Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1920-10-28
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| hIISu iHc lot LlllS JOD:
because YOU were available, suit
aDte and easily tempted"
because am thief and know the
business and have a record"
That was a facer, but it did not
| change the present need.
you lave less reason. then. for
wanting to come to the attention of
the police again."
II have no reason at ALL"
"Then you viii come to Hartley
house as suggested?"
Sure, If you can get me there with
out killing me-"
made the necessary arrangements
and Agnes set out on her return, in
an ambulance.
The servant who opened the door as
we drove up was Jed.
could not help showing by start
and by the expression on my face that
J was astonished by his temperance.
This pleased him. When lie acted he
liked to produce effects. He looked in.
1ulringly ut the ambulance and then
inGuirngly at me. Fly that time l was
able to accept him as usual part of
the household.
Get someone to help you with a
stretcher. Jed" said. agnes, a maid,
has been hurt. Then tell Mrs. Aldrich
should like to see her in the Office as
soon as it is convenient"
'Yes, sir" said Jed.
Mrs. Aldrich came Immediately, and
/ told her the girl Agnes was to be
treated with every consideration and
that If 1t were possible to have the
other maids regard her kindly so as
not to make her feel obloquy, it would
be only Christian.
Mrs. Aldrich was a very stanch
churchwoman and could see in the
tightening of her lips that such soft
treatment Of a woman caught in crime
did not satisfy her ideas Of morality.
She went out dissatisfied, hut l knew
she would do her best. Jed came in.
still in his superserviceable mood.
"Would you like some coffee. sir?"
he asked. I was tired and did want
a stimulant.
"Yes. Jed would-thank you,"
said as heartily as l could. determined
to break down his triumph of imper-
durability by commonplace handling
Of him. He brought the tray.
"Sit down." said. "Your schemes
have come to bad end in this house
It will do YOU no good. and it may de.
stroy the family. Things are beyond
your control or my control. The Span.
lard has the manuscript he was after
Your power Is gone. 1t is transferred
to him."
$50 you are familiar with this af
fair"
II am not. only know what has
happened since 1 came here. do not
want to know any more"
'YOu are wise. There Is nothing but
unlappiness and danger in knowing
It is not news to me that Dravada ha.
Mr., Sidney's diary. They released me
! after they learned that the manuscript
had been found and that the lawyer
and Dravada had it,"
Jed then sat down and told wha
had happened to him. I was yer!
| angry, remembering IsObel as she came
hunning in that night with her sleeve
torn from her waist. I wondered tina
| could hear, the man calmly, but h
had extraordinary power, being movet
by extraordinary emotions.
"In the first place." he said, may
say that l. have been preposterous
You think / am a lunatic. Sometime!
am. almost. 1t is easy enough to b'
a cabbage if you are one. It is some
times hard to seem one If you are not
| I've been fool-but I've been huntn;
for something that have not beer
able to find 1want.happiness and i'm
portance. My egotism asks for it. bu
my common sense is going to have 1T
way. That's preliminary"
SThen he told his experiences. III
had become violent with Isobel. II
wanted it understood that he had becl
desperate but respectful. He had NJ
idea of taking hold of her or of tear
cent She had given him mora
shock. He felt like a worm. He hat
been attacked suddenly by the mel
who had overpowerel him.. They hat
come upon him from the brush. FL
had recognized Dravada at once II
might have overcome the Spaniard. bn
the desperate little lawyer, in a frenz.
of activity, had been just bold ant
strong enough to interfere so that JET
/ had been made Helpless. Another mai
had come breathlessly to help. Jet
had been bound andE gagged. He ha'
been hustled into the screen of wood
and beyond them to a waiting auto
mobile
! His captors,: II, the automobile, has!
headed for the, city and entered it afte
midnight. They had, taken their pris
oner to a tenement on the East side
For several days the lawyer and Ora
vada had tried to extort the secre
from Jed by threats. They had trie'
to buy it by promise Of an equitable
division Of profits. The lawyer hat
been quite frantic part of the time