The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-08-21

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everything at present-not without her
consent-but what / do tell will be
suficient to make you think you are.
listening to q chapter Of q dime novel;"
He had already taken Putnam Jones
into his confidence. He saw no other
way out Of the new and somewhat
extraordinary situation.
His uneasiness increased to conster-
nation when he discovered that
Sprouse had not yet put In an appear
a ce What had become Of the mani
He could not help feeling, however,
that somehow the little agent would
suddenly pop out Of the chimney IN
his room, or sneak In through a crack
under the door-and laugh at his
fears.
Shortly before the noon hour, Peter
Ames halted the old automobile from
Green Fancy In front Of the Tavern
and out stepped O'Dowd, followed BY
less a parsonage than the pseudo
Nj. Loeb. There were a number Of
travelling bags in the tonneau Of the
car. -
Catching sight Of Barnes, the Irish
man shouted a genial greeting.
1.-THE top Of the morning to We. You
remember Mr.. Loeb, don't you? Mr..
Curtis secretary. Mr.. Loeb is leaving
as for, a few days On business. Good
morning, Mr. Boneface," he called out
to Putnam Jones who approached at
that juncture. I'VE are sadly in want
of gasoline" NJ
Barnes caught the look that the
Irishman shot at him out Of the col
ner Of his eye.
Perhaps you'd better see that the
scoundrels don't give us short meas
ure, MI. Loeb" said O'Dowd. Loeb
hesitated for a second, and then, evil
IDENTIFY. in obedience to q command
from the speakers eye, moved of to
where Peter was opening the intake.
O'Dowd lowered his voice. Barnes,
I let you OF last night, and I let her
off as well. In return, I ask you to
hold your tongue until the mar down
there gets q fair start A days start
and aes I'D "a. ~.a.,. ,n
"Are you in danger, too, O'DowdT
ITO be sure-but I love it. I can
always squirm out Of tight places"
Il would not deliberately put You in
jeopardy, O'Dowd." =. "
zee here, I am going back to that
house ND yonder. There Is still work
for me there. What I'm a.,::eer now Is
to get him on the train at H0rnville.
TIL be here again at four o'clock, on
me word OF honor. Trust me-, Barnes"
do you mean to say that you are
coming back here to run the risk Of
being" as5
"We've had word that the govern
ment has men on the way. Why.
hang It all, Barnes, don't you know
who twas that engineered that whole
business last night?"
Barnes smiled. 9" do. He is a Sc
cret agent from the embassy"
Secret granny almost shouted
O'Dowd. HE Is the slickest, cleverest
crook that ever drew the breath Of
life. And he's got away with the
jewels, for which You can whistle in
vain, I'm thinking" IN
"For heavens sake, ODowd-" be-
gan Barnes, his blood like ice IN his
veins. s
"But don't take my word for it.
Ask her-upstairs there, God, bless
her !-ask her If she knows Chester
Naismith. She'll tell We. my bucko.
He's been staEding guard outside her
window tor the past three nights.
He's"
"N0w / know you are miStaken,"
cried Barnes, wave Of relief surging
oyer him. HE has been In this tav-
ern every night"
"Sure he has. But answer me. did
ye ever see him here after eleven In
the EVENING" You did not-not until
last night, anyhow. In the struggle he
had with Nicholas last night he was
recognized. That's why poor old
Nicholas Is lying dead up there at the
house now-and win have 4 decent
burial unbeknownst to anybody but
his friends"
"Good God, ODowd, you can't mean
that he-he Killed" 'ss
He stuck q knife In his neck. The
dirty snake! And the chief trusted
him as no CROOK ever was trusted be-
fore. In the name OF God, Barnes, how
did you happen to fall In with the VII
lainf''
Barnes passed. his hand over his
brow, dased. .He--he represented
himself as i book agent ne mumbled,
striving to collect himself. Zones
knew him. Said. he bad been around
here for weeks tt"
s.rhat's the MAN." safd 0Dowd,
scowling. He trotted Ill over the
county, selling books For the love of
II, do We thinkl Not much. He had