Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-05-30
house in a quiet street. She followed

house in q uuiet street She followed
him up the stairs to the second story.
There, in cheerful room, seated in
an easy chair, her feet upon an otto
man, reading novel, was the pretty
girl whom Miss MaXey had first seen in
the carriage with Mrs F0Tsythe the aft
ernoon she had followed the somber Dye.
Well" chirped the lawyer when
they were i'll the carriage once more,
Eyes or no. Do you know herr"
'She is tho same girl whom l saw ON
the bed i'll ISrs. Forsythe's room"
The old gentleman turned his head
for the evident purpose of concealing
the telltale expression of his face.
'Shall 1 drive you to your door, Miss
MaXey? No? l will set you down at the
head of the street then 1t will be safer
perhaps. Don't thank me, Miss Maxey.
| The obligation is overwhelmingly on
my side. Rest assured that you shall
hear from me more to the point before
many days have passed. p"
A week later Miss MaXey received
this letter:
MY DEAR Miss MAXEY-Yours of the TWEEN
tieth received. | have carefully examined the
memoranda of the events i'll Ballavoine place,
which you left for me yesterday afternoon,
and am sorry to say l. do not see my way at
all clear in this matter. | am afraid we have
before very serious task. So far as the
Stevenson case is concerned. do not think l
shall have a great deal of difficulty, with your
aid, to prevent it being brought into court.
But there it drops. AS for clearing up the
mystery of the road, the more | examine
into it the less satisfactory the theory that
preached to sou seems to me. can see no way
out of this labyrinth, except by the most vio-
lent and extreme measures. The failure of the
person who, if my theory were correct,
would profit by the removal of the victim of
that daStardly affair to set up the claim which
he could so easily render valid is the great and
insurmountablc stumbling block. Can we ar
rest Mr.. Dye, Miss Stevenson and Mrs. For
sythe on any such tlimsy evidence of conspiracy
as we possess? Most certainly not, though we
might possibly brighten them effectually, us you
suggested. But |, who know more of the For
sythe case than you do, tell You frankly that
seriously doubt whether any one of those three
persons is directly concerned in the matter
that interests you, and it is entirely possible
that it is absolutely unknown TO them There
fore write this letter to caution you to be SUI
perlatively discreet and careful not to say Il
word to any body which might betray our sus-
piciOns in this matter. Our only way is to wait
patiently and watch closely. But l want to say
to you, as said to you before that there is one
person who without n doubt holds the key
of the whole mystery in her hands. l mean
your sister-in-law. | do not know enough
about the medical part of the case to know
whether do not murmur against the inevita-
BILE, but it does seem as If all that stood be-
tween us and Il most vivid ray of light is her
lack of memory of events during her sickness
in your house. Is it not possible to stimulate
her recollection of that night when the strange
assault on yourself occurred, so that we may
at least know who was in the room? At any
rate, it would do no harm to try. Question her
cautiously, but carefully. will write again
in few days. Your very obedient servant,
FREDERICK BoRNSTElS.
''Alasr' sighed Miss Maxey. "Alas,
he asks for the impossiblc!'