Charlevoix county herald., 1914-02-28

! bftdI hebpcig Shcy Oil any WoSo A'
! DarKarder.
1T amt no use promisin without
| you are got 1t rlgnt inter yer TO per
FORM, DuC 1 VIII allow that L am
goln' to chuck up the cards before
I've maze you saeh kmy hand ant
acknowledge I've played square. The
ma is treCun, anu unlngs IN genal
is not lively with your partner.
Jos Brace"
j did not reply to thus letter.
heard again from Sir Edmund at the
end of November. HIS letter was
dated the ZUth. He teicltated me
heartily upon the purchase i haO
maze, and ADDED the warmest wishes
for my success.
tie continued
'"rhank you for Braces letter. The
tone of it would lead one to imagine
not only that ne knows where the
diamond is, but has strong belief
in his power to recover it, One can
not possibly believe that it was he
who robped and attempted to murder
you. But whom are we to suspect, if
not him? If he were not guilty, why
should he try to conceal the leather
case which might lead to it's recov-
cry? There is a fascination in this
subject which overcomes my wish to
drop it. 1t is like the fifteen puzzle
that drove half the world mad some
years ago.
ivan HOeck still wanders about the
woods through the night. More than
once he has been seen standing out
side the room in which Edith and |
naSS tho evening liStaniDu
"His suspicious have perhaps fallen
upon us. The poor wretch may have
lost his reason. His appearance,
when | caught sight of him the other
day, justifes the suspicion.
Il have to confess to an indiscre-
ton which may have no serious re-
suit, but which regret all the same.
Yesterday ! received telegram. from
Furnival, dated HaXePs Hotel.
at ran thus
1--WE have important clue. Send
address of Joseph Brace at once, or
place where he is likely to be found.
"The we led me to suppose that
he was an agent of the detectives
employed in this case, and without
further reflection | sent Braces adj
dress, having your letter under my
hand. l became uneasy as soon as
the messenger was out OF sight, and
sent Wilson over TO Southampton
with two kilograms, one for Furnival
and the other for the head of the
detective department, asking for fur
Their particulars. ] have received no
reply whatever from FurnlVal, and
the detectives replied by letter that
they employed no one named Furni-
val, and that all inquiries were made
through the head office.
"Who on earth can this Furnival
be, and what can be the object of his
inquiries? The mystery was suffi-
GENTLY incOmprehensible without this
addition"
Incomprehensible indeed, and the
more closely one examined the mys-
terry, the more inscrutable it APP
peareG.
"In inclose," he wrote, 10 conclu-
sion, "a letter which came TO hand
this morning"
II was second letter from Brace
This Is the copy
'"Tibbals's Golden State Hotel,
Sacramento City, Nov. s.
Gentleman ThOrne, Sir: ]
dint eXpec you TO answer my let
ter, but the Kid have took it to
heart mOren natral. | told you
she was winder frettin, and to
please her | made believe ] had
sent the message she asst me to
rite. Which gettin no anser to
said message she sOrter felt
you'd turned your back on her
for ever. don't think she's
gOin to make old bones. Seems
to me like as if she meant knock
ing off early. SEES she don't feel
like gathering and more wild
flowers.
'The doctor considers that
sickness she got out Africa has
settled into her, and she cant
corff it off.
''The rains hes set in eraly up
petersville, and they amt no
good for poor little sick Kid.
We come down here day fore
yesterday.
She's pinin, pardner, that
what's the matter with her,
witch is why / rite her message.
She says she wants to be
good; thems her words / never
knew her say such a thing, an
cant hardly expec you to be-
lieve it, KNOWN what she was,
but if you could only see her as
she is you'd believe it. Shes
that altered; no tantrums, no
opposishun, no obstinacy--nO
nothin.
SEEN this, you may be
moved, sir, bein kinder pitiful
by natur, to rite her a few
words, jest to say you've got
her message, and hope she'll
stick TO her promise. With a
little bit of encouragement like
that, / don't think she'd go away
without telling US whot shes
done with the Great Hesper.-
Yours respectfully, Jos. Brace"
| started for Sacramento without
moments delay.
CHAPTER XVI.
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