Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-01-11


You will come"
Certainly will" | assured him. and
FASTENED over to my room to dress
He was awaiting me when | knocked
an hour later; a table had been set
with three places
| Come in" he said Dinner will be
here directly. | thought it safer to have
the celebration here because-well, -
| and he nodded significantly toward the
inner room.
"Cecily?' | questioned.
Yes she takes 1t TO heart more
than you'd believe But she'll get over
| 1t in a day or two
When does she leave?"
In the morning early, by the fruit
! boat. And by the way. | want you 10
SO down with me to see her of Shell
appreciate IT,"
why certainly but isn't it rather
sudden %"
In a way, yes. You see. I've ar
! ranged for a committee from New York
/ TO go down TO Martinique and look over
/ the ground, and | want to take them
/ before they have a chance to cool off
] I've got TO get my house there i'm order
and engage some servants, for that will
/ he our headquarters, and II Cecily
doesn't leave by the boat tomorrow. she
can't go for ten days. Ten days from
now I'm going to have the committee
}
! Martinique, I'm going to give them "a
sample of Creole hospitality | wish
/ YOU could come. he added warmly ia
/ like to have YOU
There's nothing I'd like better"
said. suddenly conscious OF how l had
/ slandered him in my thoughts. But /
/ fear Il isn't possible just now.
/ We'll, some day / shall have you
( there, and ] warn YOU l shau't let you
n a N he .,
response to a knock a. the door
4 Two walters entered, and i'm a mo-
ment the dinner was served
THAT will do" said Tremaine press
ing a coin into the hand OF each Of
them 'Wcll attend TO ourselves Send
up in nm hour for the .:isheS ! thought
that was best he added, as he closed
the door after them. We can talk
freely now"
He stepped 10 the inner door
! "Cecily," he cal ed
She appeared i'm moment with eye
lids a little puffed and red. but on the
whole i'm much better spirits than | had
( expected, She was arrayed i'm all her
I Gnery--she had put ON every piece of
jew elry, ! think and she paused in the
doorway 10 throw me "A courtesy. Tre-
maine took her hand and led her to
/ seat, with a grace worthy Of the Grand
Mouarque
/ See the spoiled child" he said
. laughing across the table at her, a mo-
ment later she's been making herself
miserable for nothing In two weeks,
we shall be together again al Fond
Core
She answered his laugh with a thin
smile and shot me a glance pregnant
with meaning knew she meant that
her prophecy had come true.
He brimmed her glass with wine
Drink that" he said. ITO our meet
/ ing in two weeks.
ITO our meeting in two weeks" she
repeated ironically, and drained the
glass
But in a few moments the mood
/ passed and she became quite gay Mo-
till then did ii occur 10 me that Tre-
maine had made no reference To the
tragedy at Edgemere Then | caught
myself just in time. for | remembered
suddenly that | was not supposed to
know he had been there
so you have been successful" l
asked finally
Yes, / believe SO. I'VE succeeded i'm
interesting some capitalists. Richard
I Delroy- perhaps YOU know him."
NO, only BY reputation
He has helped me greatly
You got through, then, sooner than
YOU expected?
''Yes-I thought il would take a week
al least Mr. Delroy had arranged that
the conference should take place at his
country house near Babylon We fin
ished the details yesterday, and" he
added after the falntest hesitation, IAN
extremely unfortunate event occurred
there last night which made any fucth-
er stay impossible dare say YOU saw
an account OF ii in the evening pa
pcrs2
"Oh. Yes that murder and robbery.
. he
strongly toward a young fellow named
Drysdale
Very strongly" he agreed. nodding
with just the right degree OF concern
although I'm hoping that he may be
able TO prove himself not guilty. An
amiable young felloW--somewhat inn
pulsiVe and headStrong let us not
talk about it. It's too unpleasant.
This evening we must be gay"
There is no need for me to detail
what we did talk about, since il in
no way concerns this story: but have
never seen Tremaine To better advan-
taSe. he was the uneXceptionable gen
tleman, the man OF the world who had
Travelled far and tasted many things.
a brilliant and witty talker-a person
alitY I'm a word, on The whole so fascin-
ating and impressive that long before
the evening was over ! had dismissed
as ridiculous my vague suspicious Of
an hour before. The story that Cod
frey had built up. was. | reflected wholly
Hypothetical himsy with the 1imsness
which always attaches to Circumstan-
tial evidence. | knew how jury look
ing al Tremaine. would laugh at IT, No
lawyer would risk his reputation with
such case. no magistrate would allow
IL to proceed before him why for all
| knew Tremaiue could prove an aibi
for the tragedy in suite fourteen as
fKshf
fered for him in the Edgemere mystery
Godfrey and had been forging chain
of sand imagining il steel, As for
that prison photograph. / had been de-
ceived by a chance resemblance
The boat starts from pier nfty-seyen
North River, at the foot of West Tweu-
tv-seventh street at O'Clock" were
Tremaine's last words 10 me- We
shall look for you there"
Is there any virtue in dreams !
wonder That nigl, while / slept the
tragedy I'm suite iurteen was re-en-
acted before me. | Witnessed its every
detail-l saw Tremaine snatch up the
pipe and strike "A heavy blow then
suddenly behind him appeared a face
dark with passion. hand shot out.
pistol flashed even as Tremaine tried
TO knock II aside. and Cecily looked
down upon her victim with eyes blaz-
ing with hatred
was az the pier In good tine for
let me confess e. | was curious TO see
the details OF this leave taking. Cecily
and Tremaine We're there before me
the former leaning sadly against tho
rail while The latter directed The check
ing Of some baggage.
| went directly TO her.
SO here you are | said ready TO
go back To that 81. Pierre you love so
much. Aren't you glad?"
~ i
single listleSs glance at me- Il shall
never come back 10 this horrible place"
And Tremaine will join you in TWO
weeks. | added.
This time she looked at me-a light
Ming FASH glance that brought back
vividly my dream.
will he?" she asked between her
teeth
why" I questioned, I'm affected sur
price don't YOU think he will"
She drew IN her breath with a quick
gasp.
IL