Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-11-15

ing the store. he took up his stand
near the sugar barrel. He had per-
ceived that In the pauses Of weighing
and tasting Dick talked: If he were
guided with suitable discretion. why
should he not talk of Wellgood?
He was guided, and he did talk and
to some effect--that Is, he gave infor-
Sweetwater. If in the past and in
New York he had been known as a
waiter-or should | say steward-he
was known here as a manufacturer of
patent medicine designed to rejuve-
nate the human race. He had not
been long in town and was somewhat
of a stranger yet. but he wouldn't be
so long. He was going to make things
hum, he was. Money for this, money
for that, a horse where another man
would walk, and mail-well, that alone
would make this pOstorfice worth
while Then the drugs-ordered by
wholesale. Those boxes over there
mandatory. Count them, some one,
and think of the bottles and bottles of
stuff they stand for. II it sells as he
says 1t will, then he will soon be rich,
and so on till Sweetwater brought the
garrulous Dick to standstill by ask
ing whether Wellgood had been away
for any purpose since he first came to
town. He received the reply that he
had just come home from New York,
where he had been for some articles
needed in his mandatory Sweet
water felt all his convictions confirmed
and ended the colloquy with the final
question:
"And where is his mandatory?
Might be worth visiting perhaps"
The other made n gesture. said some
thing about northwest and rushed to
help customer. Sweetwater took the
opportunity to slide away. More ex-
plicit directions could easily be got
elsewhere. and he felt anxious to re-
turn to Mr.. Grey and discover If pos
sible whether it would prove as much
matter of surprise to him as to
Sweetwatar himself that the man who
answered to the name of WellgoOd
was the owner Of mandatory and a
barrel or two Of drugs, out of which he
proposed to make compound that
would rob the doctors of their business
and make himself and this little vii
lage rich.
Sweetwater made only one stop on
his way to Mr.. Grey's hotel rooms, and
that was at the stables. Here he
learned whatever else there was to
know, and, armed with definite infor-
nation, he appeared before Mr.. Grey,
who, to his establishment, was dining
in his own room.
He had dismissed the waiter and
was rather brooding than eating. He
looked up eagerly, however. when
Sweetwater entered and asked what
news.
The detective, with some semblance
of respect. answered that he had seen
Wellgood, but that he had been un-
able to detain him or bring him within
his employers observation.
HE is patent medicine man." he
then explained. and manufactures his
own cOncoctions in Il house he has
rented here on lonely road some halt
mile out of town"
"Wellgood does-the man named
Wellgood?" Mr.. Grey exclaimed, witt
all the establishment the other secretly
expected.
Yes. Wellgood - James Wellgood
There is no other in town"
How long has this man been hereT
the statesman inquired after II mOmen
OF apparently great discontinue.
"Just twenty four hours this time
He was here once before, when h,
rented the house and made all hi
plans"
"Ah!"
Mr.. Grey rose preclpitately. Hi
manner had changed.
al must see him. What you tell m
makes it all the more necessary for IN
to see him. How can you bring
about?"
without his seeing your" Sweetwa
ter asked,
Eyes, yes; certainly without his see
ing me. Couldn't you rap him mp a
his ON door and hold him in talk