The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-10-18

preston changed to one OF satisfaction.
AT al events she accepted him graciously.
Now, you cannot get there any too
quickly" said Cathcart, with his energetic
manner, hurrylng them off,
In moment more they were upon the
street and walking in the direction of
Fourth avenue.
Both were evidently under some con-
stralnt, feeling, as Dsrison put 1t after
ward, as if they had been pitchforked to-
gether.
perhaps, Miss Belknap," he said, 'you
viii do me the favor of explaining the pur-
pose and object of this expedition"
The lady cast an upwarI glance OF IN
creduiity as she asked:
'Do you not knew gu
beyond the fact that I have been i'm
peratively summoned from my slumbers at
an Internationally early hour, and that
am TO point out man whom you are TO say
whether or not you recognize, l know alb
solutely nothing"
Really replied the young lady, as fun
and mischief twinkled in her eyes, causing
Dorison TO reflect that those organs were
very pretty and attractive, really, our
adventure is beginning TO take on an air of
mystery. Are you always SO amiable that
you obey summons without knowing the
reason of tnemp'
DOrison perceived she did not believe his
assertion and was desiring him to unoer-
stand she thought he was mildly chatting
her.
Il assure you what | say is true he re-
turned earnestly. 'You have no idea what
an memorable master you engage when you
employ Mr.. Cathcart. He has reduced me
to such a state of submission that run,
fetch and carry at the least nod of his i'm
perlous head, ar at the least crook of his
potent fngers.'
DO you mean to say" she asked, her
eyes dancing with merriment, that he has
not contided to you his purpose IN sending
Us out!''
He has not confided anything to me-
He rarely does" replied Dorison lugubri-
ously. when my curiosity is excited
sill htly he sits down on me crushingly
with the remark that he conndes his plans
TO no one, and ! remain silent with fear and
trembling"
The little lady laughed outright at the
mock confession of submission, and in
uuired:
SIS not this connected with the search
for the murderer of Mrs. Parish and poor
Anne! And are you not Interested in
those poor creatures
AS you, or any one else, reading an &C
count Of their shocking murder, might be, {"
he replied. But | never even heard of
them until after they were dead" follow
! ing what he supposed to be the clew given
I
/ tiop.
! IL cannot understand it, said the young
! LADY. What relation do you bear TO MIR
Cathcart's search Tor the murderer"
None"
"Why does he call upon you for that ser
vice you so much lament them" she per-
sisted.
mir. Cathcart is conducting an inquiry
in matter which closely concerns and
affects mean inquiry which he has under
taken at my desire"
On" she cried merrily, "you have en-
gagged a servant and found a master. But
how Goes it touch the Parish murder?"
Not knowing just what Cathcart had said
before his arrival, he hardly knew how to
reply. After a brief moment he said:
That / don't know. Mr.. Cathcert evi
IDENTIFY thinks this Mr.. Langdou has some
relation to my affairs. Does he also think
he has relation 10 the Parish murder!"
The young lady Ihawed somewhat on this
remark. Why, Dorison could not imagine,
and he could not take the time to consider.
She replied, however:
Il viii enllghten you to the best of my
ability. The day after the murder, Mr.
Cathcart came TO our house, sent there by
our minister, Mr.. Carman, in an endeavor
to discover something about Mrs. Parish
You see mother is one OF the Oldest mem
bers of cur church and has always beer
very active in it. 1t was little
to be sure that she could give
him, but when talking of the reserved and
lonely life the two lived, l recol
lected having seen Anne Parish, on three
different occasions, walking in Unior
square with young man of dissipated ap-
pearance, but dressed in extreme fashion
This was noticeable, for upon each occasion
she seemed to be IN deep distress, and tn:
young man moody and menacing in man
: ner. Then again, it was the only instanct
ever known when Anne Parish was seel
in company with young gentleman
Long before she had concluded Dorisol
had grasped a sense of the meaning o
their enterprise. Probably it was yer,
= stupid OF him that he had forgotten tut
! episode, which Cathcart had made stron
| connecting link in his chain of reasoning
, but now it came back to him with grea
force and he perceived the Importance
recognition would have.
J BY this time they had reached the corne
} of Twenty third street and Broadway, an
he suggested they should cross into tn
park. As they did so she continued he
/ statement
Therefore certain Mr.. Langdop, wit
} whose personal appearance you are fami
t lar, has fallen under Mr.. Cathcart's suspit
0 ions, and we are bent on an errand of di!
r covery-to see whether this Mr.. Langdo
e is the one whom | saw walking with Ann
: Farish.'
And are we to keep on walking until W
t meet this man" asked Dorison, lightly
s 81 presume So" replied the young LADY
: ''since we have fallen under the power
}, this man who you say is so memorable
Y tyrant. How do you like playing detectiv,
MIR. Dudleyr'
The question was put so suddenly that {
: first Dorson thought 1t was trap laid fC
4 him-that she had penetrated the part b
J, was playing. Her next remark, howeve
Y dispelled the suspicion. She sad
< Il enjoy 1t; it gives me an excitement
: do not often have. Do you suppose M
q Cathcarts suspicious rest upon this man ,
the murdered"
r. ut is difficult to follow Mr. Cathcart
: mind, he answered soDerly. "He may b
the very man he has under suspicion, or
e Identify him may be only step in the ma;
d he following. Few will ever know INT
4 the end just what his thoughts are. He
/, very skillful and wonderfully able HI
0 sagacity, acuteness ana reasoning powe
o are marvellous to me-
= ''If,n said Miss Belknap, whose uuic
eyes had perceived Cathcart in an ad1oil
n ing path, ''if he imposes onerous and VI
= welcome duties on others, ne does n,
+ shrink from them himself, See The
It he is, also attending 1ayde faire.''
o The plot thickens," remarked Doriso
"Who can she bel AND what does ne DR.
: pose TO do with hert Evidently she is
: servant"
/. He does appear to be an attentive cav,
e Her. with his chin upon his breast and b
h hands in his vest pockets comment,
IS Miss Belknap.
:, He is pro ,oundiy thinking. When
carries his hands so, he is. And he is u
d terly unconscious of his habit"
They walked on, chatting easily AS The
r. neared the corner of Twenty sixth sire
e and Madison avenue, Dorson saw the pei
son they had come to observe approachin
If He Wac naEsinp in fropt nj rho Cord,