Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-08-14
CHAPTER NNil
4 Oeeeenine Mystery.

Oeecenire Mystery.
Startled And hev.lasred as Hslnlin
was by this sudden reveAlnent he a,
once conprehended the enharrass.
neri Of his own position He could
not confess al he knew, certainly not
The fac; TIA; The girl had me, him se-
creily An6 had vanished while be uAs
enoeavor1ne 70 turn aside Nrs- Dp-
pont Ee mus; protect her 81 xn hAi.
ards To saln time, and selt|aont-o,.
he replied with & question
Did no; Coanors drive ,Asu aovr
SIR"
Yes, the tour o. them
And Major MeDonkla knew thar
that he was ordered Eas;.-
No. The order came by telegram
later. Al orderly vas ser; down about
ten O'Clock But. see here. Sergeant !
an no Bureau o; Information l. you
have anything 70 repo-, make {,
bret
hAnEn glanced q; the face Q. the
other. He knew little .hou; him. e1
eepi that he had the reputation o. be-
ins q capable ofhce-.
VII. sir. be responded quickly
you NAY never have heard o, the az.
fair. but ! was with Miss Mcdonald
curing little Indian t-o.ble ou; or
The trail tev months ASo,"
I The o.icsr nodded
= heard about that. csskins arouxh,
her tn"
Well. ever since sAe has seemed
grateful and friendly. You know how
some women are: we'll. she 10 ;hs;
kind Tonight abe came to me, be
cause she didn't seem TO know whom,
else 10 so to- and told me .! some trou.
bic she was having realize, Captain
Kane, that !; may seem 8 BIT strange
to you that young lady like Miss Ne
Donald. sn ofncers daughter. would
turn for help 10 an enlisted man, hu.
! am telling you oaly the truth, sir
You see. she got II into her head
somehow that Was sQvare. snd-And
we'll, that ] cared enough 70 help her :
Wait minute. Sergeant" broke In
Kane, kindly. realizing the others EN-
hArrsssrent and resting one hand OF
his sleeve ~Yor do no; need 70 spolo
eize for Miss Mcdonald. know some
thing OF what is going OF &; this post
although. damn me II I've ever cot or
TO the straight facts. You mean tha,
Dupont woman"
"Yes. shes concerned in the matter
but there are others also"
Why couldn't the girl tell her "a
ther-"
That is where the main trouble lies
Captain. Major Mcdonald seems Il
be completely under the control O,
Mrs Dupont He is apparently atrsit
81 her for some reason. That is vha
Miss Molly spoke 10 me about We
we're on the side porch al the hote
talking while the dancers were al sup
pert Was the only opportunity tn,
Eirl had to get swSy-snd Mrs Dupon
and her husband came into the par
lor-"
Her husband Good Lord. ! though
her husband was dead
He isn't Hes q tin-horn gambler
known In the saloons as 'Reh.' hi,
dsfer. wearing q black beard
All right 80 on ! don't know him.
We'll. stepped into the room Il
keep the two apart. leaving the cir
alone outside We nad q Bit OF tAll
before got the room cleared. and
when ] went hack 20 the porch, Miss
Molly had gone"
Dropped over the railing TO the
ground
That's what ! thought at the tine
sir. bu; what happened TO her after
that, She didn't return 10 1he hotel
she WAS no; az the dance hall, and
hasn't come hack 70 the post.
The he'll you SAY, Are you sure"
I an: searched for her high and
lcv eeto-e Z left, and she could not ge-
in here without Passing the guard
Aouss"
Kane stared into The SerFeants fscs
nomsri. Ino ,hsn out ACROSS the pa
-xae ground A yellow hight vinsed
In the Colunels ONCE. occasionally
hlo.ise sui by he passing figure of q
sentry The Officer came 10 q prom D:
decision.
TIE OLD man n over there vet
frr6eius ~ some papers Come or
over. Enc tsn hin what ycu have told
ne ] believe he lkss VII curr " al
r.xh;. eUi i doss loak rather oosss