The daily Alaskan., 1921-09-03
By CLIFFORD S. RAYMOND
Illustrated by IRWIN MYERS

Copyright by George H. Doran Co.
 october went ana me brown m0nln
 of November took even the whItc-oak leaves. and the woods stood in mono
 chrome. Isohcl and rode every morning. and inst before the early sun down we usually took a short walk,
 to rustic the brown leaves undertoot
 and enjoy the sweetness of crisp olr filled with the odors of a seemlv ce1
 csv underfoot. Soon after sunset we were In Mir. SIdney's room, He great
 1v rDIoved to have the family about
 him. not engaged in entertaining h.m
 or waiting on him but occupied In
 any amusement or work that could b'
 undertaken by hiS fire,
 led had a cot moved Tn md spent
 the night with him. He did not want
 the nurses to have this office and as
 he was perfectly competent, con
 sentcd
 T. was an intensely happy and in.
 +e7seIv unhappy experience fnr me Mir sidney. was convinced, would
 not live to thc hepatica season. lso-
 bel had permitted him Co follow thn
 changing seasons from spring to win.
 fer hv bringing him flowers, and his
 delight al seeing the first heHa-iTa
 had been as great as hers In hr.nG.ng it to him.
 Tsohrl could not realize that ho- fa .r,,- v-os. dying No ono would hay. ! becn so brutal as to tell her-or would
 it have been brutal? Rur Mrs. Sd.
 nev knew. ! knew. Jed knew and Mr. Sidney knew-and was happy The day before Christmas came win
 8 5~gvfnc snow which set jn with a1
 cast wind early in rho morning. T WAS a real Christmas snowsrorm. 1 heavy. persistent and driving. hu, 0or 1 unklndly.
 in the afternoon Morgan O. the
 Ncrropolltan agency game 5-.vinc with difficulty through the d-.tJe7 hanks Of snow lD the roads. co see
 me again. ! was full Of apprehension
 as told Jed Co show him In. Ills mood was different from what it had
 been before. when he almost ragged out
 Of the house. It seemed Co me cvery- ] body'S mood was changing. Nevertheless a chId.S fancy rama ] Into my mind. Outside was the storm through which travelled fierce animals
 or northern forest and here. ou- or ] the storm. came the werewolf 1 Doctor" said Norcan. "wN haTa
 done & great deal of work >.re" ,
 SAW you. told you We would. h1~
 cause tho case interested me No have traced Nr. Sidney through every l known operation and act-Sn long "s We can find him as Mir. Sidney. .."-.
 sct Is honorable; many ol .n"" .."
 scts of astonishing charity and kind. l ueSs. That Is so far aS Mr. sidney i exists"
 He paused and looked at mo as "
 to see whether he was reaching any ! hidden spring which It touched and
 sprung would open the secret He ! did not believe l was t-u.aful
 "NIr. SIdney's life Is open. honorable { and full of nothing hu' cnN3 for ff'N ! years back" Morgan continued eve ! have investigated very thor0u-n.T. . But fifty yoa-S back. NIT S.aHnE a.>- l appears. eyanorates. The7e .> no N- i Sidney that can be focua. We find
 young man of twenty. and no'nr- l back Of him. There we stop. .r Is
 8 blind alley. You como to no,n.os
 but a wall. That stopped tnvoS..ra- ! tin0.
 NOW, I go a good deal hy lunches 1 call lt intuition guessing. inspiration. l It Is not good detective method. ] 1 don't claim it's good detective work 1 I never work on a hunrh and neglect
 a rational method. bat frequently
 when do work on a bit of guessing
 we get results.
 i've been working. around here on a guess that was so wild when it first | started that it seemed too prc0os,er.
 ous even for me. I'll tell you that wa are not investigating Mir Sidney any ] more. We are looking for aDothmr ! person. and ! believe We are going 10 ! find him Then we are going to find 1 some one else. Doctor. ! reL yOn. .f
 you don't know it, as you say, lt is ] the srrarccsr case ! ever have known | It is one ot hate. Mind. I'm only | guessing.
 That touch was so impressive that | I betrayed an emotion. Ho saw it CT had you chere," he said. "NIr Morgan" I said "you will moi i believe me. and for that reason it is useless for me 10 say and keep on say Ing that know Of nothing here , could help you on. You suggested something to me just now. and you saw that you had done so. But that
 was because of a co'n,tdence imwa.
 terfaI to what you call a ease" every well" said Morgan. '1 dld l not exnc,t to get ahead ny coming here. but { want to be fair and reason able. You do not know anything, hu, | I am not allowed to talk Go any one