was looking al me any
folgsIv. Finally She nook fha buII bv
the horns.
.s.T r.s5r, r,,rz+ ba s,ry,., ,,,,gt,i- b.,
she said ,You'u excuse me2'
" Certainly is Mr.. DeIroy here?
No he's out of town today. and
she made another movement toward
the door
II didn't see how I was going to hang
on any longer without being absolutely
rude. | gave 1t up in despair After an
[ could wait outside the house Then
suddenly / realized I was acting like
a cad--I mad no right to play the spy
but there was something back Of it all
some mystery--Which worried and
puzzled ne. but perhaps II was only
my Iancy-Why shoutd MRS DelFoy de-
ceiye ms. ! was paying the TOOL
hao no IISAI 70 su'pgC''
And just then, Godfrey, as glanced
out or the window l sa" CAP dasn ap
to the house and a woman get out Of
II. | knew her on the instant, ana
shouldnt care 10 90 through another
suCh moment OF DOUBT ana suspicion
and agony. For u was worse than
had thouShl. 9he Haa 1ioI usSu AeI
sisters carriage- then at least, she
would have been in the care OF trust
cd coachn1an-she aad hlred cab
Yes said Godfrey aryly me Del
roy carriage would have oeen too con-
spicuous besides, she wanted 70 keep
hcr errand a secret, even from the ser
wants
"Do you mean"
.r-, r,,+te, oo ahead u-{,b your
T,,.,,eglIIa r,as sbaisi7p convuIsiveIv
r,'t X rl,n,gad M ,,o on
....-.
AS SAID, ! saw "a a cap drive up ana
a woman sel ou5. 9he ran w 1Lle sl'Ds, ...1'
lh@ Gpot opened ana MISS roy GoH
came INTO me room. ENtIi III lAe uill'
lLShJ' cou!d se no" "hiIe heI lace
Vas
. Grace cried Mrs. DelrOy. stepping
forward at sight Of her. Grace"
Miss Croydon turned 70 her ana held
out her arms.
/" Yes rye seen him. Edith. she said
in a voice that / shall never forget I
shouI4 have taken your advice. | should
not have zone.
:" .You e6aIl not go again. dear,'
IN a@reed the other not agafnn
There was Something in her tone
that canght her sisters ear
. .yyybaf fe a. Crsra9, she demanded
GerceIv Tell met
.'Tt,s worse man either W MS thought
he's dead F5itb,1
Drvs,laia na11sad q rnonent His voice
was shakinr so that he could not 20
on RE v-iped his forehead mechanic
allv vim frenobIinp hand
"C,odfrev he said at last, II tell
Won nv ou,, heart stood stfu at those
words. uttered in such a tone-there
was no u1istaking her rneaning-and 1t
US a rnoyna,,t before could see clearly
enough to discern Mrs. Delroys look
Of horror as she stared up at her SIS
ter
Not thett' she cried. Not on your
hands, oh. why did you go? Why did
vau 20? What have you done?'
she swayed clutched blindly at the
air. and would have fallen had not her
sister caught her Ia her arms That
brought my senses back. and 1 sprang
out from the shadow of the curtains.
Let me help you, Grace, / said as
calmly as I could.
"she turned upon me face dead