Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-01-07

eager eIcllnations, rs if he were urging
on the chase after an idea.
at must be sol' cried Mr.. Eustace.
ut must b. sol"
"5oftly, softlyl" said the old detective,
putting curb upon himself. There
are other things, There was a glove
by heaven" he almost shouted as he
again leaped to his feet with his hands
IN his vest pockets, repeating his tramp.
ing up and down. "Oh, my heavens!
this will never do. Could no have known
Of these bonds and wanted to get the
people out of the way SO he could seize
them
lie turned short upon Mr.. Eustace,
who was staring at him, unable to fol-
low his words understandingly.
Have you ever told any one you had
these bonds?'
Never a soul"
Are you certain? This question
means "a great deal"
mo one knows that | hold the bonds
given me by Reuben Dorison, except
you"
"You have never written about them
or made memorandum likely to come
to the eyes Of another person?"
"No, wrote a statement Of how
they came into my hands, with instruc-
tons that they must be held by my ex-
ectItorS subject to the order spoken of by
Dorison, but tnat statement was by me
placed with my will as soon as completed
and under seal Immediately. The seal
has never been broken"
81 hope not. hope not" said Cath.
cart.
what is this That oxcites you now"
Nothing that can tell you until |
know more, If were to speak now |
might heedlessly do great wrong
Good afternoon You VIII hear froll
me AGAIN.
stop one moment, Mr. Cathcart,"
cried Mr. Eustace There is Il point |
have been trying to speak Of for some
time"
"Ah What is that" said Cathcart
coming back to the fireplace.
Some time ago my daughter was
nearly run over on Broadway, and was
saved by young gentleman, who acted
exceedingly well in the matter. called
upon him to make my acknowledg.
mcnts of his service, and was startled by
his extraordinary resemblance to Dori-
son when he was of the age the young
man is now"
"Ah!" said Cathcart aloud, but to
himself he added, "our young friend
enters"
''He denied relationship to Dorison
when spoke Of it. have met him sew
eral times since, and indeed have enter
tanned him at dinner, for he and my son
have become quite intimate. At this
dinner referred to the resemblance
again. and saw that he was making
efforts to evade the conversation. in
fact everything leading to discussion
of his antecedents. Suddenly the idea
occurred to me that this young man
might be one OF Dorison's illegitimate
children. He gives hisname as Dudley"
"Ahr said Cathcart gravely, Il will
look into this"
"You will have no difficulty in finding
him. He moves about a good deal His
apartments are in Twenty ninth street."
"What NUMBER" asked Cathcart, with
an interested expression in his face.
IL have forgotten, but Will send it to
you after obtaining it from my SON
That is unnecessary, What streets
is it betwceu;'
"BroadTay and Fifth avenue"
That is all that is necessary"
$50 satisfied was that TINS young man
was playing a part that | streuuously
objected 10 his Icing received here as a
friend of the house longer, aud tried to
prevent his acting as an escort to one of
my daughters to a theater party my son
gave. But as that would have necessi-
tated the withdrawal Of invitations |
yielded in this instance, upon the under
standing that he WAS not to 10 eucour-
aged further"
THAT was prOper-very proper. Did
you give your reasons:"
NO; | could not, without telling more
than would
II see. You have had trouble with g
man named Langdon, have You not:"
"Well, we have been annoyed by
man of that name'
VERY true! Seriously annoyed. An
noyed by his forced attentions to one Of
your daughters.
CpOI my worn, WI III iltlIt,
hardly know which to admire most-the
directness of your speech or the scope OF
your information.
Don't be annoyed, sir. mean only
to do you a service The fellow is
scamp He is married. He has wife
Any time You want me to convince your
daughter of that | will do it, so there
will be no question concerning it..
Leaving Mr.. Eustace dumfounded by
his knowledge of what was supposed to
be IA family secret, and yet appreciative
OF the value of the service preferred,
Cathcart caught lis hat and moved
quickly to the door,
He was back again in n moment
81 take IL, Mr. Eustace, You see the
necessity of keeping these developments
of today st!;ctlya secret, not to be talked
about Devotion TO the memory of your
dead friend would demand this, even if
justice did not.
IL think | understand nv position"