Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 50, Number 42, Jasper, Dubois County, 3 July 1908 — Page 3

WM SYNOPSIS. Gll lidUy nrrlved In Km Kriiwla-o to Join Iii friend niul distant relativ lituiv Wlltnn, Wimm h Wim to iiHl"t in .in Iriiprirtntit and niv8trlou tank. iumI Ii 'oinpnnloil Dudley nn II f, iix imat trip Into tli city. Tin '" niat Kahlt rciuMiitilit in- of Ui twi m-n i ,. und riiniineiitpil on by jmo-ii-e,r nn tin- Urry. Th-y h mini Willi m,iI. hlih im'IhIb a Iii rill tlirousl. ln,.ii. Wtlton iMiHtiMU an explunatmn of iii- Hininse errand Dndlt-y ta t P"'forii'. Ii it irurniia c fluni Idin to know It la one of no ordinary nn'ttiiln Wilinn levtw (Jiled in th.'lr room, with liiHti ii. (ton to await Ids return und alioot imy mi who tri- to enter Outld tlnr In li-aril liouta and cuw and the noluc ot a riimrr-!. Ilt-nrv ruhe In anl at Ins r'iufM the rHiinniat "n qul'kly tx.haniti' i lotlie, und ha hurrlea mil affiuii. Unr.ilv litt hi- Rone than alle W nturil.d by a rry of "Hl." awl lie runs out tn Ibid Home on- beltiß aaaiUilttHl h Imlf dosen men. Il auminona n ult-e-111 'in hut tliey are uiialde to find any irnf. of a erlme. ('Ilea returns to his rind hunt for um evidenco that i,.--M i vplnln hU traie mliMluii. H fm.H a innp which lie endeavors to Uemi.Iiit Dudley Is summoned to the tn.nKue and tiier lind the dead Iwrty of hn friend. Henry Wilton. And ihn llt. n dies without ever explaining to Puil-i,-y the puzzling work he waa to perform in Sun FraneliK-o In order to ltfcu eitle neiret inlanlon ht friend lal enmiwii.i to him. Dudley ontinuea Ida .llnKiiia ...i.l iM-rmlla lilmaelf to be known hh If iii v Wilton. Dudley. mUUaken for Wilton, la employed by Knapp to nnsit In Moek brokerage d.-al. "iJU-ky takea i.h aupnoaed Wilton to Mother Horton . M 'Hi.r Horton ritaeovor that Im is not Wilton. Tin ItglitH ure turned out and u fi.-r for all light follows. (Jilea Dudlrv t mis himself i loiHe.l In a room with M ittler Horton who make a onfldant if Min. ll i an learn nothing about the iu iit'i'lotiM iM.y further thiin that It 1 Tim TVmll and Darby Meeker who ate i.ft.r him. Ik- in told Hint PUky" Nahl i .i iraltoi. playing both band in tlia Kinie (illea flnl himself linked In a ....in lit- ikuiih tiirougli a window. Ti Mippnaed Wilton cartiea out lila dean fr M.I work with Doddridge Knapp 11 i . him lirat exprb'nr- as u rapltiuwt In i Im.hi.1 lloeiii of the Stock Kxchanco. l...!!. y twelve a !h tltioua nolo purjM.rti , to be I mm Knapp, the forgery of i.-li he readily detuet. Dudley eta his mm l.noledne of Decker. who la knapp' nmy on th Board. The fora.i note tnystlftca Knapp. Dudley visits n.- home of Knapp and Is atrlckan by ii lauiv of l.uetl, lila dauKhler. More tnnry about "tin- boy." I-uella prii.i! fly Informs Dudby that abe ha dlMiwrwl Ma diieptlon and know Ii not Wilton. CHAPTER XI ÜV Continued. Ti-.e alght that met my eye aa astnnishlng. Chillies, books, papers, were scattered over the lloor and bed inn (buira. The carpet had been partly tipped up. the mattress torn apart, the cloaet cleared out. and eviy loruer of the room had hoeti ransaiked. it was clear to my oyo that this was no ordinary case of robbery. The search. It was evident, wag not for tunney and JewoJry alone, and builder .rci eity had been desnliod. Tlie men who 1 :ul turn the placo to pieces must, I sanitised, have been after papers of mine I.lnd. I ranie at once to the conclusion that I had been favored by a visit fiutn my friends, the enemy. As thej bad failed to Und mo in. they had looked for some written memoranda ol the object of their search. I know well that they hnd found n. tV.ini; anions the clothlns or papers ti.at Henry had left behind. I had M'.inhcd through theso myself, anil Hie vole document that could bear on i!u nistery was at that moment fast in t.i inside pocket. 1 was Inclined to n-.t'i the Idea that Henry Wilton had in. in. i anything under the carpet or in tin- mattress, or In any secret place l li.' threads of the mystery were earti' d in his bond, and the correspond :i if thero had been any, was de hi i oyed. .U 1 was engaged ia putting the !hi to rights the door swung back, ami I jumped to my feet to faco a man who stood on the threshold. "Hello!" he cried. "House-cleaning I.:-, in?" it was Dicky Kahl, and he paused with a smile od ills fnco. Ah. Dicky!" 1 said with an effort tu keep out of my face and voice tho snsplrinns I had gained from the in idi nts of tho visit to the Horton place. "Kntirely unpremeditated, I as -ill i' you " Well, you're milking a thorough J"l nf It," he said with a laugh. Fact Is." said I ruefully. "I've been ftnct mining angels of the black kind .maw-arcs. I was from home last t. Kht, and I find that somebody has made himself free with my property while I was away." Whew!" whistled Dicky. "Guess th. were after you." I k.ivo Dicky a sidelong glance in a ain effort to catch more of his mean. H'H than was convoyed by big words. ' Shouldn't bo surprised." I replied (,',l. picking up nn armful of books, i '1 expect tliom to be looking for mo ri tho book-shelf or Inside tho mat ' . ci)pr. or under the carpet." 1'ickly laughed Joyously. Weil, they did rather turn things 'i kIc down." he chuckled. "Did U:?jy -'" anything?" And he full to liolping '' zealmisly. 'd that I can find out," I replied. "' ihing of value, anyhow." Not any paper, or anything of that Sl ft " n .-iked Dicky anxiously. i'ifk. my boy." aald 1; "there are 'wo kinds of fools. Tliu other Is the n n who writes his business on a ''"ft of pnper and forgets to burn It." l'"ky grinned merrily. 'ad. you're getting a turn for opl t ) ;.!!' You'll bo writing for tho Aro ' .'i ilrst wo know." tt'M. you'll alio" me a shade of r,"nnon souse, wen't you?"

