The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-10-05

1 saw no light OF recognition in her
1 eyes.
| Don't go down there" I said gent
ly. You'd better lie down again."
She permitted me to lead her back
to the couch without protest or re-
| sistance
Try to rest" 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
! hips moved for moment; but at last
l1wR relieved to note by her regular
4 Nea&hing that she had apparently fall
XlSR(knrned to the dining room and
01yDe4 the door between. so that the
light Ind noise might not disturb her
"H8re t'ey are!" cried the patrolman
who A&d stationed himself at the outer
door md I heard a wagon rattle up in
frontyof the house.
Then half a dozen policemen came
pouring into the yard. headed by a
man with grey hair and heavy black
He stopped fpr moment to listen to
the story tho patrolman had to tell,
then he turned sharply to me.
"Of course you'll have to explain
your presence IRE" he Began.
MY names Ekster; IL you doubt it,
here's my card I said. cutting him
| short. Mr.. Godfrey and l suspected
something was wrong here. We looked
into 1t and found much more than we
bargained fof.A
Who's Mr.. Godfrey"
"The manswho sent your patrolman
here"
How did you get so dirty?"
Uncovering the dead man in the
"xas your seem. to be
Yes; Harriet Kin pm shot me be-
fore she hanged her3elf."
She discovered you In the cellar?"
He looked at me 3noment longer
IT'S hardly probable" I added, that
IL my friend and had been guilty of
any crime. he'd have stopped to warn
the police. and ri have waited here for
you to come and take me-"
That's true" he assented: but I
don't quite see what your business was
here" ~
my friends repxEfet ON the New
'o "oh. Ns a reporte st repeatea m
stantly drawing thu inference which I
hoped he would &4T'hat explains It.
But, Of course, Mr. hester, you, as a
lawyer. know that You had no right to
enter nous iNthat way. 1t was
There areF emefgencies," pro-
tested. I'm which DE must take affairs
into ones own5barids."
/, so Il az admit nj III Put whether this was
. a. ,p Dc 4 Hook as If it was" l
well. thadh not for me to decide
!, u UNI. t., you're staying at the
yesterday. HgSvs up my syay room 'h not
knowing thatKId need it again. I'm
about dead fof7Sleep."
He pondered 6 a moment, looking
at my card no,
!, !. How 7 w a. DO ., knc this is really your
growing suddeniT aaent.s k rfsUt'9 T1i
have dozen pS6bla down from New
Meanwhile let 80 ~
"All right" h4r6ktA p6ck etihg the
card with sudden. az ision. 5But II
will have TO be pnddk glerd. u don't
wa want to ! place ; ypt under aFsk but at
letting you get away. You've 20 OBJ
lection to the company of an on GER p
sleep"
"All right. But you'd better I've
that hand dressed before you turn In!
We brought doctor along on the on
cnance OF needing him. Suppose ybu
Thank you.' assented. and the doc.
tor was summoned. ~
It's not In the least serious" he asl
sured me, after a moments examina-
ton, and the wound was soon washed
and bandaged.
That feels better" I 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. go with this gentleman.
Don't let him out of your sight till you
hear from me. Let him 60 to bed. n
he wants to. and don't disturb him. hut
II he tries to escape, stop him IL you
have to shoot him."
] did my best to repress a smile and
succeeded In turning 1t into yawn.
AFTER all. there was no need to offend
these fellows unnecessarily. and the
chief was undoubtedly right in think
ing me not entirely clear of susnfcion
So Sherman and went down the street
together, In the grey light of the dawn
the second consecutive one that I
had witnessed--and we rather aston :
ished the night clerk at the Sheridan
~ tAOoheAHS tO6CtHCT W the room
which was assigned to me. MY guard
Ian sat down against the door, after
assuring himself that escape by the
window was impossible. AS for me.
tumbled into bed as quickly as I could
and fell asleep as soon as my head
touched the pillow.
was awakened by some one roughly
shaking me. I protested, fought
against 1t. but In vain At last I
opened my eyes. and saw that INV
prosecutor was Godfrey.
"Come, Lester" he said, you've
been sleeping 10 hours. It's time you
were turning out.
sat up in bed and dubbed my eyes.
Then suddenly / remembered
Where's my jailer?" / asked, looking
at the empty chair by the door.
"Oh, / cleared all that up. didn't
realize at first how suspicious our ac-
lions might seem, and how hard 1t
would be to explain them"
1T was lucky / didn't have to spend
the night in JAIL" 1 laughed. Are
those my trousers?"
Yes; l had them cleaned-and they
needed it. / had hard time getting
my special off-the operator took me
for a tramp-and no wonder"
Were you in timer"
'Oh, yes; and lovely scoop 1t was.
The towns full of special men. now,
trying to work up the story
And how are they succeed1ng?"
They're winding themselves up in
the worst tangle you ever saw"
But you"