Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-12-13
..what!n cried DorIsOn, startled and


surprised.
II have no doubt Of il. The 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 IL
on the parlor floor under the door. She
did not find il until after the captain
and had concluded our search or the
house, and did not produce 1t at the cor
oner's inquest because no one spoke OF
II. Lately her conscience has troubled
her about it, and when I hunted her up
she gave it to me-"
s'What did you hunt her up for?'
ITO see whether she could recognize
in Langdon the caller at stated inter
walls"
''Did she?"
Perfectly. I 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 heeting express
sion ofsurpriSed contempt.
Young Eustace studied surgery,
didn't hep"
Eyes"
"Well, I want to know If he has a case
of instruments of which this lancet may
be one. Find ont If you can"
If the old detective saw the gesture OF
disgust and impotence DOrisOn made,
he ignored it.
'sNow, 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. l
Rcut to know what il is"
They had reached Broadway as they
lalked, and continued as far as Twenty
lhird street. On the corner Cathcart
ltOpped to say:
''What may be the outcome OF the dis
eoveries OF this morning it is difficult TO
predict. Something must come out OF
them. We are no longer grouping in the
dark LangdOn bore some relation TO
the Parish family, knew something about
them, was associated, it is fair TO pre-
sumo, with their troubles. What he
does know he must reveal"
"DO you mean to take him In hand
immediately
''NO; not until know more about his
surroundings and antecedents."
"Have you not already learned all you
are likely TOP"
Il think not. Who is he? Notice
this coincidence. Mr.. Carman says Mrs.
Parish sought him in trouble and dis
treSS three years ago"
Yes, l see," said DOrison eagerly,
''aud Miss Belknap saw this man with
the daughter since that time"
Precisely, and these stated calls only
began since three years. There is an
other coincidence j want you 10 note.
Eight years ago Mrs. Parish suddenly,
giving no reason, dresses in mourning.
Eight years ago your father dies sud-
denly. Now another point. One of the
slips OF paper in your possession, writ
ten by your father, talks about the mis-
deeds of q boy named Harold. This man
Langdon is called Harry by his aSSOci-
ates. Do you see where we are slowly
getting 70? Now suppose
The old man stopped short. Dorison,
greatly interested, looked up to see the
cause. The old mans eyes were fixed
upon an object some distance or"
Searching about for that object, Dori-
son saw that it was man approaching
from the park who engaged the atten-
tion Of Cathcart.
In a moment he recognized in the per-
ion the alert, sharp eyed man who had
had the mysterious exchange with Lang
don near. the corner Of Twenty-ninth
street and Third avenue.
The person approached directly on a
line with them. Cathcart, stepping
back into the shadow of an adjoining
door, babe DOriSOn TO stand in front and
conceal him as much as possible.
He did so, moving slightly, so that he
could keep himself between the old de-
tective and the man until he had passed
on. going down Twenty-third street.
''DO you remember the story I told
you of the mysterious exchange between
Langdon and another on Twenty-ninth
street2" asked DOrisOn, after the man
had passed by.
eyes, and what then?" sharply asked
d Cathcart.
( "That man was the other one"
7 Cathcart grasped DOrison's arm with
{ such grip that the latter nearly cried
out with pain.
care you sure? Man, man, are you
sure?"
'sSure; yes"
The old man fairly dragged Dorisor
after him IS he hurriediy followed the
man, who by this time had crossed Fifth