"I don't know." said Dicky, considering tho proposition doubtfully. "It might have boon awkwnrd if you had left anything lying about. Hut if you hail real good sense ou'd have had the guards here. What are you pa lug them for. anyhow?" I aaw dlflictiltles In the way of explaining to Dhky why I had not or di ied the guards on duly. "Oh, by the way," said Dicky suddenly, boforo a unliable reply had come to me; "how about the scads j spondulicks", ou know? Yesterday was pny ilny. but you didn't show up." 1 don't know whether my Jaw dropped or not. My spirits certainly did. "Ry Jove, Dicky!" 1 exclaimed, catching my breath. "It slipped my mind, clear. I haven't got at uur ahem banker, either." I saw now what that mysterious money was for--oi a part of it. at all events. What. I did not see was how j i was to get it, ami now to pay it io, my men. "That's rough." said Dicky sympathetically. "I'm dead broke" It would appear then that Dicky looked to mo for pay, whether or not he fell bound to mc In service. "There's ono thing I'd like explained before a settlement," said I grimly, as I straightened out the carpet; "and that Is the little performance for my benefit the other nlsht." Dicky cocked his head on one side, and gave mo an uneasy glance. "HNplanatlon?" he said In affected surprise. "Yes," said I sternly. "It looked like a plant. I was within one of getting a knife ia me." "What became of you?" Inquired Dicky. "Wo looked around for you for nn hour, and were afraid you had been carried off." ThnfM all rlslit. Dicky." I said. "I know how 1 got out. What I want to know Is how I got lnttikon in." "1 don't know." said Dicky anxiously. "I was regularly fooled, myself. I thought they were fishermen, all right enough, und 1 never thought that Tor rill had the nervo to come In there. 1 was fooled by his disguise, and he gave tho word, and I thought sure that Richmond had sent him." Dicky had dropped all banter and was speaking with tho tone of sincerity. "Well, it's all tight now, but I don't want any moro slips of that sort. Who was hurt?" "Trent got. a bad cut In tho side. One of the Terrlll gaK wn bot. 1 heard It was only through the arm or leg. I forgot which." I was consumed with the desire to ask what had become of notion's, but I suspected Hint 1 was supposed to know, and prudently kept the ipieatlon to myself "Well, eonie along." said I. ' The mnm will ill! well OUOllKll IIOW. Oil.

