Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-03-21

says she VIII marry me. name or no
nane But her father is as proud as
Lucif"r. and l haven't told him yet,
nor do want 10. unless You n ! am
uameless. hat would be the end, L
am afraid. | love Miss Davis too hon
esily ever To allow The finger of sCorn
To be pointed AT her because some
carpiig woman found out her husband
vas nalneless."
II know that's a way he dear wom-
en- have sometimes draWl"d Cheney.
"Rut viii you take lie case, colonel?
Money is no object 1T Ill. ~ give you
half my fortune. Yes. IN give you an
of il anl begin over again If YOU VIII
only iind me Il name. want Il name
rh,ney studied Tor q moment. men
ptllY going o,er his calendar and en-
g~agenents. just NOW things We're IN
pretty good shape. sid Guthrie could
come IN and look aflcg the details Of
the office.
Very we'll. Mr.. Farweil, III AXE the
case. You nus not expect results i'm
nediately. | have very litile /" go on
but | hope in the end To present YOU
with Il name. as You desire. You VIII
return 10 uiu and pursue IN" even
terror of your way. Attend strictly 10
your business, and do not be alarmed if
You do not hear from me every day.
III communicate whenever | find u
anything % Importance.
Farwells eyes glislened as Colonel
cheney spoke. He spiang to his feet,
I s%raspcd the %oionci's hand and shook
IL heartily.
Thank you. colonel, thank you. |
feel better already. / know you'll sue
,ccd.'
We'll. IN Try. Mr.. Farwcll; I'll do
my best. We don't always succeed,
YOU know. Good morning."
Miss Wood said cheney. when
thai Nj lady reported III response
TO his ring. send a telegram To GutN-
RTE 10 report to me here tomorrow
morning. Hes in ST. Louis today. and
ought TO reach Chicago in plenty of
time"
That day Cheney arranged all his
affairs So he could leave. He made it
Il rule never to tell anyone about his
personal work, where he was going. or
he was going 10 do. Guthrie. of
course. would know where mai! or tel
egrains would reach him but that was
all. Colonel Cheney also went over
every detail of F'arwells story. He
never made notes. save mental ones.
or carried any writing. Tho memory of
his experience i'm the "paymaster case"
Wis rtfirirr,t-t
all intelligible writing out of the ques-
tlon. His only cleW was to go to EN-
moor and try to pick up a train from
there.
Guthrie reported tn, next morning.
and briefly Cheney told him to keep
things going and report anything I'M
portant /" him at the Russell house.
Detroit. a suit case was all the bag
gage he carried. and at IL that night
he was in Detroit. The next day he
took Il train TO London, ont. and from
there another train carried him up ii
braich road to ENnoor. 1t was n
struggling little Canadian village in
the midst of II rather rich arming
country. and did not look very prrpos-
seSSing. cheney quietly set to work,
and before night located Mrs. i'arwell.
wife OF the man that had raised "Bas-
ket Charley She was quite old and
feeble. but kindly smiled when Cheney
mentioned Basket Charley" "Oh. YES,
i remember him. she said. in a uuer-
ulous voice. He was a bright little
fellow. and we all liked him. We had
hard pickin' to get along. but pa her
voice was reminiscently sweet as she
pronounced the affectionate name by
which her husband WAS known. pa
had a big family to support. and did
the best he could.
I've been comfortable since Charley
grew up, though. because he takes care
of me since ke's been able to-
farwelt had not mentioned his fact
for he young man.
-" Wi = ef!Ieu, U10 YOU
or your husband ever have any idea
as to who were the parents of Basket
charley?"
NO. sir, l cart say tha we had.
There was a note pinned to his cloth
ing
Yes. know that" Interrupted
Cheney. Il have il here"
was "A family living near at
the time. Reyburn by name. There
We're TWO girls. II of them. Maggie.
disappeared a year before t'hariey' was
left with us. Sometimes I'VE tho,ybI
maybe they knew something about the
case. Once | asked the other sister
'ahe' where Maggie Was. and she froze
up and said she didn't know. That
Was all. lane Reyburn is married and
lives IN Chatham now"
What is her nameo, asked (,boror
interested. ~
Rogers. 1 believe. Her husband is
a lawyer chan"
II was only a slight oiew. but it was
worth following up. so Cheney babe
Mrs. Farwell goodby and left. First
ne investigated as far as possible the
Reyburn family. There had been the
father and two daughters. and they
had lived on a small farm near ENmoor.
W men they frst came there everything
Il pleasant. hut they kept pretty
much to themselves. One boy about
"a years OF age did chores about the
place and helped Mr.. Reyburn. This
boys name was Roy Belcher. OF the
TWO girls Maggie was the hest look-
ing. An old settler put it: She was
quite comeiy and acted as IL She was
better than other girls. She received
.attcrs from afar" everyone in the
small community knew e%vcryone's bus
mess, especially the Sarrulous post
mastery and every once i'm a while she
Went 70 Detroit to visit friends This
Ola settler was prolific of information.
Dia you ever hear OF Basket Char
ley? asked Cheney.
What. Farwelrs iolndling: oh.
yes: remember him we'll"