Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-12-08

Dor1son was in occupation Of comfort
able suite Of apartments in Twenty
ninth street.
Through the agency Of old Mr.. Nettle-
man he had gathered stock of such
fashionable clothing as he had not had
since the days prior to his fathers death.
and above his salary Of two hundred
dollars a month with which to support
his pretensions, supplied by Mr.. Nettle-
man. Also he was connected no1ninelly
with q mercantile house in the lower
part Of the city, and this also through
Mr.. Nettleman, who had taken a friend
into his confidence, and given Dorison
thereby standing other than that Of q
mere idler of the town. And in addition
he had brought the young man into
pleasant relations with several young
men, sons of his friends.
All this was in pursuance Of the sug-
gestions Of Cathcart, and though he did
not inform Dorison as to his reasons, he
did his cousin. The reasons were not SO
much that Dorison could aid in the can
ture of the murderer as that he saw that
any explanation of Reuben Dorison's
strange letter was to be obtained in the
circle in which he had moved And he
hoped to edge the younger Dorison into
1t without his identity being known.
Cathcart had a theory as to Reuben
Dorison's connection with the Parishes
which he kept closely to himself In
what direction il tended may be i'm
agined from this brief exchange with his
Cousin Nettleman one evening when they
were together.
"What was Reuben Dorison's private
life, Cousin Nettleman?" he asked sud
denly. "Was he given to intrigues with
women"
Mr.. Nettleman was indignant and in
arms at once.
mo, SIR" he replied emphatically.
mo purer man in his private life ever
lived. OF that am certain. His home
life was perfectly happy"
care you saying that because you
think you must be loyal to the memory
of your dead friend, or because you be-
Geve it?"
IL say it because it is true. From the
moment he married his wife he was
devoted husband and a pure man."
"His wife died how many years ago?"
"She died the first year he moved into
Twenty-third street-in eighteen hun
dred and ffty-one."
"Ah, twcnty-eight years ago."
Whatever he thought, he was exceed
ingly busy in these days, leaving Dori-
son much to himself. About two weeks
after the young man had entered upon
his second career rs man of fashion, as
Cathcart called it. the old detective made
his appearance at Dorison's rooms, 1t
was early in the morning before the
young man wa, out of bed. He pushed
himself into the sleeping room and sat
| himself upon the bed as he talked
81 have found out who transferred by
deed that house in Sixteenth street to
Mrs. Parrish" he said without preface.
after search which carried me to
Buffalo, found that the man had been
dead year. have made diligent
search for Mr.. Parish, and have not
found person who ever heard of him.
have, however picked up great many
tnfles which will in time, no doubt, be
of value. | have been hoping to find a
starting place for you"
81 thou :. you had abandoned me to
my fate as a fashionable rounder," said
the young man lightly
"No," replied Cathcart seriously
"But want you to make systematic
study of hands"
"Of what" said Dorison, pernlexed by
the seeming irrelevancy of the remark.
"a study of the hands of the young
men Of your acquaintance You must,
as | have indicated before, look high
and low for such u hand as ! have de-
scribed to you"
"And finding such a hand arrest the
body to which it is attached, | SUPPOSE"
mo; inform me. Find his name, oc-
cupation and surroundings.
"Ah, an easy matter surely when
you've caught your bird"
Here" continued the detective. tax
ing out well filled wallet and extract
ing a paper from it, lis a complete list
OF all places where they make gloves to
order You must visit each place and
order gloves for yourself and while do
ing so get up a talk on the peculiarity of
hands that govemakers meet with, and
perhaps you may stumble upon the MAX
er of the glove have told you about"
THAT ought to be easy"
"Now, don't go too fast" said Cath
cart warningly. at is by no means as
easy as you think-that is, to do it with
out arousing suspicion People do not
like detectives except in books, and if
you give them reason to suspect you to
be one, you will find the bars up against
you. Again, you are liable to direct the
attention of the police to yourself, and
particularly desire to avoid that. Now
one word more and I'm off. | want
you to meet me at police head
quarters at eleven precisely this morn
ing. Not before that hour because
don't want those fellows to get at you
as they will be sure to do; not after that
hour, for | don't want to wait mo
ment."
With this he was gone. Dorison con-
suited his watch and found he would