Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 50, Number 43, Jasper, Dubois County, 10 July 1908 — Page 3

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SYNOPSIS. Olles Dudley arrived In Han Framlsoo to Join Hl frlond uml tllHtant rHutiv llpi'rv W'lllou, whom ! watt lo hksIhI in an Impnrtiint uml mvatfrlous iiihk hiuI who lu-cotnimnletl Dudley on wie f,.rrv ixMit trip Into the elty. Tin r--mnr'katiU riulliuic-e ot the two nun ix noted and commented on ly piwei.t on Ihr furry. Tliey toe u iimn wlin "nake oyc. which wii1h it thrill thiouKh iMtillcy. Wlltou postpone nil explanation ..f the strange errtind Dudley ' P4;1'; fi.rm. hut occurrences cuuho lilm t know It Is ono of no ontlnniy mwitmiK Wlllon leaves Ollen In their room., with liiiructlon to awnlt lit return nnu nom any ono who trlOH to filter. Outside there In tmurd jthoutH nnd cuwh una the nulHo of n pinrrel. Henry nn In ami " hl rennest the rownuntH ouukiy ox- . hanse Inthes. nnd Ii urrlea out nsttln. Hardly hns lie gone than ' ' tartled by a cry of "Help." and he rut a out to (Hui some one helm; aiuttwl tj it half dozen men. Il wunmoiw u. pom eman but they are iinabl to nnd any trace of a crime. Cillea returns t",."'" r.M.m and hunts for H.uue fvldenco that

might explain Iiis triii- nitsmon iiw dmla a mnp which he endeavors lo u.ipli.r. Dudley I aummonl to the morgue and there llnds the dead tod 't

),t friend. Henry Wilton, a nu m on die without ever explaining .y the tiUMelltiK work hu was to perrorm In San Frunclnco. In ord.-r tci dlB o i

morgue nun mere iiihis i" "- ),t friend. Henry Wilton. And tl.ua ll on die without ever explaining to Hud

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,,i to him, Dudley .onttnueB h dlsuulse iu.-l p.inilts himself to h" known aa lJ.-r.ry Wilton. Dudley, mlataken tor Wilton, I employed by Knapp to ajalat In a stoclt brokerage deal, "Plclty takes the Hupponed Wilton to Mother Horton 8 M.-ther Dorton discovers that l Wilton. Tha Khta are m mod out am a fr.-e for all fight follows. Giles Dud e tinda himself clouded in a room with Mother Herton who makes a confidant ..f him. He ran learn nothlnK about tl o iiivsteiioun boy further than that It is Tun Ten-Ill and Dnrlty Meeker wlio aro sftir him. Ho la told that "Dleky Nahl i a traitor, playing both hands In the am?. Glien lind hlmaelf lot KW In a i.Km. He escapes throuBli window.

The aupponMl Wilton carrlea out ni eHi! frtend'a work with DoddrUige Knapp. Ho i.u:, u.s tlmt experience aa a eapit"l n il Hoard Uoem of the Stoek h.xehane. Dudley iwelvca a ilctltloua note purporting to be from Knapp, the forsery of ).! ii he reurtlty deteets. Dudley seta li s llrst knowleilso of Decker, w0 la Knapp' en.-my on the Uoanl. The fprffd u.Iie mjatinea Knapp. Dudley vlaita the home of Knapp and Ih atneken l the lieauty of Luella. hi daughter. More mvatery ubout "the boy." Luellu privately InK.ima Dudley that ahe haa dte-l-o red I.U deception and know a He ' not Wilton. CHAPTER XIII. Continued. Thu sight that met my eye was as

tonishing. Clothes. booKS, paponi, wor acattored ovor tho lloor and bod and chairs. Tho carpet hntl lioeu imrtly rlppoil up. the umttross torn apart, tho closet cleared out, and evry cornor of tho room had been runsachori. It was clonr to my oye thai this was no ordinary caso of robbery. Tho sonrch. It was evident, was not for money nntl Jowclry alono, and bulkier pro:yriy had boon despised. Tho men who had torn the placo to plccos must, 1 surmised, have been aftor papers of Eomo kind. I came at once to the conclusion thut 1 had been favored by a visit Horn my rriontls, the onumy. As they hud failed to Und me in, they had looUod ror some written memoranda ol tho object of their search. 1 know well that they had found nothing anions the clothint; or papers tlmt Henry had loft behind. I had searched through these myself, and tho Hole document that could bear on the mystery was at that moment fast

in my inside pocket. 1 was inclined to scout the idea that Henry Wilton had hidden anything under the carpet or

in the mattress, or In any secret place The threads of the mystery were carried in his head, and the correspondence, if there had been any, was de stroyod.

As 1 was ongnged in putting the room to rights the door swung buck, antl I jumped to my feet to face a man who stood on tho threshold. "Hello!" he cried. "House-cleaning ii.Min?" It was Dicky Nah!, and he paused with a smile ou Iiis faco. "Ah, Dicky!" 1 said with an effort to keep out of my face and voice tho suspicions I had gained from tho Incidents of the visit to the Horton place. "Entirely unpremeditated, 1 assure you."

