Show The he House of the Three Tyree Ganders By Irving Bacheller 4 Co t b by y Irrin R CHAPTER VIII vin vinT Trams T 1 q Some Sorn e U Potatoes potato I Interesting 10 es and arid Telegrams 16 g biscuit It baking n g the were ere aDd nd Du Dug Bumpy py teakettle was ws singing was grilling his oVer n a bed cd ot of steak steaks Grate when h wood coals on the Dv By Colonel Blake 1 arrived Ge Ceorge ge I This ls ad I il the steaks Is ls n a cozy y camp P the smell rIght said s colonel C o saido Ie onel ages dages a bps De on depo V the Ie table e d a number of 0 pack der provender Ive 1 and e lb brought the he some e more Proven proven- appetite said 1 ot of a wolf Blake ake I I ST could grab ab one o 0 tho those steaks eaks and run off In the 00 s It IL they an nn sit d down 0 n an an- an growl over They sat down to dinner With the L teapot ot singing on the stove and the e ande wind whistling e In 1 the north gable and the red cedars beyond the door and good food fragrant tra lifting its fra- fra Ira grant Invitation from hot plates and steaming steaming cups there was no more noore nomore cheering sense ot of comfort to tobe tot be e found In the north country than was In that warm snug smug harbor of old Dumpy Bumpy Brown I thank God that I am here said the colonel Often I Clear Pl pen pIe thanking God Cod for a dinner which Is In the nature of or a misfortune Inthe In the the midst of or their eating the district attorney exclaimed By George 1 I I should have brought with rne me a cannon an orator and a male quartette I need them to help me express my feelings He lie turned to Bumpy and thus Clarified his meaning Sir this steak biscuit and coffee corree constItute a n revelation of ot human rights In a land oppressed by salt pork and milk grav gravy they are as the corn of ot Egypt Also they are full of moral significance You have a anoble anoble anoble noble pride In your our work You love lo the toil that makes others happy huppy It If you yon were alone I suppose that you would be satisfied with a n piece of bread and butter and a cold bone to pick Oli Olt when Im I'm alone I dont don't do do- do said Bumpy Cold vie vic victuals iU ls an n a little hot drink will do dome dome dome me I like company So does the woman Its It's kind o 0 lonesome here Iere Is there anyone living who of H knows of your war record the lawyer law er asked Col Co Bill mil Grimes could tell ye bout It If it hes he's on earth Used to live Jive at the Van an Ness house In Bur nur- Burlington lington Hed He'd be more than eight eighty now Where were you born i I object Bumpy answered with witha n a laugh Its a good place an I aint been no credit to It it I never nefer see a more pious neighborhood Less Its It's D necessary essary I wont won't blacken its by makin It responsible responsible responsible sible for ter me It Is not material the colonel ruled with a smile You are a man manof manof manof of sovereign parts wherever they come from You are rich In the things you have not not-no not no telephone no one crowding In to unload his troubles on you no securities to worry about no notes to pay payl I 1 Here Is silence broken only by the voice ot of friendship the wind In the chim chim- chimney chimney ney and the rain on the root roof Here are warmth and comfort and books to read and the art of turning food Into joy lIe He lighted a long cigar and ot- ot offered of offered one to Bumpy No sir Ill I'll stick to my pipe hOw Its It's S said the latter I kno know This of ol 01 Run gun n don dont don't t kick The old man put on his coat cap and mittens mittens some wood get Set Ill go eo out an ready for t th the night an give you tellers fellers a chance to talk business leaving his he be said raid ald as he was friends S Blake turned to the boyan boy and d Isto evi- evi naked asked What Is your new t Shad gave him t the h e pc pester ter FI First r this said the col- col colonel colonel colnnel I have ave seen town here nere- hereabouts b re- re reI In every It Is up onel of ot the coming of o I know outs You dont don't on suspect pest Pin er criminal our b being ln Algyre 0 of f began his story Shad wise man w whose I lose is a There He thinks cannot give c you na name I M- M hand In the kill kill- had a that Algyre l ML 0 of C oscar Perry fag Ing that missed no Wit With I 1 a memory L te the doctors doctor's presented detail he I Id round and his an and d Its back background theory who whose e arm the man notion n nd that own the panel In reached Ie d through reliC had of AI Al- Al Algyre that e either I t tf her their wall Vall was real that 0 of f the or gyre bl himself m listened with murderer rite r I Ie c colonel deep interest It Is n a most d Y IY word o he Upon he Tile The ma made theory ther e it t Is no tool fool and tie he heman who man some of case the did has V fello w W I 10 II t e course Of confederate Some Someone hod a athe shooting the planting that do dowell one had to well have been heen night It might S ve vele very that he need ned le It Is pos poss possible Algyre AI is s true true- y that It ed cd cash cash- and smoked lie Ile paused fully fully- up P to It cans w nt t you vou say Sy Woo ro asked had d Shad S noy Royce again lip Ito keeps In the Ce I 1 Yes of 0 no sure Bre be st be pictures Itoe Scat we e must m PRECEDING EVENTS Ragged Rau d and