Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1912-11-21

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ncne tie I<ss eager. Already ny syI-
paiey a1e co-ores1ttoc re.e enlisted
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And nov something has happened
TO recall II 10 Jour memory"
Something happenee very shortly
aftss fss receipt" he replied Some
thing very bafziing- SU; - spite o:
that. raa inclined 70 trea, 'hsmaiter
- q bi; o! clever chicanery. devised
for tie p1rpsoas. probably. o: eItortion.
A. suss. again pu; It from my
thoughts; bu, today I received a sec
ond letter. and I admit ! am interest
ed The affair has features which
make II. indeed. unconmouly perplex-
ing"
fear my Imagination was sluggish.
Although. In spite Of his dissemblance.
! saw tha. be was stran gely moved by
these happenings. I could fancy no
very terrifying concomitauts Of the
rather commonplace facts he had mar
rated For anonymous letters mad
ever held scant respect. An ambushed
enemy. argued. 10 admittedly q COW
ard. And % I vas In danger Of grow
ing impatient
When the second letter came" he
continued, bringing his left hand for
ward TO Join his hight on the dazzling
white ground of the tables damask, Il
searched among the circulars for the
Erst, and found II. want you 20 see
them both. The writing 10 very curl
ous-l have never seen anything just
like it-and the signature. II may call
II that, 10 still more singular. On the
nrst letter. I took II for q blot Blu,
on the second letter occurs the same
black blur or smudgs Of Identical out
line"
OF ce--se I thought of the Black
Hand. II was the natural corollary
seeing that the newspapers had been
giving ~ Q surfeit Of Black Hand
threats and Black Hand outrages. But
somehow. I did not dare to voice IL
To have suggested anything SO ordi
nary to Cameron In his present mood
would have been to Offer him offense
And when, at the next moment, be
drew from an inner pocket Of his eve
ming coat two thin. wax-like sheets oil
paper and passed them to me, wal
glad that had kept silence. For the
letters were no rough. rude scrawls
Of an illiterats Malta or Camorra. IL
phraseology az well a. In penman
ship they were impressively unique.
II you don't mind" Cameron wal
saying. you might read them aloud"
He rose and switched on a group oil
electric wall lights at my back. and
marked for the hundredth time hii
physique-his towering height. hii
powerful shoulders. his leanness o
hip and sturdy straishtness OF limb
He did not look the forty years Il
which he confessed.
One Of the long French window,
which gave upon the terrace stood
ajar. and before resuming his sea
Cameron paused to close It. droppint
over II the looped curtains Of silvel
gray velvet that matched the walls.
In the succeeding moment the room
was ghostly silent; and then, breakin,
against the stillness. was the sound O
my voice. reading: