Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1910-12-30
in the uniting substance he had
Severance use. but uotwithstand.

Ing that he had tried every known per-
able To get an explosion. Recognizing
that he had been foilcd and that Il for
tune had Slipped through his fingers,
he was about TO accept the situation
when it occurred to him that Sever
ance might have left his secret With
his daughter. After making formal ill.,
QuirieS he todd her hat her father had
given him all the elements of his COM
pound but one. If he had left her the
sanle of this uniting chemical she
might Yet lee rich. for he (Gowerl. hav-
ing all the rest. with this "oulu manu-.
facture the powder.
When her husband came home that
evening t'ann" told him of Covers
tall and Mha, he had said. Later on.
going to her lrinket box, she noticed
the paper her father had given her.
Taking it to her husband, she told him
of the circumstance attending her re-
ceivin. it and asked him if he knew
what it meant, The young man look
ed ut the word written OH the paper.
; 1t WAS Il curious mixture of letters,
spell!n" an almost unprono,,liccable
word. Then suddenly an idea occur
red To him. He told his wife that it
might he the browning chemical used
by her father for his compound.
"Then." said Fanny eNcitedly. "all
we have to do is to give it to Mr..
Cover and we will yet be rich"
But William Clarke believed in the
adagc Make haste slowly He slept
but little that night. thinking why. if
this was the required substance. Sew
erance had left it without the other
ingredients of the compound. lie
must have had II reason for doing so.
Clarke thought for hours upon this
reason. Was it that Cover knew the
other ingredients and in the event Of
the inventors death could go on with
the manufacture of the powder in case
Fanny would give it to him. If so it
meant that Fanny was the real pos
SCISSOR of the secret. But why had
not Severance told her that what he
had given her was the key and what
she was to do With it in case of his
death:
Fanny" said the young husband
the next morning. giving her the daily
parting kiss, go into the laboratory
today and see what YOU can find
there"
Fanny took the key to the building
and, With a shudder. going into the
laboratory, began to hunt-what for
she did not know. There was a tiny
safe in the wall that interested her.
Remembering that she had fathers
keys in the house, she went for them
and. picking out an odd looking one.
slipped it into the lock. 1t fitted eX-
actly. and, turning it. she opened the
small door and took out several pa
pers. Selecting one, she read it and
staggered as if stricken. 1t read:
Suspectng that my assistant. Peter
Cover. will murder me (lle thinks he pos
sesses my secreU l leave this paper in
case anything happens to me. ! dare not
give the secret to any one. even to my
daughter, now. but trust this action will
insure it TO her without the risk that
would occur if it left my keeping.
On another paper was list Of the
ingredients except one, which the writ
err said he had given to his daughter
y horrible thought entered the young
wifc's mind. Her father had prob
ably been murdered.
"Eless him." she exclaimed, kissing
the record lie had made. Had it not
been for his care Il murderer would
have robbed me Of my rights"
The hours dragged slowly till her
husband came home. and she told him
of her discovery. lie read the paper
and. taking his wife i'm his arms, said:
"Swcctheart, it is our duty to avenge
your father
"IIuw:"
There are ways in which Cover
could have contrivcd an explosion. He
might have mixed substances that
would require a few minutes or few
hours to unite chemically. He might
have run wire underground to the
outside Of the laboratory and ignited
some substance within by an electric
spark. lie might have tossed boml
at his victims feet. Whatever his
means. he doubtless removed all evi
dences of its character, for YOU left
him to lock up the laboratory"
$50 did" she said wonderingly
"Rut could have done otherwise:
wouldn't have gone there myself OF
any account
The next day Clarke took steps t.
renew the negotiations with the gov
crnment broken off 10y his father-in
laws death. The matter dragged. a
all matters connected with govern
ments are bound to drag. But Clarke
who had more business ability thai
the inventor. started negotiations wit
another country and before long ha
two nations bidding against each OIL
! or. The result was that he finally r.
ccived five times as much as was OF
f., fcred Severance.
. When payment was handed to Clark
, it was in one check on the natiOns
: treasury. lie took it home and wave
it triumphantly over his wife's heat
exclaimiEg:
. There's your dOwry::"