The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-07-10

willow, cushioned chair she occupied,
and the air was sweet that came in
from the plains and sifted through the
lacy shadow work OF vines. The day
had been long and full OF excitement,
and the kindly night wrapped. softly
about the young sweet thing sitting
with an angels problem to decide.
With the paper still held tightly in
her hand, her head dropped back
against the chair and she was asleep.
It might have been an hour later
that she awoke, the. gruff voice OF q
man startling her into consciousness
once more:
THAT you. Jim? What's the MAJ
ter? It's fierco when ones having the
time OF his life to hayo to turn and
run at a moments call. What's up?
something pretty stir or you never
would have sent that message. II I
ind it's any nonsense and s~queamish-
ness Ill" sg
''Sh-" . o. 49, e. -.
The voice suddenly changed into a
gruf whisper. Jean was sufficiently
awake TO realize that the man Har-
rington had sent for was come. Then
she addressed herself to her problem
again, and the voices in low humble,
gradually rising to distinguishable
sentences 10Y and then, continued
under her window.
She was not conscious of hearing
them until suddenly she was startled
into sharp attention by a name.
Il tell you II Jasper Holt gets onto
this In time it will mean states prison
at least for US. 1t looks bad It was
Harrington's voice that spoke.
8" don't see it that way" said the
stranger. Holt hasn't got onto II, and
Holt won't get onto 1t. You say the
girl said he handed her back the wal.
let and never said a word. Don't you
know Holt would never have let his
own valuable private papers out Of his
hand il he had suspected in the least
that he held them? You know Holt
better than that. Ten to one he was
80 taken with the girl that he
noticed the wallet; and why would
ne think she had his wallet, anywayp
! think 1T was pretty rare of old man
Scathlin to think of giving the papers
TO her. 1t threw Holt entirely off the
track for good. Now, what we want to
do is to get hold Of Blount. He's the
whole show up there in New York.
anyway. I'll just wire him to come
on at once and talk 1t over, and wen
get to work and cut of the water sun.
ply while little Jasper's training his
roses and wondering what has be
come OF his perfectly good deeds to
his perfectly good silver mine"
But n Of the missing papers is
the grant OF water rights. II that
were here we might talk"
Jean sat up suddenly with bated
breath, and her arm hit against the
hairbrush which, in her excitement Of
preparing for bed, she had laid down
upon the window sin. The hairbrush
fell with a sharp noise on the polished
hoor Just e the edge of the rug.
and the two men in the vine draped,
porch below started fierceiy and looked
up, the stranger with an oath.
What's THAR"
oh, nothing, I guess. said. Har-
rington. his own voice a triie strained
Probably my wife has gone into tuck
up the baby and dropped something.
Oh. you needn't worry, my s~isterinlaw
is fast asleep hours ago. Her light
went out just after l came out here
to watch for you, and there hasn't
been a sound overhead since. She
was worn to a frazzle." '
Where is her room? This window
UP here?" 10y
mo, just next, but she's asleep, I'm
sure"
Harrington rose and, stepping of
the porch, walked out on the lawn In
the edge Of shadow next the path and
looked up. Jean, huddled back against
her great window chair, her face white
with excitement, could see his attitude
as he surveyed the windows, and then.
treasured, came back to the porch.
ITS all right" he said in a low
tone, but maybe we had better go to
the other end Of the porch. I was
afraid Of waking the baby over there,
and the rascal is a difficult problem
when he wakes In the night"
We'll. talk lower, anyway" said the
stranger. What did you say the 9TH
er missing paper was? You have the
list Of them all, haven't your"
"Yes, copies. l wish we'd sem the
copies instead OF the originals, only
Scathli'i's story about finding them
wouldn't have worked then. The 9th,
er lost paper is the claim, with loca-
ton OF the ore-most important.
Strange that those two. the ones on
which the others all hinge. are gone!
I can't understand. Do you suppose
Scathlin has something up his sleeve?
Maybe he kept only those two and
means to get these later-but what
object ceuId he have had.'
There was silence for q moment
while the two men thought,
At last Garrett spoke:
What do you suppose Holt was do.
ing On that train--1he same train
with Scathiin? Holt didn't leave home
till Scathlin had been on his way near
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