Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-11-16
BY w. C. HUDSON.
barclay North.)

things to do"
WHAT" cried Dorison. startled and
surprised.
Il have no doubt Of it, That girl who
was with me in the park was the servant
of Mrs. Parish at the time she was killed.
She gave me that lancet. She found it
on the parlor floor under the door. She
did not find it until after the captain
and had concluded our search of the
house, and did not produce it at the cor
oner's inquest because no one spoke of
it, Lately her conscience has troubled
her about it, and when | hunted her up
she gave it to me.
What did you hunt her up for?"
To see whether she could recognize
in Langston the caller at stated inter
walls"
Did she?"
Perfectly. | did not even have to
direct her attention to him. AS soon as
she saw him she cried out. That is the
man
why do You want me to remember
the lancet"
Cathcart glanced at Dorison, who
| thought he detected fleeing expression
| of surprised contempt.
Young Eustace studied surgery,
didn't hcT
Yes"
We'll, want to know if he has a case
of instruments Of which this lancet may
| be one. Find out if you cam"
If the old detective saw the gesture of
disgust and impotence Dorison made,
he ignored it,
"Now one point more" he continued,
| Get Eustace to talk about Langdon
upon the first opportunity you have.
Find out what he knows about him.
There must be some reason for his
| naughty treatment of the fellow.
want to know what it is"
They had reached Broadway as they
talked, and continued as far as Twenty
third street On the corner Cathcart
stopped to say;
What may be the outcome of the dis
coveries of this morning it is difficult tt
predict. Something must come out o.
them We are no longer cropping in The
dark. Langdon bore some relation K
the Parish family, knew something abou
them, was associated, it is fair to pre-
sumo, with their troubles What HI
does know he must reveal"
"Do you mean to take him in hant
immediately
NO; not until know more about hi
; surroundings and antecedents."
Have you not already learned all yo1
, are likely too"
II think not Who is he? He cam
t from Chicago three years ago. Motto
this coincidence Mr. Carman says Mrs
Parish sought him in trouble and dis
tress three years ago"
yes, see" said Dorison eagerly
and Miss Belknap saw this man wit
the daughter since that time"
Precisely, and these stated calls onl
began since three years. There is anothe
coincidence | want you to note EigE
years ago Mrs. Parish suddenly, givin
no reason, dresses in mourning. Eigt
years ago your father dies suddenly
J Now another point. One of the slips {
paper in your possession, written b
your father, talks about the misdeeds
a boy named Harold. This man Ian:
don is called Harry by his associate
Do you see where we are slowly gettin
to? Now suppose
The old man stopped short. Dorisol
greatly interested, looked up to see tt
upon an object some distance off.
Searching about for that object, Dol
., son saw that it was a man approachiI
from the park who engaged the attentit
of Cathcart.
= In moment he recognized in the pc
b son the alert, sharp eyed man who h;
had the mysterious exchange with Ian
don near the corner of Twenty Mint
- street and Third avenue.
j The person approached directly on
line with them Cathcart, steppil
back into the shadow of an adjoinil
door, babe Dorison to stand in front al
conceal him as much as possible.
He did so, moving slightly, so that
could keep himself between the old {
- tective and the man until he had pass
on, going down Twenty-third street.
"Do you remember the story | to
you of the mysterious exchange betwe
Langdon and another on Twenty-nin
street," asked Dorison, after the man h
passed by.
Eyes, and what them" sharply ask
Cathcart.
"That man was the other one"
Cathcart grasped Dorisons arm wi
such a grip that the latter nearly cri