lioro's a ton. anil I'll let you know as, soon an 1 set Hie rwt. Whoro can Ii Und you?" ' "At tho old plnifv" ald DirKy. ' three ;weniy six Clay ?" 1 asKi d in iicsunntion. i

Dicky gave ine a wondering look as though he uipGcted my mind was going. "No- (Seary. What's the raattor

with you?" "Oh. to be mire, (loary street, of course. Well, lot me know if anythliiM turns up. Keep a close watch e things." Dicky looked at mo in some apparent perplexity as 1 wnlkod up tho stair to my Clay street olilce. but gavo only some laughing answer as he turned back. Hut I was In far from a laughing humor myself. The problem of paying tho men raised fresh prospects of trouble, and I reflected grimly that If the money was not found I might bo In inoio danger from my unpaid mercenaries than from the enemy. Ten o'clock passed, and olovon, with no sign from Doddridge Knapp, and I wondered if the news I had cari rlod him of the activities of Terrlll and ot Decker had disarranged his plans. I tried the door into Room 16. It was locked, and no sound camo to my ears from behind it. 'i should really like to know," I I flwiuvlil In inv olf "whothor Mr flndil. ridge Knapp has left any papers In his desk that might bear on the Wilton mystery. 1 tried my keys, but none of them fitted the loek. 1 gave up the attempt indeed, my mind shrank from the ii'a of going through my employer's papers but the desire of getting a key that would open the door was planted in my brain. Twelve o'clock came. No Doddridge Knnpp i,au- appeared, and I sauntered ÜUVt.n ti,0 Exchange to pick up any items of news. It behooved me to be looking out for Doddridge Knapp's movements. If he had got another asent to carry out his schemes, I should have to prepare my lines for attack from another direction. "Wallbrldge was just coming rapidly out of the Exchange. "'So," said the littlo man. mopping the perspiration from his shining head. "quiet as lambs today. Their own mothers wouldn't have known the Honrd from a Sunday school." I Inquired about Omega. "Flat as a pancake." said the little man. "Nothing doing." "What! Is It down?" I exclaimed with some astonishment "Lord bloss you. no!" said Wallbridge, surprised In his turn. "Strong and steady at eighty, but we didn't soil a hundred shares to-day. Well, I'm in a rush. Good-by. if you don't want to buy or sell." And he hurried off without waiting for a reply. So I was now assured that Doddridge Knapp bad not displaced me in tho Omega deal. It was a recess to prepare another surprise for the Street, and I had time to attend to a neglected duty. The undertaker's shop that held the morgue looked hardly less gloomy In the afternoon sun than in the light of breaking day Iii which 1 had left It when I parted from Detectivo Coognn. Thu office was decorated mournfully to accord with the grief of friends who ordered the eofflns. or the feelings of the surviving relativos on settling the bills. i am Henry Wilton," I explained to the man in charge. "Thero was a body lert hero by Detectivo Coogan to my order, I believe." "Oh. yes," he said. "What do you want done with it?" I e-plained that I v. i shed to anange to have it deposited In a vault for a

umv. u I might tarry It cast, "That's onay done." ho aald: and he explained the dftnlls. "Would you Hk to see thr body"" lit concluded. "Wc miialnud It on thu Htrength of Coog au s order."

