Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-29

That's what / mean 1 said: split
to kindling wood because Rafferty,.
the second section, didn't want to be
late
"IIe put his hand out in front of him
and the satcheI fell with bang.
My God. he said, and dropped right
on the track i'm a heap.
Il got him into the station and he came
thing awful. He'd sprained his ankle.
and when he got little better / drove
him over in Carriers milk wagon to the
Carter place, and l reckon he. stayed
there a spell.
That's ALL is it?" 1 asked
That's alI-or, no, there's something
else. About noon that day one OF the
Carter twins came down with a note
from him asking me to send long dis
lance message to some one in Washing
tom.
ITO whom?" I asked eagerly
II reckon I've forgot the name, hut tie
message was that this fellow-Sulliyan
was his name-was at NJ, and II the
man had escaped from the wreck would
he come to see him..
He wouldn't have sent tkat message
to me-, 1 said to Mcknight, rather crest
fallen. He'd have every object i'm keer-
ing out of my way
.There might be reasons, Mcknight
observed. judicially. '.He might not have
found the papers then"
Was the name Blakeley?" l asked.
1T might have been-T can't say. But
the man wasn't there. and there was a
lot of noise. l couldn't hear we'll. Then
| in half an hour down came the other
twin to say the gentleman was taking on
awful and didn't want the message sent
He's gone. of courSef
Yes. Limped down here in about three
days and took the noon train for the
city
man, having hurt himself somewhat il
his jump, had stayed quietly in the farm
house until he was able to travel. But.
to be positive, we decided to visit the
Carter place.
I gave the station agent flve-doliar
bill, which he rolled up with a couple OF
others and stuck in his pocket. i turned
as we got to a bend In the road. ana he
was looking curiousiy after us
1t was not until We had climbed the
hill and turned onto the road to the
Carter place that I realised where we
were going. Although we approached ii
house at once. 1t was the one where
Alison West and 1 had breakfasted mine
days before. With the new restraint be-
tween us, / did not tell Mcknight. [
wondered afterward il he had suspected
it. l saw him looking hard at the gate
post which had figured in one OF our
mysteries but he asked no questions.
Afterward he grew almost taciturn. for
him. and let me do most of the talking.
We opened the front gate OF the Carter
place and went slowly up the walk. Two
ragged youngsters, alike even to freclties
and squints. were playing in the yard.
rs your mother arOundT l asked.
'In the front room. Walk in" they an
Swered. in identical tones.
AS we got to the porch we heard voices
and stopped. l knocked, but the people
within, engaged in animated, rather one
sided conversation did not answer.
In the front room. Walk in, quoted ,
Mcknight, and did SO.
In the stuffU farm parlor two people !.
were sitting. One. a pleaeafit-fAced
woman with a checked apron. rose some
what embarrassed. to meet US. She did |
not know me, and I was thankful. But i
our attention was fiveted on q httle man
who was sitting before table. writing
busily 1t was Hotchkiss.
He got up when he saw US, and had !
the grace to look uncomfortable.
such an interesting case" he said, !
nervously, IT took the liberty
Look here" said Mcknight. suddenly,
did you make any inquiries at the sta
tom
a few" he confessed. u went to the
theater last night-I felt the nosd az q /
little relaxation-and the sight OF q nc 4
ture there. cinematograph AFFAIR.
started a new line of thought ProbAbls-
the same clue brought you gentlemen
I learned a good bit from the station
agent"
'.The son1of-a-gun. said Mcknight.
And you paid him, l suppose"
Il gave him five dollars" was the
apologize answer.
(To be continued tomorrow.J. -,