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

S IenNo.S", .HSiScNH 'iancy, or
he Dug The JIG was UP and decided to
end II all n Davy Jones locker"
Barnes sHocx his head. bus the motion
conveyed 10 Tnc.c information thar h $
N~iis"atc smile. The passengers were
uohe.tns their mall baggage and the
dec, hanIs pr"i airing 20 lower the gang
plank.
Get he ranc of every passenger and
zee that each oic is Identified" came
sharply from The chief Inspector.
To make ,iorblv sure. 2ar.."s stood on
tao wharf aad .ihrcwdly soar"e,! o-ch per
son Az tn las. tourist alishtcd he heaved
Il sign OF !sanpcintment and slowly made
way 10 The 1eek o. tho vessel.
Chief sa Clancy. ,:oe!.i1. there
don't sce:a to be any coubt aaou, this
Icing . :. cdc."
Barnes atamrel his right foot IN angry
imrat.cncc Ert Almost instantly he re-
GOV red himself and was The srave gen
%t.raial.
We will !cok n l.ttle farther into the
matter. MIR. Clancy" was his formal re-
ply.
con was about to s.oak when the chief
.;rotc out suddenly with:
Whats anti"
Follow ng lhc range of his pointed fin
5'r alup'y .,w Il rope saHgw:y near the
other end % the steamer. The foreman of
60 'NNAs '.t's .'SboIlua ~ 4 - VIZ ciil ~
Barnes. calHc up and s%airscl.
what's that for?' rcpcated the CHIEF.
pointing 10 he offending ropc.
For the Geck hands
ANY OF en- gone ashorc?"
only ore. sill"
i;arnos srcaned aloud. 1t was an IN
install manifestation Of emotion on the
part of this sclf-oosscsscd man.
why DID You let him go?"
'iic complaincd of being III. SIR. and l
cave him leave pf absence without Fay"
who was ie"'''
Oils nauie was Brown. sir
"Dd YOU know HIM? What DID he look
l'l.e?"
We'll. SIR. we take so many of EN- on at
'verN mort thai l confess ! didn't know
this ore. AS to his looks. sir-we.l. he was
suffering from neuralgia a..d his face was
coverot! with handases."
nd he take anything ashorc?"
'or'y a package Of cigars. a bundle of
Old clothes and a round caEc'-
rr- T-v-t.A
oh. sir" cried The foreman. There was
ncthi1E dntiable. sir: | can take oath to
shat. ! gave IA personal examination. and
can assure YOU that he only had the old
clothes. the cigars and tho cake
What ID he want with the cake?"
well. YOU see. SIR. his mother was a
Dcvonshirc woman. and he was taking
home a cake made in he~ old horne. A
bit Of sentiment. sr. That was the ex-
lianat'oa Ike made to me. sir"
summon MI your men on the after
deck. said Earncs. tartly.
Clancy looked on with some curiosity.
The old man often did queer things. and
he wondered what his last move meant.
In five minute all OF the deck hands
"e!c lined up Ike man-o-wars.nen. The
chief turned TO the foreman ard said in
his cErt way:
'Coun: EN-
The ore~an did SO. wondcringly. AS
lie concluded Il look of pcrplex.ty clouded
MS face. He counted them a second time.
All t:e'c?' ucc.ied Barnes. sarcastic
Yes stammcrcd the foreman; "all
horc. sir
brown. too"
IL don't l.aow. sir"
call BROWN
TIE oremaE o1cyed. An unkcrpt look
.ns man stepped forward.
You sec" sad tho chef. with n sar-
.aush. "Erowa dian't 80 ashore. All
) our Ken are rcrc."
AM OF en- ".>r go ashore It's always
witlcI. pay
't;.snsa..
Ei"@e; mHst>red the word. He hurried
70 the end .: the whar.. clancy by hi,
S-de. y ~passia2 cab wa.- hailed. They en-
tered. Tic che rolscd his head cut of the
window.
TO the cfice eff the New York Daily
Eanner-hur:y Ike h.ll.'
The vehicle ratified over the rough stones
GionS the wl,a SIDE. Barnes sat with his
eyes closci. Presently. remembering that
Clancy was With him, he put his hand N
ms ROGET, and. pulling out Il newspaper.
aa:God IL 10 his assistant. The young
man thought East undo: the circumstance
ms Was an act OF extreme courtesy. Sud-
denly il dawred OF, him that this was the
newspaper that had bcc.l picked up on the
ioor OF stateroom No. l3. ne glanced
over the Journal carefully. 1t Was IA copy
of the Dn,ly Eannc. of June Il. 1875. 1t
did not seem - have any particular sig
n-tcancc. To rake sure Con went over
i page by page and column by column.
Barnes. sunk N the cushions OF the car
risge. watched HIN with a a;:izz!cal smile.
Suddenly Clancy gave an exclamation Of
surprise. A lttle section OF the fourth
column OF the fourt page about an inch
deep was missing. II had been neatly cut
headed Personal Con turned to his
companion.
I'D you notice this?"
Certainly"
Clancy was silent for a moment then
he turned to his companions:
What mode you skeptical about the
suicide? The violence was conclusive"
ut was too conclusive: thai made me
doubtful"
did this cut newspaper influence you?''
Sure. A man may write poetry when
he is IN the queer state of mind which
precedes self-destruction. but he Is hardly
1tko1v IN r,,t n n ,o~sioovnn,t frorn
paper. Now. the important thing to find
out is what was clipped from his paper.
Don't you feel curious?
''Cur!ous." cried Con. 'why. I never in
my life saw a mutilated that
l wasn't filled with the most intense long
ing to find what had been cut from
It,"