"Well, vou're making a thorough j

Job of it," he said with a laugh. "Fact Is," said I ruefully, "I've been entertaining angels of the black kind - unawares. I was from home last night, and I find that somebody has made himself free with my properly while I was away." "Whew!" whistled Dicky. 'Guess they were aftor you."

1 gave Dicky a sidelong glance In a

"I don't know," said Dicky, considering tho proposition doubtfully. "It might have boon siwkward If you had left anything lying about. Hut If you had real good sense you'd have had the guards bore. What are you paylug thorn for, anyhow?"

I saw dinicultles in the way of explaining to Dicky why I had not ordered the guards on duty. "Oh, by the way," said Dicky suddenly, before a suitable reply had come to me; "how about the scads spondulicks you know? YoBtorday was pay day, but you didn't show up." I don't know whether my jaw dropped or not. My spirits certainly did. "By Jove. Dicky!" I exclaimed, catching my breath. "It slipped my mind, clear. 1 haven't got at our ahem banker, either." I saw now what that mjsterlous money was for or a purl of It, at all events. What I did not see was how I was to get it, and how to jmy It to my men. 'That's rough." said Dicky sympathetically. "I'm dead luoke." It would appear then that Dicky

Dicky gave me a wondering look as though he suspected my mind was going. "No Oesry. What's the mattor with you?" "Oh. to be sure, deary streot. of course. Well, let mo know If any

thing turns up. Keep a close watch i things." Dicky looked at me In some apparent perplexity as 1 walked up the stair to my Clay streot ofllco, but gave only some laughing answer as ho turned back. Hut I was In far from a laughing humor myself. The problem of paying the men raised fresh prospects of trouble, and I rellectcd grimly that if the money was not found 1 might be

In more danger from my unpaid mercenaries than from the enemy. Ten o'clock passed, and eleven, with no sign from Doddridge Knapp, and I wondered If the howb I had car-

i rled him of the activities of Terrill

and of Decker had disarranged his plans. I tried tho door into Room 16. It was locked, and no sound came to my ears from behind it. "1 should really like to know." I

thought to myself, "whether Mr. Uodd-

1 shrank from anotner loo lit the battered form. Tho awfulness of the tragody carne upon mo with hardly loss force than In the moment when I had lirst facod tho mangled and bleeding body on the slab in tho deadroom. Tho undertaker was talking, but I know not what ho Bald. I was shaking with tho horror and grief of the situation, and In that moment I renewed my vow to have blood for blood and life for life, if law and justice were to be had. "We'll tnko It out any time," said iTu! -undertaker, with a decorous reflection of my grief upon his face. "Would you like to accompany tho remains?" I decided that I would. "Well, there's nothing doing now.

Wo can start as soon as we have sealed tho casket." "As soon as you can. There's nothing to wait for." The ride to the cemetery took me through a part of San Francisco that I had not yet seen. I3ut I paid little attention to the streets through which wo passed. My mind was on the friend whose name I had taken, whose work I was to do. I was back with him In

ridge Knapp has left any papers In his our boyhood days, and lived again for

desk that might bear on the Wilton mystery.

1 tried my koys. but, none of them fitted the lock. I gave up the attempt

Indeed, my mind shrank from the it' 3a of going through my employer's papers but the desire of getting a

key t hat would open the door was planted in my brain. Twelve o'clock came. No Doddridge Knapp had appeared, and I sauntered down to the Exchange to pick up any

items of news. It behooved me to bo looking out for Doddridge Knapp's

movement. If ho had got another

agent to carry out his schemes, I

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the fleeting minutes tho life wo had

lived In common; and the resolve grow stronger on me that his fate should be avenged. Arriving at the cemetery it was soon

over. The body of Henry Wilton was

committed to the vault with the single mourner looking on. and we drove

rapidly back in the failing light.

I had given my address at the undertaker's shop, and the hack stopped in

front of ray house of mystery before I knew where we were. Darkness had

come upon tho place, and the street

lamps were alight and the gas was blazing in the store-windows along the

thoroughfares. As I stepped out of

the 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 arc you?" I said

heartily, recognizing him at last.

felt a sense of relief in the sight of him. The place was not one to quiet

my nerves after tho errand from which I had just come. "All's well, sor, but I've a bit of paper for ye." And after some hunt ing he brought it forth. "I was asked to hand this to ye."

1 took It in wonder. Was there something more from Detective Coogan? I tore open the envelope and read on its inclosure: "Kum tonite to the house. Shure if youre life is wurth savein. "Muther Borton."

