The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-06-17

q good many things. The judge made
me promise to give him the chance to
wiring an honest confession out of him..
But Chetwynd wasn't h kind to cons
tess q wrong. He couldn't He was 9
Blagden. So he told the judge to go to
the devil and left the house."
S here, Mr.. Carr, you've got to
tell me just what you're going to do
with-with Chetwynd's body. t.
S h Not SO loud, my boy. Wen, II
no moon tonight. II you should hap
pen to be strollirg along Stone Wall at
IL or - tonight, ana If you possess h
eyes OF a cat. you will see a small boat
put out to set from a point near the
mouth of the ravine. There will be two
men in that boat, one dead, one alive.
The living-
Eric grasped his arm in an ecstasy Of
horror.
You're not going to row out to sea
alone With-with it in the boat with
your"
"of course. rm not afraid Of ghosts.
II ! was, I'd be haunted all the time.
You see, Eric, In my time I'VE killed a
mar or two. I've had to do it or be
killed myself, just as you might have
been. Yes, I'm going to take him five
or six miles out, and leave him there.
He will go down in an old iron chest of
mine, and the whole Atlantic ocean will
not be strong enough to bulge that
chest, once it touches bottom"
God in h~eaven!" groaned the boy,
all a-tremble with the horror OF this
grewsome declaration.
You've heard father sing that SONG
about dead mems chests haven't
you?" went on Adam calmly. "Well,-'
For heavens sake, don't!' cried the
boy.
I'm sorry. Eric" said the other. lay
Ing his hand on the boys arm. II
GRACE 1tvo q ~nthnrE 1N1l hIo1lal DIon
I didn't mean to upset you So"
Mr.. Carr. I want you to take me
along with o tonight" said Eric, abb
ruptly hating In the middle Of the road,
q strong note Of resoluteness in his
voice.
WHAT"
Yes. 1 mean it. If you are going to
do it In that way, I want to be with
you. It's this way, Mr.. Carr: If I've
got to keep quiet all my life about
what I've done, I must be sure in my
own mind that the-that he is really
out there at the bottom of the sea. I've
got to know it for myself"
Don't you trust me?" asked Adam
with a queer little smile.
I've got to know it for myself re-
peated Eric r%esolutely.
Adam resumed his rapid ace with
out replying. His head was ben and
his hands were pushed deep into his
coat pockets. Erick kept close to his
side. After 20 rods or more had been
covered in silence, save for the hard
breathing Of the two pedestrians, the
detective turned to his companion.
Il guess you're right. You will want
to be sure. won't you? Come to Fish
ers Landing at 10 o'clock. I'll be there
with a boat"
Eric shuddered. "It's-it's going to
be horrible" he said, striving to set his
chattering teeth.
They could see old Jabez at the gate,
100 yards ahead. He was smoking and
at peace with the world.
Eric wondered If he would ever be at
|, peace with the world again.
Uncle Horace and Aunt Rena will
expect Chetwynd to come back some
day" he unused aloud. They'll never
get over expecting him. 1t will always
be that way with them. I don't believe
I a stand 1t Mr.. Carr. They'll won
der where he is. whether he's well or i'll
trouble or out Of it, we'll cared for OF
starving. lists terrible to think Of
My boy" said Adam quietly
you've saved them from a great dea
worse trouble than all that. Some mer
ought to die young"