The Detroit times., 1910-01-03
THE EVENING STORY.
INTO THE VALLEY.



ment. DOCTOR" said Kessler. dearly
turning over In the ward room bed.
II wouldn't advise you to try It,
answered the doctor. graveiy regard
ing his patient. There would be end
less complications
But the opportunity to discover
just what the world thinks OF one
your real friends--your true enemies
the fellows at the bank--who would
send fiowers"---
Here, you quit talking nonsense. =
commanded d. Bowen. Take this
1t will quiet you
Ksssler swallowed the sweetish
mixture and settled back.
Good night. Kessler." said the doc
tor. Don't do anything foolish
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES" mumbled Kess-
led, sleepily. .'Goo'--night-night-
doc"
Kessler wired this:
Chicago. Nov. IL.
Mrs Sam IL. Kessler. Westvilie:
Your husband killed in COLI
sion on p. 4 ~. this morning
Body consumed in flames.
=. SNYDER. Gen. Supt."
Alter tuGt ne NiSItcQ q bSCOuu-uau0
theatrical effects shop and selected
the battered DERBY. the black side
whiskers and the long-tailed worn
green coat of Jewish peddler. Then
he took the afternoon train for West
Vile
At the station he noticed stacks
Of floral emblems on the platform.
having come down on the express
with him. II was generous dis
play. and Kessler gulped little. He
passed up Main-st- by the little green
cottage he called home. There was
crepe ON the door. Neighbors were
passing in and out. Don. the collie.
howled dolefully. Resisting the i'm
pulse TO rush over and unmask, Kess-
Ter made his way to the Busy Bee
grocery. II was the forum OF opinion.
Gale Duncan, his lifelong antagonist,
was speaking:
Sam Kessler was good fellow.
1 fought him lots. but I'll say he was
good fellow"
Kesler gulped in surprise. his heart
going out to his old eneqby. But
that organ almost stopped rs his old
pal. Bill Gentry, spoke:
sam was awfully careless about HIS
obligations. though. think he left
debts
aHe owed me 500" declared the
Busy Bee proprietor. Kessler barely
restrained himself from rising and
paying the account.
They say that Al Henson is spruc-
ing up already" remarked Ham Quig-
gins. Kessler felt great pain at his
heart, for AL Henson had been his
rival in wooing days.
We'll. Lydia's worth going after,
remarked the grocer. Sam left $10.-
900 insurance" Kessler almost ceased
TO breathe. He had not realized the
great crime against the insurance
companies.
A boy came In with the Wcstville
Gazette. and Kessler read his own
obituary over the shoulders of the
others. "A noble character.
:. A splendid citizen.
/. An upright parent -
There we're tears in his eyes as he
read
That's fine piece. all right" ex
claimed TUI Perkins. rushing in. but
they didnt know what ! know. Frank
Carson, over at the Exchange bank
says Sam Kessler had run away with
a hundred thousand dollars of the
banks money when he was killed."
Kessler's heart almost burst. He had
always mistrusted Carson. Now he
knew that the assistant cashier hal
looted the bank and taken advantage
of Kessler's reported death to cover
the crime. Kessler arose He would
cry out. Was everything going wrong
why
When Kessler reused from the deer
sleep into which the pinkish powder
had sent him, the doctor stood regard
Ing him with grim amusement. Hello
Kessler." he called. Had a bad
Dream"
Kessler shivered. You bet, Doc
And say--tnat foolishness--"
The doctor nodded. "Yes-tha'
foolishnessw
Just forget that. Doc" Whispered
Kessler. And telegraph Mrs. Kesslel
I'll be home right away"
OFFICER RAIDS BREWERY.
JACKSON, Mich. Jan. 1.-Sherif
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