Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1885-01-30

w al llelu btud'eO Inc "aHia1 oh utio-
ing that he had lost his BRIDE, and MIR.
Loring was in despair over his daugh-
ter's elopement."
suppose nv face showed my adml-
ration of this little woman's shrewd-
ness in seizing on all these facts and
putting them together. She flushed
up and said:
"Do you think there's anything in
it, Mr.. Burns"
"Ma'am, | think you would be a cre-
dit to the force if you would join us
but, in course, that isn't in your line.
But with your very valuable assistance
ma'am, | think | can work up this
case in way to satisfy yon."
oh. Mr.. Burns Ifyou can do that
| feel | will owe you more than my
life, and you will see that | can be sub
stantially grateful" D."
"Not another word OF that. a'am-
it'll be a pleasure to work for a lady
like YOU. One or two questions, II you
please this Warfeld | don't know
him at all-has he left the place ?"
"Oh, no; he is now the principal in
the bank"
"Ah, thought so-shrewd. If he
had left the place 1t would have oc
casioned remark aud perhaps suspi-
cion"
Mrs. Allen now arose. and | said
nothing To detain her further. for
was already busylng my brain with all
she had told me, and, Notwithstanding
my admiration of her. my interest in
her. | WIS right glad to be alone. So
saw her to the front door, and prom
/ Ised TO let her know as soon as had
| Intelligence worth talking Of. BY this
time change of air and quinine had
done good deal for me, and | was
feeling pretty hearty. By series OF
/ Inquiries, carried out it, n slow and ap
parentlv aimless manner. very soon
learned where Mr.. Warfield lived, and
all about the internal economy Of hi,
household. He Was still unmarried.
and kept u bachelor establishment.
uperintended bv young and good
looking housekeeper-the only one OF
his servants who seemed fixture in
the hons; for the under doms.tics
never staid more than n month, and II
~as easy to understand Why the house
keeper held her place, for 1t Was cur
rently reported that she hoped in time
to become the wife Of her master. ]
had one Of nv little plans on hand.
and. Is soon AS | learned that kind
Of gardener and general male servant
sas required in the Wartield House. ]
introduced myself TO Mrs. Clemens, III.
Trts----n-e ,SE--a..l -lzasc,l keS--~ .--hl
that WIS next dav installed | knew
lots Of gardening. having been bred W
TO it long before was a detective and
| gave satisfaction in my new capacity.
rs soon AS had been in my situation
long enough tn win a certain amount
of confidence from Mrs. Clemens. !
turned my attention toward making
mvsclf especially useful to Mr.. War
field. | must not omit 10 state that
the moment | laid my ey,s on that
man something told me he was the
murderer; and ! felt as sure OF it as il
had sseu him commit the deed. In
nv way OF life, YOU sc. We get to have
a great knowledge Of faces. and there.
something in the look Of murderer
that's unmistakable TO the practiced
eve. Now, the thing was to prove to
others what required no further proof
to myself, so began to develop mS
plan. Ii was simple-so very simple
| that any one new in our business
would never have thought of using it:
but had b en catching criminals So
long that had seen how easy it was
10 trap EN-. 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. | saw from
"a look Of strong restraint that had be-
come fixed on Mr.. Warfeld's face that
he was most crazy from fright and re-
| morse-accordingly, | concluded he
was the kind of man to be scared into
exposing his own guilt | had little
bottle filled with red fuid which
made stain so like blood that the
quickest eve might easily be deceived
by it; but the principal thing about il
was that on being exposed to the air
it speedily fad, d away. leaving no sign.
| [ had more an once been called on
to assist Mr.. Warfeld in matters Of
the toilet, aud in that way | had grad
ually come to have the run of his
room; and all such matters as bring
ing up his linen, shaving-water, and
the like, were soon considered part
of my work. One night Mr.. Wsrtield
complained Of illness, and retired to
his room at an early hour. | was call
ed to wait on him for something, and
while in his dressing room dipped a
pen in my red stuff and wrote on the
pillows of his bed large "W. r. L.
They were the initials Of Mr.. Loring's
name, initiated so we'll from his hand
writing, procured for me by little Mrs.
Allan. that they might have passed
anyw here for his own writing. | had
but just finished and turned away
when Mr.. Warfeld. in his dressing
wrapper, returned and sat down on the
bed, his glance falling instantly on my
work. He gave sharp scream and
bounded to his feet, but his eyes glared
on those red letters.
"Thomas." he shrieked, "what is
that on the pillow"
"On the pillow, sir" says l, why,
nothing to be sure"
But there is, mani tell you see
letters in blood written there"
90! no, sir" returned, looking at
the place, and, indeed, rs We both
gazed, the writing faded quite away.
lie passed his hand across his eyes
and looked again, fearfully, and then
with groan, said:
"You are right, Thomas, there Is
nothino- | fear I am very peryous -