Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-10-19

linen trousers. ROW
Godfrey nodded with drawn orows
Whats thlae de asked saddenAs
holding Ip swart object shaped Ike
clam-snell snd l1lving ia thc same
way along The SHARP edge
Z don Eno@ A auri0 picSee M
sea somewhere perhaps nave
theory that Thompson 2as sailor
'Vhyo"
Welt he 8ag tp he first gl-ce-oniy
"a sailor would earry lis Ciu'hes hat
way Then put your head down q
and, 1nuer the obacco yoHi smell the
salt
Godfrey nined and nodded agaja.
Then he gut out his kuir~,
Let's take q look t The inside Of
Hr IhompaaHs aurio he aAid, and
Inserted he blade
A lwist ana the sides Inclosed. @isn-
monds snr1m0 back with 20 sharp arv
~ surprise as he saw what lay Within.
and even Godfrey heart gave sud
den leap.
For there. eouee thrice por taeif
lay . ittle tiper Tlfh snomous. frI-
angular head
Then. "a an instant Godfrey smiled
~its not alive He said Don YOU
see its SOME marvellous Kind ~ uut
Sium0nds approached cautiously and
took another look
"A Hut2" he repeated. a mt tFpll'
that beats GC
And Nel might FOR % every detail
the form Nas perfect godfrey 3oked
at III Wusingiy
This may give Us "A elav he said
- shouldnt Imagine "a uut IKE this
grows ia many parts ~ The world.
Though ~ eouTse saiior might pick
N up auywhcre from another sailor ln
- siop-sh0p even here .n New York
perhaps.
He closed the she'll together again
aud placed is n The DaE. sCUninE he
rest 80 he clothing in after
Thompson had so very exalted idea
~ eleaniinegs he remarked FIis
clothing needs visit 10 the laundry.
And fhis IS all2
Yes ned rented bis flrniture from
4 store down ne etreet RE had to pay
flis rent u advance because be had so
httle baggage That receipts the only
thing thars Eot his name on t-0h.
ves there's q letter tatt1oed on his left
8rm out its not TITS a j
which gues D show mat his name
wasn't Thompson thnE you're right
Snlmoncs l putting him down as
sailor + bouaht 10 last aignt-iu fact
4 We already gOt two men making "a
tour of the docks rYing TO ind some
hody who Knew I'm.
Have you said simm0nds smi-
ittHs ttftNN ttfhE AfAa -aNai p > tEtAtNa
er curions hing. hough about she
clothing he had on
What s that
Some ~ t7 marked with one altial
some with auoaher Not one place is
marked with his.
THAT Is queer commented cod
frey bur it isn bali SO queer as
another thing. why should o sailor q
drunkard withouJ a decent suit pf
clothes rent an apartment that costs
him forty dollars month, when he
could get a room for a dollar q week
down on The Rowery, MS natural
stamping ground9r
Simmonds nodded helplessly
That's so he said
Unless added Godfrey. he thou2ht
he had 10 have some such place to
work from. He could hardly have
asked Miss Crovdon TO meet him ia a
Bowery lodging house.
No agreed Sfmmonds but ne
needn't have blown in forty dollars
either. I8e could Al got nice room
most anywhere uptown for five a
week.
A tap AT The door interrupted him.
Come In he called.
The door opened and the coroner's
clerk entered
Mr. Goldberg sent the exhibits back
TO YOU he said holding out "A parcel
10 Simmonds.
sfnmouds opened it and took out "a
pocket-pook pipe. knife, and some
All rgnt he said. aud signed ge-
ceipt
Godfrey waited until the door closed
then he rose and came over 70 Sim
monds's side
There's something here that might
help us he said picking up the
. pocket-boos Those clippings why.
they're nor herel
Simmonds smiled drily
That's another thing ! wanted to tell
YOU. The clippings have been re-
moved
Removed by Nhom9''
rhats q question They were re-
moved some time between the moment
we looked 4 taen and the moment the
coroner took charge
Godfrey stared a. him with startled
eyes
'You remember. sirnmoudS con-
tinued that after we looked at the
pocketbook. j put Il baek ia Thomp-
sons pocket
'Yes~f saw you 40 that
We then went into the bedroom. and
had look around leaving the body
alone
With Miss Croydon said Godfrey.
completing the sentence
Precisely. Goldberg arrived min
ute or two later Then he and I
searched the body again. When he
opened the Docketbook there was moth
ing in Il except the rent receipt
Godfrey sat down again I'M HIS chair.
The inference was obvious irresistible.
The clippings had been removed by
Miss Croydon they were the napers
she had risked 20 much 10 ger p0s-
session ~ simmonda and he had the
missed ~ Il 1as not a pleasant re-
nection
His thoughts flew back to Miss Croy-
don and he found himself gain admir-
irg her To have taken the clippings
demanded a degree OF bravery OF self
control amounting almost 70 callous-
ness lt seemed Incredible chat she
should have dared approach the body
open the coat.
Then he reuqembered her half-faint-
ing attitude when he had returned from
The inner room. AT the time he had
thought the collapse natural enough
Now. Il took on q new meaning.
There's another thing. continued
SiYpmonds. asteE a fn0nlenr Here's
the piecc Uf pipe we found on the floor
/ DO you know where t came from -
MOI was going to look that up.
it came from the radiator The con
necfions we've defective and plumber
I was replacing tnefM- This is "a piece Of
J pipe he had removed and Ieft Ivfna
I behind the radiator. He remembers Il
Z distinctly DO YOU recall the position
( Of the radiator"
Yes, IT'S against the wall opposite
I the bedroom door
/ Exactly. Then the person coming
4 from shat door must nave crossed the
I room 10 get it More than that he
M - have hunted for II or known Il
/ was there, because it was in the shadow
( behind the radiator. It couldn't be
seen unless one looked for tive tried
I IT,
i Godfrey paused 20 consider
Did you give these points 10 Gold
I berg2" he asked
No didn't think It would helr
\ matters any. besides. I didn't want tc
\ PVT Miss Croydon on her guard
/ "Of course'-though all this doesn'i
actually implioate her
| No; but It shows she knows more
4 hos frKst "a a