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About The Norfolk weekly news. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1888-1900 | View Entire Issue (May 31, 1900)
fc t iT IKIKM I 4 V JAJut M 4Jt4 4 14ft THE ADVENTURES OF A SUSPICIOUS CHARACTER Rv llmvnrri Piplrlinor j wrlMV1va iiiAiti a - KxxKIlHHIlxllH44HHHHHHH Hlx My fntlicr said the stronger wna qulto extensively Interested la mill property In Manchester IStiglniul Ho mltlressotl this remark to the cleric oC the hotel who sat on a high chair that belonged In the billiard room but was always In the olllco nowadays because without It the clerk could not reach the top of the new stove with his feet The clerk who had been regarding the back of the stove with gently af fectionate Interest began to frown up on It Oh ho was was he said he In a somewhat unuleasaut tone I mention It the stranger hastened to add because I want to tell you what he used to say about the matter of working hours per day that you amV this gentleman were discussing And the young man glanced smiling ly toward the gentleman In question Dr Isaiah Harrows who sat In front of the stove Hut the gentleman was no longer interested In working hours lie was looking Into the fire the door of the stove being open and he had an eye nearly closed and his head tilted aside with the air of one who medi tates upon the past Is your father living he inquired presently No replied the Englishman He died last June Died last June the clerk echoed softly With his feet still on the top of the stove ho slowly thrust his head out over his right shoulder until lie could catch the eye of Dr Burrows who re moved his gaze from the coals long enough to exchange a glance Then the clerk drew In his head somewhat as a turtle does and at the same time the doctor resumed his contemplation of the Are I suppose ho left you considerable property said the doctor A few thousands only replied the Englishman I am the second son About 12000 should you say queried the clerk Why yes responded the Briton with surprise That is about the amount though I dont see how you knew it The estate is not fully settled yet I suppose said the doctor but youre expecting advices from the lawyer any day Well upon my word cried the stranger Ive always heard that the Yankees are great guessers but this is too much You must know about my affairs iu some way The worlds a small place Perhaps you have friends in Manchester The two Yankees shook their heads in a slow and melancholy manner Never saw or heard of you Mr Per ceval said the clerk before you got off the train last night Old Jones proprietor of the Walden hotel came In from the street at this moment and advanced timidly to the stove He was a very thin man who al ways wore a plaster on the small of his back and ho used frequently to touch his coat over the spot with the knuckles of his right hand as If to make sure that the plaster was not shirking its work Mr Perceval has Just told us that lie is from Manchester England said the clerk Jones was about to receive the Infor mation with the conventional courtesy of Ills profession when he suddenly al tered his manner and remarked Sho You dont say I His father died last June and left him 12000 said tho doctor and hes come up here to examine the mills with a view to buying the property OLD JONES ADVANCED TIMIDLY TO THE STOVE How did you know that demand ed the Englishman I thought you said so answered the doctor somewhat confused Well I didnt said Perceval but its a fact Just tho same nes going to buy tho mills mur mured old Jones gently Looks as If wo might have snow tonight Dont you think so doctor He strolled toward tho window and It was observed that ho was gripping hard at his plaster as if he feared it would desert htm In nn emergency Presently ho nnd tho doctor and the clerk had their heads together In ear nest consultation leaving the English man alone by the stove Ho remained alone from that lime a quarter past 11 until half past 12 which was the dinner hour In tho meantime several men whom ho had met at a fair In aid of one of Waldens churches held on the previous evening In the town hall came Into the hotel of fice and most of them greeted Perce val cordially but some mysterious In Iluence at once took hold upon thetu and they strayed away Soon after they would be seen In earnest conver sation with the clerk the doctor or old Jones Perceval ate his dinner all by him self and at a little table In a corner of the dlulng room and an acute observer could have seen that he was doing somo hard thinking Certainly the mysteri ous change In popular sentiment re garding him was enough to make any man so situated pause and consider But Englishmen think slowly nnd this particular Briton seemed not to have solved his problem when he rose from tho dinner table and walked out Into the ollice At the desk ho made Inquiry for tho clerk but that personage had gone down to the railroad station to meet a train Perceval presently followed In his footsteps Passing the postolllee which Is on the main street about midway between tho hotel and the depot Perceval en countered Miss Annie Wheeler nn agreeable young woman whoso ac quaintance he had made at the fair Miss Wheeler was a fine typo of tho blond New England girl and there Is no telling how deep an Impression she might have made upon the rather sus ceptible Mr Perceval If sho hadnt been totally eclipsed a few minutes aft er she first dawned upon his view at the fair by the dark bewitching beauty of her particular friend Miss Dora Barrows daughter of the physician al ready mentioned But tho truth Is that after Perceval saw Dora Barrows he didnt know that there was anybody else at the fair It was natural that he should prefer brunettes for he was one of those big blue eyed yellow haired Saxons When he saw Miss Wheeler coming toward him on the street he planned to turn about and walk a little way with her in order that they might talk about Dora but Miss Wheeler passed him with no recognition except a queer lit tle nod that could hardly be called a bow This proceeding was so obviously re lated to the events of the last few hours at the hotel that not even a slow thinking Englishman could be mistak en about it Ho lifted his hat with grave courtesy and proceeded on his way to the station pondering deeply Tho Boston train had arrived and the clerk of the Walden House had gone back to the hotel In a bus so Per ceval remained only a moment at the station On Main street and almost In the ex act spot where Miss Wheeler had come so near cutting him Mr Perceval met Dora Barrows