The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-04-19
CHAPTER XIII.
EN- VOYAGE.

W.T.. congratulations next
morning quite overwhelmed me.
Il never expected such complete and
speedy success, Mr.. Lester" he said
warmly. You've dom splendid work"
L pointed out to him that, after ali.
my success was purely the result Of
accident. Had I really been clever. I
should nave Instantly suspected what
that sudden seizure or the station
platform meant, I should have hurried
back to the scene and followed Mar
tlsny-as I still called him in my
thoughts-to the hospital, on the chance
OF securing his first address. Instead of
which II chance had not befriended me.
l should v been as far as ever from
a solution OF the mystery. I trembled
ito think upon what a slender thread
my victory had hung.
But my chief would not listen. he
declared that a man must be Judged
Dy his achievements, and that he
Judged me by mine.
Let US find out how our friend is"
l said at last. SO the hospital was called
up. We were informed that the ma
tient was stronger, but wouid not he
able to leave his bed for two or three
days.
The %Jourdains may tell him of my
call" I said. They'll suspect m
thing when I don't return todayMvet
they may wait for me q day or two
ionser-tney nave my money-and one
a Is all I want. It's just possible
that they may keep silent altogether.
IheyVe nothing to gain by speaking
Its plain that they're not in the con.
spiracy. Anyway, tomorrow IN be
out Of reach" ~
Mr.. Graham nodded.
~.9es-that's plainly the next step.
You U follow them to France-hllt
where in France will you look for
them? I didn't hin Of that before.
Why, the search is lust beginning T
thought it impossible to
what you have accomplished but thar
seems easy, now. beside this new nrob-
Lem NV" pioo-
Yes" I assented; still. it NAV nor
be so hard as it looks. We must trv
to n out where the women have gone
and l believe Rogers can help us. NV
theory is that they're from one OF the
own which the Holidays visited
when the We're abroad, and Mr.. Holla-
day must have kept in touch with his
once, more or less, during that time"
My chief sprang up and seized his
hat. ms
The very thing.' he cried. "rhera.s
no luck about that bit of reasoning
Mr.. Lester. Come. I'll go with you."
Rogers had been carrying on the rou-
tine work of the business since his en-
ployer's death. and was supervising the
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sand and one details which must be
attended to before the business could
be closed up. We found him in the
private Office, and stated our GRAND
without delay.
Yes he said, Mr.. Holiday kept
in touch with the office. Of course. Let
me see-what was the date?"
Let us look for the first six months
of 1876" 1 suggested.
He got down the file covering that
period, and ran through the letters.
Yes, here they are" he said after a
moment. In January. he writes from
Nice, where they seem to have re-
manned during February and March.
About the middle of April, they started
north-here's a letter dated Paris, April
19-and from Paris they went to d place
called Etretat. They remained there
through May. June n July. This
is all the time covered by this file. Shall
l Get another?"
NO" 1 answered.; but 1 wish you'd
make an abstract Of Mr.. Holidays
whereabout during the whole time he
was abroad, n send it to our office
moi later han his afternoon"
VERY we'll, sir" he said. and we left
the room.
But why didn't o let him go far
there" asked Mr.. Graham, as we went
down in the elevator.
Because 1 think I've found the place,
! SIR" I answered. Did you notice-the
time they stayed at Etretat covers the
period of Miss Holidays birth, with
which, I'm convinced, these people
were in some way concerned. We must
look uc Etrstat."