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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (June 7, 1907)
A MAKER OF HISTORY By E. PHILLIPS OPPENIICIM. Author of "The Matter Mummer." "A Princr of Sinners," "Miirttrtuus Mr. Sahln," "Aiwa the Adventurer," Ulc Copyright. 1003. 1905. by Llttlo, Brown, nnd Company. (Continued from Page Three.) the casual visitor, and of course it at tracts thousands from Its reputation, It presents no more dangers perhaps than the ordinary night cafe of Its nort, but I could think of a dozen men lu Paris today who If they entered It I honestly believe would never bo seen ti fniti I Km.m..r wn nmiinrorntliiir. Dun- minim tniiriiiiiriil to himself. He was n newspaper correspondent, and lie na w these things with the halo of, " wm" ". ". o i uuiui Lloilrama around tlwiu. And yot inincil to put you in the way of finding me four nights ago! Ills face was white nnd haggard. "The boy," he sulci, "could have been no m tiro than an ordinary visitor, lie had no great sum of money with him: he hud no secrets; he did not even ipeak the language. Surely be would have been too small fry for the In triguantes of such a place!" "One would think so," Spencer an swered musingly. "You are sure that he was only what you say?" "lie was barely twenty one," Dun conibe answered, "and he had never been out of England before." "What about the girl?" "She Is two years older. It was her first visit to Paris." Spencer nodded. "The disappearance of the boy Is. of course, the riddle," lie remarked. "If M .i.-j'. &M-Vi .M "Police iiriiUvtmn! A jiiutT UUlltul!'' Dnnvoinho cxvlnlmvd. you solve tint, you arrive also at his sister's wlu'i"aboul. Upon my word, It Is tt po-er. If It had been the boy alone-well, one could imderstaud. The most beautiful ladles In Purls five at the Montmnrtro. No one Is admitted who is not what they consider ehle! The great dmuvrs and actre.-,fces tiro given handsome pro-outs to show themselves there. On a representative evening It h probably the mo,t bril liant little roomful lu Europe. The boy, of eour.se, might have lost his head easily enough and then been ashamed to face his sister. Hut when you tell me of her disappearance, too, you confound me utterly. Is she good looking:" "Very!" "She would go there, of course, ask ing for her brother," Spencer contin ued thoughtfully. "An utterly absurd thing to do, but no doubt h1u did so. They would know who she was, and look here, Iiuucotuho, I tell you what Pll do. I have my own two news grab bers at hand and nothing particular for tneni to do this evening. I'll send them up to the Cafe Montinnrtre." "It's awfully good of you, Spencer. I was going myself," Dunconibe said a llttlo doubtfully. "You Idiot!" his friend said cheerful ly, yet with a certain emphasis. "Eug lisb from your hair to your boots, you'd go In there and attempt to pump people who have been playing the game all their lives and who will give you ex actly what Information suited their books. They'd know whnt you were there for tlio moment you opened your mouth. Honestly, what manner of good do you think that you could do? You'd learn whnt they choso to toll you. If there's really anything serious behind all this, do you supposo It would be the truth?" "You're quite right, I suppose, Dun combo admitted, "but It seems bcust ly to be doing nothing." "Better be djibigjiothlngjhnn doing ZZA- -Try, ;' y?7 SM Wifs W. V! Imrni," Spencer d"eliirefl. "Look round tin other en feu mid tlio boulevards nud conic hero nt 11 tomorrow morning. We'll breakfast together nt Pnlllnrtl's." CIIAPTEU VII. PKXOKIi wroto out his luncheon with the extreme care of the mini to whom eating bus puss- cd to Its proper plnce among the arts and left to Dunconibe the mo mentous question of red wlue or white. Finally he leaned baclc lu blH chair nnd looked thoughtfully ncross at his com panion. "Sir George," be said, "you have placed me in a very painful position." Dunconibe glanced up from bis bors d'oeuvre. "What do you menu?" "1 will explain," Spencer continued. "You came to me last night with u story iu which I hope thnt I showed a reasonable amount of Interest, but In J which, as a matter of