The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-08-03

h' h'NNh w iiNAA ANt y hNtti .-NtA llAi
he had found what be wished and In
stalled The Engishman IN lis room
did he venture to oppu the precious
memorandum and read the name he
had been speculatiug over for an hour.
1t was not the one Be bad anticipated.
Dut 1t came near TO Il. IT was tnat 0f
James Wellgood
Satisfied now That he had tlcklish
matter 10 handle. he prepared for It,
with his usual enthusiasm and clrcum-
spection.
sauntering opt into the street he
strolled first toward the postohicc. The
train on which he had just come had
been a mail train, and he calculated
that he would find half the town there.
His calculation was correct one
Tho store was, crowded With people.
Taking his place in the line drawn up
before shc I,0stuiiice window, he await
ed his turn, and when it came shouted
out the name which was his one tails.
man-James welgood.
The man behlnd the boxes was used
&c the name and reached out hand
toward box unusually well stacked,
but stopped halfway there and gave
Sweetwater a sharp look.
"who are your he asked.
"a stranger" that young man put IN
voluoly Cooking for James Wellgood.
/ thought perhaps you could tell me
where to flnd him see that his let.
ters pass through this office"
you're taking up another mans
time" complained the postmaster. He
probably alluded to the man whose ell
bow Sweetwater felt boring into his.
back ASK Dick over there; he knows
him.
The detective was glad enough TO es-
cape and ask Dick. But he was bettnr
pleased yet when Dick. fellow with
squint whose hand was always M
the sugar, told him that Mr. Welgool
would probably be IN for his :aail IN
few minutes. ''That Is his buggy
standing before the drug store or the
opposite side Of the way"
SO. he had netted Jones quondam
waiter at the first castl Lucky was
what he said to himself. "stilI luckyr'
Sauntering to the door. he watched
for the owner OF that buggy lie had
learned. as such fellows 90, that there
was secret hue and cry after this
very man by the New York police;
that he was supposed by some to be
Sears himself In this way he would
soon be looking upon the very man
whose steps he had followed through
the Fairbrother house q few nights be-
fore and through whose resolute ac-
tion he had very nearly run the risk
Of lingering death from starvation.
"A dangerous customer thought he
81 wonder il my instinct will go 50
far as to make me recognize his pres
encc. | shouldn't wonder. It has
served me almost as well as that many
times before"
1t appeared to serve him now for
whom the man finally showed himself
on the crosswalk separating the two
buildings he experienced a sudden In
decision not unlike that Of dread. and,
there being nothing in the mans ap-
nenrnnea So Warrant annrehaps sian he
took 1t for the instructive recognition
1t undoubtedly was.
He therefore watched him narrowly
and succeeded in getting one glance
from his eye. II was enough. The
man was commonplace commonplace
i'm feature, dress and manner; but his
eye gave him away. There was moth
ing commonplace In that. 1t was an
eye to beware Of
He had taken In Swaetwater as he
passed, but Sweetwater was of a com
monpIace type. too. and woke no cor
responding dread In the others mind.
for he went whistling into the store,
from which he presently reissued with
a bundle Of mail In his hand The
detectives first instinct was TO take
him into custody as suspect much
wanted by the New York police; bui
reason assured him that he not only
had nc warrant for this but that he
would better serve the ends of justice
by following out his present task of
bringing this man and the Englishman
together and watching the result But
how, with the conditions laid on him
| by Mr.. Grey, WAS this to be dOnef He
knew nothing Of the mans circum-
stances or Of hts position in the town
How. then. go TO work 10 secure his
cooperation in a scheme possibly as
mysterious TO him as 1t was 10 him
selff He could stop this stranger IN
midstreet with some plausible excuse
but it did not follow that he would
succeed in Turing him to the hote
where Mr.. Grey could see him. Well
good. or as he believed. Sears. knew
too much OF life = be beguiled by any
open claptrap and Sweetwater wat
obliged % see him drive on withou
having made the least advance ia thi
purpose engrossing him.
Bat that was nothing. Tie had al
the evening before him and, re-enter
Ing the store. be took up his stanG
near the sugar barrel lie had per
eeiyed thaf IN the pausss Of weighing
and ths.shg Dick talked; If he weA
guided with suitable discretion. VIII
skcdld he not talk of Wellgoodg