Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-26

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then, stranger in L. Mr.. War
field had apparently great influence
with Mr.. Loring, and was passionate
ly ia love with Mrs. Havens-then
Miss Loring. The young lady was
not merely Indifferent to the sutton
selected by her father. but absolutely
hated him, and took no pains to hide
the fact. Mr.. Warfeld prosecuted her
with his attentions, nevertheless; and
on one occasion when she told him
bitterly how disagreeable ne was to
her, and that he need never hope to
obtain her consent to marry her, he
retorted that he had her fathers con-
sent, and that was better-for it is as
much as his life is worth, said the
persistent sutton, for him to break
faith with me-and you dare not dis
obey him."
sit was Immediately after this con-
versation that Miss Loring eloped and
became the wife of Mr.. Ravens. Mr..
| Warfield behaved like a maniac On
finding he had lost his bride, and Mr..
Loring was in despair over his daugh
ter's elopement.
l suppose my face showed ny ad-
miration of this little woman's shrewd-
ness in Selling on all these facts and
putting them together. She flushed
up and said:
do you think there's anything in
it, Mr.. Burns2"
"Ma'am. I think you would be a
credit to the force if you would join
US but in course that isn't your line.
But with your very valuable assist
ance, ma'am, think [ can work up
this case in way to satisfy you"
'Oh, Mr.. Burns! If you can do
that, I feel I will owe you more than
my life, and you will see that I can
be substantially grateful"
Not another word of that, ma'am
it'll be a pleasure to work for lady
like you. One Or two questions, If
you please-this WarfeId, I don't
know him at all-has he left the
place."
''Oh, NO; he is now the principal in
the bank"
IT thought so-shrewd. If he had
left the place it would have occasion
ed remark and perhaps suspicion"
Mrs. Allan, now rose, and [ said
nothing to detain her further, for I
was already busying my brain with
ali she had told me, and, nOtwith-
standing my admiration of her, my
in terest in her, was right glad to be
alone. So saw her to the front door,
and promised to let her know as soon
as had intelligence worth talking of.
By this time change of air and
quinine had done a good deal for me,
and was feeling pretty hearty. By a
series Of inquiries, carried out in
slow and apparently aimless manner.
I learned where Mr. Warfeld lived
and all about the internal economy of
his household. He was still unmar-
ried, and kept bachelor establish
ment superintendent by young and
goodlOoking hoUsekeeper-the only
one of his servants who seemed a
fixture IN the house, for the under
domestics never stayed more than a
month. and it was easy to under
stand why the housekeeper held her
place, for it was currently reported
that she hoped in time to become the
wife of her master. [ had one of nay
little plans on hand, and as soon as [
learned that q kind of gardener and
general male servant was required IN
the Warfield house. I introduced
myself to Mrs. Clemens, the house
keeper, and pleased her so well that I
was next day installed. [ knew lots
of gardening, having been bred up to
it long before [ was a detective; and I
gave satisfaction in my new capacity.
AS soon as I had been IN nav situation
long enough to win certain amount
of confidence from Mrs. Clemens, I
turned my attention toward marking
m yself especially useful to Mr.. War
field. / must not omit to state that
the moment I laid my eyes on that
man something told me that he was
the murderer; and I felt as sure of it
as if I had seen him commit the deed.
In my way of life, you see, we get to
have great knowledge Of faces, and
there's something ia the look of a
murderer that's unmistakable to a
practiced eye. Now, the thing was to
prove to others what required no
further proof to myself, SO I began to
develop my plan. It was simple-so
very simple that any one new in our
business would never have thought of
using it; but I had been catching
criminals so long that I had seen how
easy 1t was to trap 'em. They are so
mighty keen to look out for all the
clever traps, that they walk right into
the simplest ones without ever seeing
them. I saw from look of strong
restraint that had become fixed on
Mr.. Warfeld's face that he was not
crazy from fright and remorse- &C
cordingly, concluded he was the kind
of a man to be scared into exposing
his own guilt. I had a little bottle
filled with a red fluid which made
stain so like blood that the quickest
eye might easily be deceived by it;
but the principal thing about it was
on being exposed to the air it speedily
faded away, leaving no sign. I had
more than once been called on to as
sist Mr.. Warfleld in matters of the
toilet, and in that way | had gradu-
ally come to have the run of his room;
and all such matters as bringing up