Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-02-21

He read them all very carefully,
looked ut them in the light and looked
at the light through them. AT last he
put them all aside, excepting the one
from Elinor Beaumont.
"Who is the lady who writes thisr'
said the taciturn man Of skill at last.
"a very sweet young woman" said
Parker, smartly; ''sister Of my private
Secretary U.. Ht.. .f.t.fr.
"Does she write oftenp''
Eyes; she is his only correspondent,
and writes about twice a week" a
"Where does she live"
"She lives in Jersey. Beaumont
told me. Their father was in business
there
"And does she always write about
the same kind of things-aunts rheu-
matism, picnics, 'Squires' sea-parties,
and the likeP"
"Much the same, excepting when she
speaks of Beaumont himself"
Hunt" said the expert.
"Well, sir" said my uncle, who was
rather impatient of the man of skill's
pomposity, land what may Hum
meanP Have the young woman and
her aunt's rheumatism done the mis-
chiefF' F 2tN Nt tf At| L
,'Hum! She dates from Fleet streetr'
And why should she not date from
Fleet street, sirP'
al should be sorry to prevent her."
said the unmOved philosopher. Has
this correspondence continued longP"
80, yes-Aa couple of years or so, but
not so regularly as lately" -
al For how long regularlyP
about two months"
"That is, about the time you first
suspected the betrayal of confidence"
Really, my friend, if you can't see
further into milestone than that, you
may give up the profession," said my
uncle "Take my word for it, the
Beaumonts have nothing to do with 1t.
Rubbish" .... .t
HUMP And with this, the man of
skill took his hat and departed, saying
he would return in two days. The two
days, however, were five before he came
back, and was closeted with my uncle
and Parker, with whom he had fallen
into great disfavor.
wants to make a job" said the lat
ter" regular humbug."
"Sir George" said the regular hum
bug. " has Mr.. Beaumont a lock-desk
in his roemP'' Essr ia be-.
Yes, sir,n said Parker; "he has"
"Have you got key which will open
itP''
81 have--and what of thatP"
81 wish to have that desk opened
without his knowledge, and the con-
tents brought to me-"
"And on what pretense," said my
uncle, "do you propose 10 put this in
suit on man against whom there is no
reasonable excuse for suspicion, and
who has not been allowed to speak for
himselfP"
"There need be no insult, for he will
know nothing of it; neither will any one
else"
81 will not permit it, SIR"
"Hum! Then can do no more in
the businessr'
But" said Parker, whose official
notioAs made him unwilling to break
off the negotiations in this manner,
''what pretense have you for doing this
to Mr.. Beaumont, and not. the other
clerks" e Ffa Z &FGHF
"Shall tell youp There is no such
person as Elinor Beaumont, and the
address in Fleet street is a notorious
haunt of suspected foreigners"
GOOD graoiousv' said my uncle,
changing color; 3 you don't say thatP''
at is fact, but you will see the ne
cessity of being cautious in the matter
Detection hangs on thread as it stands,
and whisper will break it."
"What do you mean," said Parker
" about Elinor Beaumont have seen
her." COS .e~~--~.v
"There is no Elinor Beaumont in Jer.
sey. l sent and have ascertained the
fact" a.
Il am sure there is some mistake
about this which Beaumont can clear
up. Let's send for him."
IF you do, the gameis up. trust,
in fact, he does not know of my visit.
We can not be too cautious in these
matters"
"Pedantic ass" muttered my uncle,
"but l suppose we had better give him
his own way. If you meet Parker and
me here at seven o'clock tonight we
shall have that wonderful desk opened
and your great discoveries shall be
made
They met that evening. The desk
was opened by Parker, and bundle OF
letters, carefully packed up, all from
Elinor Beaumont, and quantity oi
circulars, play-bills and shop receipts
were handed to the expert.
That gentleman read through the let.
ters and seemed much struck by the
last ..-
"Read that" said he, har ding it to
my uncle.
AS the letter is important, give il
entire:
"No. 100 FLEET Sr., Sept. "a, 1903
"MY DEAR CHARLES: Although we
had an adverse wind all the way, we
made without difficulty the port we
were bound for. Ny aunt, in spite OF
her fifty years, enjoyed the trip much,
and is ready to.sail again. l hope you
will think of sending the line you prom.
ised on the 25th, and come yourself, as
our party is much smaller, and we
should enjoy the visit.
When I was in London last week
saw our cousin Harry, fresh from Wind.
sor. There is little change to be OBJ,
served in him mot as much as you
would expect Come to us ON Friday.
Yours affectionately,
ELINoR B."
My uncle read this out loud, from be,
ginning to end, and then he said: "Dc
you see anything suspicious in thatP II
seems to be very innocent"
"Hum 1t may be. Was there any.
thing else in the deskP' said he, ad.
dressing Parker. E--
"You may go and look" growled
that potentate; and he led the way, the
expert following.
The desk was quite empty, with the
exception of two or three scraps OF
white paper. On one of these the ex,
pert pounced and returned with an ali
of elation TO the other room. He then