The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-04-18
CHAPTER XIII.
EN- VOYAGE

MT. congratulations next
morning quite overwhelmed me.
Il v expected such complete and
speedy success, Mr.. Lester" he said
warmly. you've done splendid work"
I pointed out to him that, after ali.
my success was purely the result Of
accident Had I really been clever, I
should have instantly suspected what
that sudden seizure on the station
platform meant, I should have hurried
back to the scene and followed Mar
I still called him in my
of securing his first address, Instead Of
which II chance had not b%efriended me.
I should have been as far as ever from.
a solution Of the mystery. I trembled
to think upon what a slender thread
my victory had hung.
Bnt my chief would not listen: he
declared that a man must be Judged
by his achievements, and that he
Judged me by mine.
Let us find out how our friend ia"
l said at last, SO the hospital was called
up. We We're informed that the pa
tent was stronger, but would not be
able to leave his bed for two or three
days.
Inc may tell him Of my
call" I said. They'll suspect some
thing when I don't return, today-vet
they may wait for me a day or two
longer-they have my n
a IS all I want. It's just possible
They've nothing to gain by speaking
its plain that they're not in the con-
splracy. Anyway. tomorrow I'll be
out of reach"
Mr.. Graham nodded.
~"Yes-that's plainly rne next stem.
10Y follow them to France-but
where III France will you look for
them? I didn't think Of that before.
Why, the search is just beginntngi T
thought 1T impossible to
what you have accomplished. but that
seems easy, now. beside this new prob
lem" 49,
Yes" I assented; .still. If NAV no+
be SO hard as 1t looks. We must try
to find out where the women have gone
and | believe Rogers can help us. NV
theory is that they're from n Of the
towns which the Holladays visited
when h were abroad, and Mr.. Holla-
day have kept in touch with his
Office. more or less, during that time"
My chief sprang up and seized his
hat.
THE very thing!" he cried. ..There,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, n was supervising the
settlement of accounts, and the thou
sand n one details which must be
attended to before the business could
he closed UP. We found him in the
private office. and stated our errand
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" I suggested.
He got down the file covering that
period. and ran through the letters.
Yes, here they are" he said after a
moment. I'm 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 a place
called Etretat. They remained there
through May, June and July. This
Is all the time covered by this file. Shall
III ret another 2"
No" I answered: but I wish you'd
| whereabout during the whole time he
was abroad. and send it to our office
not later than this afternoon
Very well. SIR" he said. and we left
the room.
but why tlidn't you let him go far
ther?" asked Mr.. Graham, as we went
down In the elevator.
Because / think I've found the place,
SIR" I answered. did you notice-the
time they stayed at Etretat covers the
period OF Miss Holladay's birth, with
which, I'm convinced, these people
were In some way concerned. We must
! look ur Etretat.