The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-05-23
CHAPTER x,-(continued).

Let me see she continued. ut wa.
week ago T~uesday-no, it was Wed
nesday. for / went over to my sisters
Tuesday and Mr.. Rouser left wore
Tor me, and found 1t waiting for me-
when | came back. He asked me to
come over and take the office for. the
day. l was surprised when ! come
owe here to open up to fnd him here,
for I'd understood that he was going
to be gone all day. He explained that
he didn't have to 90 till after the mail
was In. and he stayed here and helped
me sort. There was a lot OF mail
that day. people round here are great
for answering advertisements and get
ting circulars. Besides that, some OF
them get-rich-quick have got
hold Of our telephone subscribers
book and there's always a lot OF min
Ing stock letters. There wal no less
than four gopd-sized bundles OF letters
rom New York, Ronser was sorting
the letters n | was handling the
second class and the papers, / got
through with that and picked up the
last bundle of letters. In it was no
less than six letters addressed % Lock
Box II. 'Seventeen's rented at last
says |, thinking 1t funny that | didn't
know the name on them, Henry Nal
colin Stewart. Who's got It? I'll take
charge of them says he, taking the
letters right out OF my hand before |
had q chance to look at the postmarks
or anything. | noticed, too, that he
didn't put them In the box, but jammed
them into his pocket along with a lot
OF other letters he had. | couldn't
Ia who b other letters was ad-
dressed to. for l didn't get a chance
to see them. They might have been
his own, for all l know But I couldn't
help thinking that the only reason he'd
waited till the mail was distributed
was to get hold. OF them Lock Box II
letters. Astsopnj as ne got them he
went away. and he didn't come back
till after closing time"
Have you any idea where he went.'
When ! come over here that day l
imposed he was going to the city, bue
q few minutes after he left the Office |
saw him driving past in one of the
livery rigs"
(which direction did he go?" |
asked. feeling more and more sure
4h4t..I' had struck the right trail. In
al probability this young fellow in the
post-0fice was merely an innocent tool
Of Crandall. He had driven of some
where to meet Crandall and give him
the Lock Box II letters, for | was cor.
WINGED that Stewart, was merely an
AliAsfof the villain who had been send.
Ing out the yellow letters. IL | could
learn where the postmaster had gone
On this visit. might be able to find
him now.
Every time Charlie ,Rouser goes
arriving" said Miss Cox, "he always
goes that way indicating the opposite
direction from the station. Il shouldn't
b surprised in the least If he was
Weeping company with some farlner.s
laughter" u
\ '3idden light CAME into her eyes
and . smile Of .satisfa ction spread over
her face.
Lane alive. I never thought OF it
before." she exclaimed, but Id bet
anything ! he's gone on to get mar
elod.~
Hardly likely" said I. "He wouldn't
- on and leave the Office u~nguarded
Without telling any n And he
wouldn't leave FIVE thousand dollars
hing there IN the drawer"
That's just what he would do. I'll
1T be had q windfall OF some sort
ma the minute he got the money in
~ hands hs just couldn't wait to 70
and tell the girl"
eOmebody would have known 1t II
~ oot ! horse 1t the livery stable,
1oula &key mott"
soh. that's neither here nor there.
- might hay@ sops o HE bicycle.