Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-12-22
CHAPTER av.-cor.iruea.

~ turned ,.s corner glanced
sack Hal, block behind Is john
son vas moving orr Way slowly
Whaa h sa~ Is s.o97s. and ITO
ces6ss. vs,s s-sa. de,.be-ation e Ugh.
e.sa- b. A---y.1g however. n
caught ne car .1s. ws teos. snd stood
a-oo.-ps:vsiy o. The rear platform
Ii locked .assss aai atssa. minded
i raid cur fares. 10 Meningitis de-
!lzs,
We viii give hin run for his
noaey h declared. as the car moved
ooaai-vSa-d ~Corducto- le, Us o.
q. ~ E1lddisss .ars you car find
a, oae O'clock. after { sixmila ram
t,s. va entered 6 small country hotel.
We had ssea nothing OF Johnson for 8
La. hour a, tia. time BE- was a
garter o. nile behind Us. and losing
rapidly Before We had finished our
luncheon he staggered into the inn.
Oae Q. lis boots vas under bis arm,
sad his whole appearance vas deplor-
ao.e He was coated with mud. streak
&c VIII spira.ion. and ne limped
IS he walked He chose a table no;
far from Us and ordered Scotch. Be
yo1d touching lis hat he paid no at
,en.on 70 Us.
In Just getting NY second wind,
Mcknigh, declared How do you feel
Nj. Johnson? Six or eight miles more
and we'll all enjoy our dinners" John
son put down the glass he had raised
10 bis lips without replying
The fact was, however, that was
like Johnson. was soft from my
weeks inaction. and was pretty vel
one up. Mcknight, who was a we'll
spring OF vitality and high spirits. or
dersd strange concoction. made OF
nearly everything il the bar. and SEM
refused it
4 hate that kind OF person" Nc
knight said pettishly Kind of fel
low that thinks you're going 10 poison
his dog if you offer him bone
When We got to the car line. viii
70 the kite. was in better spirits
had told Mcknight the story of thu
three hours just after the wreck;
had not named the girl, of course: sh'
had ny promise of secrecy. But l toll
him everything else. II was relic
TO have a fresh mind on it: had puz
zled SO much over the incident at tn
farm house. and the necklace in tn
gold bag. that had lost perspective
He had been interested, but incline
to be amused, until came to tn
broken chain. Then he had whistle
softly
But there are tons Of fine gol
chains made every year. he saie
Why In the world do you think tina
the-er-smeary piece came fror
hat necklace?"
had looked around Johnson wa
far behind scraping the mud on hi
feet with piece of stick.
u have the short end of the chat
in the sealskin bag" | reminded hin
When couldn't sleep this morning
thought would settle it. one way G
the other 1t was hell to go along tn
way l had been doing And-there
no doubt about it. Rich It's the sam
chain
We walked along in silence unit
we caught the car back TO town.
Well" he said finally, you kno
the girl. OF course, and don't. B,
II you like her-and l think myse
you're rather hard hit, old man
wouldn't give a whoop about the chat
In the gold purse. It's just one of Il
little condolences that hang peop
II now and then And as for last nigl
-it she's the kind of a girl you So
she is, and you think she had an
thing to do with that, you-you'l
added. that's all. You can deper
on 1t. the lady of the empty house la
week is the lady of last night. Al
yet your train acquaintance was
Altoona at ,hst time"
Just before We got of the car. I
verted to the subject again. 1t ",
never far back in my mind.
About the-young lady Of the trai
, Rich" said. with what suppose VI
elaborate carelessness, Il don't wa
Z you to get wrong impression. q
. rather unlikely to see her again.
even If do. IL believe she is
f ready bespoke or next thing to i
4 He made no reply. but as | open
the door with my latch-key
= stood looking up at me from the pa,
!. ment with his quizzical smile
: Love is like the measles" he or
ed The older you get it. the wor
). the attack"
10 johnson did not appear again th
day. A small man in a raincoat to
:, his place The next morning ma
=, my initial trip to the Office. the ra
Ia coat still on hand had short c.
terence with Miller. the district
nd torney, at IL. Bronson was under g
"a, veillance, he said. and any attempt
an sell the notes to him would probal
q, result In their recovery. In the me,
a. time. as knew. the Commonwea