The L'Anse sentinel., 1916-08-30

lions in New York and doing nothing
more and craved 10 take part in the
dynamic activities OF life. At the sug-
gestion of Waldemar. owner of an inn
portant and decent newspaper, he
opened offices in Astor court and went
In for following up queer advertise
ments and tracing down fraudulent ad-
vertisers. Business doomed.
Not good enough" said Average
Jones.
The ad. says different, sir" Simp-
son raised tho paper and read:
FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS = THE
Aforesaid sum will be paid without ques-
ttrn TO anyone furnishing information
which leads TO the discovery Of Roderick
Hpft. twenty-four years Old. who left his
hpfne In Toledo. o.. on April - commu-
MT tte with pr. Conrad Hon. Toledo
surely Doctor Hoff is good for the
amount"
oh. he's good for millions. The
point rs, from what can discover. Mr..
Roderick Hon isn't worth retrieving at
any price dDONs one ulIuc
Was the information about him that
you wished IN the telegram" asked
tho confidential clerk.
Yes: all | wanted. Have the Tole-
d. reporter forward his bill
Left to himself. Average Jones again
ran over the Information as to the lost
Toledo youth. At twenty-four, 1t ap-
peared, ROderick iIoff had achieved a
career. Emerging from college, he
had taken a postgraduate course in
the cigarette ward of a polite retreat
for nervous wrecks. oAdured two
hreach-of.promise suits. broken the
record for speed violation arrests, had
been buncoed and short-carded out of
varying sums. and now was the horror
OF the pulpit and the delight of the
city press. Bets were even in the
Toledo clubs as to whether delirium
trcmens or paresis would win the
event around young Mr.. Hons kite
shaped race track of a brain.
With his tastes the income OF TWEEN
ty-five thousand dollars per annum
which his father allowed him proved
sadly insufficient to his needs. lie
mentioned this fact to his father early
ia April, only to be refused with some
acerbity,
oh, very WE'LL" said ne, "Ill go and
make it myself"
70 all intents and appearances, Rod
crick Hon had dropped off the earth
on on about April twelfth. BY April
fifteenth the elder Iioff's fve-thousand
dollar anxiety became known through
the advertisement.
simpsons face appeared at the door
His blond forehead was wrinkled with
excitement
Doctor Hoff is here, Mr. Jones.
told him you
Following the word. there burst into
Average Jones private sanctum a
gross old man. silli-hattcd and 0bedia'
monded, whose side.whiskcrs bristled
whItely with perturbcd self-impor'
tauce. In his hand was patchy bun
die
They tried-to stop me-" he sput'
tered. Me- I'm worth ten million dol
lars. an teu.dullara-wcek Office toad
tries to hold me UP when come here
myself persouly, from Toledo to see
you" .
Tho Advisor said curtly: Il can't
take your case ood.day."
Not take it. did you read the re
ward?"
Yes. Get someone else TO lind your
hopeful"
1t amt no case of findin' now. The
boys dead" His stridcnt voice qua
vered and broke, but rose again to a
snarl. And, by God. I'll spend a mil
lion to get the dogs that murdered
him"
At the word murdered" Average
Jones clean-cut, agreeable, but rather
stolidly neutral face became resolute
forceful and quietly alert. The hesi
taut drawl signifed awakened inter
est.
How do you - know-he's--
dead?"
The other. tore open the bundle ht
carried, and spread before Average
Jones white silk shirt stained will
ominous brown splotches.
It's his shirt. There's the initials
Mailed to my house with the note tha
come pinned to II. Here 1t ls."
He produced bit of coarse wrap
ping paper upou which was this mes
sage in rough capital letters:
TWO pAooEs SHOT HIM DAssEN7
SAY NO MORE
Average Jones examined the wrap
per. II was, postmarked Cincinnati
He next smoothed out the creased sill
aud studied minutely the blotches. Ap
plying a cup sponge to one Of thu
spots, he rubbed the wetted portion
vigorously on a sheet OF paper which
lay near at hand. He scratched hi'
chin with a slow movement.
IL don't see anything so far" h
observed, ito indicate that your son II
not alive and we'll at this moment
Dried blood rubs or faint bun color.
lie picked up the sheet OF paper from
his desk A deep brownish streal
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