Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-04-18

" nave TOOIlS " lCl !
'Oh. yes. monsieur" she answered,
with an expansive grin. Step zis way"
We mounted "a dirty stair, and She
threw open the door with Il flourish
meant to be impressive.
'Zese are Re rooms, monsieur: zey
are YER fine"
1 looked around them with simulated
Interest, smothering my disgust us well
rs l could.
How long have they been %vacant?"
1 asked.
Since sily two days. monsieur; as
you see. zey are YER fine rooms
That settled it. If they had been va
interest in them. and with some ex-
cuse l made my way out glad to es-
cape from hat fetid atmosphere OF gar
lie and onions. SO l went from
house to house: stumbling over
dirty children: climbing grimy
crowded sweat : shops; peering
into all sorts of holes called rooms by
courtesy; inhaling a hundred stenches
III as many minutes: gaining AN in
sight that sickened me into the squalid
life of the quarter. Sometimes l began
to hope that at last I vas on the right
track: but further inquiry would prove
my mistake. So the morning passed
and the afternoon. l had covered two
blocks to no purpose and at least 1
turned eastward to Broadway. and
took a car downtown to the office. My
assistants had reported again-they
had met with no better success than
l. Mr.. Graham noticed my detected APP
%pearance, and spoke a word Of COM
fort.
II think you're on the right track.
Lester" he said. But you can't nope
to do much by yourself-it's too big a
job. Wouldn't 1t be better to employ
half a dozen private detectives and put
them under your supervision: You
could save yourself this nerve-trying
work. and at the same time get over
the ground much more rapidly. Be
sides experienced men may be able to
suggest something that you've over
looked"
had thought Of that had won
dered If l We're making the best pos
sihIe use of my OppOrtunities-and the
suggestion tempted me. But some thing
rose within me-pride. ambition, stub
-hornness.Mhat-y o willard I shook
my head. determined to hang on. Be
sides. / had still before me that battle
Of wits with M%artigny. and l was re-
solved tn make the most OF 1t.
Let me keep on by myself a day or
two longer. sir" l said. II believe I'll
succeed yet. If l don't there will still
be time to call in outside help. l fancy
I've made a beginning. and 1 want to.
see what comes OF It,"
He shook me kindly by the hand.
II like your grit he said approx
ingly. "and I've every confidence in
you--it wasn't lack of confidence that
prompted the suggestion. Only don't
oVerdo tine thing, and break down as
Royc has. He's better. by the way,
but the doctor says that he must take a
long vacation-a thorough rest
I'm glad he's better. I'll be careful"
Y r,ort, o,J 1oft tho 0(9ira
While / waited for Il car / bought a
from force of habit, more than any
thing: then. settling myself in a seat
still from force of habit turned to
the financial column and looked it yer
There was nothing of special interest
there. and I turned back to the general
news. glancing carelessly from item to
time Suddenly one caught my eye
which brought me up with a shock.
The item read:
Shortly after 10 o'clock this morning
a man ran up the steps OF the Court
landt street station of the Sixth av-
enue elevated. In the effort to catch
an uptown train just pulling out. and
dropped over on the platform with
heart disease. An ambulance was called
from the Hudson street hospital and
the man taken there. At noon 1t was
said he would recover. He was still
too weak to talk. but among other
things a card Of the Cafe Jourdain, 81
West Houston street. was found in his
pocketbook. An inquiry there developed
the fact that his name is Pierre Be-
thune, that he is recently from France.
ana has no relatives In his country
In a moment l was out Of the car.
and running westward to the elevated.
I felt that ! held in M hand the adj
dress l needed.