The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1921-01-13

@hsa8-yes TTs5 told me 50: an
Indian said be bad crushed 10 your
sEull he boasicd - d; and when !
aske1 fhat uaefnn he only laughed.
when o. said II was So
laughed bowT
Ties ewes fell
-ue-he Didn't seem % think Il
could rako much difference 20 me;
fhaf { would care
Hui Do sou know who he tsf DID
be tell your Did The fellow explain
hts purpose IN this outragef1
\ DO not know he bad no time. no
opportunity: We we're never alone.
What do you meani Was this al
done for some deliberate purposef"
Yes. II was. Olga Ills name Is not
Nacklln AZ all. Il is probably Churchill
have you ever heard that name be
foref"
No. ! am sure not"
1t was your mothers name She
came from Virginia. and was heiress
20 considerable property. II was left
70 h'i III hhnts anu wv hH'i' ""7 ~
trustee"
my motherf"
Yes: she never knew this while she
lived. but your father learned some
OF the facts after her death. and en-
deavored 10 verify them. His search
was what started trouble; for your
uncle. the trustee his name is Cor
nellus Churchill-had made no effort
20 locate the heir 10 the property left
In his care Instead he had used the
money. believing himself perfectly
safe. when he learned % your ia
TIERS suspicious, he became fright.
ened."
Can this be trueT
1T evidently Is true strange as II
seems Then your Gather was killed,
perhaps through some row engineered
by Churchill 10 put him out Of the
way. and they made every effort 10
find You You alone stood between
them and this ill-gotten wealth. For
tunately you could not Immediately be
located you had been hidden away In
a Catholic school, and, before Church
III succeeded In discovering what
school you were at Calkins took you
away. and destroyed every trail"
"Calknsi Who and what was her
"A sergeant in your fathers troop;
faithful fellow to whom your father
had confided his story before he died.
His one object was TO keep you safely
out of ChurchIll's hands until you
should become OF age. That was why
he dragged you from town to town
and kept you In poverty"
But why did he never tell me all
| this?"
81 cannot answer that; no doubt he
thought II best believed the time had
not come. | understand he acted under
legal advice. Then. you know, his
death was very sudden"
did he kin himselfT
81 do not think so now. That was
the story in Ponca, but II is my belief
he was murdered. You had finally
been traced the man who had sue.
ceeded in finding your trail was In
Ponca. Calkins had to be put out OF
the way"
"You-mean Macklin?"
"Yes; only, as | saw, that is prob
ably not the fellows name-be is Cor
nelius Churchilrs SON"
"Where-where did you learn all
this?"
"Macklin told the story, when he
was drunk 10 another rascal. ] crept
up to a campfire one night and heard
the latter relate the tale"
"Where was thlsT
ION Dragon creek"
"Yes-but when?"
"Night before last; while ! was
seeking 10 trail you"
She had never released her grasp OF
his hand now II frightened.
might before last; you--you never
knew II beforeY
Certainly not"
"You didn't marry me be--because
had all this money!"
Shelby laughed lightly.
Lord. no; never suspected Won
| had five cents"
"And-and." she went on = testify.
''you-you followed after M mf as
you was never knowing about ali This
| -just-because II was meY"
THAT'S sure right; leasiwiSe until !
struck this outfit over on Dragon
creek. and can't say thai ! cared
d-n about the money at ALL only II
gave me notion OF what was up. I'd
come just the same; you can bet your
life on that"
"Oh am glad you said sol And
you-yoU actually don't care for the