The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-04-05

son of rich North Carolina planter.
The fellow was drunken. dissofute,
good-for-nothlng They had daugh-
ter born-this Phyllis-and when the
child was three years old her father.
In at OF drunken rage, ran away, and
TO spite his wife took the little girl
with him All efforts TO trace them
failed, and the mother finally secured
divorce and, two years later, mar
ried Willis Waite Waite, of course,
knew these facts, but probably they
were never told the children When
the father OF Mrs Walte's first hus-
band died, no left all his large proper
ty to his grandchild. providing she
could be found and identified within
certain time, falling which the proper
" was 20 he distributed among GER
tain designated charities. Waite was
named sole administrator Well, the
old man took as much interest In II as
though II was his own girl, but made
mighty little progress. He did dis
cover that the father had taken the
child TO 81 Louis and left here there
with woman named Raymond, but
after the women died the girl com
pletely disappeared.
Then Miss Maolaire Is Hope
Waite's half-sister?"
That's the way 1t looks now"
-And Hawlsy merely happened to
stumble on to the right party7"
sure; IT'S clear enough how that
came about Yhe boy told him about
the lost heiress his father was search
ing after, and showed him his sistar's
picture. BLACK Bart instantly reoog,
niEed her resemblance to Christie
Maclaire, and thought he saw good
chance for some easy money. He
needed the papers, however, to ascerr
tain exactly the terms Of the viii.
| and what would be necessary for the
Identification He never intended TO
GO Into court, but hoped to either get
| WHITE out q the way or else convince
him that Christie was the girl relying
ON her gratitude for bis profits When
Waite played Into his hands by com
ing TO Carson City the chance was too
good to be lost, I'm not sure7h meant
to kill him, but he did mean to have
those papers at any cost Probably
yop know tho reat.--tho Rirl was easy
because she was 80 ignorant OF her
pafentage, and nothing prevented
Hawley from winning except that
| Waite got mad and decided TO fight.
| That knocked over the whole thing.
They were outside now, aud the
first touch OF the cool night air. the
FIRST glance up and down the noisy
street, brought Keith TO himself, his
mind ready to grapple with the prob
lem OF Hopes disappearance II
seemed TO him he had already looked
everywhere. yet there was nothing to
do except TO continue the search. only
more systematically, The sheriff as
sumed control--clear headed. and &C
customed TO that sort OF thing-call
ing In Hickook and his deputies tc
assist, and fairly combing the tow
from one ,end TO the other. Not a raj
could have slipped unobservec
/ through the net he dragged down that
long street, or It's intersecung alleys
but Il was without result; nowhere
| was there found a trace OF either the
! gambler or his companion.
They dug into saioons, hagnios
dance halls. searching back rooms
and questioning inmates, they routet
ont every occupant OF the hotel, in
vaded boarding houses, and explored
shacl,s and tents. Indifferent to the
protests OF those dlsturbed-but with
out result. They found several whC
knew Hawley, others who had seen til,
two together passing by the lighteC
windows OF the Trocadero, but beyonc
that nothing. Convinced. at last, thai
the parties sought were not alive IL
Sheridan. and beginning to fem the
worst. the searchers separated. apC
began spreading forth over the bIacl
surrounding prairie, and by the lighi
OF lanterns seeking any semblance O
trail. There was no lack of yolun
teers for this work, but It was gay
light before the slightest clue pre-
scented itself. Keith, with the \sherif
and two or three others, had IEropec
their way outward until. with the frs
flush OF dawn, they found themselves
at the opening OF a small rocky ra