Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-07-04

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chapel or the lecture room In ones pri-
vate automobile.
MIR. Brandon was comforting with his
fellow members of Il committee on sports.
and the others listened to him with a de-
ference which disappointed me until l dis
covered that 1t was due to his great knowl-
edge of the subject and not to any less
worthy consideration. A fine official of
the games was old Sam Brandon, and
under his eye the best man had to win.
i discovered presently that he had a
great affection for Tom Mason. and as
they stood together t~hcre-ideal figures Of
American youth and age-suddenly the
whole truth leaped into my mind. Here
was the man whom Mr.. Brandon had
chosen in his own heart. I understood in
Il fash Toms letter to me. which had
been a cry Of anguish for the ear of u
friend. the cry of a man crossed In love.
Then there arose in me the desire that
l feel too seldom and can never summon
at will the desire to do a tremendous
amount of work in the shortest possible
time. EoundIess confidence always ac-
companies this impulse and II clearness OF
thought which 1 vainly seek 1864 days in the
year. l excused myself to Tom and Mr..
Brandon. and for the remainder of that
afternoon I was the busiest man in the
state of Illinois
/; Shortly before S o'clock. having had no
dinner meanwhile. though apparently 1t
was being served ali over the place, l
hunted up MIR. Brandon. who was super
vising the arrangements for the display
Of fireworks, which was to begin at 9.
found Tom also, and we had a serious
talk. To sum up the matter In the brief
est form. let me say hat l laid before
them evidence to support these allega-
tons:
On the morning when the check swindle
was perpetrated at the bank Lord Colewyn
and Bitters had started from the Stanch-
field hotel on foot for the Brandon resi-
dence. They had proceeded to a certain
place beside the wall surrounding the
grounds and had climbed over. There they
had found another man waiting In some
~shrubbery, where the ground had fortu-
nately been in AT excellent condition 10
receive and preserve footprints. The man
whom they had met had been dressed and
made up in imitation of Bitters. who after
Il brief conference had again climbed the
wall. Lord Colewyn and the other man
had then skirted the wal on the inside
until they had come to n path, by which
they had approached the house.
Inc doubleo of Eitters had stopped at Il
small sumner house on the edge of the
lawn in plain view from the veranda and
had remained there an hour or more, while
Lord Cnlewvn with Miss Pr, ndon-.nd
her mo,her for a mart OF the tin,e-had
SAT- q tho veranda puripp This ,oriod
Lord Coiewyn had frequently directed at
tention to "Bitters" seated in the sum
mer house. Finally (and doubtless upon a
signa) he had sent Il servant to summon
Bitters. and the real Bit,ers had respond
ed. coming up to the veranda. where OF
course he Rad been Enthusiastically recog-
nized by Mrs. Brandon and her daughter
the latter of whom was able to declare
from the depths of honest conviction that
he had not been out of her sight.
Ye, the fact was tina, Bitters had beer
to town and had cashed the check. creep.
ing secretly into the arbor afterward In a
way which | was able to point out and
even in part to trace by actual markings
thus taking the place of his double. who
who then crept out as Bitters had come
in, returned to town. packed up his be
longings in the hotel and fled.
The resemblance of the double to Bitters
had been strong enough to permit of this
deception at the distance of the arbo,
from the yeranda. but would not have SUI.
feed for the fraud at the bank.
Whom Mr. pr,naon had hoard INV .tor,