Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1913-06-13

There witnesses the abduction of Agatha
Redmond. Hambletcn sees Agatha forca-
'oty taken aboard a yacht.
CHAPTER III.-Contnued.
On the instant his brain became &C
five again. 1t did not take long, as
matter of fact, to find the car; though
when he stumbled on it, turned about
,elnd neatly slowed away close beside
the partitioning wall, he gave start.
fe was such a tangible evidence OF
what had threatened to grow vague
himself into the narrow space between
It and the wall, finally thrusting his
head under the curtains Of the ton
Eeau
I. 1t YVES high and dry. empty as last
years cockleshell Not sign OF life,
;saat a loose object of any kind except
a f1lmy thing which Hambleton found
himself observing thoughtfully. At
last he picked 1t up-a long, mist-like
Veil. He spread it out, held it gin
Eerty between thumb and finger OF
,sech hand. and continued to look at
It absttactedly. Part Of it was clean
and whole, dainty as only bit of
:: woman's finery can be; but one end
suf 1t was torn and twisted and
stretched out of all semblance to It.
.scLf. Moreover, 1t was dirty, as II 1t
mad been ground under muddy heel.
1t WIS, in its way, a shrieking evil
dence OF violence. Of unrighteous
struggle. Hambleton folded the scarf
! carefully, with its edges together. and
put 1t in his pocket
Jimmy's actions from this time on
had an incentive and spirit that had
before been lacking. He noted sgain
| the number Of the car, and returned
to the edge Of the dock to observe the
yacht. She had steamed up river
little way for some reason known only
to herself, and was now turning very
SLOWLY. She was but family lighted and
would pass for some pleasure craft just
eouming home. But Jim knew better. He
tcould, at last, put two and two togeth-
Asr. He would follow the Face-in-
deed, he could not help following it.
la him had begun that divine expert
~euce Of youth-of youth essentially,
sxhethsr it come in early years or late
of being carried off his feet by a
spirit not himself. He ran like a
young athlets down the dock to the
nearest workman, evolving schemes
SIS he went.
The dock-hand alphabetically trun-
Ssied small key from one pile OF
freight to another, wiped his hands
on his trousers, took dry pipe out
OF his pocket, and looked vacantly up
the river before he replied to Handle
toms question.
Queer name-Jene Dark they call
faer"
1t was like pulling teeth to get in
formation out Of him, but Jim applied
the forceps.
, The yacht had been lying out in the
etver for two weeks or more, possibly
less; belonged to foreign parts; no
one thereabouts knew who its owner
was: nor its captain; nor it's purpose
In the harbor Of New York. At last,
quite gratuitously, the man volun-
1eered a personal opinion. slippery
Aoat in a gale-wouldn't trust her."
Hambleton walked smartly back.
Szking look both at the yacht and
the motor-car as he went. The yachts
nose pointed toward the Jersey shore;
the car was creeping out of the dock.
sAs he overlook the machine, he saw
that 1t was in the hands of a mechanic
n overalls and jumper. In answer
- Hambleton's question as to the
swner Of the car, the mechanic told
! tim pleasantly to go to the devil. and
. tor once the sight of a coin failed to
produce any perceptible effect. But
J, he major-general. waiting half a
!, clock away. was still in the humor Of
: giving fatherly advice. He welcomed
Tim. heartily.
] That's hole amt got no use
Tor. 'Ow'd you make out?"
well enough. for all present pur-
Apses. Can you undertake to do job
Tor me?"
IF it amt nothing I'd have to ar
sest you for, l might consider It," he
xhuckled.
Il want you to go to the Laramie
raub and tell Aleck Van Camp-got
she name?-that Hambleton has gone
III on the Jeanne D'Arc and may not
b back for some time; and he is to
pok after the Sea Gull"
Hold on, young man; you're not
soing to do anything out Of reason. Is
mo might say?''
~oh, no, not II N: most reasonable