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

gstin followed him. Toe was quito viii
Ing rs % along On the yacht. He
would BE ready on twenty four hours
notice. But he wouldn't tell. his name
Or his business q anything Of his ~
fairs. Nor would he give Hemenway
his home address.
There's no need Of bringing my az
fairs Into this thing" he told Hem
enway. I'll go along an right. as 4
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, then" retorted Hemen-
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 I had
q 3 OF old salts and one 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 II would place me in !
bad hole at the last minute. Il you
have any doubt about 1t just tell me
now"
Joe fumbled around In his pockets
and drew. from them eight double
eagles. There he stacked in the palm
az his left hand, while with the long
bony fingers Of his right he fondled
the gold pieces as a poker player shut
fles I pile. Of chips before he decides
to caI. ~
''.I.m strictly on the 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
drom, or where You are going"
t'Now, that sounds like a real
sport" cried Hemenway. eof course
I won't take your money, hut you re-
port here every night and we will let
it go at that. / 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 Ia
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. s
He could almost count the number
Of persons he knew in San Francisco
on the fingers .of n 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 plenty" 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 UP with q. promise to work
and string him along with q dollar q
day until he was ready to pull up
stakes.
well, my 1riend, how badly do you
want q jobg" was his greeting.
Il am ashamed to tell .you,"' replied
the gum shoe man.
THAT being the case ELL give you
a chance. I'm going off ron an explor-
ing expedition in q few days, and il
you want to go along III give you
twenty five dollars q month and
board. I may be gone some time. Do
you want It'll"
Sure / do:.s
Hemenway cent the conversation to
. very few words.
Whats your namel" In asked.
Dennis Mcdonald.
Scotch or 11fsh?"
ssBoth."
whats your address?s'
The man had one ready and Hem
enway made "a note Of Il. He CURLY
turned aside . question or two and
then said:
How are you fixed?"
Broke
AWell, here's q dollar. Meet me
here tomorrow night at nine thirty. I
take q walk about this time every
night That's Al. 4 guess. They part
ed.
I'm getting to be . very, fancy
liar said Hemenway to himself 40
he strolled toward home. 'Imcky I
won't need - tell any more. am
running short Of amnunition:?'
Mcdonald or whztever his real
name was, went home and wrote out
his nightly report. II was no more
Sensational than the previous docs
ment. No. 1879 It seemed was on his
GOOD behavior. and whatever they
were trying to catch him q, Or fasteni
On ,or discover. did not develop. Nc
Donald wound ~ his report with =
statement of his deal with HemenMag
and promised developments a ! To-
days.
Whsn the developments "a come
however, they were : little TO SWIM
Tor III. Mcdonald.
cHAPTEA VIII.
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