ind starving t a boy o of about auteen Is befriended by a camping camp patty party Ho H has tied fled d from Irom fro his brutal father r Bat Tho rho boy Shad Sher Sh ri- ri don dan la is t tent sent to Canton with a letter to Colonel Blake Bl l e The Tir colonel his wile wife and their daughter Ruth are r impressed by the th boys boyt manner He H leta get iet work In the th e of Amity Dam Dro and meets meet a youth of his hLa hi are age e Bony and Dumpy Bumpy Brown tinker linker t a drunkard because of his bis hi periodic lapses lapse from Irom strict sobriety With Bony Dony Shad visits the tb shack thack which Brown Drown calla home borne horn Dot Bat B t Mor Mor- ry Mor-ry ryson on comes to take tak his son ion Lack fetch to his own dissolute life but is u overawed by Colonel Ionel Blake the th district attorney and his father lather passes out of 01 Shads Shad's life hie A Agut gut 1111 young and pretty comes come to Brown Drown shack inquiring for tor him Shad Applies stronghold himself diligently to his bis nerle neglected t d education and love lov for lor Ruth takes take a atron strong hold holdon on his hi heart In an attack made mad on the tho th Perry family Oscar Perry the ta- ta tather fa father ther his daughter Mrs Mra Doolittle wife wite of Cyrus Doolittle prominent citizen are ar shot ahot and seriously wounded wounded- Circumstantial evidence points to Bumpy Brown ss as the and end he h is arrested Shad loses lose hIs bis Job lob and goes to live liv with Bony Dony at Miss Mica The two boy boys find disguises the murderer had worn Colonel Blake is f I almost convinced Brown Lanot Is La not tho lh murderer Ho He H arranges for Shad to study law under his hit guidance Now New evidence points to Robert Royce as the murder murderer r of Perry or at least of Implication In the th affair Bumpy Brown Drown Is re- re released released released leased on bail A stranger Ina In a nearby neMby town attracts the tb attention of Doctor Corse Hla HI HI description fits lits a proclamation calling for tor the th arrest of Donald AI- AI Al lyre Al-lyre gyre bandit and bank robber The stranger tranger has associated asso with Robert Royce Cyrus Doolittle Doolittles Doolittle's stepson our ground this time Im I'm going ong to give Royce noyce n a private examination and see what happens lias has Bumpy Brown given ghen you any light None Well IVell go down to Just now Its It's an Interesting center I want to have a look at that tele tele- telegram telegram gram which came to Algyre Shad told his friend of ot the feel feel- feelIng feeling feeling ing against Bumpy Nobody will harm him said make Blake This Is not the wild West of the old days Well We'll go up to the Dam Ill I'll Il have a word with Hod Sherman and his Then w well we'll 11 drive to Ashfield Shad promised Bumpy that he would return In a day or two when the boy and the colonel set out for Amity Dam The club was briefly addressed by the district attorney In a few fe minutes he and Shad were In Bob Stacy's buggy on their way to Ashfield They found that the detectives had llad followed ved a n clue Into the wilder wilder- wilderness wilderness wilderness ness Royce noyce the most Intimate friend of Algyre had bad gone with them Shad and the colonel went toe toIE to e IE IEti ti r rs rt s t 1 My Often I Hear People Thanking God for a Dinner Which Is In the Na- Na Nature Na Nature ture of a Misfortune the Western Union office and got a copy of the telegram which had been delivered to Donald Algyre This was the message Will sent Kent them to me by post boots follow will go Mart Lewes Come with me and well we'll see sec It if we can make out what this means said Blake Shad went vent with him to the West West- Westminster Westminster Westminster minster hotel The rhe day was nearly spent Darkness had fallen The colonel sat Eat down and began to study the message making notes with his pencil In a n tew few minutes be he to- to remarked re remarked marked Well Shad this Is a very simple matter I have base the translation of this cipher Come here and I will show It to you What Shad saw was this 2 4 O G 6 5 SWill Will sent them to me by post boots 3 1 follow will gOThe goThe go goThe The colonel continued The real message Is this tills Go Will follow them Post me You see see- I 1 lE learned arned this art of rending reading ciphers under a n great mas- mas master mas master ter In n the War department yeats ago oro It Is a fascinating art art They still consult me on difficult problems problems problems lems This Tills Is t-o t easy that any tyro of the least experience could read It You be begin ln with the last word and continue with the first drat and then with every ery other word taken alternately from right to left and from ten left to rIght It Is very cry easy Yet th the av fly average detective would see nothing In the word words They hold a warn warn- warnIng warning ing and Information of ot prime Importance Importance tance If It I am m right the e man who sent that me message sa e Is either h here re or has hns been here He tie Is I probably here noW lIe He knows rs what the ton Pinker I ton men are ur or doing You see sc-e Algyre has a clever cr system tem He lIe has a man shadowing the tIle detectives lie He al- al always way al-way ways knows where they are More Mori over over o the