fact, I was not Interested at all, Girls and boys who come to Paris for the first time hi their lives unattended nnd llud their way to the Cafe Montmnrtro and such P1'" Kcnorally end up In the same P"iee. It would have sounded brutal mlrti-il to your distress last out for yourself. I sent two of my most successful news scouts to that place lust night, and I had not the slightest doubt as to the nature of the Information which they would bring back. It turns out thnt I was mis taken." "What did they discover?" Dun conibe asked eagerly. "Nothing." Duncombe's face fell, but ho looked a little puzzled. "Nothing? I don't undeislaud. They must have heard that they bud been there, anyhow." "They discovered nothing. You do not understand the significance of this. I do. It means that I was mistaken, for one thing. Their disappearance has more In It than the usual significance. Evil may have come to them, but not the ordinary sort of evil. Listen. You say that the police have disappointed you lu having discovered nothing. That is no longer extraordinary to me. The police or those who stand behind them are interested in this case and In the withholding of Information concerning It." "You are talking riddles to me, Spen cer," Dunconibe declared. "Do you mean that tlio police in Paris may be come the hired tools of malefactors?" "Not altogether that," Spencer said, waving aside a dish presented before him by the bead waiter himself with a little gesture of approval. "Not neces sarlly malefactors. Hut there sire other powers to be taken Into consideration, nnd most unaccouutably your two young friends are lu deeper water than your story led me to expect. Now, not anotl or question, please, until you have tried thnt sauce. Absolute si lence, If you please, for at least three or four minutes." Diu!"ombe obeyed with an 111 grace. He hud little curiosity as to Its llavor and a very small appetite at all with the conversation in ILs present position. He waited for the stipulated time, however, and then leaned once more ncross the table. "Spencer!" "First I must have your Judgment upon t'.ie sauce. Did you find enough uu'siiPls':" "D the sauce!" Dunconibe an swered. "Forgive mo. Spencer, but this affair is, after all, a serious one to me. You say that your two scouts, as you call theiu. discovered nothing. Well, they only had one evening at It. Will they try nciiln In other directions? Can 1 engage them to work for ine? 1 Money is absolutely no object." Spencer shook his head. "Dunconibe," he said, "you're going to think mo u poor sort of friend, but the truth is best. You must not count upon mo any more. ' I caunot lift oven my little finger to help you. I can only give yop advicv If you want It." "And that?" "Go back to England tomorrow. Chuck It altogether. You are up ngalnst too big a combination. You can do no one any good. You are a great deal more likely to come to barm yourself." Duncoinbo was quite quiet for sev eral moments. When he spoke again, his nuinner had a now stiffness. "You have surprised me a good deal, I must confess, Spencer," he said. "Wo will abandon tlio subject." Spencer shrugged his shoulders. "I know bow you're feeling, old clitip," he said. "I can't help It. You understand my position here. I wrlto a dally letter for the best paying and most generous newspaper In the world, and it Is absolutely necessary that I keep hand In glove with the people In high places here. My position abso lutely demands It, and my duty to my chief necessitates my putting all per sonal feeling on one sldo In a caso like this when a conflict arises." "Hut where," Duncoinbo nsked, "does the conflict arise?" "Hero!" Spencer answered. "I ro- 'questing refrain from making any further In quiries or assisting any ono else to njako them Jn thjs natter, J eau .ns.