The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-11-26


haals 4 haard Ill auita rIasrly.
He caasI he far away.
sroo fag tor us to rattan hitns Cod
~ exaanSna tbs windaw-sa aud
ground Beneath ii. Isla Isl
where ha stood he added and afhe
marks on the Sill Wers evident sgaalgh.
81 coarse he 6sad hlfs line OF retfsas
Booked out and he Dashed his torch
oaek and Forth ssFess the grasss hsis
tho tEFg was SO Gloss thai ne traces 81
was visible. We Mont Slowly
back 90 tae house and God
fray SAT down again Is a e0nTeIa1plat5oIl
OF taa cabfneL.
NIls 100 much Tor me he sad. &C
fast4 only way eait find that
raWsr Ina afraia, Is Win a3l sNa
pieces
II snouid SAY nost IL woaid as IKE
~sl2fashing the Venus lie Mile.
Hardy 50 bad as that But We
won't smash It vet awhile Ina going
70 COX up the stlhtect Of secret draw
ersRerhans I'll stumble upon some
thing that viii help me-
.AfRi t1lsI, OF course safas dis
conso3aJeig4 Tit is quite passfhls that
taers isn't any such drawer AZ all.
Bat Godfrey sheok his head dseldedly
= dent agree with there Lester.
I'll wager that fellow who was looking
In at Qa could find u IN q minute,
Tie saefnea mighty frightened lest
you Should
Tie had reason 70 De, z Godfrey re-
iotrsed grizzly TN have another try
ar ft tomorrow. One thing weys sotto
take eases OF, and that is fllask oar friend
OF tas bar3iirg eyes doesH get 9 chance
at 1T first.
tsraose shutter are pretty strong !
pointed cat and Parks ~ ne feol.
YES agreed Godfrey. 'tae shutters
arc pretty stroa they inight Keep him
out FOR ID miltes scarcely longer than
that As for Parks, he wouldn't last
TO Eecon6s. Eo9 don't seem Il UNDER
stand tho extraordinary Character ct
this FELLOW
During your period Of exaItation last
| night" 7 reminded him, you referred
to him as tie greatest criminal OF mod
ern times
We'll, 7 smiled Godfrey. perhaps that
wa 9 little exaggerated. Suppose We
Esay enc OF the gFeatestgreat enough,
sGfely, TO walk al around us, IL we
aren't on guard. / think / would better
drop a wore ia simn3onds and sec him
Eto send down q couple of men to watch
the house, With them outside. ard
Parks on the inside It ought TO be
fairly safe
should think SOL ! said. tone
would imagine Q were getting ready
to repei an army. who IS this fellow,
anyway. Godfrey 2 You seem to be hall
afgatd OF him.
.LTn wholly afraid OF him, IL he's
who I think he is--hat it's 2 mere guess
as yet, lester. Wait q day or two. I'll
call up Sinlmouds.n
down again ana looked at the cabinet
In a kind OF stupefacatfon. What was
the intrigue, Of which 1t seemed to be
the center2 Who was this n1aGi, that
Godfrey should consider him SO fornlia-
aple2 Why should he have chosen
Philip Vantine for a victim
Godfrey came back while / was still
groping elindly amid this raaze OF nys-
It's all right he said "siranonds is
sending two Of his best men TO watch
1.-THE house He stood for q moment
gazing down at the cabinet Tn com,
ing back tomorrow TO have another Try
Far st." he added. 81 have Left this
gauntlet there on the CHAIR, so 8 yer
feel Ike having 3 try yourself, Lester
"Heaven forbids" I protested. 'Bp
perhaps 1 would peIEer Tell RarkS *
! let you In. I bore I won't find yea :
! corpse here, Godrrey!"
, $50 do FL But / don't believe yel
will Yes, tell Parks TO let me Il
whenever I come around And nov
about Rogers.
What about him ~
81 rather thought I might want t
g grill hiTn tonight. But perhaps I woul
4 better wait till I get s little more /
3 go on" He paused for g moment
thought. Yes; I'll wait he SAX