The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-02-02
CHAPTER XXX.
he SEARCH for. the MISSING

The Search Tor tne missing.
The note of unrestrained joy of re
lief in the woman's voice rang through
the room, stilling all else. and caus.
ing those who heard TO forget for an
instant the steiner purpose of their
gathering. ECsrbain bent over her,
like a fat g,axs%ah angel. patting her
shoulder, her cSes so blurred with
tears as to be p-ac' ically sightless. yet
still turned questionas~t1.y upon Waite.
The sheriff was frs to recover
speech, and a sense of duty.
Then this lets Miss Macsete out
Of the conspiracy charge" he ssid.
gravely, but 1t doesn't make it ttIy
brighter for Hawley so far as csn
eee-there's a robbery charge against
Tim if nothing else. Any one her7
know where the fellow is?'
For a m0nent ne one answered, Al
though Keith tooh s. step forward, re-
minded instantly OF Hopes predicsH
ment Before he could speak, however,
Christie looked up, with swift gestvra
pushing back her loosened hair.
I1G was W hdNO lllC at III .
theater tonight" she said, her voics
trembling, but was not there when
| came out; he-he said he had i'm.
portant news for me-
"And failed to show up-did BIZ send
no message?"
Doctor Fairbain was waiting for
me instead He said that Mr.. ,Hasiey
was called suddenly out of town.
The eyes of thes sheriff turned 70
FairbaiA, whose face grew reddeE
than usual, as he shifted lis sasa
toward Keith
THAT was lie," he confessed.
lamely. IL was told to say that q
Just a moment, Sheriff" and Keith
stood before them. his voice clear and
convincing. My name is Keith. and
| have unavoidahly been mixed up in
this affair from the beginning. Just
now | can relieve the doctor of his
embarrassment. Miss Hope Waite
and | have been associated togeth6r
in an effort to solv" this mystery. This
evening, taking advantage Of the re-
markable resemblance existing be-
tween herself and Miss Maclaire. Miss
Hope decided upon O. mask"
What's that" Waite broks in ex.
citedly. rs Hope hare p"
Yes, has been rrr a weeF: we've
had all the police force of Sheridan
hunting you"
The old man stared at the speaker
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thing about Fort Hays, but Keith. pay
ing little attention to him. hurried on
with his story.
LAS ! say. she decided upon imper.
sonating Christie here, hoping in this
way to learn more regarding Hawleys
plans. We had discovered that the
two were to meet after the evening
performance at the stage door of the
Trocadero | escorted Hope there
dressed as near like Miss Maclaire as
possible, and left her inside the vesti'
bule waiting for Black Bart to ap
pear. At the head OF the alley ran
into Tairbain. told him something OF
the circumstances, and persuaded him
to escort Miss Christie back 20 the
hotel. He was not very haTd to per-
suade. Well, Hawley came. and Hope
met him; they went out of the alley
way together arm in arm. talking
pleasantly, and turned this way 20
ward the hotel The doctor and
both saw and heard them. was de
layed not to exceed two minutes
speaking a final word to Fairbain, and
when | reached the street they had
disappeared. have hunted them
everywhere without finding trace
have even beer through the resorts
She has not returned to the hotel. and
burst in upon you here hoping that
Miss Maclaire might have some infor
nation"
She shook her head. and Waite
glaring impotentlr at the two of them
swore sharply.
Good God, mnr, my girl! Hope,
alone with that damn villain. Come
on. Sheriff; we've got to find her.
Wait. thought" and he strobe almost
menacingly across the room, First
7 want to know who the devil you
are?"
Keith Strengthened up. looking d.
rectly into the fierce questioning eyes.
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