Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-12-01
later. this message went flashing INTO

later. this message went flashing INTO
New York:
Betty Lancey found All well. Com
ing home. Larry Morris and she were
married a month ago Hamley Hack
leye with us. Johnson"
Larry and Johnny had argued it all
out between them that since Larry
had carried off the bride, the glory was
coming Johnny's way. so it was his
name that was signed to the message.
Two continents thrilled at these
words and one Harold Harcourt in his
cell burst into tears
AT last" he repeated to himself.
AT lastl"
But his hoped for release did not
come at once. He was told he would
have to wait till the party had landed
in New York.
Meanwhile. aboard the enchanted
yacht, as Betty still called it, Hack
leye was winning new friends for him
self. In spite of the suspicion that
hung over him Betty could not help
but like him, and the boys admitted
that he seemed to be very square fell
low.
The old Cure dozed over his bre-
Wary continually. the children romped
with City Editor Burton, who was a
more ridiculous excuse for lion than
ever, Betty and Larry made I'D for lost
time in love making. and Johnny and
LIE Malheureux held high converse in
the laboratory and battery room. Be-
fore they came to Cairo johnny was a
chock full of electrical phrases as the
A-ray machine of sparks. He gave an
electrical clinic every time YOU went
near him, and everybody aboard. from
Iyoga, in her neat little electrical
kitchen, and Benoni and Meta. sitting
astern in silent communion. sped away
from Johnny and his newly acquired
knowledge. Hackleye was the onlv
lonely one aboard. He spent most of
MS time in a steamer chair, gazing at
the sky line in the day time and at
the stars at night. AS they neared
CAIRO he became even more diffident
and subdued.
his house at Cairo was a we'll set
up home. furnished in an odd combi-
nation of oriental and occidental modes
and stood little apart from the citv
The children were not we'll. Walters
MP was bothering him, and il was
agreed that it would be better to rest
week at Cairo instead of immediately
setting out for America and England
into the house walked Johnny one
day. AT the door he met Benoni
where's Hackleye?" he asked.
In MS rooms," pointed Benoni
Johnny followed him down the hall
benonl, he urged. "why don't Won
loosen up and tell us about this?
Iheres a big injustice being done
somewhere. and it isn't right Whv
don't you help us out You've been a
Dig man. as big inside as YOU are ont
we Know that. Your fidelity to tbe
wayne family has shown itself in a
thousand ways. Let us get this all
cleared up; if a nest of crime exists
why can't we get at it and kill it be-
lore any more innocent people suffer
from 1t. There's Mrs. Desterle. she
never did anything to any of these peo-
ple."
ohes dead" interrupted Benoni. 81
got some dispatches this morning."
Poor woman" said Johnny, what
else did you get Benoni?"
Nothing, except that Harcourt is
still in Jail. that his wife has recovered
her health. and some think she is go
ing to divorce him. They say he has
confessed to having loved Cerisse
Wayne!"
"What?" shouted Johnny. IT must go
tell Larry. Oh. for a newspaper" he
sighed for the ten thousandth time.
GO up and talk to HackIeye." said
Benoni. HE may be glad to see YOU"
"Benoni." Johnny said, gravely. 81
don't believe he killed his wife. If II
hadn't been that with my own eyes
saw Hackleye enter that bedroom
where Cerisse Wayne was found dead.
since you say Harcourt has confessed
to having loved her, I'd say that Har-
court killed her. Those two garters
found. too. one in the Wayne room,
and the other in Hackleye's home, bore
the monograms H That's Harcourts
initials. too. you see."
Go talk to Hackleye. why don't
your" repeated Benoni. and Johnny
climbed the stairway with his head as
fiery within as it was without, from
insistent seeking that wound up only
in blind alleys.
(To De continued.)