Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-01-21
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The probable solution had come to
broom like a fash. AS he hurried up
the street his mind was full of the
theory. He scarcely could wait for the
opened In response to his vigorous
ringing. The maid announced that
Mr.. and Mrs. Gable were out. 1t was
enough for broom. He put the puzzle
together In that instant David Cables
face was the one he had seen, not
James Bansemers. The maid set up
hysterical shrieking when he bluntly
told her Of the mlshap to her mistress,
but he did not wait to answer ques-
lions. He was Off to find James Banse-
mer. The volcano he had been watch
ing SO long was about to burst, and he
knew II.
Forgetting his wet garments, he en-
tered drug store and telephoned to
Bansemer's home. His employer an
swered the call so readily that broom
knew ne had not been far from the in
strument that evening. There was a
note Of disappointment In his voice
I when Droom's hoarse tones replied to
his polite "Hello!"
"Ill be over in half an hour" said
! broom. Every important business. Is
| Graydon there?"
Hes just gone to Cables. Some
one telephoned for him a minute or SO
ago. What's wrong? Do you know"
"I'll be there in fifteen minutes" was
all that broom would say.
| Elias memory could not carry him
back to the time when he had hired a
cab. A cab was one Of the luxuries
| he had not cultivated. One can only
imagine his surprise, then, when he
found himself hailing a passing han
som, and greater the surprise he must
have felt when he clambered in and
ordered the driver to- go in gallop to
certain place in Wells street Ten
minutes later he was attired In dry,
! warm clothes and in the cab again,
bound for Bansemer's home. What he
said to James Bansemer on that mem
orable occasion need not be repeated.
1t is only necessary to say that his
host was bitterly impressed and will
ing to admit that the developments
might prove serious. They could only
speculate as to what had transpired
between David Gable and his wife out
there by the sea wall, but it was
enough for them to know that a crisis
was at hand.
"We'1l see what the morning papers
say about the affair."" said Bansemer.
uneasy and cold.
The morning papers were full of the
sensational robbery. the prominence OF
the victim and the viciousness Of the
attack. Elias broom read the ac-
counts eagerly az he breakfasted In
the dingy little restaurant near his
home. bright and early. He grinned
appreciably over the share of glory
that fell to him, and he actually cac-
kled over the new developments In the
great mystery.
He had observed with relief that the
name OF James Bansemer was not
mentioned. The reports from the bed
side of the robbers victim were most
optimistic She was delirious from the
effects Of the shock, but no serious re
suits were expected. The great head
lines on the first page Of the paper he
was reading set his mind temporarily
at rest There was no suggestion Of
truth In them.
The reader Of this narrative, who
knows the true facts In the case, ID
doubtless more interested in the move
ments and emotions Of David Gable
than In the surmises Of others. II
would be difficult for q certainty to
ask one to put himself In Cables place
and to experience the sensations Of
that unhappy man a. he ned along the
dark shore Of the lake. Perhaps much
WIN be taken on faith II the writer
simply Gays that the fugitive finally
skunk from the weeds and refuse Of
what was then called 'the district Of
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