The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-10-11

my sensation is one of disappointment,
and l give great heed to my sensations
Perhaps you may be entirely right. But |
let me present consideration to you. You
do not doabt that the man who lost the |
glove failed to discover his loss, do you?"
mo"
Then having done SO, recollecting where |
he removed it, and having committed the |
murders don't you think he would be wor-
ried over the loss and would fear that by it |
he had given clew to search for him
self"
Very probably"
DO you think man so worried would
don an identically similar pain and go into
so conspicuous place as a theatreH
"Well, what do you argue then!"
''Either that you have been grossly mis-
taken, or that the man with the thumb is
not the man wanted"
You are discouraging."
81 do not mean to be so; we must be
cautious in so important a matter as an
arrest"
lyon must see the man yourself then"
replied Dorison, much nettled. II can do
no more than tell you have found a man
whose right hand corresponds precisely in
every particular, even to the peculiar
prominence of the second knuc1le to the
hand you want, and who wears glove
precisely similar to the one 1 saw yester-
day morning. Now" continued Dorison,
growing more earnest, "when l examined
that glove paid less attention to the form
of the hand IL indicated than to the make
kind and color of the glove-particularly
the color. l accepted yoGr description of
the hand as true. On Seeing it | saw it
was one of the kind man of fashion would
wear in the evening"
"Ah' cried Cathcart, interested. ''Fol-
low up that point. Tell me what you
| meanp'
The man who wore it was in full dress.
Fashions laws are memorable. At present
it prescrlbes just that kind of glove for
evening wear, just that color Probably
ten thousand men wore just such glove
last night in the cities of the east Now,
that young man, putting on full dress
would naturally draw on one of that kind
You said the man who wore the glove was
a bit of dandy. This man ISL
"9ou have made point" said the old
man. "The man we want, besides having
a big thumb and prominent joints, was tall
and slim, with brown hair'
Dorison,s face fell. He had forgotten
this requirement. He hesitated to reply.
"Well," said Cathcar6 does your man
answer to that!"
NO" replied Dorison sullenly. "He
was short and plump, his hair was light, a
golden color"
"Then he is either not the nan we want,
theory. However," added Cathcart chat
is not to say your information is not i'm
. portant. Upon the contrary, it is highly
so. You must follow him up; make his
. acquaintance, gain his regard, and if pos
sible get on terms of intimacy with him
i When you have found out his haunts |
= must get look at him.
''You would do all this believing he is
not our man." asked Dorison, with some
thing of a sheer.
4 II believe nothing" replied the old man
q testify, "but L disbelieye nothing. You
Z jump at conclusions. 1t is bad fault,
d | especially in aninQuiry like the one we are
1 enga led in. You came here certain you
y mad found the murderer. Now, upon the
= expression of a possible doubt, you are
certain he is not. Yet you have shown me
o a flaw in my reasoning. l neither believe
3 nor disbelieve at this stage of the game.
am open to conviction on all sides. This
. man with the thumb must be followed up
L Obtain his name-all about him.;
y II had two chances at him last night. I
, saw him afterward at the Hoffman"
q Indeed Was he alone?"
u Eyes, at the Hoffman. Though man
: who had crossed my path twice before
70 during the day accosted him."
9 "a friend!'
!. "Evidently not My man was cold anC
/ naughty toward him-came as near giving
him dead cut as he could withou
y doing So"
IL "Who and what was the other!
To answer that question involved state
Is ment of the episode of rescuing Miss Eus-
{ tace, the call of the father, and the strang,
ie incident upon the corner of Third avenue
and Twenty ninth street.
Il When Dorison finished, the old man, VIII
10 had been an attentive listener, said
u, ''The meeting of these two men was mys
10 FERROUS. Something wrong there. So this
man spoke to your man, eh!"
10 Yes, attempted to, but was repealed by
g, the other.'
lr mir. Eustace discovered your strong re
u1 semblance to your father. You must fol
70 low that up. You must cultivate his &C
~ quaintance."
"To what end!"
ne "He was intimate with your father an
CO you may find him valuable in solving tn
II mystery of that unfinished letter.
- "Ob,' exclaimed Dorison, with peculia
ne emphasis, 81 had supposed that inquir
was lost sight of in the superior import
so ance of the other"
n The old man keenly regarded the othe
d, as he gave expression TO the slight sal
o casm.
"Do you not know" said Cathcart in
u pressively, "that in the revelation of tn
Ut mystery of one the mystery OF the othe
'h will be revealed"
Somewhat abashed, Dorison hesitate
= before Nc Tepllcu'
es sYou have not been particularly con
vs. municative as to your. theories l hav
followed you blindly."
81 believe success is more surely attaine
by keeping my plans to myself, reptile
Cathcart calmly.
he II do not complain" replied Doriso
lid hastily. az recognize my own want
skill, and therefore am content to ODE
Z" implicitly"
dAnd thereby be most useful. No
ed seek this man of yours. You need not CON
to me until you have learned all you ca
IN. Let me tell you for your own satisfaction
he that Notwithstanding your bslief that tt
an one thing in which you are particular
interested is being overlooked, that hay
devoted the past three days, and will po
at sibly for several days to come, to the mo
searching inquiry into the relations yol
led father maintained for the years immed
on ately preceding his death. What l ha
re learned shall not tell you, for / have n
vet digested it. AS soon as you can accoI
his plish it, arrange SO l can get good look
your man."
led Dorison, as he walked away from Cat
lit cart, felt as if he was very inexperienc
nut man. and had much yet to learn OF the wa
of the world.
It 1t was in this frame of mind that
ma sought the Hoffman house for breakfa,
The hour was not early, and he was enabl
to obtain one OF those tables adjoining t
va. windows looking out on Broadway, whe