The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-01-10

village hard by with instructions to
find Dick.
The messenger returned with word
that no n fitting the description had
been seer there.
but he must be there" said the
young master.
Vas, sab, agreed the darby, not for
a moment questioning the assertion
that fell from his masters lips. II
"Marse David said he was there, he
was there-that is all there could be to
1t. He suttinly mus be than. sab.
But | specs he mussa fo'got to tell
anybody hit, sab"
Ask jeff to call me early in the
morning, Pete" said David. Good
night"
Good night, Marse David
The boy went out. gently closing the
door behind him. Almost instantly it
was r%eopened.
What now. Pete?" demanded Day-
id, who, with his back to the door.
was advancing To the mahogany bu
reau across the room. He came in
line with the tall mirror that sur
mounted the chest OF drawers. His
fingers stopped suddenly in the light
task of removing a pin from his scArf.
Just inside the door stood Artful
Dick Cronk, a genial smile rejecting
itself In the mirror which confronted
the other. David stared unbelievingly
for a few seconds and then whirled to
face the-but it was not an appari-
ton.
The lean, cunning yisage of the
pickpocket was illuminated by the
never to be forgotten smile of guile
l~essness that SO ably stood him in
hand in moments of peril. He was
attired in one of David's loose dress
ing gowns. lie wore a pair Of com
Portable slippers. and he smoked Da-
vid's picturesque Algerian pipe. You
might have taken him to be the own
er of the house.
What are you doing in my ROOM
Dick demanded, assuming an air of
severity.
David's aston1shment gave way TO a
hearty laugh. He advanced, with his
hand extended.
Wei, you do peat the world" he
exclaimed. In the name of heaven,
where did you come FROM"
They shook hands. Dicks sprignt-
~ face presented a myriad OF joyous
wrinkles.
Where did | come from. kid
should say. Mr.. Jenison2 I"
I1,J1 -, Da,f4 - ;nt 1r,.t,rYnl tho
other.
Sure, Come FROM Take a seat,
kid You are my guest for the eve
ming. Make, yourself al home. I've got
a couple of toddies planted here be-
hind the dresser You see, was ex-
pectin' you" lie went over and.
reaching down behind the bureau,
came up with W. teddy glasses in
which the ice clinked cheerily. Il
made EN- just before you came in"
he explained.
D you mean to tell ma that you
were in this 0 all the time sat
over there waiting
Dick put his fingers to his lips.
Ssh, Not SO loud. please. I'm not
really supposed TO be here, you know
lie was sitting now. with his long
legs crossed. leaning lazily back in
the lounging chair at the end of Da-
yid's desk.
I've been here two days and two
nights, right here in the house. My
bedchamber is down the hall there,
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OF course | had my meals in the din
ing room-my after theater suppers,
you might say. The servants couldn't
account for the disappearance OF pies
and cakes and Sally Lunn-say, how
do love Sally Lunn. And jam, too. To
say nothin' of fried chicken, I've
been living like a prince, kid. You'd
have been very much entertained half
an hour & if you could have seen me
swipe a Washington pie and a quart
of milk right out from under the nose
of old Aunt Fanny. Milk Is my fla.
yorite beverage. David. You notice
I'm not drinking this tirewater.'
David's patience gave out. What
does it all mean. Dick? | must KNOW
at once. 1t must be important or you
wouldn't
Maybe it's important and maybe
it amt" philosophical Dick.
TON B~raddock's out of Sing Sing.
Sing Sing, The penitentiary?"
THE sure enough cooler. He!
been there for nearly three years"
.Christine's father convict
groaned David.
las l said before, he's out. 1t ma,
interest you to know that | spent
years vacation up there in rs. Brat
came in shortly after | got settled. l
was two months before we managed
to speak to one another. After tina
we ~corresponded quite regular. | hal
notes from him and he from me.
soon got on to Brad's troubles, Seem
that Bob Grand owed him severa
thousand dollars. He had owed 1t 70
more'n two years. Some deal in cor
nection with the show. You remen
Der Brad was froze out soon after hi
wife left the aggregation In rs. HI