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looked to me for pay, whether or not ho ft'lt hound to me in service "There's one thinff I'd like explained tioforo a settlement." said I grimly, as I straightened out the carpet; "and thut is the little performance for ray honoflt tho other night." Dicky cocked his head on one side, and gave me an uneasy glance. Explanation?" he said In affected surprise. "Yes." said I sternly. "It looked like a plant. I was within one of getting a knife In me." "What hecamo of you?" inquired Dicky. "We looked around for you Tor an hour, and wore arrnid you had hoen carriod off." That's all right, Dicky." 1 said. "1 know how I uot out. What I want to

know is how I got in taken In." "I don't know." said Dicky anxiously. "I was regularly fooled, myself. I thought they were flsheru'cn, all right enough, and I never thought that Ter-

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ing than was conveyed hy his words. "Shouldn't he surprised." I replied dryly, picking up an armful of hooks. "I'd expect them to he looking for mo in tho hook-shelf or Inside the mat-tress-cover, or under tho carpet." Dickly laughed joyously. "Well, they did rather turn things upsldo down," ho chuckled. "Did tL-jy

got anything?" And ho fell to helping mo zealously. "Not that I can And out," I replied. "Nothing of value, anyhow." "Not any paper, or anything of that ort?" asked Dicky anxiously. "Dicky, my hoy." onid I ; "thore aro two kinds of fools. Tho other Is tho man who writes his huslnoss on a tdicut of paper anil forgoLs to hum it." Dicky grinned merrily. Gad. you're getting a turn for epiBrum ! You'll he writing for tho Argonaut lirst wo know." "W-cll. youül allow me a Bhadu of 'ointnon soiiru. won't you?" '

cave the word, and 1 thought sure that

Richmond had sent him." Dicky had

dropped all banter and was speaking

with tho tone of sincerity.

"Well, it's all right now, but I don't

want, nnv more slins of tlmt sort.

Who was hurt?"

-Trnnt uot a had out in tho side.

One of tho Terrill gang was shot. 1

hoard it was only through the arm or

Iok. I forgot which."

I was consumed with the deslro to ask what had become of Horlon's, but

I suspected that I was supposed to

know, and prudently kept tue question

to myself.

-u-.ui pnnio nltmc." said I. "The

room will do well onottgh now. Oh

hiW n ton. and I'll lot you know as

soon as 1 gel the rost. Wlicro can 1 find you?" "At the old place." said DIrk . "three twenty aix.' Clay ?" I asked in desperation.

should have to prepare my lines for attack from another direction. Walluridge was just coming rapidly out of the Exchnnge. "No," said the llttlo man. mopping the perspiration from hts shining head.

"aulet as lambs today. Their own

mothers wouldn't have known tho

Board from a Sunday school."

I inquired about Omega. "Flat as a pancake," said the little

man. ".Notlilng doing.

"What! Is it down?" I exclaimed

with some astonishment.

"Lord bless you, no!" said Wallbridge, surprised in his turn. "Strong

and steady at eighty, but wo didn't sell

a hundred shares to-day. well, 1 in in a rush. Good-by, if you don't want to buy or sell." And ho hurried off without waiting for a reply. So I was now assured that Doddridge Knapp had not displaced me in tho Oinogu 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 In which I had left it when I parted from Detective CocKan. Tho olllco was decorated mournfully to aocord with tho grief of friends who ordered tho colllns. or tho feelings of tho surviving relatives on settling the bills. "I am Henry Wilton," I explained to tho man in charge. "There was a body loft hero by Dotectlvo Coogan to my order, I believe." "Oh. yes." ho said. "What do you want done with it?" I explnlned that 1 wished to arrange to have It deposited in a vault for a time, as I might carry It cast

"That's easy done," ho sold; and he explained tho details. "Would you llk

to see tho body?" ho conoiuuuu. "vc niilmlmed it on the Btrength of Coogi un s order."

CHAPTER XIV. Mother Borton's Advice. I studied tho 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.' says I. 'Has 'e a room?' says he. 'lie has,' says I. 'Where is it?' says he. 'What's that to you?' says I" "Yes, yes," I Interrupted. "Dut where did he get the note?" "I was just tellin ye, sor," said tho policeman amiably. "He shoves the note at me ag'in, 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 mo ag'in. 'He's gone,' says he. 'Like enough,' says 1. 'Whenil he bo back?' says he. 'When the cows come home, sonny,' says I. Then there'll be the divil to pay, says he. I pricks up my ears at this. Why?' says I. 'Oh, he'll be killed,' says he, 'and I'll git the derndest Hckin',' says he. 'What's up?' says 1. makin' a grab for him. Dut he ducks nn' blubbers. 'Gimme that letter.' says I, 'and you just kite back to the folks that sent you, and tell them what's tho matter. I'll give your note to your man if he comes while I'm on the beat,' says I. I knows too much to try to git anything more out of him. I saya to meself that Mr. Wilton ain't In the 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 does 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 saying anything. It was with quick suspicion that I wondered why Mother Dorton had secured again that gloomy and deserted house for tho 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 wounded pride. "It's not mo as would open another man s letter unless In the way of mo duty." "Do you know Mother Horton""' I continued. T.' rwt lmi9 tf.wiw lin,." rnllll-lioil

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