Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-12-24


Wondering who the stranger could be,
and what business he could have with
him, and specializing as to what the
message so strangely communicated
could portend, Dorison lit a cigar and
wandered into the Office. Pacing up and
down the long corridor he thought upon
the singularity of events which had
crowded upon him during the previous
forty-eight hours.
While he was specializing upon the
possible outcome of these events, Cath
cart suddenly appeared before him.
You We're wholly right" he said
quietly. before Dorison could remark
upon his failure to appear in time. 1T
is the hand and the glove as well. | OBJ
served the gloves as he put them on"
Dorison stared at him in astonishlnent.
A light broke upon him.
You were the man with the black
hair and beard" he said
Eyes; didn't you know me:''
/ "know you. did not dream it was
you. You were completely disguised"
/ You did your work excellently well, :"
said Cathcart, ignoring the compliment,
as if DISCUSSES We're matters of hourly
occurrence. But | was never more
puzzled than | am now. If one could
only trust to appearances. If | were 10
do so in this case would dismiss all idea
of young Eustace being implicated in
that murder as preposterous. | had my
lesson, however, twenty wears ago. /
was given the work Of tracing the muir
4 ,.E Ill. II
nois. Indications pointed to young
girl living III the family. When | saw
/ her sweet, soft, innocent eyes, her face
almost angelic III lis expression and her
pretty, cOaXing manneN, | dismissed
suspicion of her and Went off on theory
which led to nothing. She moved away,
and two years after was caught in the
very act Of crime. Having been con-
victed, she confessed these murders, and
an examination into her life showed her
to be monster OF depravity. 1t was in
conceivable that one SO young and tender
could be so black
"You have returned to the theory then
that EuStace is the man You want, -
commented Dorison, disappointment and
regret plainly visible.
II have neither returned to nor aban-
dOned that theory" replied Cathcart. II
| hold everything i'll allegiance pending
further inquiry. Our puzzle does not
fit-the pieces do not lnatch. We sup
posed that the wearer of that glove was
tall and slim, with brown hair. In
other words, that the wearer of the
glove, the tall, slim man, and the
walker in Union square We're one and
the same man. What we have discov-
cred is that the wearer Of the glove is
one person. Whether the tail, slim
man and the exquisite of Union square
are one ortwo persons has yet to be deter
mined. Ny theory has gone astray just
50 far. What was it we learned IL
school? 'Falsus in uno falsus in omni
bus If | am wrong in ono particular
may be wrong in all.
"Eustace could not have been either
the caller at stated intervals nor the ex
quisite Of Union square, exquisite though
he is
"Why:"
because he has been continuously alb
sent from the country for six years
until fusr months ago
Another complexity. Why should h,
return home after SO long an absence t,
murder two inoifensive women
"lle is surgical student, havin2
studied here and abroad, said Dorison.
"The devi!' said Cathcart. "Th,
proofs accumulate against him. Yol
know that to he tlue?'
His friend Bushnell told me So
The case presents more perplexitie
than any ever was engaged in
"Ihose gloves were not made in thi
country" said Dorison irrelevantly
though thoughtfully.
"Just what have been thinking sine
you told me he has but recently returne,
from Europe. Well" continued the oil,
detective. "there has been substantial
, gain. We nave discovered the owner o
the glove, and at the proper time we Cal