Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-06-16

in esponse to the look OF amazement
in Eric's eyes.
They walked rapidly down the mar
row., fast darkening road. between SOM
Der rocks and shaggy brushwOod. with
ont so much as a single look backward.
Neither spoke for a long time. AT
last Adam Car broke the silence by
remarking. in the most casual way:
II left the 500 in his pocket"
Eric looked up from the road, which
he had been covering with long. rigid
strides. I'm glad of that. Mr.. Carr
II stole it, but that's no reason why
! should steal it from him. l guess the
bank won't go to the wall if it never
gets pack"
mo, l guess not said Eric mechan-
ically.
The sky grew darker. Long. thin
shadows from the slope above advanced
to meet them as they STROBE into the
falling dusk, shadows that seemed to
point e%ternally backward over the
shoulder Of the wretched boy. as if tell
ing him of the long. black road that
ChetWynd's ghost was traverSing In
the painful effort to catch up to him.
crushed and mangled, but still revenge
full.
Again Adam spoke. They were near
the upper gate to the Seaman's home.
and his father would be waiting for
him there.
Judge Bright had him up there last
night to see if he couldn't get him to
give up this girl in New York. He
didn't mention the embezzlement, but
a 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 the kind to on
fess a wrong. He couldn't. He was a
Blagden. So he told the judge to so to
the devil and left the house."
See here, Mr.. Carr, you've got to
tell me just what you're going to do
with-with C~hetwynd's body. Il
Ssh! Not SO loud. my boy. Well. if
must know. I'll tell you. There's
no moon tonight. If you should hap
pen to be strolling along Stone Wall at
III or ~ tonight. and If you possess the
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"
course. I'm not afraid of ghosts.
If l 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 dc it or be
killed myself. just as you might have
been. Yes, I'm going to take. him five
He will go dow in an old iron chest of
mlne,. and the whole Atlantic ocean will
not be strong enough to bulge that
chest. once it touches bottom"
God in heaven!" 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. Il
guess I'm a rather cold blooded chap.
l didn't mean to upset you so.'
Mr.. Carr. I want you to take me
along with you tonight" said Eric, alb
ruptly hating in the middle. of the road.
a strong note OF resoluteness in his
voice.
"What?"
Yes, l mean it. If you are going to
do it in that way. l 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. rye
got 10 Know IL 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 pace with
out replying. His head was bent 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
er's 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
c~hattering teeth.
They could see old Jabez at the gate,
100 yards ahead. He was smoking and
at peace with the world.
Eric wondered II he would aver 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 v
get over expecting him. It will always
be that way with them. I don't believe
l can stand 1t Mr.. Carr. They'll won
der where he Is. whether he's well or i'll.
trouble Of out of it, well cared for or
starving. lists terrible to think Of"
MY boy" said Adam quietly.
worse trouble than all that. Some men
ought to die young"