Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-03-14

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would mol want known Anything
Witch lniat. oo considered or dis
sissce',l' Y"u will pardon my ques-
tons. Mn. stanton" said Cheney. not
inS tn" mans RISING color Il do rot
mean 10 be personal OF inquisitivr. Out
IT is essential ilIat / know All want
=" hefp You. nov help me d" il
stanton had risen. bat again seat",!
himself ;ina replied
Wet. colonel. / ann no beticr ard
l." worse than most young Ircn.
W. educated ut Yair college. my ia
Their gave IN. a liberal allowances and
- fair crop of Wild oats. bul
to-" was nothing d~i>gracrful. Their"
We're No cntanglemruts. After |
Lett college I m h"ic. went lin bust
ness Win father. Last year. as | said.
! WIS married That's all"
"Y"u know Of no one who would
.,,,V- any motive in iniuring YOU"
so. ~ii. not = living soul"
"it'Nr ynu any of the letters with
only lw". the rest I destroyed" re-
l.li'd stanton, banding over the let
terS. Cheney placed thoin in a desk
diaMsr and said:
DO sou keep "a butler. Mr.. S~tantonH'
Il did &,cp one. al, he lcil yes'rr-
dly and ! haven't as yet secured an
Other one"
THAT is indccd fortunate. III send
you . young nan today. Hire him.
trust him Implicitly. and 3" about
your business rs If nothing had hap
pcncd. Your butler viii look after
the .n;il coming To your house. and
be assured no undesirable letter Will
reach Mrs. stanton. Thc ease does
not look easy, but l think perhaps |
can hela YOU. one thing: Not II
word of this To anyone. and As soon
as Your friends give YOU amy more
letters bring them tn me. Good morn
INK. Mt. stanton
AS 500 as Stanton had cone cheney
sent for Sid Guthrie II explained the
case 10 MIN.
Where do | come in. %C'heney"' asked
Guthric when he had finished.
You're s;tanton's new butler. You
go ON there and keep "A watch ON the
Incoming mail. Keep Mrs. Stanton
from getting undesirable letters. Any
that are addressed as these are give
to Stanton and let me know ii as soon
as possible. You're great on lunches
remember the n YOU had in Smed-
%'paymastrr case" Get some more on
This mai business. You sabe""
Sure thing. I'm on all right. Blu
this butler business does not appeal
20 ne. lf | spill hot soup down Stan
toms back on wine on his wifc's dress
cont blamo me" and with a laugh
he was gone. taking Win him II card
OF introduction to Stanton.
Cheney studied the two letters care
fully. He recognized The paper from
which the words were cut as the Demo-
| crat from the print and they We're
both sent from !: substation out on
Washington avenu There Was moth
ing obscene in their contents. but they
hrcathcd II vengeance and covertly in
timatca that the writer. or more prop
eriy ''paster." was after stanton with
Il sharp stick. Handwriting or type
writing might have given a clew. but
the paper pasted letter did not. Ordi-
nary scratch ape mad been used and
the envelope was plain white. There
was not even Il water mark.
'ruzziEg." unused Cheney. land
tanned ingeniously done. but the per-
son doing it must have had lots OF
iiirr. To cut Il ape and paste six
OF these letters in one day WAS not a
snail Job" Cheney determined To wait
fov developments and mt the same time
find out what he could about Stanton.
Guthrie was duly installed rs butler
IN the stanton home and made iaily
report, TO Cheney. Soothing untowarl
happened. M. and Mrs. Stanton
t" 't's'-i ~ 8. NHAit. H'''i'
ION was IN %3cso;ion 10 bis wife
aNl sac - him. she MAS nervous and
high strung 10 y degree and her con-
'itinn w;t; such that ANY undue excite
a}",,t ra;gh! kin her. Chm"g's inNcs-
t~isatino of sitlrton MRS not profile of
any inform alton and Colonel Jack was
npn plus,ed.
word from Guthrie. Another pasted
ielter threatening i'm character had ar
lived. simultaneously wi,h this news
caIe stanton and in his hand he held
seven letters. N that had conc To mis-
h"uss au.i six that he had secured from
his FRIENDS. stanton WAS worked up tc
i high deSre of excitement.
Here's II buncn OF them. Colonel
Cheney. My Col, isn't there some
Way o. stopping This avalanche OF
threats".'
Leave them here" said Cheney
quietly. and come here On your way
horne from your office this evening
Then | may know something"
Chei:ey now had nine letters. al
siinilar. all threatening. a threat is
never made except for Il reason
blackmail or revenge There was
nothing 10 Warrant a belief in black.
mai! because there WAS no request fol-
money. Who. who could want re.
Nerge on Stanton. n for what?
Stanton came back about I O'Clock
Cheney had 81 long talk with him ant
during the conversation drew from hin
the fact that prior to his marriage t,
Mrs. Stanton he had been neage Il
a young lady living in Sedalia.
. This lady's name was what" asked
Cheney
"Grace I;llerton."
I'm. yes. And was she much i,
love with you. Mr.. Stanton:"
i, We'll. now. Colonel Cheney. that
, er-is a leading question. Yes. | sup