Charlevoix county herald., 1918-08-02

JOo AhOWs
Colonel Sheldoni" gasped my
wife and paused at the sound Of her
Fown voice. "Er-the man who forged
the check?"
Dual turned hfs eyes toward her.
THE man who had the check
forged and thereby learned q much
needed lesson, Mrs. Glace. There IL
much In him to admire"
whats happened to the colonel7"
! asked.
Nothing directly. think" said
Semi; but at the same time he
wants us both very badly.
alice and her baby?" suggested
Connie in a rather indefinite question.
Dual shook his head In perfect I'M
derstanding.
Gordon has evidently told you all
about Them" he returned, smiling.
They are safe. However, have
reason to think the matter concerns
a woman in trouble. Now, you see
my reason for hurrying on"
Comics eyes were wide with inter
est, her lips were slightly parted.
Hurry; yes. hurry" she whis-
pered. do you think we will be in
timer"
THAT lies in the future" said Semi.
"Ah, here we are in Leadville. A
lot Of Western history as well as
many fortune was made here, Mrs.
Glace."
He plunged into a series of stories
OF the town at which we were stopped,
and said nothing more of the need of
his presence at Goldfield then or later
In the evening.
Immediately after our dinner, how.
ever, he went to his section and be-
gan covering sheets of paper with
series of numbers and figures. real
ICED that he was already at work on
his answer to the voiceless cry for
assistance, which had come to him
from the invisible void of space.
Time and again had seen him
mark down those symbols of his and
from them gain information which led
him to strike with unerring precision
at the root Of violence and crime.
have heard many sheer at the as
THEOLOGICAL science; had even done
so once myself, but now know that
In the hands of sincere seeker after
knowledge it can unlock both the fu-
ture and the past.
And so l left Dual at his work and
fed Connie out on the back once more,
where we watched the moon flood
over the mountains and spoke softly
together in whispers until it was time
to retire for the night.
Dual's section was already cur
tanned and dark when we went in, so
that we did not see him. Once in the
night woke and looked out, attract
ed by the blue white glare of an cleo
trio arc. / caught one of those half
retained glimpses Of the awakened
sleeper on a train.
1t was of an area of light flooded
platform and building, OF trundling
baggage truck and man passing in
uniform, with a lantern caught over
his Bonded arm, it's light making
blur on his coat. Then came wom-
ans voice raised in question, and
man, evidently our porter, replied:
Gran junction. mas am"
Up forward / could dimly hear the
hiss of steam and man bawling
some words of question or direction.
Footsteps ran past outside. The man
with the lantern slipped 1t of his arm
and raised 1t. The train trembled
and the arc-lamp slipped slowly away.
/ turned and slept again.
Yet while slept others walked, and
immutable Fate wove its web and ma
terial agencies worked to prove cor
rect the statements of Dual, and dem
onstrate once more the verify of the
things he said.
ming across the arid stretches of east
ern Utah. where the great ragged
buttes rear their torn and gashed
masses as far as the eye can reach
from the train.
l have never slept soundly on a
train and I rose early, but early as l
was / found Semi Dual LAYING his
face in the dressing-room when /
went in.
"Hello!" l greeted. Have a
good night?"
IL was awake at Grand junction."
he replied.
Ibid you find out anything from
your astrological figures last night?"
l questioned.
Dual wiped the water out of his
eyes and faced me. Enough to pre-
dict that shall probably interrupt
your honeymoon" he said.
Then the matter Is serious?"
lighted a cigarette and took deep
puff.
Eyes"
what Is it?"
Dual smiled slightly.
"a fly in a Web" he made cryptic
answer. IF we don't catch the West
ern Limited at Salt Lake / shall en-
gage a special. Finish your toilet for
the present" He slipped into his coat
and left the room.
It was at breakfast that he next
spoke of the matter. After we were
seated he drew 4 yellow envelope