The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-09-04

from London. tied with cord and
stamped with English postage; the
censor had opened It, sealed it again
and sent it on. The paper bore the
legend, photographs"
She found three photographs. all
Identical of n group Of young men in
uniform who appeared to be officers
Of the Canadian and Of the American
armies. The faces were all strange to
Ethel until. with a start which stopped
the beat Of her heart, she recognized
Barney Loutrelle. In each OF the
prints his identity was unmiatakable.
Her uncle Lucas called early the
next morning 70 ask what she was
doing about her business matters.
When she said that she had failed to
obtain help. he told her he had do
cided to protect" her interests in the
projects under way.
That afternoon she received a let
ter from Barney IN which he reported
that upon his return to the Rock he
had found affairs just as she had left
them.
IT have seen no one from st. Flor
entin." Barney continued. but l
think Kincheloe has gotten out. ! have
found an Indian who saw n stranger
about here three days ago who.
think, Is the fellow that slept in that
shack opposite Rest Cabin, Miss Carew.
From what I can make out from OIL
bee, no was an old man who seemed a
bit Off his head from exposure. per
haps. Anyway, he seemed wholly pur-
poseless and harmless, and think wo
were wrong In correcting him up with
our affair. couldn't obtain any bet
ter description of him than he was
tall and gray haired and wore short
mitten on his right hand as the ends
OF his fingers were off"
This determined Ethel to telegraph
Barney to como at once to Chicago.
But before him. two other took the
train from Quesnel for Chicago-Lu-
cas- Cullen, Sr., and his wife. And
upon the day Of their arrival, the first
news confirming the assumption OF
Agnes death reached the city.
1t CAME to Lucas Cullen. Jr, in q
communication not dissimilar to that
letter which had awaited Ethel at
Scott ST.; but Lucas letter. instead of
being from an unknown person, was
from an English peer of international
reputation for his work in science. He
wrote to report a message which he
had received from the other world
which stated that Agnes Cullen,
having become cognizant, In the next
existence, that uncertainty as to her
death was causing confusion IN this
world, wished It known positively that
she was dead.
CHAPTER XII
Lucas Cullen, senior, received In
formation of this extraordinary bit of
intelligence soon after his arrival at
his sons homo,
What are you considering doing?"
his son inquired,
Lucas laughed as he liked to laugh
when planning a shrewd and clever
coup. Hale Sir Horace Clebourne
into court, of course, to swear~ for us
that divers wife is dead Then when
we have our English ruling, we'll car
ry it into our courts on the verity-is
that good, legal sounding word,
Luke?"
'T think it will do" Luke said,
"On the verify of the death Of our
dear Agnes, as already presumed by
the court-but not proved, So we
prove it; witness, Agnes herselfj tes
timony taken and sworn to by Sir
Horace Clebourne, Doctor Of Science
Baronet and the restj sworn to by the
best brains of England, Wen get
'em. I know it's new, son-it's new
but the old man never had to wait for
some one else to show how to do q
thing"
Ito Be Continued