The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-02-24

but his cupidlty has given him sort
OF intelligence. He allowed Brown TO
think he was perfectly satisfied, but
he wasn't Mt all. by seeming TO be
satisfied he learned all about the de-
tells OF the plan. and he knew that
Brown, to avoid pursuit, intended TO
take the way to Horwich.
ale knew that II Brown went
through Horwich he would stop for
several drinks. lie would need them
IL he was disappointed. He would havs
TO have them II he had the manuscript
and was excited by II. So Dravada
| went to Horwich. II all worked out,
and when Brown got to the village. he
found Dravada. Then he. telephoned
to the fellow Sim to let me go. ! was
perfectly harmless. II was an inter-
esting situation"
| IL could wish Dravada had tortured
you" said to Jed. "He has the
means now. through you, TO torture
| this family"
~ said knew Dravada had the
manuscript" said Jed. 81 did that for
effect. What ought to have said was
that knew he thought he had the
manuscript. II | had no more than the
intelligence you credit me with, doctor.
l could not have conducted this affair
so long. What Dravada has Is not the
diary of Mr.. Sidney"
Until felt the relief following Jed's
explanation that the blackmallers had
stolen only decoy, ! did not fully
realize into whnt dependency our
predicament up TO that time ha"
thrust ne II MI Sidney's diary woce
being read by INSCRIPTIONS men, we
might expect anything.
The lawyer whose shrewdness and
lack of morals made him formidable,
was dead. The Spanlard would soon
discover his disappointment and would
be furious. thought the physical
danger TO Jed vas greater thun ever
and found some pleasure In telling
him so.
He was convinced OF that himself
and was not happy.
"Why don't gou end your rascarityT'
/ urged him. Hwhy don't you give the
manuscript to Mrs. Sidney and allow
her to make whatever disposition she
wants of 1t? Then your conscience
will be easy-your position In this
house will for the first time be tolera'
BILE to decent man, and your physi'
cal security will be promoted"
He would not. He seemed to hesi
tate for a moment but his purpose
was too long fixed and too much Q
part of his life.
He no longer was surly with me
and l seemed to have lost my ability
to enrage him. We parted with my
] telling him that there would be NJ
=! possible truce or peace between III
unless he respected the women Of thu
e household. He bowed.
: Anything else, sir?" he asked; ant
!. then he departed as the servant.
Mrs. Sidney's relief to find tina
D the robbery had proved only hoax ol
i the robbers was such as would com
] from escape from tangible horrors
The lady had been keeping control o
herself, as was necessary to protec
g her husband and daughter from he
e own agony of mind and to keep tn
n household from finding significance i
o what could be passed over as triS
: .al piece of robbery.
/ When she learned that the alarr
u was over, she relaxed Imply in he
q chair, and / feared that she migl
n collapse; but in moment she ha
q struggled back TO command of hersel
g Then she excused herself and wer
e into her bedroom-for prayer, | knew
II Mr.. Sldney's joy at the return {
y Jed was robust, and Jed went to be
q very tipsy with two bottles of win
In him. l found him In the hall as
went my rounds of the house. II
q was singing.
y l knew we'd hear again and 500
20 from Dravada, but not In what maj
ner. Naturally ! was apprehensiv
and no doubt Jed was more so, a
y though to save himself from my CO..
: tempt he tried to conceal his fears.
a The Spaniard could not be expecte
= to accept his failure as final. Il
!, would try again. That expectatiC
N was fulfilled in a disconcerting fas
10 ion.
"A Thus far we had been dealing vii
q chance, with apparltions and threat
~ We now came to deal with inevitab
N ity. Our experiences had been dis
greeable, bur they had not present,
4. unacceptable consequence. We had
n. choice of ways. Now we entered
10 way from which there was no G
nj cape.
~ Four days after Jed's return a mi
n came to Hartley house and inquire
n. for me. He was detective. ii
ot name was Morgan; he was the he,
pn of the Morgan Metropolitan Detecti
k agency. thought on first seeing hi
while yet wondering what his Dul
n ness with us could be, and yet kno'
ly ing instinctively that II had to do wi
he Dravada-that this newcomer HI
"a | more than suggestion of Shrpy