It occasionally was due in part to recollections of this legend and others of asimilar character that people laughed when they exclaimed, "0h yes, I knowDave BEASLEY!"

Altogether, I should say, Beasley was about the most popular man inWainwright. I could discover nowhere anything, however, to shed thefaintest light upon the mystery of Bill Hammersley and Simpledoria. Itwas not until the Sunday of Miss Apperthwaite's absence that therevelation came.