The Adair County news., 1922-12-12
From Mr.. Jarvis"

0f course; but whereT'
You mean you want to know where
3ge WASP"
Connery smiled quietly. If he him.
szsif was trusted to be cautious and
<acrcumSpect, the chauffeur also plain
~ was accustomed to be in the EN-.
gHtoy Of one who required reticence.
fz8sounery looked from the note to the
Ebeaner more keenly. There was some
sz-2Rzg familiar In the chauffeur's face
Just enough to have maze Connery
i-saIieve, at first, that probably he had
saeen the man meeting some passenger
sB8 the station.
You are" Connery ventured
casually.
In private employ; yes, SIR" the
E1naR cut off quickly. Then COnnery
ES4Nsw him; it was when Gabriel War
c1fS1 travelled on Connery's train that
fxte conductor had seen this chauf-
fxsar; this was Patrick Corboy, who
shat driven Warden the night he was
Esf2sd- But COnnery, having won his
EaanIt, knew better than to show it..
waiting for a receipt from me?" he
ssyked an If he had abandoned his
Cs1AslsHtsy. ----.-----..- ~
The chauffeur nodded. Connery
tzsaaE q sheet Of paper, wrote on it,
ss4paled 1t In an envelope and handed it
asf; the chauffeur fastened back to
- car and drove of. Connery whis-
t4k5 softly to himself Evidently his
ygBHsenSer was to be enc of the great
z4A m eastern finance who had been
lREFaxht west by Warden's death. AS
- car disappeared, Connery gazed
M to the sound
The March morning was windy and
TWE With storm blowing In from the
ARESac. From Eliot bay reVerberated
s-k1sss roar Of the steam-WhiStle of some
EkrEe ship signaling its intention to
EHAE sESther to the left. The incom-
icing vessel Ioomed in sight and showed
cSfee graceful lines, the single funnel
GsEata the white and red-barred flag Of
t1eRs Japanese line, the Nippon Yusen
E5EsScsha. &O0nnery saw that it was, as
1ah anticipated, the Tamba Maru, due
tzE4 days before, having been delayed
E4s1g 5sd weather over the Pacific. 1t
vss6sSid dock. Connery estimated, just
E-zsl time to permit a passenger to catch
TE1e Eastern Express IL that were held
r-f1E nine O'Clock. So, as he hastened
tSEhe car line, Oonnery smiled at him
s7<4Ss for taking the trouble to make
E&1ss EARLIER surmises.
s3Id Sammy Seaton, the gateman,
fsszta'eh in his iron coop twirling a punch
ssa1s7Gt his finger. Old Sammy's scheme
cEc sudden wealth-everyone has
Esssza by which at any moment wealth
my arriFe-was to recognize and ap-
E7zEDend some wrongdoer or some lost
. VI Kidnapped person for whom a great
E.fr4rd would be given. His position
. nj the gate through which must pass
Z INST Of the people arriving at the
z1sEt Coast city, or wishing to depart
fruES3t. certainly was excellent; and
IaE constant and careful reading of
ff+e papers, classifying and memoriz-
Ing faces, he prepared himself to take
sasscEzpCage Of any opportunity. Sammy
STE& awaited his great strike"
ANY one off on Number Five, Sam
s-EEg2". COnnery questioned careIessly |
s7Es ne approached.
&Sld Sammy shook his head. What |
E1are we holding forr' he whispered. |
- 3A-for themF'
"A couple of station-boys, overloaded |
SHxth hand-baggage, scurried In from
z za street; someone shouted for a
c:-t-Eak-ruck, and baggagemen ran. A
zsup Of people, who evidently had |
{ rans' to the station in covered cars,
@-zUHded out to the gate and lined up
ID Ass old Sammy. The gateman
ssEzaizhtened Importantly and scruti-
.1sezed each person presenting a ticket.
%17nnery inspected with attention the
1sSfss at the gate and watched old Sam
NlzEZ also as each passed him.
The FIRST in line was a girl-a girl
sscsout twenty-five or three, Connery
zessed. She had the easy, interested
~ Of person of assured position
sa4ghaD Oonnery first saw her, she
izeemed to be accompanying the man
5ssl1o now was behind her; but she Of
:tasred her own ticket for perusal at
s1s1e gate, and as soon as she was
1t1rongh, she hurried on ahead alone.
aConnery was certain he did not
nov her. BE noticed that old Sam
my had held her at the gate as long
zs possible, as If hoping to recollect
sE4ae she might be; but now that she
ERs gone, the gateman gave his atten-
Eon more closely to the first mana
Ill, strongly built man, neither heavy
11r light, and with a powerful, pa
txfcian face. His eyes were hidden
- smoked glasses such as one wears
=xEa1nst glare of snow.
sOonnery found his gaze following
renis man; the conductor did not know
: hkn, nor had cid Sammy recognized
min; but both were trying to place
Ehxn. he, unquestionably, was man
SO be known, though not more 50 than |
rmany VINO Travelled In the transconti- |
r4a~foI trains