The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-04-18
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 -
pointed out to him that, after all,
my success was purely the result Of
accident. Had really been clever, I
should have instantly suspected what
that sudden seizure on the station
back to the scene and followed Mar
tigny--as / still called him in my
thoughts-to the hospital, on the chance
OF securing his first address Instead of
which IL chance had not befriended me-
I should have been as far as ever from
q solution OF the mystery trembled
to think upon what slender thread
my victory had hung.
But my chief would not listen: he
declared that q man must be Judged
by his achievements, and that he
Judged me by mine .a
Let us find out how our friend Is"
I said at last, so the hospital was called
up. We were informed that the pa
tient was stronger, but would not be
able to leave his bed for two or three
days. r-o-N -. - :. -
"The Jourdains may tell him OF INV
call" said. They'll suspect some
thing when don't return today--yet
they may walt for me a day or two
longer-they have my money--and one
day Is all I 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-
spiracy. anyway tomorrow I'll be
out Of reach"
Mr.. Graham nodded. ~,
'Yes-thatss plainly the r2 next step.
You must Follow them to France--but
where In France will you look for
them2 ! didn't think OF that before,
Why, the search is just beginning! I
thought 1t impossible to accomplish
what you have accomplished, but that
seems easy, now, beside this new prob
lem."
Yes" assented; still, II may not
be so hard as 1t looks. We must trv
to find out where the women have gone
and believe Rogers can help us. NV
theory is that they're from one of the
towns which the Holladays visited
when they were abroad, and Mr.. Holla-
day must have kept in touch with his
Office, more or less, during that time -
My chief sprang up and seized his
hat. ...
"The very thing!" he cried. There's
no luck about that bit of reasoning.
Mr.. Lester. Come, I'll go with you. y
Rogers had been carrying on the rou-
| tine work of the business since mis- 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. a,r o..
Yes he said, "Mr. Holiday kept
| in touch with the Office, OF course. Let
me see--what was the date?" Ia.. ..
LET us look for the first six months
of 1876" suggested. ..-
| He got down the file covering thai
period. and ran through the letters. o.
E"Yes, here they are,'' he said after a
moment. ''In January, he writes from
| Nice, where they seem to have re
mained during February and March
About the middle of April, they started
north--here's a letter dated Paris, Apri
1e-and from Paris they went to place
| called Etretat. They remained there
through May, June and July. ThiI
Is all the time covered by this file. Shal
/ get another?"
NO" 1 answered: "but I wish you't
i make an abstract OF Mr.. Holladay'i
| whereabout during the whole time h,
was abroad, and send 1t to our offlc,
not later than this afternoon"
VERY well. sir" he said, and we lef
the room. ~
"But why didn't you let him go far
ther?" asked Mr. Graham, as we wen
down In the elevator.
Because think I've found the place
i sir,s I answered. did you notice-th,
1 time they stayed at Etretat covers tn
period OF Miss Holidays birth, witt
which, I'm convinced, these peopl
were In some way concerned. We mrs
look up Etretat.