Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-02-24
CHAPTER XVIII.
A THEORY.

l was surprised when / came down
frey awaiting me.
Il always try to make it Saturday
night he explained. The chief throws
the work on the other fellows, if he
can. That's the reason l hustled away
after the inquest. The story's all in,
and now we'll have u good dinner-if
| do say it myself-and then a good
talk. / feel the need of a talk, Lester"
so do l." l said, though I'm afraid
talking won't help us much"
The funny thing abou this case
is unused Godfrey, that the farther
we get into it the thicker it grows
Yes" l agreed, and the more one
thinks about it, the less one under
stands"
Wen, p we get away from
it for a while.' said Godfrey, and
turned the talk to other things. No
man could talk more delightfully."- of
music, of arr, of letters. How he man
aged it l could never guess. but he
seemed to have read everything, to
have seen everything, TO have heard
everything. Marryat, for instance:
who reads Marryat nowadays? And
yet he had read the phantom ship
and so knew something of Goa. An
hour passed very quickly, but at last
he rose and led the way into his
study.
"A friend of mine dropped in to see
me today at the office" he remarked,
"a Cuban planter who comes up to
happened to help out of a rather Sc
rious difficulty a few years ago. Per
haps some day I'll tell you about it. He
always brings me a bundle of his W
special cigars. | didn't see him to-
day, but he left the cigars, n | want
you to try one. Perhaps it will give
| you an in%spiration."
foiled package that lay there, and
carefully extracted two long cigars OF
a rich and glowing brown.
Perhaps you've heard of the specia.
cigars that are made for Pierpon,
Morgan" he went on, as he handed
one to me, after carefully replacing
the wrappinss of the bundle. We'll
it was good, mighty good; but il
wasn't in the same class with these
Light up"
/ did. Never before had l drawn
between my lips a breath so satisfy
ing-so rich, so smooth, 50 full OF
flavor. l exhalted the fragrant smoke
slowly.
Godfrey said, II never knew
what tobacco was before. Are these
cigars ~purchasable? I'm only a poor
lawyer. out even one a month woulC
be a thing to look forward to anC
dream about"
But Godfrey shook his head.
Nv felt like that" he said; "bu1
they're not to be had for money. Anc
now about Swain"
Lets postpone it a little longer"
begged. Il don't want my mind dis.
tracted."
Godfrey laughed, but fell silent: ant
for the next half hour, no sound was
heard.
Now" l said, at last, I'm ready tt
listen, SO fire ahead whenever vol
want to-"
II haven't much to tell" he began;
stopped at the Tombs, before l started
everything he wanted. They'd giver
him an upper cell, and sent over to the
Marathon and got him his things, anC
| arranged to have his meals sent il
to him from Moquin's."
II ought to nave thought of that"
said, contritely. I'm much obliged t.
you, Godfrey. Did o see him"'
only for a minute He seemed
fairly cheerful. He'd had them brine
some of his Law books to him, and re.
marked that led have plenty Of tim,
to study. l like the way he's ahing it
He gave me a message for YOU"
What was it?"
That you are not to forget you
promise" l smoked on for a few mo.
ments in silence.
Il promised him I'd get Mis-.