Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-01-02

toying 10 d~esiphciH Tsen. 81 il aec-
onl glance. ! saw how III deadly earn
est - wla There could be 40 dount-
Ing X. ~ hal read mao tiem some
incoming wlsca ! had failed utterly 10
SOC.
1 sat down in my chair again, my
nerves a-,ftiver; at last, we We're on
the VERGE IF siicccsr.
Won. iei's fear 81 7 .sai..
II intenG thu, you shali-wait TIL I
&c. thc,r arranged I'll huild un the
story ~ l SO along. AID ! want you
10 ask any questions or point out any
defects 'iaf occur To you. OF course,
st WA be only = studs in probabilities.
but between as. / think we can get 1t
pretty straight"
lie Fot up from the desk with The
clippings i'll a neat little pile, and sat
down in The chair facing mine. He
took n mcditative puff or w before he
bean.
We'll have 70 start with Il few gem
era. obscryat'ons.'' he said. M last.
It's evident that Thompson wouldn't
have cnlriod these clippings around
with him for SO long unless they III
some way concerned HIM. It's evident
that Miss Croydon would never have
dared to take them unless she was
pretty certain that they somehow vital
ly concerned her. IT'S evident III
Trcmaine wouldn't have taken SO
much trouble to look for them unless
he was mighty anxious to find them.
We arrive. then. N our first conciu-
sion. %naulcl.f. Chat these clippings ncccs-
sarily shed some lisnt upor ,he
tragedy recently enacted ii this room.
and upon She connection OF those people
with each other"
Yes" / agreed: unless all these
people We're mistaken IN their estimate
OF The value of TIE clippings"
'Tnat. Of course. Is possible; but |
don't think ii probable. At any rate.
the moment. and proceed along the 9TH
err line What light is it possible for
these clippings to shed on the murder
OF Thompson. obviously, 1t must be
only by explaining motives. The ma
jority of them seem to be concerned
with the adventures OF q 1rrenchman.
who goes under various names. but
who, | am sure. is one ana the same
person. He must, then. be either Ire
ilallle or Thompson. Blu Thompson
was evidently no Il I~srcnchman, and
Tremaine pretty evidently is, though
MS contact with the world has served
10 rub awas- q good many of the marks.
I think were pretty safe, therefore, in
that the Frcnchman of these
clippings is Tremaine. As we so on, |
believe Wen find some Internal evil
fence confirming this. You agree with (,
thus far"
"Periactly." l said. admitting your
premise h a these clippings are
really concerned with the cose."
That. too. l believe, we'll soon be
ablc to prove by internal evidence. OF
course. Ii they haven't any connection
with 1t. they'll soon lead us into chaos.
there's another thing. we mustn't
100 much from them. We
expect a story complete in all
us pa,ts-lt's bound to he ~fragmentary.
The wonder IS that Thompson succeed
Ad in Keeping this many links In the
,hain. Maybe ia his more prosperous
lays he had q mania FOR clippings. At
BEST. we mustn't be disappointed IL
here are lchs gaps IN the story"
Yes sgreed again: that's evil
tent enough
VERY we'll, Wen begin with the clip
pings. then, substituting Tremaine's
for the one used. The first clip
ping Is merely Il marriage notice, an
bouncing that on the Esd of August,
,SS3. Trcmainc married one Therese
Bertigny, nj Dieppe. Let me see. Ire
maine was then probably about 20
years of ase. No doubt he WIS born
I. Din3rs. SO that the name given here.
Victor Charente. is his real one. You'll
notice that he's retained the first name
which is a bit OF corroboratiye evil
Or a mere coincidence 1 supple
nented.
III wire cur correspondent at D:cpre
10 look up this Charente- perhaps he
get a photograph. That would set
lie tEe question"
l nodded. Yes. that would settle it,
for Treisaine at 40 was probably not
greatly different from Tremaine at 20.
The second clipping" proceeded
Godfrey. shows us that our hero soon
from the straight and narrow
path. and gives us. too, a little light
upon his personal history. In the spring
his marriage-April l6. 1884,
10 be exact--while assistant OF
The ship supplies house of Briquet
he absconds with Gu, 900 francs.
It is discovered that he kept IL mis-
tress at Fouen. He is believed to have
gone to Amelica-to have been SNUG
gled out OF the harbor by Il friendly !
American captain. Surely. 1t is not i'm
possible" he added. that this friendly |
captain was Thompson"
Very few things are impossible" 1
/ began to be impatient
with Godfrey. He was permitting his
prejudice; against Tremaine to warp his
Judgment.
We'll. Wen keep that for c hypothes-
Is. anyhow" and he turned to the third
clipping. This" ne continued. ..shows
US that he indeed came to America.
It is dated July %. 1885. and states
that a young Frenchmnn and a tramp
skipper named ~JOhnson-ah, you SEE %
! did. indeed. see-here was the first
appearance Of Tremaine's zombiEof his
familiar devil. looked at Godfrey
with h liveliest admiration. This con-
structtve reasoning was something
which J. certainly. was quite Mcapabie
of. 49, e
$50 that J IN ~Tho.apson's Arm was
the initial OF his real name Observed
Godfrey. II thought Is wal III Mad
been there q long time. and an effort
had been made to erase 1t. After a
man has started 81 the crooked nath
he doesn't want any tattoo marks on
'htm-they make Identification too easv.
For johnson. Their. we'll hereafter read