Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-04-19
CHAPTER XIII.
EN- VOYAGE.

Mr.. Graham's congratulations next
morning quite overwhelmed me.
Il never expected such complete and
speedy success, Mr.. Lester he said
warmly. You've done splendid work"
L pointed out to him that. after all,
my success was purely the result of
accident. Had l really been clever. /
should nave instantly suspected what
that sudden seizure on the station
platform meant, l should have hurried
back to the scene and followed Mar
tiSny-as / still called him in nv
thoughts-to the hospital, on the chance
or securing his first address. Instead of
which If chance had not befriended me,
l should have been as far as ever from
a solution of the mystery. / trembled
TO think upon what a slender thread
my victory had hung.
But my chief would not listen: he
declared that a man must be Judged
by his achievements, n that he
judged me by mine
Let us find out how our friend is"
| said at last, so the hospital was called
up. We were informed tina the pa
tient was stronger, but would not be
able to leave his bed for two or three
days.
The J~ourdains may tell him of my
call / said. They'll suspect some
thing when l don't return todav-yet
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longer-they have my money-and one
day is all / want. It's just possible
that they may keep silent altogether.
They've nothing to gain by speaking
its plain that they're not in the CON
spiraoy. Anyway, tomorrow I'll be
out of reach"
Mr.. Graham nodded.
~"Yes-that's plainly the next step.
You must follow them to France-but
where In France will you look for
them? / didn't think of that before.
why, the search is just beginning. L
thought it impossible to
what you have accomplished. but that
seems easy, now, beside this new prob
lem"
Yes" I assented: 'tstill. 1t NAV not
be so hard as it looks. We must try
TO find out where the women have gone
n believe Rogers can help us. NY
theory Is that they're from one of the
towns which the Holidays visited
when they were abroad, and Mr.. Holla-
day must have kept in touch with his
office, more or less, during that time"
Ny chief sprang up and seized his
hat.
THE very thing" he cried. There's
no luck about hat bit of reasoning
Mr.. Lester. Come, I'll go with you"
Rogers had been carrying on the rou-
tine work of the business since his en-
ployer's death, and was supervising the
settlement OF accounts, and the thou
sand and one details which must be
attended to before the business could
be closed up. We found him in the
private office, and stated our errand
without delay.
Yes he said, Mr.. Holiday kept
in touch with the office, of course. Let
me see-what was the date?"
Let us look for the first six months
Of 1876" / suggested.
He got down the file covering that
period, Inc ran through the letters.
Yes, here they are" he said after a
moment. I'm January, he writes from
Nice, where they seem to have re-
manned during February and March.
About the middle Of April, they started
north-here's a letter dated Paris, April
19-and from Paris they went to a place
called Etretat. They remained there
through May. June and July. This
is all the time covered by this file. Shall
/ get another"
NO" 1 answered: but I wish you'd
make an abstract of Mr.. Holidays
~whereabout during the whole time he
was abroad, and send II to our office
not later than this afternoon"
Very well. sir" he said. and we left
the room.
But why didn't you let him go far
ther?" asked Mr.. Graham, as we went
down In the elevator.
because / think I've found h place.
sir" 1 answered. Did you ~notice-the
time they stayed at Etretat covers the
period of Miss Holidays birth. with
which, I'm convinced, these people
were In some way concerned. We must
look UP Etretat.'