- nV.,,nV I Vi i ""WV "" " blu": , glneor Bitzer was badly scaiueu aoouc Carroll, la., June 5. James Wattles, personage In this coun ry to whom I tho nmb3t Hlg conuUion is serious. fathor of 'Gt w. WatUog of Qniaha, lies an. inuler moro obIlgatlons than any I A numuor of passenBOrs r0MIved ' 'itlcnl condition at tho homo of UlMUl UH'UUIIIIK MUIII, rCllUCHUIlK uiu LO ' sure you that I was thunderstruck, but the note Is In my pocket tit the present moment." "Does It mention them by name?" "The exact words are," Spencer an swered, " 'respecting the reported dls appearance of the young Englishman, Guy Poyuton, nnd bis sister.' This will just show you how much you have to hope for from 'the police, for the per son whose slgnnture Is at the foot of that note could commnnd the Implicit obedience of the whole system." Duncombe's cheeks were n llttlo flushed. Ho was lliitlsh to the back bone, and his obstinacy was being stirred. "The more renson," he said quietly, "so far as I can see. that I should con tinue my Independent efforts with such help as I can secure. This girl and boy are fellow country people, and I haven't any Intention of leaving them In the clutches of any brutal gang of Frenchmen into whose hands they may i have got. I shall go on doing what I can, Spencer." The Journalist shrugged his shoul ders. "I can't help sympathizing with you, Dunconibe," be said, "but keep rea sonable. You know your Paris well enough to understand that you haven't a thousand to one chance. Hesldes, Frenchmen arc not brutal. If the boy got Into a scrape, It was probably bis own fault." "And the girl? What of her? Am I to leave her to the tender mercies of whatever particular crew of black guards may have got her into their power?" "You are needlessly melodramatic," Spencer answered. "I will admit, of course, that her position may be an unfortunate one, but the personago whom 1 have the honor to call my friend does not often protect black guards. He reasonable, Dunconibe! These young people are not relatives of yours, are they?" ( "No!" I "Nor very old friends the young lady, for instance?" Dunconibe looked up, and his fuco was set lu grim and dogged lines. He felt like a man who was nailing his colors to the mast. "The young lady," he said, "Is, I pray heaven, my future wife!" Spencer was honestly amazed and a little shocked. "Forgive me, Duncombe," ho said. "I had no Idea, though perhaps I ought to have guessed." They went on with their luncheon In silence for some time except for a few general remarks. Hut after the coffee had been brought and the cigarettes were alight Spencer leaned once more across the table. "Tell me, Dunconibe, what you mean to do." "I shall go to the Cafo Montmnrtro myself tonight. At such a place there must be hangers-on and parasites who see something of the game. 1 shall try to come Into touch with them. I tun rich emmgh to outbid the others who exact their silence." to he continued. NEWS OF NEBRASKA. No Reprievo for Barker. Lincoln, June 3. Governor Sheldon refused tc grant a reprieve to Frank Barker, tenteced to hang June 15. Judge Hamer made a pica Tor Barker, alleging emotional Insanity. Barker killed his bi other and sister-in-law near Red Cloud. Hamer will try to have an insanity hearing lu the dis trict court. Alleged Bank Robbers Held. Sioux City, Juno 4. After a hearing in a justice court extending over sev eral days, George Myers, Thomas Leo and Fritz Klein, accused of robbing a bank at Winnebago. Neb., were held as fugitives from Justice. The demand of the Nebraska authorities for their extradition will now be fought out be fore Governor Cummins. Operator Tricks Sheriff. Auburn, Neb., Juno 3. Receiving the message over the wiro which In structed the sheriff to placo him under arrest, R. S. Cross, alias Frank Har mon, night operator for the Missouri Pacific, gave tho sheriff the blip and has completely disappeared. Cross was wanted for embezzling money from tho railroad company at Jackson, Breathitt county, Ky. WRECK ON THE ROCK ISLAND Engineer, Fireman and One Passenger Injured When Train Leaves Track. Alvo, Neb., Juno 3. Engineer Gus j Bitzer and Fireman B. F. Clark of j Falrbury, Nob., wore hurt In tho de railment of Rock Island pussengor I train No. C8, between Prairie Homo 1 nnd Alvo. II. M. Waring of Omaha, a I passenger, was also Injured, biB head I being cut by broken glass. The en- gino turned completely over. The en gino men had no chanco to get out of , tlio cab until it stopped rolling. En sllght bruises. 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