Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-03-22

You We got your men watching the
house, l SUPPOSE l asked, at last,
turning to Simmonds.
Yes; and we managed to score one
little point today
What was that"
II found out that Annie Crogan, the
hoIsemaid over there, had q cousin on
the force, SO got him out here and he
managed to have u talk with her. He
didn't find out anything" he added;
that is, anything we don't know; but
she promised to leave the door of her
bedroom open at night, and, if any
thing happened, to show a light at her
window"
"%Splendid!" / said. And of course
she'll keep her eyes open il the day
time"
Sure she will. She's a bright girl.
Tho only thing I'm afraid of is tina
the Hindu will get on to her and fire
her. But she's been warned to be NIGH
ty careful. If they don't suspect her,
maybe she'll ave something to tell us,
in a day or two"
Perhaps she will l agreed; and l
drew a breath of relief. Surely with
all these guardians. inside the house
and out, Miss Vaughan was safe. The
east cutlery would bring swift assist
ance. Besides, l could not bring my
self to believe that Silva was such a
brute as Godfrey seemed to think him.
L mad been attracted by him, not re-
PEELED. and l ave always believed in
the accuracy Of these instructive feel
ings.
And Godfrey himself, 1 reflected. did
not seem to be very clear in the mat
ter. III Silva was merely a fakir and a
chaflatan, there was no eaSOn why he
hould wish to induct Miss Vaughan
into the mysteries of a religion that
he wore only as a cloak. to be dropped
as soon as his plans We're accomplished.
On the other hand, if he was sincere
and really wished to convert the girl,
it was only reasonable to suppose he
was sincere in other things as we'll.
Ut reduces itself to this" j said fl
nally to Godfrey. If Silva is a char
latan. there is no reason why he should
hypnotic Miss Vaughan; but if he
really wishes to make a priestess of
her, then, by the same token, he is SIN
cere and not a charlatan at ALL"
Godfrey nodded.
There's a twist there that 1 can't
seem to get straight" he admitted.
longer to find out what his game really
is. OF course, it's just possible that
he'd be glad to get rid of the girl, but
that she really is obsessed by the idea
of carrying out her fathers wish. If
that's the case, Silva is rather up a
tree
That's where we'd better be get
ting broke in Simmonds, who had ta-
ken his watch and held it up to the
light. Its nearl IL o'clock, and I don't
want to miss the fireworks. Besides.
o fellows don't gain anything by all
this jaWing. You've been at it for an
hour, and you're more tangled up now
when you started. MY motto with
a case of this kind is just to sit quiet
and watch it; and, pretty soon, the rat
thinks the "a is clear, and pokes out
his head, and you nab him.
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Godfrey, with a little laugh. 81 admit
u arguing doesn't seem to lead
Come along" and he led
the way out among the trees.
Now take these Fireworks" went on
in a low tone, when we
were sitting side by side on the limb.
II don't understand what they mean:
but they must mean something. Am
i laying awake nights worrying about
them? Not me! I'm just going to keep
on watching till 1 find out what the
meaning. is. I know you're a great fell
low for theory n deduction, and all
you've pulled of; some mighty clever
but. after all, there's nothing
like PATIENCE"
"Yes-'it's logged as does it,"
agreed Godfrey. Patience is a great
thing. ! only wish l had more of it,"
" LIN SllSA VIC lClk
silent. gazing out into the darkness.
Surely" said Godfrey, at last, lit
must be - o'clock"
Simmonds got out his watch and
flashed upon it a ray from his electric
Yes" III said; Its four minutes
after"
I felt Godfrey's hand stiflen on my
"Then there's something wrong" he
whispered. You remember, Lester,
happened the other time that
murdered!"
The darkness into which 1 stared
seemed suddenly to grow threatening
and sinister, full of vague terrors. Even
Simmonds grew uneasy, n l could
feel his arm twitching.
Godfrey put his foot OF the ladder,
and began to descend. Simmonds and
1 followed him silently.
I'm going over the WALL" he said,
we were on the ground. Some.
things wrong, and we've got to find
out what 1T is"
"How will we'get DOWN." asked Sim
monds. There's no ladder there"
I'VE can stand on the top Of the
WALL" he said, at last, land lift this
ladder over 1t won't be easy, but it
can be done. Go ahead. Lester. and be
careful of the glass;"
i the laQQer 1elC cautiously
along the top of the wall and found a
place where I could put my feet; Sim
monds followed me, and then came
Godfrey. His was the difficult part, to
draw up the ladder and lower it again.
AS for me. it was all I could do to keep
from falling. l felt absurdly as though
I wer standing on a tremulous tight
rope, high in the air; but Godfrey man.
aged it somehow and started down.
And at that instant, there shrilled
through the night the high. piercing