The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-02-24
CHAPTER NNIII.
BUILDING A THEORY.

was surprised when | came down
for dinner an hour later, to find Cod
frey awaiting me.
II always try to make it Saturday
night" he explained. Tho chief throws
the work on the other fellows. if he
con. That's the reason hustled away
after the inquest. The stOry's all in.
and ROW we'll havC n good dinncr-if
do say it mysvlf-and then Il good
talk | feel the need of talk, Lester"
so do l." said, though I'm afraid
TALKING won't help u3 much
The funny thing about this case
is" unused Godfrey, that tho farther
we get into it the thicker it grows
Yes" | agreed and the more che
thinks about It, the less one under
stands"
We'll. suppose VIC got away from
il for while" said Godfrey. and
turned tn" talk to other things, No
man could talk more delightfully."- OF
music, OF art, OF letters. How he man
aged it | could never guess. but he
seemed 90 have read everything. to
have seen everything, to have heard
everything. Marryat. for instance;
who reads MaTryat nowadays? And
vet 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
New York occasionally. and whom |
happened to help out of q rather Sc
riOus difficulty n few years ago. Per-
haps some day I'll tell you ahOut it. He
always brings me a bundle Of his own
special cigars. I didn't sec him to-
day, but he left the cigars, and | want
you to try one. Perhaps it will give
you an inspiration"
He went to his desk opened a tim
foiled package that lay there, and
carefully extracted two long cigars Of
rich and glowing brown.
perhaps you've heard Of the special
cigars that ape made for PierpOnt
Morgan" he went on. he handed
one to me- after carefully replacing
the wrappings of the bundle. "WCll
| smoked one Of MOrgaR's cigars once
it was good, mighty good; but it
wasn't in the same class with these.
| Light up"
I did. Never before had | drawn
between my lips a breath so satisfy
| ing-so rich. so smooth, s. full OF
flavor. | exhalted the fragrant smoke
| slowly.
Godfrey" | said II mover knew
what tobacco was before. Are these
cigars purchasable? Pm only poor
| lawyer, nut even one HlOutu "oulN
be a thing to look forward to and
dream about"
But Godfrey shook his head.
I've felt like that" he said: but
they're not to he had for money. And
now about Swain"
Let's postpone it little longer" l
begged II don't want my mind dis
tracted."
Godfrey laughed, but fell silent; and
for the next half hour, no sound was
heard.
Now" I said, at last, I'm ready TO
listen, so fire ahead whenever you
want to-"
Il haven't much to tell" he began;
nothing new about the case But |
stopped at the Tombs, before | started
back, to make sure that Swain had
everything he wanted. They'd given
him an upper cell, and sent over to the
Marathon and got him his things, and
! arranged to have his meals sent in
to him from Moquin's."
Il ought to have thought Of that" |
said. Contritcly. I'm much obliged to
you, Godfrey. Did you see him.
"Only for a minute. He seemed
fairly cheerful. He'd had them bring
some of his law books to him, and re-
marked that he'd have plenty Of time
to study. | like the way he's taking it.
He gave me message for you
What was it?''
That you are not to forget Your
! promise" smoked on for few mo-
ments in silence.
Il promised him I'd get Miss