The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-12-27

ground for "the flowers that bloom in
the spring." had dismissed his world
ly cares from his mind. He made 1t a
habit never to let his mind be occu-
was horticulturally engaged.
Many men who have been quite in
capable Of such simple taste as
gardening have been enthusiastic flori-
culturists Tom King, the famous
hero of hundred fights, found his
chief delight away from the prize ring
| in growing roses and taking prizes
with them at flower shows. The late
Mr. Charles Peace. of burglarious
fame, solaced his leisure in the inter-
walls of crime with the violin and set
Of gardening tools. He had great sue
cess with his pansies
Mr. Bertram Hank had no violence
In his nature. He owed his success
in his calling to his diplomatic cum
ming and his fertility of resource. But
If his record had been printed in the
informing pages OF "Who's Who the
readers of that useful little red vol
ume would have been astonished to
find that his amusement was garden
ing"
Having finished the task he had al
lotted himself among the flower beds,
Mr. Hank went indoors and had few
minutes chat with his wife before
starting for business.
Mrs. Hank, good looking woman
Of five and-thirty, was the ideal wife
for private detective. She never
wanted to pry into her husbands pro-
fessional secrets, she wasn't in the
least jealous, and she always accepted
the explanation of his occasional alb
sence from home without question or
demur.
OF late her husband had been UNI
commonly generous to her with
money and had told her she might
spend more upon the house and upon
herself. She was satisfied with his ex-
PLANTATION that business was very good
just then, and delighted to hear it.
She knew that the very good" must
mean really substantial improve
ment in Bertram's income, for he had
told her to buy herself anything she
fancied in the way Of female finery,
and he had given her diamond ring,
and had bought some pretty and taste
full trihes from Paris on his return
from his visit to the gay city, which
had been necessitated in the course
of an Enquiry"
Mr.. Hank was indeed doing we'll
great deal better than his wife was
ever likely to imagine.
His client, Sir Mark rockingham,
had behaved handsomely to him in
the matter of ready cash, and still
more handsomely in the matter of
promises-and there was not much
fear of these promises remaining un-
fulfilled.
For Bertram Hank, ex-Inspector of
Detective Police, had now a double
hold upon the wealthy owner Of Dray-
colt Hall.
He knew him to be an escaped con.
Wet, and he knew him to be mar
ried man. In the former regard the
baronet held him pretty safely. SD
astute gentleman as the late John
Wilson was quite assured that 1t was
as much to Bertram Hanks interest
as his own that the police should new
er obtain a clue as to the identity Of
Sir Mark Brettingham with the man
of whom they were in search. But Sir
Mark. for all that was not likely to go
back upon the understanding that had
been arrived at as Mr.. Hanks share.
In the matter of the marriage Hank
was on safer ground. He knew the
wife, and he had been the means of
conveying to her the intelligence Of
her husbands death. Never, perhaps,
had the words. "l'll tell your wife,"
possessed more alarming signifi.
canoe than they would have done had
Mr.. Hank used them to the new Sir
Mark Brettingham.
To get q convict with considera-
BILE portion o. his sentence unexpired
out Of jail and make him real live
Bart. Of K. B." as Sir Roger Itch.
borne Of Wrapping and Wagga Wagga
fame called 1t, was no mean feat, and
Mr.. Hank had not undertaken its &C.
complishment without weighing the
chances Of discovery.
He knew that the odds were IN his
favor onsa he got his client safe to
London, because there would be
wealth behind him. The man who
can hire motor car can always beat
man who has to take bus. In the
matter of keeping safe distance be.
tween them. Sir Mark was IN the mo.
tor andsthe police were in the bus.
Mr.. Hank knew the system which
constantly assisted the criminal and
retarded the efforts Of Scotland Yard
He had himself once taken 1 hanson
IN order To- get to railway station
where he expected to find q s.wanted"
man starting BY train, and the fare
had been deducted from his bin Of az.
pensss on the contention that he
could have taken an omnibus.
30 far as he could be. with his
knowledge OF the hue and cry, Sir
Mark was now safe He had told him
Il 10, and he had added that tharS -vcu,a