The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-12-27

plan; and Thompson. to &c, even for
that %treachery. at Sing Sing. gives him
away. Tren1aine. no doubt. got n penl-
tertiary. sentence. He probably broke
jail again. for in 1899 he appear at
Martinique. supposedly from South
America. He a considerable money,
which he no doubt stole somewhere,
n perhaps he chose St. Pierre as a
safe place to stay in hiding until the
Il and cry after him vas over. He
would have some acquaintance with
the island, If he landed there from the.
wreck.
Thompson learns where he is--per-
haps even sees him at st. Pierre-and
puts a bouquet to his revenge by driy-
ing him into fits of rage by reminding
him OF that Australian treachery. But
at last he sends him a message, which
brings him to New York"
Yes" l said. and I have cudgelled
my brain in ain trying to imagine
what that message could have been"
We'll" remarked Godfrey, while We
can't. of course. give its actual text, I
don't think it very difficult to guess its
general tenor. We know what Ire
maine came here to do-he came to
hlachmail Mrs. Delroy. It's pretty safe,
then, to suppose that the message told
him that she was blackmailable-in
other words. that she had married a
rich man. No doubt. Tremaine's money
was running low, and he jumped at this
chance of rcplenishing his purse.
Thompson was working his way toward
St. Pierre to join him.. and actually
reached there on the Parma Just as
Tremaine was leaving. Perhaps Ire
maine had tried to play Thompson false
a second time.
AT~r - h. s1-A lL-,rv
nearly we a reconstruct the scene
which occurred In this room Tremaine
supplies Thompson on the voyage up
with whisky. and agrees to keep him
supplied. believing that he ma be use
ful-not daring. at any rate, to make
an open emmy Of him, lest he spoil his
game here-Thompson had only to
maine back in Sing Sing to serve u
his %unexpired term. Arrived al New
York. he establishes himself in the
suite across the hall, and spends a
week OF two in LOOKING yer the
ground. ostensibly boosting his rail-
in Jail. Joins him and takes these
roOlns.
AT last Tremaine is ready-or per-
haps his lack OF money forces him to
act. He writes a note to Mrs. Delroy,
telling her he's alive and wishes to
share in her prosperity. He demands
that she meet him in these. rooms. ask
ing for Thompson-that leaves him
free from suspicion should she show
the note to her husband and should he
attempt to " the writer arrested for
blackmail. But she isn't SO sensible.
Perhaps she disregards his first note:
perhaps she's unable to decide what to
into a panic. He writes again: in de-
spair she seeks the advice of her SIS
ter, and Miss Croydon, who is by far
the stronger Of the two. offers to come
here herself. see the man. and fine out
what he proposes to do.
key, given him some money, and sent
him out to get drunk. But for Jimmy
the Dude he would have stayed away
probably In the lockup-but Jimmy
brings him home. Tremaine has to
make the best Of it. since there isn't
time to get Thompson out of the way
again. Anyway. he's so dead drunk,
that Tremaine anticipates no Interior.
ence from him. He shuts him In the
bedroom, and sits down to wait for
Miss Croydon.
She arrives promptly. despite the
rain, and we can imagine that the dia-
logue which followed was not of a milk
and-water kind-both Of them are full
of fire and they made the sparks fly.
Thompson is aroused by the voices.
or perhaps wakes acknowledgements into
the outer room n interferes. He is
still half-drunk; perhaps he threatens
TreHa1ne. AT any rate, Tremaine picks
up the iron pipe and knocks him down:
then. in q sudden black frenzy Of an
ger, remembering Australia. seeing how
Thompson will always stand in his
way. he draws his revolver and shoots
hin through the heart. That done. he
walks out, closes the door. goes to his
room, and, at a favorable moment,
leaves the building"
He leaned back in his chair and ap-
Piled a fresh match to his cigar.
That" he concluded. 'is my idea of
the story. There's n person who can
fill An the details. I'm going to apply
to her as soon as I get back from Bos-
ton"
You mean Miss Croydon?"
Yes" he nodded. and I think Ire
maine is pretty near the end Of his
adventurous career"
There's n thing" I remarked. af-
ter a moment. that diamond I found
on the floor here didn't come from ire
maine's pin. I tried 1t last night and
1t didn't fit"
Godfrey smiled as he placed the clip
pings carefully in his pocketbook.
Il know it," he said: II meant to tell
you. 1t came from the ring belonging
to Jimmy the Dude. I saw him tonight
for another sweating-Simmonds isn't
quite convinced yet that Jimmy's inno-
cent-and I noticed a ring on his finger
containing a cluster OF little diamonds.
One Of them was gone. and when I
questioned him. he said he'd lost It
somewhere h night Thompson was
killed. He probably dropped 1t hero
as he was helping Thompson to bed"
That's 1t. no doubt" I agreed; but
it breaks one thread of evidence"
Continued Next Week.)
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