The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-10-05

She permitted me to lead her back
s~istanca.
Try to rest" I said. There's moth
ing you can do. You must be strong
for tomorrow"
She lay down as obediently as a
child and closed her eyes. Her
lips moved for a moment; but at last
was relieved to note by her regular
breathing h a she had apparently fall
en- asleep.
l returned to the dining room and
closed the door between. so that the
Light and noise might not disturb her.
Here tey are!" cried the patrolman,
VINO had stationed himself at the outer
door, | heard a wagon rattle UP in
front Of the house.
Then half a dozen policemen came
pouring INTO the yard, headed by a
man with grey hair and heavy black
moustache, whom 1 saw to be the chief.
he stopped for a moment to listen to
the story the patrolman had to tell,
then he turned sharply to me.
0 course you'll have to explain
your presence here" he began.
My names Lester; If you doubt it,
here.s my card" I said. cutting him
snort. Mr.. Godfrey and suspected
something was wrong here. We looked
into 1t and found much more than we
b~argained for"
Who's Mr.. Godfrey?"
here
How did you get so dirty?"
"~Uncovering the dead man In the
cellar"
And your hand seems to be
wounded W
Yes; Harriet Kingdom shot me be-
fore she hanged herself"
h discovered you in the cellar?"
Yes"
He looked at me a moment LONGER
Without speaking.
IT'S hardly probable" I added, chat
II my friend and l had been guilty of
any crime, he'd have stopped to warn
the police, and II have waited here for
you to come and tax me-"
That's true" he assented. Ont T
here" :"
My friends a reporter on the New
York Record" I explained.
oh, a reporter!" he repeated. in
stantly drawing the inference which I
hoped he would. THAT explains it.
But, of course, Mr.. Lester, YOU. as a
lawyer, know that you had no right to
enter a house IN that way. 1t was
your duty to inform the police"
There are emergencies,' 1 pro
tested, in which one must take affairs
into ones own hands"
I admit that; but whether this was
one of them
Doesn't it look as If 1t VASE" /
We'll, that's not for me to decide
! understand you're staying at HE
Sheridan?' ~
"fes-at least, I was staying there
yesterday. I gave up my room, not
knowing that I'd need it again. I'm
about dead for Sleep"
He pondered for a moment ,oo,.;,n
at my card.
How do know his is really your
name?' he asked.
You don't know It" 1 retorted.
growing suddenly impatient. But ri
York to identify me, if you doubt it.
Meanwhile, let me go to bed"
All right" he said, pocketfne tbe
card with sudden decision. "But il
VIII have to be under guard. I don't
want TO place you under arrest, but at
iettlng you get away. You've 70 OBJ
lection to the company of an ofneeron
sleep" y! me
All right. But you'd better have
nat hand dressed before you turn IN.
chance of needing him. Suppose you
let him look at it."
"Thank you" I assented. and tbe doc
tor was summoned.
It's not in the least serious" he as
sured me, after a moments exan,fna-
ton. n the wound was soon washad
and bandaged.
That feels better" said, as he
pressed the last strip of plaster into
place. Now I'm ready for bed"
sherman" said the chief to one of
his men. &c with this gentleman
Don't let him out of your sight til Won
hear from me. Let him go to bed If
he wants to, and don't disturb him. h,lt
II he tries to escape, stop him if YOU
have to shoot him" -
l did my best to repress a smile. and
succeeded In turning 1t into a vawn
After all, there was no need to offend
these Fellows unnecessarily, and the
chief was undoubtedly right in thtnl-s
ing me not entirely clear OF susnicinn.
So Sherman and 1 went down the street
togeeher, IN the grey light of the dawn
the second consecutive one that 7
had witnessed-and we rather aston
ished the night clerk at the Sheridan
by mounting together to the room
which was assigned to me. NV guard
Ian sat down against the door sr+n-
assuring himself that escape by the
window was impossible. AS for me. I
tumbled into bed as quickly as I could
and fell asleep as soon as nv haad
touched the pillow.
was awakened by some one ought
shaking me. protested, fought
a6diiioS III, IA Vail AT last [
opened my eyes, n saw that INV
prosecutor was Godfrey.
Come, Lester" he said. 'yo,'ye
been sleeping 10 hours. It's time you
were turning out.
I sat up in bed and dubbed my eyes.
Then suddenly / remembered.
Where's my jailer?" I asked, looking
at the empty chair by the door.
"Oh, I cleared all that up. i didn't
realize at first how suspicious u ac-
tons might seem. and how hard 1t
would be to explain them"
1T was lucky I didn't have to spend
the night in jail" / laughed. Are
those my trousers ~
Yes; / had them cleaned-and they
needed It ! had a hard time getting
my special off-the operator took me
for a tramp-and no wonder"
Were you in time Z"
"Oh. yes; and a lovely scoop it was.
The towns full of special men, now,
trying to work up the story"
And how are they succeeding? p,
They're winding themselves up in
the worst tangle you ever saw"
But YOU
.I'm tangled. too. That's one reason
I wok you, Lester. / var to talk to