Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-11-23

that he was being swept into waters
beyond his depth. that he needed q
strong. cool hand to pluck him back to
safety, but he found thal Godfrey was
out Of town
DelrOy and Tremane went at once TO
! | Ia Wall st'eet office where the confer
ence concerning the railroad was to
take place Memories of that confer
cnce stiil survive IN the street wild leg
ends concerning it--hoW "A company OF
| conservative COld-blooded, steel -gutted
capitalists were worked upon, baln-
boozled. hypnutiZed. wrought up 10 en-
thuSiasn over a project which was
proved by the subsequent reports Of
engineers 10 be about as practical as
a bridge to the moon Even yet the
glamour OF that meeting endures with
some of The investors VINO were pres
ent, and they are still convinced that q
railroad IN Martinique would pay a fab
ulous return. Tremaine set for the
street a new standard OF "smootmcsS."
ana one which has never been APP
preached
The conference was over by noon. and
Tremaine announced his intention OF
returning TO Edgemere by the first
train
I'm feeling little worn out by the
mornings eXeTtions, he explained and
he really looked it, When are you
coming outY'
I'm going up to Tifany's first" Del
roy answered, "and have a talk with
them about my wife's necklace. / left
ii with them Saturday. II they advise
a seabath, I'm bring it along with me.
I and Wen see what virtue there is I'm
the treatment"
Perhaps there isn't any" said IRE
maine: 'Or Ii may bc that Tiffany has
some better method"
| Well III know by tonight" and Del
roy held up a beckonng finger to
passing cab "GOod-by til then"
When Tremaine reached Edgemere.
he made a tour of the hal, library. bill
iiard room. but dndn them deserted
at last went slowly up TO his own room
and remained there for an hour OF
more Thcn he came down and spent
the remainder OF the afternoon walk
ing thoughtfully about the grounds
smoking innumera BILE CigaretS If the
object OF his early return was another
interview with Miss Croydon. as one
would naturally suppose he was dis
appointed IN IT, for she, knowing per
haps that he had come back alone, did
not leave her apartments.
Delroy and Drysdale returned togeth-
er on the 3 o'clock train. and hurried
into the house. They found Tremaine
lounging I'm great chair I'm the hall.
ana " the glance which Drysdale shot
at him was electric with suspicion he
had at least self-control enough to re-
strain any ill-Considered or hasty
words But he blamed himself bitta,Iy,
Tor not having foreSeen the possibility
OF Tremainc's early return the reason
for which he guessed az once
rangements before 6ir,,,,. =, -.
and he held up long morocco case.
' , ,N t.'a''',,n , rose IdHliy, 50
theL?'
,.,,, I'm 49, ,o''g 'lIlo t"e ilplaiy ana
'5',I''.a' AK hls. Del
- uE Nui' J. ley VIII come
Nv" 70 we ,lprt 4 iol q moment /
No. 80 81 '''E S''''' IN 'he W"ler at
,S 80 S't ..' ~ NNi " sudueh hash OF
'u'iliu ~ i''S race hu, II was instant
iel 'TStu anu iLlE nave been only
49,. 49, ~ ""lHeu joined tnem IN the
,,,' - '''.S, .li5 ,iiedI"teiy ~ DeIroy I'M
,Ip " +" o"IIulr ah' ialu II on the
- -, - = ll'io TdSe OF me but
Sli"''S hll "lIe cioseiJ
a,..,,.
ny NSa', ne ueSa turning to MS
'u hlo" lo"N your necklace
~ ''iia'5S JUS ptiote we came out
@ sIe' "l4u ~ ]. '"' thtm 10 examine
at' sttIil5u i",Het puzzled By its con-
ull'H I'lh@F SheIIl about its hay
hlS Ihahseu $" Suddcnly-and they
@NNeu Hie - 'eaN y ulli today. When
FS" p"'N 'l't- a. 'heif expert gave
,"iiS @1ouI the action Of
t"l'S '%Llus % aiiu w aahser OF leaving
DIS SI'ul ~ " a-r-l.sh safe-deposit
'Nta. h@AuIeu nun mat these hadn't
PSI smut up-'h'5 maven T. have they,
NJ
~ ~ course nor answered his
WE pIohp p,iN'
,,,i,,.,3 ,',Gus ~ ''gs, put uoubl u ne fully
w N1u nIo. IA1ttN nc sald mat in a
oa5" SO uhusual us thls, II would be wen
70 u iiie Se''- NulSf urea ltnehl before
I'I I,,eu"eS 70 any iIliht more heroic
pt5,ihs' iof instance
Not very encoura2 .Es remarked
~ Soa
On alai S'op there drove
- ~ i"i'tlls 1P 20 mat queer little
alliltlh Je"ei Stof tontiani's Son
m I'M y.lnlru Stree Coatlani himself
va mere .nia ne grew quite excited
Wen ne saw the stones ana heard the
Stoiy. re said ina q Sea-bath was un-
Iu'sllohaplS we pest thing for them
~ ~ l3Ct' ne ad 'ised IL most strongly.
INC StoheS are SettlhS deader and
- 20 SPe"h'
nc look up the ease from the table
} an l snapped IL open. The necklace lay
pe,oie mem y dull clamny white
II seems lhat the only thing
,o ue uoi,e ni - 70 iihInerSe them IN their
lalist 'itHleht lor ieW days he
} Vo"t,'lucu' aHu the sooner IT'S done
the pelter Sohtlahl says That what
! ptoushl thlS cage Tor. Wen put the
utckn'ce IN u ana iet u down into the
, water AT the ehd or the pier
!, Seeihs Iathef Gangerous thing
70 40 opJecled lfysdale. Why not
; hdNe 10Y OF water Drought up to the
! mouse anu lihiherse them here?
! because ohly llNins sea water viii
40 y seems lo nave no eihcacy shut
2 " IN q tessei OF any kind; asked
% lu'ui va p,li .lS',idi ~ BESIDES don
spe t'ldt 'heIt y pe any uahger--We re
tuS ohiy ones VINO know. sun, II
Euith opJscts
VI Ho. az ~ sdlu Mrs' 'eifoy, m
st"hlis. oIlS nope the stones Wlu
" iSSeoi '' ~ tHiilh ehey re hoIfld
rom' az" sHc SHiNS'eu httie as she