The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-12-19

n he didn't live at Fond Core
AT F~ond-Corre? Oh, no. He wa
a 2ombi-in the air, in the earth, ev
eryWhere. Doudoux would fight wit
riblei"
l leaned back in my chair an
watched the smoke from my cigare
circling upwards. I remembered tn
letter thai had been tattooed on tn
arm of the man killed in suite four
teen. So Tremaine had some cause t.
hate hfm--he had helped him, ha,
supplied him with whisky, with money
through fear and not through fsicnd.
ship. To establish that was to tax,
another step forward.
Did he nave those spells often
Cecily?" 1 asked, at last.
oh, no; sometimes not for months
him"
Charm him ?"
with a little scrap of paper, yes
Ihere would come a letter; doudous
would be a little piece of paper. Some
Times 1t had writing on it, sometimes
printing, as though 1t had been cut
IRON q newspaper. Then, tambou
face would grow black, he
would tear the paper Into little bits,
uttering curses the most terrible. and
we would all run"
Clippings from a newspaper. Here
was a coincidence. But 1 cudgelled nv
brain vairhy-I could form no theory
as 10 why a clipping should cause
those fits of rage.
The last one. though. did not give
MIN q SPELL she added, after a NOM
cnt. 1--WE were watching the sun set
out across the water when Dodol
Dug the letter to him. This time
II was printing and writing both; 1
got up. ready to flee. for I thought
that would be twice as bad; but no.
He sat reading 1T and his eyes glisten-
60. tnen ne sent me mil for his
hal and hurried. away to ST. Pierre.
Wnen he came back, he told me that
York" 49,"
IT was exasperating. I felt that he
secret lay just under my hand. and
YET l could not grasp 1t. / seemed to
be revolving round and round about It.
without getting any nearer. What
Tu TINS MESSAGE be which brought
hot foot to New York?
That was the question to which there
seemed no possibility Of finding the an
sWer al present; besides l thought it
Wen to lead the talk away from Ire
maine for a while. or ever Cecily. un-
suspectfng as h was, might guess
my purpose. So ! turned to another
You ave some very pretty iewelrv
Seciiy." said touching the great
throat. /" .
She laughed like a pleased child.
"Yes-are they no pretty. hea Tot
show you." and s%pringing from the
coucn. she ran into her bedroom. In
she was back again. a hoy
OF lniaid ebony in her hands.
see" she cried, and threw back
Indeed they were worth seeing. and
Y was not wholly to disarm her s,,s-
plclons, + she had any hat I fingered
0ver them. AT last, I came to the piece
| wanted,
!. Here Is n beautiful PIN / said.
Al opai IN a circle OF diamonds" and
neid 1t up to the light. But see. Ce-
lily, one of the diamonds is missing
you lost it,"
.Doudoux lost it," She answered
He wore 1t sometimes as a hin for
us scarf. Tambou! I was angry when
louId II gone. You should have
u have Q diamond" / said, getting
nut my pocietbook. that might do to
eplace ". Let us see IL 1t will fit.v
! unyvrftpped tho little brilliant and
!ppiied It TO h break in the circle.
.Isn nhy neart Tell. 1t was evident
q a instant that 1t had not come
rom tfrereIt was much smaller than
other stcnes-differently cut :
= seldom experienced a more
pang OF disappointment.
'eenied to have lost more than
diamond come FROM who was T. h haa
II In suite fourteen? I WAS
est, confused, utterly at sea AnS.
moment before, I had been SO con-
dent. Well, 1t vas right; 1t was lust.
this would be the fate OF the whole
lilly. Hfn1sy fabric we We're trying to
,uild against Tremaine.
NO. y will not do" I stammered, at
g set you another trinkct. cecily."
+xubernnce. then put. away her Jewels
many things. But my attention
Saaaereu: I her mechanical
II Is . NJ " ail; \ felt the need of
q oruers or nnding out whether I had
sainSl Sc ies1 Y In any event,