Telegram-herald., 1891-06-11

~f erpect you 20 keep yoalr promise. ,cord
for Vord."
Last night l was summoned by my
nStrr<s 20 tue parlor. There | found a
stranger with . pair Of the sharpest eyes
ovrr saw N a mans head. After look
ing me over IA a manner that made nv
fingens ACHE 20 get &C his ears-refnark-l
ably large ears they were, tco-he asked
my mistress 70 leave Us alone together.
Ny mistress must have had previous
understanding win the fellow. for abe
lcft tho room at once.
Thu stranger seemed In no hurry 10
COLO ~ the point, for he took dozen
turns about the room before he sat down
by the window where 1 stood, waiting
10 be told what was wanted of me-
You arc Miss Nellie Johnson
-f didn't like the way hs eyed me- l
obJctpd to tho manner in which he
spo&c-hslf Question. half assertion. |
lookrd tho stranger in the face and did
not Aswcr.
"I b<g your pardon" he said in mo-
meut- Your mistress gave me your
name, but there are so many Nellie
Johnsons- l should have asked il you
at ono time were in Mrs Clark Mel
viDe's empaDy."
Again found hrs language offensive.
What right had be, N utter stranger, to
lump me- OF with all the Nellie John
sons in the city directory? Once more l
loolced my visitor In the face and kept
silent
Il Am hero" the impudent creature
went ON, in the interest of justice. /
am q private detective. You have been
heard To relate--in confidence and to
your companions. Of course-one or two
OF your personal experiences in the Mel
vile house which may prove Of the
gresatsst importance. VIII you be kind
enough TO put them in writing and name
your own price,"
How did no know that the want of
money alone kept Charley and l apart
How did be know that Charley was work
ing night and day, and saving every cent
that didn't go for food. in order that we
might be married before winter? Per-
frxfs he even knew that / cried myself
TO sleep nearly every night because l
with how wages for the few things We
would need 20 set UP housekeeping.
We came 10 terms 1T once. He told
me what he wanted and went away.
But somehow couldn't put what want
ed 70 say in proper shape. AT last, after
many failures, hunted up an old diary
l kept in those days. There found Just
what he had aeked me TO furnish. copy,
word for word. from the diary:
sunday night mean to get out Of
this house tomorrow. Everything seems
saturated with the coachman's blood.
There IL anair Of mystery over the whole
place. 1 can't endure it. The servants
talk together In whispers. and each one
Of them suspects all the others. Only a
moment ago heard the cook Boosting
that she could have told the officers "A
thing or twor The horrid creaturel
She had better stick to her biscuits--and
bsr Oottlel a dozen persons might have
passed through the kitchen 10 and from
the passage between seven and eight last
night without her Knowing II.
Even Mrs. Winters (
There: that makes me think. Where
has the bousekeeper kept herself all day?
Early TINS morning | saw her coming
from the coachman's room. Her face
WAS whittier than that of tho dead man
inside. and il was easy to see that she
had been crying. She tried to hide her
face when she saw me looking. but my
eyes were too quick for her. No one has
sen her since. She must hare locked
herself IN tho room. An hour ago |
heard Mrs. Melville asking for her, and
no one could tell whore she was.
II wonder IL she REGRETS now the hard
words heard her say to the dead man
only two nights ago. They were stand
ing together IN the passage over the
laundry and | stood by tao kitchen door
just out of sight. but not ont Of hearing.
= 1 expect yon ~ keep your promise,
word for word. heard Der say, 'and
leave the rest 10 me. warn you that
an. not 10 Re triaed With. / sen you.
once for an. that IL ron break faith with
me now you viii regret il to the last day
of your hfer
The last dsy Of his hfei Poor fellow
That wac not 50 very far away theni
What could she have meant by talking
In that way to the coaehman, There
Wa always something between them
hat no ane IN the house could under-
stand. although every Que scanned 20 no.
tic~ It
They had pl.-asy Of gusrrels the last
v<ek or two x MS lifs Less than a
week ago heard them taking together
in the apper sralt hail You speak fair
enough. beard hin say. 'lait AL vour
actions are as-san<t ms. | believe you
arr in tll. cslnspUssy - keep ma Gus e
nv rights Take csrei / have every
thing at staxe Ne one snail come b.
TWEEN NE and nv own.
How tha pniics efioer world have
<t>r~d II hsi vhlsT@red titose TurFis IN
his s,sr AMI fabl hia farm he~s aya
hsari th.s.ls weuaeT II s!ssi vrgug IA
ss-rpfnx shat hoard - suT-eiff f'rs