Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-05-02
CHAPTER l.
The Thirteenth Passenger

pr =. as tbe only daycoach pesiuS h
a.. " corobination baggage anu
we 0,.or attacbeG to the 12:4o ou' 4S ~ c
s Ha1i YorLWand the 12:40 was en-. IN '
~ ~ decent train" until late Az 49,, S
49, Uoop that made a stop at sG ,n nes
Ncr v-ould that one stop TO CaN' 9
senqers: only to leave them. ,in ON
Shannon had gone to that Ui'- |
the chance that it might st1p, oreat
If he had guessed nat LIN .nE and
b sndon was on tina. v he
would leave it at Mo on he would
would not have boarded H. instant
have waited. And LOT atom leaving
after he discovered Brantoh 80 nff
Az az ooacb wild notion to jump 'i'
again possessed him. ~, desire.
az shannon controlled the ueSii e
s knomi, Vas quality upon when ne
r ur;de, himself, it was that one $40
go "wise.n So he went OH III ~
t peo'e car and d .opped into one Oh Cne
sne ,roccupied seats. There We" IL
. .,lay versions scattered among tne
49,. wv, a;nipg seats, for Shannon coun.,
"a tben, with satisfaction: Shal,,r~I
20 ,srded thirteen as his lucky nun
her and he was the thlrteehtm Nd
senqer. He forgot that braht Sn Aid did
owned the distraction before nv NV
There was a folde1 nem'p wben
m the seat hes lie ohai,i;f - had
he sat down. It looked do n -
no. no. ~ uov rnerelv dropped his hand upon
n ~ II II;s r,in6 was till intent upon
prorton and Branton's millions anu
power. Lo,d in
ne +ba earlv afternoon
'''o steamed in at tho window upon
shannon. 1t was hot, and unc1hn I
Portable, and glaring, so ne reaG"e ~
sor tbe curtain, discovered that II
u,ae ont Of order picked up the iola-
was ouv and moved back to
H. cot nearest tn door. AS ne re-
ao+od himself the conductor en-
tered. .. ;.oa
1.a4;oc+iyelv Shannon half raised
himself and tucked the toldeu new" =
naner beneath him, then sat upon .L ~,
u nod made the discovery, by the
80 ,' If feeling, that there was
soa,e+binc else than newspaper De-
t,,,nen the folds of it. 1t was one o. .,
tbf traits of that peculiar Wls9o III
of Cbannon's that he concealeu Vnt
ortirie even before he knew that !
contained anything worth coii'e"'
ing. .,;lod h y qentl,
for boarding a train when was nv y
scheduled to receive passeHs 81,
"o,+ etsfion. and passed on. Shannon
mn ,ered the edge Of the toloe
n"wspaper under him, but sat Inn
movablv upon it until the tram DC pe
On to slow up. Then he tucked III
Sewsnaper beneath his coat, and ou'
toned the coat over IT,
Pofore the train actually came I
TO- he & Jpped off A solid Pull
noan had inst arrived at the opposl'
eide of the station. Shannon kne
Il r. be the belate flyer, due at Il
station in New York at eight mn
utas mast one, held up for ordeT
dashed for the tunnel under q
tracks. He came out at tne OPP
site side in time. he caught u
flyer just before 1t began 70 - ni b;s !
d,,cad him to keep the folded new
uer unbuttoned beneath his. CO
when he slipped into chair In [
O The conductor did not chide h
49, t;roe because he had not be
e sann 70 hoard the solid Pullm
Vroin Doubtless he had been m
taLen for a passenger who had ST.
Uad off for a moment when the tr
stoned. He rode into New i
ncuestioned, and walked out at
great station with the otherS'
noticed. -,
every detail of the station as
d t,,rned abruptly aside in ordel
I'D uniformed
inStead of in front of him. He m
sharp turn to the left to avoi
@nla;n-clothes" man whom he
6yet and whom he knew by ne
and perhaps too well.
Half AN hour later, in r
,,hore there was no fear of ir
rintion of any sort, he undid
buttons of his coat and opened
folds of the newspaper. 1t
tanned a large, white linen enve
which had not fallen from betty
the folds of the newspaper bee
It had been pinned fast to 1t;
envelope was not sealed. 1t
Fastened by a string which led
ono small red button, to another
ohont which it had been We
There was no inscription upon
anreIope. printed or written.
was nothing to indicate who
owner might be.
shannon lifted the flap of tn
veiope and drew out the cont
Then he uttered gasp of SUI
and stood very still indeed, st
= what he held in his hand; al
became suddenly and startl
pale. -. II Al.
dlated nostrils. His active
went backward with deliberate
md in detail, over every I'M
that was associated with his p
I'm Of that white envelope. HI
- 0 in one hand and the former
tonts of Is in the other, viii
Thought it out. At last, with
thing like a shudder, party
Sl,sion. partly reinsurance