The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-03-31

man."
The girls face grew hard.
said slowly
That Is how 1t happened" the law
yer repeated gravely Your fathers
fortune was one OF four great for
tunes that went into the Golfers Of my
late client" The formal description
Of rsspsctsbility. "rSs other three rec
have long since died. neither Of them
leaving issue. You are the sole rep
reseptative OF the victims. These gem
tlemen are-let us say-in opposition.
This SAFE" he waved his hand toward
the great steel room that crowned the
granite column. contains the fortune.
late client. Where the lock should be
are six dials. on each OF which are
the letters Of the alphabet. The dials
are arranged one inside the other. and
on one side IL q steel pointer. A word
Of six letters opens the safe. BY turn
Ing the dials so that the letters come
word. the door Is opened"
He stopped to wipe his forehead.
for In the energy Of his explanation
h he had become hot. Then he re-
what that word is. is for you to
discover. My late client. who had q
passion for acrostics and puzzles and
inventions Of every kind. has left q
doggerel verse which he most earn
estly assured me contained the solu-
ton"
He handed a slip first to the girl
and then to the others. For a mo-
ment the world swan before Kath-
leen's eyes. All that hinged upon that
fully coming each word. as II In fear
of It's significance esceping her, she
read:
Here's puzzle In language old.
Find my meaning and get my gold.
Take one Bolt-just one, no more
Fix 1t on behind Door.
Place 1t at rivers Mouth
East or west or north or south.
Take some Leaves and put them whole
In some water in q Bowl.
found this puzzle in q book
From which some mighty truths were
took"
She read again and yet again, the
others watching her. With every read
ing she seemed to get further from the
solution of the mystery, and she
turned In despair to Angel.
II can make nothing Of it." she
cried helplessly. nothing. nothing.
nothing"
TT is, with due respect to my late
client. the veriest doggerel." said the
lawyer frankly. and yet upon that the
inheritance of the whole Of his for
tune depends"
He had noticed that neither Conner
nor Jimmy had read the slips he had
handed to them.
"The paper l have given you is
facsimile reproduction of the original
copy. and that may be inspected at
any time at my office"
The girl was scanning the rhyme in
an agony Of perplexity.
Il shall never do It," she said in
despair.
Angel took the paper gently from
her hand.
Don't attempt it," he said kindly.
There Is plenty Of time. do not
think that either Of your rival COM
petitors have gained anything by the
have had in my possession q copy Of
the rhyme for the past week."
The girls eyes opened wide in as.
constituent.
Your" she said.
Angels explanation was arrested by
singular occurrence.
Conner sat at one end OF the row
Of chairs Moodily eying the paper.
Jimmy. thoughtfully strokins his
beard at the other end. suddenly rose
and walked to where his brooding con-
federate sat. The man shrunk back
as he approached. and Jimmy. seating
himself by his side. bent forward and
spoke rapidly, and Angel. watching
them closely. saw a look Of incred-
ulous surprise come into Connor's
face. Then wrath and incredulity min
gled. and Conner sprang up, striking
the back Of the chair WITH his fist.
chance of fortune? I'll see you"
Jimmy's voice never rose. but he
gripped Connor's arm and pulled him
down into his chair.
Il won't! won'tl Dye think I'm
going to throw away"
Jimmy released the mans arm and
rose with shrug of his shoulders.
He walked to where Kathleen was
standing.
Miss Kent" he said. and hesitated.
1T Is difficult for me to say what /
have to say; but I want to tell you
that 80 far as I am concerned the for
tune is yours. I shall make no claim
to 1t. and I will afford you every as
sistance that lies In my power to dis
cover the word that Is hidden in the
verse;"
The girl made no reply Her lips
were set tight. and the hard look that
Angel had noticed when the lawyer
had referred to her father came back
again.
Jimmy waited moment for her to
speak. but she made no sign, and with
slight bow he walked toward the
door.
"Stopl"
It was Kathleen that spoke, and
Jimmy turned and waited.
LAS I understand this WILL" she
said slowly. you are one of the men
to whom my father owed his ruin"
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