Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-25

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ne stepped "a ths. door and unlocked and
Sofnse IN n his Is h ne ala rushed 81; ai into S eSs soo re.
Hello! WSss's ts snSs!'f he sa saciaim s as
Sirl and % the preacher; .whsSe:@". and
glantSn. VIZ q smile; what Is thss cause
yonders had made away with you. Old
'e" "%n;a you we We're sep going to make away
We'll would have done the best !
that this was true. Blake was. a true
friend. and one whom 1t was safe to de-
Blanton; II. have some work to do, and
shall be glad Of your help" ..o..
NO; we will leave them here for the
With usg And YOU. Reverend Fitsseraidv"
The preacher bowed, and walked out OF
the room without a word. and Miss Wealth
f fairy i Bake, h Followed. oee Then lnt Harry wen ne
and Blanton followed. closing and locking
to the iirst floor, and to the ,parlor, where
the detective. told Miss Weatherby and his
'f, "i wish Isl H to show aSy this this gentleman OUT he
said. indicating the preacher. He went to
the door. and after holding a congregation
opened the door and let him out. What
he said to the preacher he never told any
one but he must have raked the mar over
subdued and somewhat frightened look on
Reverend Fitzgerald's face when he took
Blanton FASTENED back to the parlor. and
asked Miss Weatherby II she knew where
he would. find a certain man servant, and
and himself in the other evening. when
they went there in response to the decoy
"Oh, tina must be Johnson" said the
young lady; 'he quit and went away this
Good" said the detectives; II am glad
Harry Blake and Miss weatherby looked
at the detective inquiringly, but he did not
Mordaunt and Sawyer. mr.. Bianton?' the
III you have no objections, ! will leave
for a day or two longer, Miss weatherby."
II do not object: but who will feed
then?"..
Very well: but can you hold them. Mr..
Blanton? Have they committed 2 crime In
ho !!nR y me a n RSris9nIor IS Is t asr,ai diS9, an Of.
Tense that the law will take cognizance
Of. Then, too. M%ordaunt was trying to
II am glad to hear that the law can
take hold upon him" said the young wo-
man; 6nt she ana not seem to be very en-
After some further conversation. In which
the young woman told how she had been
in the cellar, Mordaunt and sawyer having
done the work: and how the former had
tried to get her to promise to marry MN
Young lady goodnight and took their de-
Instead OF leaving the grounds. however,
Blanton led the way around to the rear
of the mansion, and entered by way of the
same window through which he had en-
tered before. Blake, wondering what 1t
meant, followed.
fellow" ne asked; why have we emerged
from the front door. only to go around and
climb in through "a rear window"
Harry was the quiet reply.
Of his dark lantern. occasionally. more for
the beneft OF his companion. than for his
own; ,d for a h WAS m fnm,iiar ~ With ma ths way s,oDr
halls and climbing of stairs the two were
in the old wing. and on the second floor.
Of a door. underneath which shone a streak
Of light; and a spear OF light came through
ne ksyhoie as well; Taking MS b bunch Gsn
II did not work, so he tried another:
did the work. and turning the knob, Blan-
sn f. sssssS II; suis ss%1 sHSSs.h, ,se ss s;,sxsss..
he pushed the door to and shot the bolt.
Then he turned and faced the inmate OF
side. staring at the intruders In amaze
ment.
framed, and was doubtless q naturally
s'sS%f c %a"i DsaEi sssse had put svl %s g S0 ses