Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-02-09

| alter giNlng an ofueF ivf siidht 'e'''r"-
men, TO the aitendsn, ~ho bad followed
me. I took ta.,y lok around the room.
| found IL vas divided from the nen,
one only by wooden partition. which
did no, reach the ceiling. and ,ha, by
remaining psrfseily quiet, could hear
,h., . whispered Conversation Was being
carried on In the neat nom. The en-
trance Of the attendant disturbed my In.
ve.iis.,ion.; bu, on hi. departure. and
regsrtle. OF the old saying ,hr, listeners
seldom hear anything to their o~n adj
vantsge. I did my be', TO make on, the
conversation. | distinguished the voices
10 be those Of two men and one woman.
The latter | at once recognized. OF q,
lea,, my immsgina,ion led me 10 believe
to be the voice OF the person -ho had
called on me . year ago to make her will.
Tn. voice Of one Of the men was strange
TO me; but after the discovery had sl.
ready made. Was no, greatly ss,oni'hsd
q, recognizing the voice OF the other man
TO be that u simpson. the legsiee in the
will. The whole thing h.shed upon me
at once. and n~ bad been made the
innoe,n, machinery for esrrying ,Lroug'l
. clever and daring piece OF imPos'oie.
I. ho-ev,r. listened a,,en,iv,ly TO the
conversation. In order to ia,hom The whole
affair.
The fr, sentence ! made on, came
from the stranger; III told ycu young
Sinclair VI. the very man to do the work
Cor you. These young lawyers never ask
questions s long {. they gs, the eu'i.
ness"
"w,ll. vell." 'sid simpson, ",ha,
/, ell nigh, now. ia, the presen, quss.
ton IL. VIA, is TO be done in the way OF
hurrying him up ~i,h the realization Of
the estate wi,hou, exciting suspicion
The sooner We ell ge, away from this.
the better. am glad ihs, young fellow
Howard didn', ask any questions. bat
one ihing's certain. We mu't e., the old
woman away from here Immediately. OF
she's sure to g,t recognized. She's been
keeping pretty close lately but dars'sy
.hs'. getting tired Of ii.-Arn', you. old
lady "
"lndeed." wn the reply. I'll would be
glad to get away from ,hi. place to.mor
ro-. IL I could. I'm sure only wish
you could have been content With hall
the estate With Mr. Ei~srd. instead ol
arnins the will. when you found !, was
20 be divided between you and him. and
se,,ing me TO DO Via, did. I'm sur,
iis. wonder my mistress doesn't ri''
from her grave To denounee us all.
keep ,h., can, for another OCCASION
old woman; IL. no use getting religious
nos. .-Ba, Ill tell YOU wh.,--lvs got
an idea"
Here the conversation 20, 90 lo~ that
| could no, catch more than an ocessions
word. and ~hs, that idea WAS ! nevsl
found out. q, he never Got the chance iC
try IL on me. for I had heard enough &c
know ihA, nsS, door 10 me were three o
the most danng eon.piniors bad eve'
come across. ~ho had duped me. ant
made me. though un-i,,inely. the ehiei
actor 10 the conspiracy. My hr, ide'
was to lock the dor Of the room the,
we're 10. and 20 for help; bu, as that VA
likely TO cause . disturbance. | deter
mined to slip out aud ,ru.t to being bach
in time for TIER arrest. AZ luck ~oulC
have IL. nearly the fr, man ! met out
..de vas q detective whom had knows
very well 10 connection With some Grim
in.l trial. in which | had betd engaged
A fe~ words explained my purpose sn'
signalling TO the nearest policeman. b
placed him q, the door Of the shop. an'
both Of us walked in. lie nodded fa
miliXly to the bartender and leaning
over the counter whispered in his ear
The ,hopmsn started and gave ven, to
long. low whistle.
"You'll do !, as quietly as ycu can
| for the er,di, Of the house" said be.
"of course, said the detective. "shov
u, in"
In another minute we were inside ih'
room, with our backs TO the door. 'h'
detective dangling a pair Of steel brace
let's and nodding .milinsly round ,h
room The woman tainted. We ha'
no difficulty in securing the men /; and II
half an hour we had them safely houses
in jail.
Before their trial came on. We ha'
worked Oh, the whole story. The woma'
Who had called on me and signed ,h
~il, was Mrs. Simpson. Nj" Howard
hou.ekeeper. the mother Of Simpson 4
whose favor the will W. made; aud 'h
other man VAS l.~yers clerk ~ho hs
suggested to them the feasibility Of sue
. scheme. The fact OF NJ" Howard
.elf.eonfinemen, and my Own imPrudene
had nearly made the plo, success. bu
for my accidental recognition Of ih
hou.ekeeper. E.eh Of the prisoners OF
fereJ TO turn Queens evidence; but
we had no difficulty In proving the case
this ~ss refused. and they were sentence
to various periods OF penal sersl'ude.
had then the pleasure Of handing ov'
the estate to the rishtfal heir. youn
Eiwsrd Howard. who. not~iihs,sndin
that | had nearly been the means Of d
psiving him Of his inheritance. made m
his sReni.
The estate TUNED out TO be mue
larger than / had ., first thought. ss
succeeded Ia proving that . large numo'
Of Investments in simpsons name reall
belonged to Miss Howard. and the maj
sg.msn, Of 30 large property fairly P'
me on my fee, as regards business.
have had many good clients since the
but I have often thought that my Veil.
Client Was my best one. - she Vas u
} means Of giving me my first start In III
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