The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-15

your mind that scene in Varick stree
and my conversation with Parker. I'll
send for the Shadow, and together we'll
go over the conversation again, and I'll
write down both for you to study at your
leisure. 1t is quite as important to get
those out of the case who did not do it,
as to get those in who possibly could
have done it."
"That is shrewdly put, Tom" replied
Holbrook. ''But you do not forget Park
ers call on me?'
"No, I do not. That call, in my judg-
ment, was to find if possible whether or
not Pierson had been engaged in mock
matrimonial scrapes prior to the Foun-
tain episode, and of which he had nc
knowledge. Now, take fast hold of this
fact: Fountain could only be disturb
ing claimant in the event of there hav-
ing been no previous marriage. If Parker
had known of the marriage of Carroll
Preston, the issue of which was Mrs.
Templeton, he would not have been at
all disturbed by my precipitation of the
Fountain name. He was visibly dis.
turbed when falsely assumed to know,
what 1 didn't then know, that Piersor
had once passed as Fountain. AS fol
the driveling old idiot of a brother, he is
too far gone in rum to have ever con
ceived or executed the murder"
81 think you have made out case
Tom. At all events, if the other lines Of
inquiry fail, we have the precious pah
to fall back on"
'Now, if you agree with me, as you
seem TO, then it follows that there are
only two left-the Simpson woman and
Wessing."
"Well, then, let's consider these two
About Simpson we know no more than
this document tells us"
GAS to that, I'll have to send the
Shadow to New Rochelle to make in.
quiries. But 1 want to note a fact
There are only left now under ou1
process Simpson and Wessing"-
"And Messing was at the place Of
murder when the deed was done"
Precisely. There's our first line OF
work"
Holbrook did not reply. He was in
tent on his thoughts, and was nervously
tearing paper into long shreds, habit
when he was profoundly thinking. Fl
nally he said:
tom, some very singular things in the
way of omissions present themselves.
You never told me of that Varick street
interview, and never told you that Mrs.
Templeton's family name was Preston.
Here were two broken links that we
might have joined without the aid OF
this paper. Now, here is another omis-
sion."
WHAT" said Tom, with an air of an
noyance. care you going to make us
out pair of blunderers?"
eyes, apparently. Wenever attempted
to find out whether Messing knew any
thing about the diamond button?"
"You always secuted the idea of Wess.
ing being connected with the affair"
81 admit that, and 1 am going also to
admit that came near forgetting to tell
you that 1 know who has worn pair
precisely like them"
"Who? For gracious sake" said Tom
irritably. you increase rather than de-
crease the possibilities"
"Kendrick Noble. Do you know
him?"
Eyes. He is in the same set as the Ash
grove girl and Fountain. But what pos
sible connection can he have with Wess-
ing?"
''Not any that I know of. But we
must find out what he has to say about
it,"
"Well, I'll take that in hand myself, .
said Tom. But, Holbrook, old man,
there is one thing you ought to do and at
once-you ought to go to the Temple
tons. With all the knowledge you now
possess you may bring out some startling
truths. Your clients are now first claim
ants to large property"
"True. That has been in my mind to
say for some time. Why not go up with
me? In this case two minds will be bet
ter than one"
agreed" cried Tom, springing from
his seat. I'VE have plenty to do now, Sc
let us be on the move"
After safely locking up the precious
document, they set forth to call upon the
Templetons.