The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-06-10
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drove away after his return
for the first time in my lie.
| have been acting a part, ano actihe
it with success, Jerry. There q
a commissioners or anyone al the
flats to give me any information
though | rang the house bell a gooo
.one time. But | saw on the boaro
the name Carter, and ! went to the
fat No. Of, and there ! rang the
bell again. 1t was some time oefore
the door was opened to me. and then
/ found myself face to face With the
most pitiable looking object one
could hope to meet In the days "a
II was a man, young, must nave
been good looking once, but now an
evident dope hend He had on py
Iamas that were soiled n crum
pied: | don't think his hair had beer
brushed for days. he looKeo I'D
washed, unshaven, and ne wat
trembling like a leaf AS | asked 1oi
Mr. Carter DE shook mis- mead anc
then with an effort. ne said Gone
ont Well, | asked him a few quesg
tons O know such as when Gar
ter might be expected pacR n o
could get IN touch With nlm n
so on. And then asked DIM II
might come In and write = note Il
MIR Carter as II was very 'm
portant. BY an inspiration ! Adj+o
It's a message from someone peI
maps you know who is living II
Yorkshire?
Wei. Jerry. my boy, just foI b
minute he seemed to be galvanlZec
INTO life
DID she send your ne asked
and there was eagerness in his voice
Il answered him rather roughly
and / SAID my business was with
Garter n hat SORT OF squashec
him He shrugged his shoulders
And then be made me a gesture n
| walked in and | shut the door
TO find my way in into the small
sitting room by myself. 1t is really
ike a tenement 1at-dirty M
stuffy a hole of a place. | couIdn
see any pen, OF ink OF paper or ID
deed anything on which to wrl'e SO
| TOOK out my notebook and | serb
5led these words:
You are wanted Paxton.
And / put this on the maDtelpiece
The creature who had let me In hao
disa ppeared, but as l passed 10 go &c
the / saw him .yine fnH
length on the bed and MS eyes were
,losed Awful object as ne is, Jerry
/ firmly believe he's not really the
down and outer one would take him
tori mean tina ne belongs TO q De
.4ent lot. But If he goes Oh much
more al MS present rate. DE ~oD'
lumber the earth for very long NOW
| don't think thai ] have done very
much except TO establish the tact
hat this wretched 1opeJ mas some
with this woman living
At The Moat | don't think there If
very much TO be got py hanging
about thai place Somehow OF other
4 nave got a MUNICH that the oesf
thing we can do is to try our luck al
Paxton Common Of course the
may De q wrong n aDo Pax
ton may De the name OF q person
not a place out we might as
wen have 8 try al the Common
What do you say?'
Gerald Craven sssenteo eagerly &c
all MS friend suggested AND they
went to nave some lunch
do you happen TO know nov
he Emersons left the bCtel?
mean did they drive or go Dy
was Shannon's next ques-
ion.
Gerald Craven answered al once:
oh yes. they motoreo away
The manager told me himself thai
Mrs. Emerson had oeeD carried to 6
ear and the put on q KIND OF bee
made OF pillows Apparently she mao
been so Frustrated oy the news OF
aer husbands sudden illness thai
she was not able TO sit up"
Would II be their owD carr was
Mr.. Shannon's query
Al which Gerald Craven shrugged
DIS shoulders.
NEXT CHAPTER, Paxton Com
p"n and the IDdinn sereaDt