Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1912-12-12

| Ntlt NulAuhltu sMoht OpluIns eh'
And that being so. no ChinAuan but
my Chinaman could have made a tar
get Of a piece Of an old portrait and
/ dropped his pipe bowl at the foot OF
a tree Go on with you, you make
Z ne SICK! Ana then. seeing Jerry.
who had quickly Joined me: Didn't
find him. eh? Well. that's not strange.
Having lost the bowl Of his pipe. he's
| probably gone 10 borrow another
from laundryman friend in Cos
I Cob; and that. by the way. is about
the nearest place for you 10 buy gas.
olene
The next day ] spent az my office,
IN New York. busy with the hundred
details that 20 TO the making OF
periodical which aims to focus popu.
lar sentiment 10 righteous view.
point concerning matters Of national
and social import For the time be-
ing my consideration OF Cameron and
his strange problem was suspended.
Now and then the subject REQUIRED to
me, dragged into the mental light on
The train of Evelyn Grayson but al
most Immediately Il was buried be
meath question OF editorial policy
or debate regarding a contract for
white paper al an exIor;ionate in
crease Do price
! When. however. my business day
7 was ended. and | had boarded the
. train for Greenwich the whole in
/ volyed enigma spread itself again
/ before me. demanding attention. And
/ IN Tie midst Of IL. dominating II.
I street ing his great shadow over II
70 TIT iarhest limit appeared that
troWsy red slant. Murphy. mystery
within a mystery; for. though he
seemed &c pervade 81. there was no
po.ut q, which / could discover him
cutie touching g.
IN vain ! tried to detect real con-
ecticu. started with the letters.
Q They bore no single Characteristic
mark Of this uncou,h creature. As an
/ artist De might have devised The curl
I Gus silhouette signature but there
was something about thar-scme cum
nir-, inventive sub;lety-which
could not reconcile with The ogre
had played upon. stung 70 anger and
aroused 70 curiosity.
The, he could either have con-
( ce.yed or executed the ruin Of the
p0-tgai, I did not believe possible.
! The conception like the letters and
tho signature. bore evidence of a
( crGfIuess 100 fine for such as he; and
20 fancy him. man moth that he was.
stealing un0bserved into Cameron's
stUry vas 70 fancy ne incredible.
And so though he impression OF
intimate relationship persisted, I
could md no point OF contact. closer
or more definite than through his
. servants rife practice, which after
an might have been quite without mo-
tive.
There was little therefore. in the
lire Cf reason. 20 convict Murphy OF
any knowledge of the matters which
had so disturbed US And yet. as l
have said, ] felt lntuirively that he
possessed an intimate acquaintance
wi-h the whole afair.
A. the Greenwich station, found
nay touring car waiting; my mother
In the 'onneau Ny chauffeur touched
BIS cap as approached.
You may drive. Francois" said.
1nd I ,ook the place at my mothers
Side
"You look tired Philip" she an.
nounced 1hen had kissed her. WAS
It very warm In the city7" Her eyes
were ever quick to note infini,esimsl
changes in my appearance OF well.
being
"Not uncou Portable" answered,
induleonuy Il had a very busy day,
though Put I'm not the less At be,
cause oI IT,
we lave had some little excite
mout here" she FASTENED. eager to
give me the news "Old Romney
called you up on tae telephone about
noon happened 20 answer It. my.
SELF, and when J told HIM you were In
Nov York and would not be back
until six, it jus, seemed he couldn't
wait 20 unhurdCu himself. Won't you
please tell him Mrs Clyde. he said.
thai Nh Nurphys Chinaman was
fta=5 at dayhreak thls morning. lying
q at outside Murphy's back
dead" cried, in amaze.
mem,
"That is wha, he said Then he
added that the poor .ellow's head had
J been crushed with some heavy instru.
ment and that Mr. Murphy had been
arrested on suspicion and was in the
Cos Cob lookup
For @ iUll minute think, sat IN
!. silent amaze Then theories and con.