When his eye first lighted on her he was conscious of a thrill resembling fear lest she should treat him as her friend had done No such catastrophe occurred however Dora greeted him with tho heartiest cordiality consistent with maidenly modesty He was so delighted that ho forgot to let go of her hand at tho mo ment when she seemed to expect him to do so Nevertheless she was not of fended Thank heaven I still have a friend In Walden said he Well Its a fact that you havent many she replied with a directness of speech a d an earnestness of man ner which indicated that she consid ered the subject too serious for the complimentary commonplaces of ordi nary social Intercourse In tho name of nil thats odd he cried will you tell mo whats tho matter Is It Now England prejudice igalnst the mother country It Is even more absurd than that said she I scarcely know how to tell rou what It Is Youll bo mad clear through He besought her to be frank and not to spare his feelings Well then said she this is it Tour years ago last fall a man came to this town and he said he was an Eng lishman from Manchester He was a second son nnd his father had Just died leaving him only about 12000 out of a great estate Ho had como here to examine the mill property with a view to buying It for an English syn dicate Upon my word exclaimed Perce val The follow swindled everybody sho continued Ho protended that his estate wasnt quite settled but that he might hear from his lawyers any day no owed for Ills board at tho hotel Ho borrowed money of Mr Jones and tho clerk and anybody else that had any to lend He got people to cash drafts that werent good Oh he was the rage for awhile Everybody thought ho would bring prosperity to tho town and all wero anxious to oblige him And then he went awuy and gradually It all came ont Mr Perceval this town THE NORFOLK NEW THURSDAY MAY Jtf 1000 was In mourning nnd no man dared to look his neighbor In the face You see they wore all ashamed of being taken In Quite se quite so exclaimed Per ceval But 1 really beg your pardon you know for being so stupid -eh eh Just where do I figure In this nlTalr Why at the hotel this morning sho replied you Just happened to speak almost the Identical words to the clerk that this other man used lie and my father Instantly thought of him and they remembered that the detect Ives who Investigated tho case at that time told them that there were two or more swindlers playing the same trick Iu different parts of the country it struck them that you were one of tho Swlndlers said Perceval calmly Well If I must say It that you were ono of the swindlers who had drifted around to this town not knowing that It had been robbed already And what do you think asked the young man looking straight Into her great dark eyes I think that you are exactly what you claim to be she answered prompt- r jJTkji ysaj i H - TftDFTrl I iiijiiriii ynuni iia p UK 1IESOUOI1T IIKK TO UK FHAXIt ly and that my father and all the rest of them are Just so many big geese Thank you a thousand times he said taking her hand I shall never forget this And now tell me what aro they going to do about it Theyve telegraphed to Boston for a detective she said almost in a whis per Perceval laughed gently Then sud denly he spoke of something quite for eign to the subject of the pretty festi val the previous evening nnd so con versing upon ordinary matters they walked a little way together and part ed as good friends who expect to meet again quite soon It was late that afternoon when Dora returned to her home She had not taken off her wraps when her father came running in excited and evidently bursting with news so Important that his habitual dignity was forgotten What is it father asked the girl Why that scamp has got away exclaimed the doctor Somobody must have warned him Ho got aboard the 2 oclock train for Boston without even stopping to get his baggage from the hotel Weve telegraphed ahead to have him arrested Arrested she cried What for As a suspicious character he re plied And besides lie hasnt paid his bill at the hotel But tho mystery Is who warned him Ho couldnt have suspected anything from the way we treated him Wo wero very careful about that Thats absurd father said she He saw right through you all In half a minute How do you know that he de manded I know because ho told me so sho replied Anil In return for hla confi dence I told hlui just what the matter was You did You cried the doctor My goodness wo mustnt let this get around town Im willing It should she answer ed for Mr Perceval Is a perfectly honest and honorable man Ho is is he said the doctor Then why did ho run away Wo shall know that when he re turns Bald Dora cheerfully as sho ad Justed a stray tress with the aid of the mirror In tho old fashioned hat tree that stood In the hall At this moment there was a furious ring at the doorbell Dora answered and the hotel clerk rushed Into tho hall Bead that ho cried thrusting a telegram into the doctors hand Am returning on 520 train with Perceval Signed Wallace read the doctor Who Is Wallace asked tho girl Hes tho Boston detective replied Hie doctor and the clerk In one breath At 735 when the 520 train from Boston reached Walden Dora and her father and almost the whole of the lown wero at the depot Among tho Brst to alight wero Perceval and tho detective Tho latter had his hand en lLo young Englishmans arm nnd ho led him townrd the doctor whoso com manding fguro loomed abovo the crowd Well doctor said Detective Wal lace heres your man Ive looked him up and hes all right strictly ns represented If youd waited awhile hed have brought his credentials back from Boston himself Thats what he went down for But It doesnt matter I hadto come up here In a day or tw anyway to see If some of you people would come down nnd look at a man whos under arrest at headquarters SVo think hes the fellow who worked you folks four years ago last fall While all this was being said Perce val for the second time that day was engaged In thanking pretty Dora Bar rows for her confidence In him Ho ex pressed himself much more warmly thau on the previous occasion and she Bccmcd to be pleased Sores and Ulcers That old ore or ulcer which Um boon a source of ruin worry nnd rttnicty to you for five or ten ycm maybe longer doesnt heal because you arc not tulug the proper ticnt ment hut nre trying to cute It with salvci nnd washes While tlicne nrc soothing mid relieve pain to aouic extent no rcnl pcrtnuicnt good enn conic front their use Ik chuso the diicnie WW 3 DRAIN THE SYSTEM 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