Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-25

was his narrative to convey the impression
that his own mind had received. He seemed
to discover for the first time that it was only
case of dark suspicion after all; that he
had been an eyewitness to no overt acts;
that all he held in his hand was the film.
siest Of indirect evidence, possibly without
value as evidence, unless as buttress to
evidence more convincing still, which
could not be obtained unless the dark
designs which he attributed to Mrs. Mae
donald were actually carried into effect.
But his heart felt lighter now that he had
done what circumstances seemed to call for,
and there was honest heartiness in his man
ner and honest cheeriulness in his face as
he wrung the hand of his comrade in arms
on the deck of the Tanjore, and took his de-
parture from the ship whose voyage might
be fraught with consequences he dreaded to
contemplate.
Captain Discover was as good as his word
As soon as his ship touched the dock he
sought out Mr.. Weber at the Office of the
Universal Insurance Company, to whom he
intrusted Colonel Vests astonishing nara
tive, and Mr.. Webber in his turn lost no
time in placing the matter in the hands of
the company's Inquiry Agent, Mr.. Dog
gett.
Captain Elseover's account of the voyage
contributed little to the stock of informa-
ton. Major Macdonald, after suffering for
several days from sessickness, which had
the effect of greatly reducing his newly ac-
quired strength, and redoubling the Cap
tain's watchfulness, as soon as he picked up
his sea legs, made a surprising rally and
had landed in England in better health
than when he embarked.
81 don't want to prejudice Mrs Macdon-
aid by anything I say" Captain Discover
remarked, "but in justice to Colonel West
you ought to, know that the lady had no
chance to play any tricks while with me-
As soon as 1 missed Major Macdonald 1
paid him visit, and when found how
matters stood. 1 insisted on having him at
tended to in my own way. was not going
to have murder done on board my ship un-
der cover of seasickness, if could help it.
1 contrived to have someone always with him
who was responsible to me. He was never
left day or night until he came round again,
I made the best excuse could to the lady,
telling her that ships captain was the
most despotIc being on earth. and she SUBJ
mitted. When the Major was able to leave
his cabin he took his meals at table seat
ed on my right and shared with me my
own decanter, and as, he never took any
thing at other times, being a most abstemi-
i
lady had been incli6ed to. About that, of
course, I know nothing beyond Colonel
Vests statement
So far satisfactory. The first thing to do
was to ascertain the address to which the
Major had gone after leaving the ship.
This was supplied by Captain Discover, and
thus armed Doggett set out to make arrange
ments for watching their movements. But
when DogGett applied at the address with
which he had been furnished he encountered
his first Eheck. The Major and his wife
had only stayed one night in the hotel.
They hid left that morning for Paris By
dint of ofpersistency in his inquiries the de-
tectiva learnt that this piece of information
respecting their destination had been volun-
teeret by the lady herself-a circumstance
whifh at once placed Doggett on his guard.
"A plan of campaign had been agreed
up9n between the detective and Mr. Web
bek before the former set out on his mission.
aid his instructions were most precise.
After ascertaining where Major and Mrs.
Macdonald were staying, the detective was
ordered to keep strict watch and nick up
what information he could. In the event |
of Major Macdonald showing any signs of /
indisposition requiring the services of a |
physician, the name and residence of the |
physician were to be aseertained, whereupon |
Mr.. Webber undertook to seek an interview |
with the physician, and after pledging him |
to secrecy, acquaint him with the facts that |
had come to his knowledge, and so place |
him on his guard against the possibility of |
This scheme was we'll de-
vised, depending only for its success ON
Doggett's success in ''shadowing'' the un-
fortunate Major and the syren whose beauty |
mad woven spell round him.
Doggett had now to decide whether he
would follow the travellers to Paris or treat
the communication as feint to mask Mrs.
real movements. He swiftly
decided to leave nothing to chance. He
accordingly dispatched a subordinate to
Paris with instructions to place himself at
,nce in communication with the Paris
police. while he himself remained behind