I shrank from anotner ioor at the battered form. Tho awfulnoss of the tragedy came upon mo with hardly less force than in the moment whon I had first faced tho mangled and blooding body on the slob In the deadroom. The undertaker was talking, but I knew not what he said. I was shaking with tho horror and grief of the situation, and in that momont I renowed my vow to have blood for blood and life for life, if law and justice wore to be had. "Weil take It out any time." said fli5 -undertaker, with a decorous reflection of my grief upon his face. "Would you like to accompany the remains?" I decided that I would. "Well, there's nothing doing now. We can start as soon as we have sealed the casket." "As soon as you can. There's nothing to wait for." The ride to the ceraetory took me through a part of San Francisco that I had not yet seen. But I paid little attention to the streets through which we passed. My mind was on the friend whose name I had taken, whose work I was to do. I was back with him In our boyhood days, and lived again for the fleeting minutes the life we had lived in common; and the resolve grew stronger on me that his fate should be avenged. Arriving at the cemetery It was soon over. Tho body of Henry Wilton was committed to the vault with the single mourner looking on, and we drovi rapidly back in the failing light, I had given my address at the under taker's shop, and the hack stopped in

front of my house of mystery before I knew where we were. Darkness had come upon the place, and the stieetlamps were alight and the gas was blazing in the store-windows along the thoroughfares. As I stepped out of tho carriage and gazed about me, I recognized the gloomy doorway and Its neighborhood that had greeted me on my first night in San Francisco. As I was paying the fare a stout figure stepped up to me. "Ah, Mr. Wilton, it's you again. I turned in surprise. It was the policeman I had met on my first night in San Francisco. "Oh, Corson, how are you?" I said heartily, recognizing him at last. I felt a sense of relief in the sight of him. Tho place was not one to quiet my nerves after the errand from which I had just come. "All's well. nor. but I've a bit i.f paper for ye." And after some h in ing he brought it forth. "I was askfd to hand this to ye." 1 took it in wonder. Was there something; more from Detective Coos an? I tore open the envelope and read on its inclosure: "Kum tonlte to the house. Share if youre life is wurth savein. "Muther Borton." CHAPTER XIV. Mother Borton's Advice. I studied the note carefully, and then turned to Policeman Corson. "When did she give you this and where?" A lady?" said Corson with a grin. "Ah. Mr. Wilton, it's too sly she is to give it to me. 'Twas a boy askin' for ye. 'Do you know him?' says he 'I do that. says I. 'Where is he?' says he. i don't know, say3 I. 'Has e a room?' says he. 'He has. says I 'Where is it?' says ho. 'What's that to you?' says I" "Yes, yes," I interrupted. ' But whore did he get the note?" "I was just tellin' ye, sor," said the policeman amiably. "He shoves the note at me ag'ln. an' says he, 'It's Important,' says he. "Go up there.' says I. 'Last room, top floor, right-hand side.' Before I comes to the corner up here, he's after me ag'ln. 'He's gone." says ho. 'Like enough.' says I Whon'll he be back? says he. 'When the cows come home, sonny,' says I. 'Then there'll be the dlvil to pay,' says he. I pricks up my ears at this. Why?' says I. 'Ob, he'll be killed.' says he, 'and I'll git the derndest llckin',' says he. 'What's up?' says I. makin a grab for him. Dut he ducks an blubbers. "Gimme that letter." says I, 'and you just kite back to the folks that sent you. and tell them what's the matter. I'll give your note to your man if he comes while I'm on tho beat, says I. I knows too much to try to git'anythlng more out of him I says to meself that Mr. Wilton ain't In tho safest place in the world, and this kid's folks maybe means him well, and might know some other place to look for him. The kid jawa a bit. an' then docs as I tells him. an' cuts away. That's half an hour ago an' here you are, an' here's your let tor." I hesitated for a little before saving anything. It was with quick suspicion that I wondered why Mother Dorton had secured again that gloomy and desorted house for the Interview she was planning. ' That was very kind of you. You didn't know what was in the letter then?" "No, sor," replied Corson with a touch of woundod pride. "It's not me as would opoc another man s 'et ter unless In tho way of me duty." "Do you know Mother Borton"" I continued. "Know her? know her?" returned Corson In a tone scornful of doubt on such a point. "Do I know tho slickest crook in San Francisco? Ah, it's many a story 1 could toll you. Mr. Wilton, of tho way that ould she-dlvll has slipped through our fingers when we thought our hands wore on her thront. And It's many of her brood we havg put snfo In San Quant in." (TO HIS CONTIXt'KD. ) England's Dog Population. It Is estimated that there are 2f 1 G00.0U0 docs in Great liritala.

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