The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-04-21

Rpshot:; and smali photographs,
jogt hasiily ran them over. They
whj,s all unknown faces TO him
lteept one, which CHANGED to be
mo postcard of Judge IIoyt taken
1.-THE Philadelphia station.
49,, ,a Hello! The guy wot lives
hrire is frien o Judge Hoyt.
wo,, not a friend, but a nenner
bly, Cos, dope it out, that
intend guy s locked NE up here
Elr fear III help Judge Hoyt S
:se. Oh, no, dunno as it 5 that.
pa dunno what it is | wisht |.
eolIould get word to Mr.. Stone. II
- only dared use that telephone.
t,yut Kite would fly up here
n uicler'n scat Well, Iii swipe
his card, eos it looks interest
an. y Z
rs Then Fibsy, stili with a wary
teye on the hall door, searched the
a.oom and its dressing room and
D.closets. and was rewarded by
some further discoveries, one Of
which was a dirk cane This ar
yticle was among number OF
! other canes and umbrellas III the
% far end of q deep closet.
i Now, o course, he unused,
| maybe 'tain't the right cane,
! an maybe IT'S. But, if it is, then
! this Here's the moide-er 5 house,
!. an he locked me Ia eos he s
! scared @ me. Well, it 5 all too
, many fer me- He'll, wot S this?'
lie opened a small door in the
side of the deep closet. There
seemed to be an elevator shaft,
with no car. AS a matter Of fact,
it was a laundry chute, but Fib-
sy was unacqua,<ed with con
yenences Of that sort and didn'
know its purpose. But he saw
at once that the shaft led to the
basement, aud that it went up
ward to a similar opening in the
room above. And the room above
was his roonti
Softly he crept back upstairs
aud eseniered his room. He dis
lodged the fragment Of toothpick
and closed the door. If hito dis
covered it was unlocked he could
not help that now. fIe went
straight to his own closet, and,
sure enough. there was the same
sort of a slide door. and it gave
onto the same chute. At last
possible way of exit. Precarious,
Tor he had not yet decided OH
safe way Of descending a bare
shaft, but his mind was at work
now. andssornething must come of
it.
And his mind produced a plan.
Ie knew where Kite was now.
Always at that time III the after
noon the japanese was in his own
room in the rear part of the first
floor Of the house. Previous de-
snlt0rY chat had brought out this
fact. And Fibsy's plan was to
make soft bed at the foot Of the
shaft and jump down. Danger
olls, almost positively disastrous,
bs,t the only chance.
Course I'll break me bloom
10 back or legs or suthin, but
anyway the horsepital'd be bet
tern this, and / could get aholt
of MIR. Stone. =
So, swiftly and noiselessIy, be
removed all the bedding from his
bed and down the chute he threw
the mattress, dropping on it the
blankets and pillows.
Here goes e. he said, not
spansing to consider conse
quences, and, balancing for an in
slant on the ledge, he let him
self go, and came down with
soft thud on the pillows.
5ss Whether it was because he re-
Taxed every muscle and fell limp
az, or whether It was because Of a
kind fate looking after him, he
sustained no injuries. Not bone
broken, and though the Jar was
stunning he recovered after a
few minutes and sat up half
7dazed but rapidly becoming
alert, and looking about him.
The semi darkness of the shaft
showed him the exit, and it
proved to be into the laundry
ID the basement Of the house.
The rest was easys Listening
intcntly for sound Of Kito and
hearing none, Fibsy deliberately
walked out Of the basement door
and into the etreet.
He did not hurry, being de-
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