Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-26

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nervous SAfation thrsatened it with M
slant annifsaiation
Cape TcAn .asMT. Padger ,pasBtively
shrieked. 'Khen? What aHas the
| date?'
81 know not. Wy you want to know?
''Why?' cried Mr. Padger, why?
Look there That's why. Can you
doubt that that refers to the identical
stone?'i
Mr.. Van Cooler read the measurements
in the note book presented to him, and
returned it with phlegmatic shrug
1t seems to me, mein freund Bad
! ger, he said cody, ''dot You shomp
ubon your CONCLUSIONS -
And you know nothing as to the
| facts OF the murder? asked MIR Pad
ger, ignoring the suggestion as to the
unreIiability of his method of investiga-
ton.
holdings, - was the reply, mod
dings voteffer. Vot is he to me der muir
! der? Dere ees in England blenty muir
ders enoff mitout drobbling oneselluf nit
dose aproad.
Well, thank you very much, Mr..
Van Cooler, - said Mr.. Padger, hurried
ly preparing to depart, q
am very much obliged to you. That
cutting of yours is worth its weight i'll
gold -
&c Dot vould not pc much, - remarked
Mr.. Van Cooler, sardonically. "'VeTe
you go 20 vast-heim?'
ITO find out all about the Freiliger
murder, cried Mr.. Padger from half
way down the stairs.
"Och, mien freund Badger, - MUIR
INJURED Mr.. Van Cooler to himself as he
che ees a coot peeZness man, but he
shomps doc much ubond his gonglu-
sions -
This reiterated criticism did not reach
the ears of the subject of it, who was al
ready hurryiGg down ths alseet outside,
but even if it had it woaid 'hdSA in no
way affected him. Thasmere coiieidence
in the size of the stones WOULD h1$e sat
isfied him that he was right ktsd he pos
sessed no evidence in supRHts but as hs.
fastened along HoiboTn on his way TO
Charing Cross he recalled the intialshG.
f. plainly incised upon the casket, and
he had not for an instant the slightest
doubt that they stood for the name of the
unfortunate man, George Freiliger.
CHAPTER XVI.
MIR. PADGER SENDS \ TELEGRAM.
In the course of his career MIR. Padger
had made many acquaintance and not
few friends among the fellow members of
his profession, and among these was one
who, fortunately, was in position to
obHge him now with exactly the infOF-
nation he so ardently desired to obtain.
A man named Sewell had been con-
cerned with him in the Investigation of
several matters while they were both in
the employment of the same private en-
Quiry agency, and Mr.. Padger, whose
judgment in such matters was not to be
despised, had been led by his persever-
ance and acumen to form Il very high
opinion of his abilities, so much so that
when he began life for himself he had
written to offer him permanent engage
ment, with the prospect of being ulti-
mately taken into partnership.
As it happened the first occupation he
gave him necessitated his taking jour
ney to South Africa to make certain I'M
portaut inquiries with reference to the
diamond r0bberies. and when these were
satisfactorily completed he had written
to Mr.. Padger to say that he was so thor
oughly contented with the prospects of
wealth and distinction presented to him
there that he had decided not to return
TO England, but to establish a business
for himself in Cape Town.
This which, when it occurred, struck
Mr.. Padger as i'll every way regretable,
now seemed to him a direct interposition
of kindly fortune on his behalf He did
not as yet know the date of the Freiliger
murder, but the impression produced by
such an event was not one to fade
quickly and he felt convinced that his
friend, even if he was not there at the
time it was committed must frequently
have heard of it, and could have no
difficulty in ascertaining all the details,
if he was not already acquainted with
them.
Acting on this assurance, he made his
way to the telegraph Office and dis
patched the following telegram:
"Send all particulars Freiliger murder
old address Padger. -
Having thus set in action the ma
which he believed would in
course of time close upon and crush the
of the Westcliffe murder, he
returned home to make his preparations
for at once Ieyisiting that watering
place.
Until the letter, which he expected to
receive IL reply to his telegram, should
arrive he could not expect to make much
advance in his inquiry. but Rag Barlow
was SIlll TO De interviewed, In0 man IN |
the strange bathing dress identified if |
possible, and there was moreover a GER
tain amount of mystery about Dr. |
Benton which he was DESTROYS of dispell- |
ing. 1t was, in addition essential to as
certain whether Miss or Mr.. Ennis were |
aware of the existence of the diamond |
before he eo8ldtrust himself to indulge |
in any Sgeculatiklns on the subject
It wsS very easy for him to say that he !
no more about stiSAt part of |
the maSasa until he could .appiy his ener-
gies to fF@fth some puHpose, but it was
by no means so easyFto adhere to this
resolution. He had been
ievoting all his attention to 1t far too long |
to suddenly, by mere effort of Will, put
it from him. and his mind setting words
to the monotonous rattle of the train
over and over again g Who did
il? Who did it? Who did it?'
To divert his thoughts from such idle
he forced himself to consider
1 question of no little difficulty. How
was he to discover whether Miss or MIR.
Ennis knew of the jewel?
The suspicious, circumstances against
each of them were too many and too
strong to justify HIM in venturing to put
he question directly to either, but he