The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-10-25

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in time found Cathoart in his rooms In Bond
street, busy with papers he had pushed
aside to listen to his visitor.
When the tale was finished the old man
made no comment, but paced up and down
his room with his hands in his vest pockets.
my belief is that could have yesterday
brought the murder question to an issue,
were 1t not for the fact that your matter is
not advanced to the stage 1 desired. be-
lteve the germs OF that unfinished letter and
the murders are to be found In the one con-
dition Of affairs.
II have done little in the murder case
but direct your movements. You have put
into my hands the material by which l am
certain that within the next twenty-four
hours l could put into custody the murd-
erer were | to devote myself to the effort.
For the past two months l have labored
hard, as hard as l ever did in any two
months of my life, and'-he paused to give
effect to his -"nine-t enths of that
tiale has been devoted to your affair. You
think no facts have been gained, presume.
know more at this moment Of your faith
er's life and business than you ever did.
| have made the friendship of your fathers
executor. have won him as your friend,
instead of your enemy, as he has been for
eight years. l have persuaded him to 20
to work with q belief In your innocence.
He is conscientious man and is enthusi-
astic in his effort to repair the wrong he
has done you.
81 have examined the old books of the
firm of which your father was 80 long the
head, and have run down every item of
personal expenditure / suspected might
possibly have bearing on your affair.
have turned over every scrap of paper in
the possession OF your fathers executor,
and l have conversed with nearly every
man yet alive with whom your father did
business. l have found, and to great ex-
tent know, the cause of the dissipation of
your fathers great property. The work is
not completed. When you came in | was
examining reports the mail brought me,
which advance me another long step on the
way. And this moment can account for
nearly every cent, except one block Of
$4,000. This money was not lost in spec
ulations or bad investments. 1t was act
ually spent deliberately expended in pur.
suance Of a deliberate intention, after
having been raised by hypothecation of
stock and securities. What was that pur-
pose or intention! And why SO deli0er-
ately and persistently pursued? I have
only within the hour gotten to a point
where could pursue that part of the in
quiry with any degree Of intelligent effort
OF VIII nope Oh success
Il never was engaged in a case where
the lines cross each other in so confusing q
manner, nor did ever have two cases I
was working together wherein the persons
in each case have such strange relations to
each other without bringing the critical
point OF each case together. Here Is an in
stance. We have young Eustaoe under
suspicion of being in some way connected
with that murder. believe your father,
dead as he is, is in some way connected
with il. l have reason to believe that the
older Eustace was at one period of his life
intimately connected with your fathers
affairs; am certain that the elder Eustace
IN no way touches the Parrish murder
You perceive how necessary it ID to main
tain a clear head and move slowly In this
almost ineXtricable tangle of tie two cases
Here are my instructions for your move
ments: L want you to engage the elder
Eustace in a conversation as to your father.
The way is open. You told me be had dis
covered great resemblance between your
father and yourself
"a GOODNESS has sprung up between the
elder Eustace and myself" said Dorison.
"Indeed-how
Over that very resemblance"
The cid man evinced increased interest,
and demanded to know everything, the
very smallest point. Thus urged, Dorison
gave him minute and careful history of
the incident
When the recital was finished the old de-
tective thrust his hands into his vest
pockets, and dropping his chin upon his
breast closed his eyes in thought for a long
time. When be spoke it was rather as if
he were thinking aloud than addressing
Dorison.
when Eustace was comparatively a
young man." ne said, "he endangered his
fortune by extravaganza and bad manage
ment. Your father came to his aid, took
aid, lent him the great power of his
credit, and having Strengthened out
his affairs obtained 9 diplomatic ep-
pointment abroad for him, 80 that the
ravages in his fortune might be repaired ;
II other words, saved him from ruin. La
return, Eustace did some great service for
Dorison What Its nature was I cannot
determine. Nor will Eustace tell as init
mate friend SIS he has. Perhaps he may
think idle curiosity prompted the question
that he would tell if sufficient reasons
were given him. At all evonts the career
Dorlson has sent him on has resulted in his
living abroad many moro years than here
since that time. Can it be-can that be the
line to follow? If it should DE that, that
but no, he was abroad when Dorison died
had been for several years. But would
tndg na'e ueSH any reason why III should
not be so?"
He relapsed again into brown study,
from which Dorison waited for him to
emerge, confused and perpIexed by the
maze in which he found himself, and unable
to perceive even glimmer of light.
81 regret" said Cathcart rousing up
that this misunderstanding has arisen,
1t would have been avoided il you had fol-
lowed my instructions obediently. You
dld not play the part you yourself DELHI
erately chose, before you came into con-
tact II you assume q role you must play
the whole Of it, or necessarily fail You
choose to pretend to be some one else, yet
the first time you are seriously questioned
you refuse 10 carry out your assumption.
That was foolish. Your lie would not have
been any greater in denying your paternity
in words than it was when you permitted
yourself to be introduced under a name
intended to deny that paternity. How can
you repair the blunder! Have you quar-
relied with young Eustace?"
NO" replied Dorison. "He asked me
this afternoon to theatre party next Mon
day and to escort his sister,
"Um! This is Thursday. Well, seek
an interview with the elder Eustace as
soon as you can repair the blunder."
CHAPTER XVI.
BREAD FOUND AFTER MANY DAYS.