The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-03-14

u 90 treat you All nikc.
But didn't Godfrey get IL out OF
you
Godfrey" repeated. Get 1t GU,
OF me-"
lie stared at me I'm establishment.
do you mean 90 toll me. Mr.. Lss-
| ter" he questioned. that you haven't
been spending the evening with Jim
Godfrey. of tho Record"
Then In Hash, ! Understood. and M
! looked nj the rueful faces OF the men
gathered about me. l laughed until the
tears came.
$50 & was you" gaSpcd. who
chased us up broadway"
He nodded.
Yes: bu; our horses weren't good
enough. Where did he take you
To tn. Studio--Sixth avenue
"Of coursei" he cried slappiug his
leg We might have known. Boys.
we'd better go back to Podunk."
Well. at least. Mr. Lester" spoke up
another. YOU oughtn't to give Godfrey
scoop"
but I didn't give him n scoop. I
didn: even know who he was
Didn't you tell him what was I'm the
nota-'
mo, a word OF TT told him only
one thing"
And what was that?"
That the person who wrote the note
blind. You are welcome to that state
| rlcnt, too. You see. I'm treating you all
alike"
They stood about me staring down a,
mc. silent with establishment.
But" I added. Il think Godfrey
suspects what was In the note"
Why"
well. his theory ITS 1T pretty close
ly."
His theory! What Is his theory. MT
Lester"
"oh. come" / laughed. That's tell
ing. It's a good theory. too
They looked at each other. and. /
fancied. CRASHED their teeth
He seems "A pretty clever fellow"
added. just to pile up the agony. Il
fancy you'll say NJ. too. when you see
/ his theory I'm tomorrow's paper"
Clever" cried Rankin. why. he's
a very fiend Of clcvcrncss when II
comes To n ease of this kind. Were not
| Ia the same class with him, He's "a
nancy fellow-just the Record kind.
You're sure you didn't tell him any
thing else. Mr.. Lester" he added
anxiously. "Godfrcy's capable or get
| ting "A story out OF "A fence post"
mo. I'm quite sure | didn't tell him
anything else. I only listened To his
theory with great interest"
And nssented TO IT."
II said I thought u plausible"
An electric shock seemed to run
around the room.
That's a." cried Rankin. That's
what he waited. Now. II isn't his
theory any more. It's yours. Oh. I
can see his headlines! Won't you tell
| us what ~ was 80
| I looked up ut him.
Now. frankly. Mr.. Rankin asked.
/ If you were Ia my place. would you
| tell"
lie hesitGtcd for moment. and then
/ held out his hand.
| No" he said. as took g. II
/ shouldn't, shake hands, sir: you're nll
right. Come on, boys, We might as well
/ be going
They illcd out after him and heard
| them - singing up tn. street. Then
! ! sank back into my chair and thought
| again of Godfrcy's theory: IL seemed
To- III tho case precisely. point by point
/ a-rvcn-and | started at the thought
jo Miss Holidays r"t,ccncc ~
70 her whereabouts the afternoon
bcfu,e. int whole mystery lay plain
/ before me. In some way she had dis
| covered the existence of her half-Hister.
had secured her address. she had gone
to visit her and had found her away
| from home-it was proba ble. even, that
\ the half sister had written her. asking
| her To comc--though. In that case. why
/ had she not remained at home 10 re-
| ceive her; Al any rate Miss Holladay
had awaited her return. had noticed
her agitation: had. perhaps. even seen
certain marks OF blood upon her. The
news OF her fathers death had point ed
| all too clearly to what that agitation
/ and those blood-spots meant. She had
/ remained silent that she might not he
/ snirch her fathers name. and also per-
/ hnps that she might protect tn. other
woman. ] felt that I held Ia my hand
! the key To the whole problem.
Point by point-but what snnri u
/ was That there would be a vigorous
search for the other woman I could
not doubt. but she had a long start and
should easily escape. Yet. perhaps she
had not Startpd-shc must have re-
/ manned Ia town. else how could that
! note have been sent to uST She had
remained. then-hut why? That she
should feel any affection for Frances
| Holiday seemed absurd, and yet how
els. explain the note?
| I felt that Was getting tangled up
| iu the snarl again--there seemed no
| limit to Its intricaCies so. Ia very de-
/ spair. ! put the matter down from me
ms completely as | could and went to
bed.
The mornings Record attested the
truth OF Rankin's prophecy. had
/
had. In "A measure. made me responsible
| for his theory. describing me with a
| wealth Of adjectives which blush To
remember. and which I have. even yet.
not quite forgiven him. I smiled as
| read the first lines:
| "A Record representative had the
pleasure. yesterday evening. OF dining
/ with Mr.. Warwick Lester. the brilliant
/ young attorney who achieved such n
| remarkable victory before Coroner
| Goldberg yesterday afternoon. IN the
| hearing of the Holladay case, and. OF
| course. took occasion To discuss with
him the latest developments OF this ex-
/ traordinary crime. Mr.. Lester agreed
| with the Record in theory which IN
! the only one that fits the facts of the
I ease. aud completely aud satisfactorily
| explains all it's qualifications"
The theory was then developed Mt
great length and the article concluded
| with the statement that the Record
was assisting the police Ia a strenuous
! cndcavor To find the guilty woman.
Now that the police knew In which
quarter To spread their net. I had little
doubt that she would soon be found.
since she had tempted providence by
remaining I'm town.
Mr.. Graham and MIR. Royce were
looking through the Record article.
| when reached the Office and explained