The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-04-27

stiIl followed him. Joe was quite Will
Ing to 90 along On the yacht. He
would be ready on twenty four hours
notice. But he wouldn't tell his name
y bis business Or anything Of his ~
fairs. Nor would he give Hemenway
hts home address.
There's no need OF bringing my al.
fairs Into this thing" he told Hem
enway. "I1l 60 along an right, as !
am quite satisfied to get away and
cool off for q while. You'll find me all
right when, we once get started.s
very well, them" retorted Hemep.
way. report to me here at nine
o'clock every night. We are going to
leave q week from tomorrow, Sunday
morning early, positively and without
fail. You can understand that II / had
. crew Of old salts and p OF them
failed to show UP IT would be q very
easy matter to ELL his place.
But this thing is different. / am
counting on you, and II you didn't.
come to time It would place me in !
bad hole at the last minute. Il you
have any doubt about It just tell me
now"
Joe fumbled around in his pockets
and drew. from them eight double
eagles. There he stacked in the palm
of his left hand, while with the long
bony fingers Of his right he fondled
the gold pieces as a poker player shut
fles ! pile. Of chips before he decides
Z to caln.
I'm strictly on tho level In this
thing" he said, ..'and to prove it to
you i will put this money in your
hands as a forfeit, although I don't
know who you are, where you come
from, or where you are going"
"Now, that sounds like a real
sport" cried Hemenway. HCf course
I won't take your money, ;but you re-
port here every night and we will let
1T go at that. I guess that's all for
now. Good night"
Hemenway had an appointment
with the other man at nine thirty
o'clock, and while killing time wait
ing for that hour he .milled over in
his mind how he could handle him To
the best advantage.
On general principles 1t was advis-
able that he nonfine his acquaintance
to the fewest possible number. So far
he had done very well.
He could almost count the number
Of persons he knew in San Francisco
on the fingers .of one hand. There
was his landlady. She didn't count
There. were the twins, Anderson, the
young man Joe, and the men he was
about to meet.
The only Others in town he had had
brief talk with were the Sunday edi-
tor, the man he hired his office Of, and
the janitor Wf the building. "And
that's a plainly he said to himself.
So when ut came time to meet the
detective who pretended he wanted a
job, Hemenway had made up his mind
TO tie him mp with q. promise to work
and string him along with q dollar q
day until he was ready to pull up
stakes.
well, my friend, how badly do you
want q jobs" was his greeting.
II am ashamed to tell you,"' replied
the gum shoe man.
THAT being the case ELL give you
q chance I'm going off ION an explor-
ing expedition in a few days, and ii
you want to go along III give you
twenty five dollars . month and
board. I may be gone some time. Do
you want It'll"
"Sure I dos
Hemenway ecat the conversation to
. very few words. {
whats your namef r. I'M asked.
Dennis Mcdonald"
Scotch or 111sh?"
Both"
what's your address?''
The man had one ready and Hem
enway made "a mote Of It. He CURLY
turned aside . question O. two and
then said:
How are you nxed?"
Broke
.Well, here's q dollar. Meet mo
here tomorrow night at nine thirty. /
take . walk about this tinfe every
night That's ALL guess. They part
ed.
I'm getting to b : very fancy
liar" said Hemenway to himself as
he strolled toward home. sIncky I
won't need - tell any more ! am
running short of ammunition
Mcdonald or whatsoever his real
name was. went home and Wrote out
Ills nightly report. Il was no more
sensational than the previous docs-
naent. No. 1879 It seemed was on his
GOOD behavior. and whatever they
we're trying to catch him at, Or fastsrl
On 81 discover. did not develop. Nc
Donald wound ~ his report with y
statement Of his deal with Hemenwag
and promised developments 81 : few
days.
Whom the developments ~ come
however, they were ! little TOO swift
Tor n. Mcdonald.
CHAPTER VIII.
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