rhe shadow v has hns no doubt been posted In another message sent sem to toi this i office as a to the present where where- I of Algyre T This ls may IDay lead to Interesting adventures ad my boy Come let us go back to the tele tele- telegraph tele- tele telegraph telegraph graph office They went out to the Ashfield sta- sta station station sta station tion on the great grent wire way The manag manager r was still on duty The colonel called him aside and said I am here again In behalf of the people of this county Have you received any message or mes mes- mes- mes messages messages sages for one Sewel Tram Yes one It came yesterday I remember that peculiar name May I see it please The manager brought the message from his his file and Colonel make Blake I copied it on a Western Union blank lIe ITo asked the young man kindly to drop In to his room at the Westminster Westminster Westminster ster hotel for a minute on his way to supper The colonel and Shad hurrIed back to their quarters Blake make spread out the on onI his desk and studied It It Look here I my boy bOr he said In a moment This problem Is built on a different plan I but It Is very simple Shad read the message To Sewel Tram Ashfield N Y 3 5 7 We must revere ere Mr Ir Brock Ills his house 4 gave ga big order to our man Good G Canada money thirty five thousand seven hundred and six forty dollars Den Revel nevel First tell me where do you get I Ithe the name Sewel Tram Shad asked I The colonel answered You see seethe seethe seethe the shadow must keep changing his name Ue lIe must have a new name every time he moves Moreover Moreo his new name must always nh be known to his confederate Therefore Algyre gave gare him his Ashfield name Ills His telegram was signed Mart Lewes Spell It backward and you get the name of the shadow To this new message Algyre signs Den n Revel vel Therefore I presume that Algyre Is Isnow isnow Isnow now known as Ned Lever It Ls is likely What do you make out of ot this look message Shad asked It doesn't look simple to me Naturally not said the colonel It looks like a perfectly Innocent communication from one business businessman businessman man to another But It clearly tells ills his confederate confederate to address him at atthe atthe atthe the Revere house Brockville Can Cnn Canada Canada ada The key to the cipher Is In the figures IG They Indicate the Words which carry his message Therefore the message begins at the third word After he reaches the double numerals he omits In each case the first figure so that 14 for Instance becomes simply 4 This avoIds confusion Its It's fairly in- in ingenious In Ingenious genious The plan was pretty good It kept the criminal a jump ahead They were In bad luck These mes mes- messages messages sages fell tell Into hands as dangerous for them as any In the United States I think that you and I have Algyre alias Ned Lever Leyer at our mercy Well We'll say nothing to any any- body anybody and Just go and get him ourI It I will will be more fun than hunting bunting griz griz- grizzly grizzly grizzly bears The local manager of ot the tele tele- telegraph tele- tele telegraph telegraph graph company arrived The colonel asked Did Tram call for tor his message Yes sir I suppose It was Tram I gave him the message myself Lie He had a full tull beard and rather long hair Yes sir And was well dressed Yes lie Ie looked like a drummer Probably you ou have not seen him since No sir Thank you I request that you keep this tills matter to yourself I sup sop suppose suppose pose that a n few hundred dollars would be useful to you Very Well Justice demands that Tram should not be Interfered with with-jus- with jus justice tice ties pur-ties to you to certain Injured par ties and to me I am after that re re- re- re reward reward ward n It is not all that I am after aCter but the reward is not to be sneezed at If It those PInkerton men go 0 to toolIng fooling with Tram they will cook the goose for tor nil all of ot us Your cork vork work work-in corkin In the matter will be this It If any message comes to you either cither for tor or I from Tram call me here hero or at my office or my house within five fi min minutes utes and let me mc know exactly what the message Is I go home bome on the morning train I shall do as ns you say It will cause you some trouble p perhaps but you will be doing n a service to the public and It if all goes well It will pay you Good night Shad was thrilled by all this and and by thoughts of the prospective adventure lie He asked How did you know that Tram had a full beard and long hair The colonel replied replied You see the pursuit has just begun They have been making n a still hunt for their man It Is now an nn open hunt They have ha hit the trail and are asking for tor forthe forthe the help of the public Now a shadow must avoid attracting atten atten- attention attention tion to himself At every change or of base he must look to the casual ob- ob observer observer ob observer server like another man One with witha a full beard and lon long hair has only to sit down In a n barbers barber's shop and get all the dis disguise lse he be may re- re require re- re require re require quire If It he shaves off his mus mus- mustache mus- mus mustache mustache tache he would 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