Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-09-08
CHAPTER VII.

light by tine window, while tho messen-
rrr who had brought tho note to his
rooms waited, cap in hand 1t was a.
follows:
HosrrrAI. Dec. ~, 1884.
The girl has spoken. Her name is Dye. lIsr
father lives In Flood street LAMAR.
Snort, epigrammatic, to the point.
There will be no answer" said
Maxev.
He heard the door close behind the
rtiring messenger and began to pace
the floor, his hair erect and his necktie
a,kcw. while his impatient thoughts
travelled over the wide range of POSSIBLE
ifins which the information in the doc.
tnr's letter seemed to open before him.
Surely now he was on the verge Of the
most important revelations, and vet he
h~itatcd for the moment how to act in
IN, emergency.
It was question TO him whether il
were better at once to intrust this u,at
trr IN those whose business il WINS to in
vcstleatc crime or to attempt that in
vrstigation by himself, alone and I'M
aidod
In the first case there would be tho OK
rcgicnce and educated acutcness of a
craftsman plying his vocation. In the
second case there would be the native
shrcwdncss Of novice whose heart was
trud with an. enthusiasm, and whose
mind was stimulated by an interest. for
the intensity Of which Maxey himself
was sometimes, in the rare moments
vhn he INDUCED in self examination,
10 u loss to account.
While the artist was still debating
with himself this problem Miss MaxeY
came in. She cried out almost before
shr opened tho door:
"Oh. Julian. have you heard from the
hospitall'
Il have. Annette has spoken. she
has told her fathers namc.'
Miss Maxey uttered glad cry and
snmcwhat astonished her brother by i'm
pulsively throwing her arms about his
neck and kissing him.
II am so glad could cry" she OK
claimed "Shc will get well, Julian.
she will get well III spite of everything!
Tell me the rest at once. Who pushed
her from rho road? Why did he do it?
vcrtiscmcnt?"
MY dear sister, you forget that she
must still he a very sick girl. 1t ia "a
terrible operation to survive. DR.. La
mar told me something about it, Ugh.
They have to go into the very brain it.
self. -
Miss Maxcy shutdcrcd.
Don't, Julian-please don'tv'
Forgive me. forgot your sensitive
r">s. Let Us come TO other things
want to know what Won think about q
certain matter that has been troubling
~" Shall put this new clew in the
hands Of the police, or shall undertake
% investigate it by myself"
by yourself. in the name Of all that
leads to success. How many times have
W. been TO the police? And what have
they done for rs? Julian, we have tried
them. We know what they can do.
Vow try yourself, and ii You faiI"-
Yes" asscntcd Maxcy, ''if fail?'
Why, then we shall see what can
d. "
This was so good joke that both Of
thcm-so ignorant are we Of THAT which
even few days may bring forth--both
IF them laughed.
Still ! think you are right. Ellen
vur private affairs have been sufficiently
discussed in the public print, already.
" Is about time that we again rclapsed
INTO ubscurity. The police includes the
press. That is my frs, objection. and
that decides me. Twill 20 ON alone-at
last till l encounter something that
looks too big for me to cope with. Yes,
I'll do that, and I'll begin II, ONCE"
80 Julian Maxcy, the artist. putting
ou his nu'er garments, set forth from his
lodgings i'll the gathering dusk of n De
c'mbcr evening to begin the unravcling
Of q very tangled skein.
Dive! Dye! lam very positive never
heard that name BEFORE" he said to- him
self n ho went along
tt is hardly probable that there is
more than one family Of that name III
th" city"
To assure himself of this fact as well
q, To- save himself the trouble of under
taking lengthy task in Flood street,
NaNey went into n store and consulted
directory. He was very much disap-
counted. though not a great deal sur
lriscd. when an attentive pcrusnl Of the
haines beginning with by showed him
mat no such person as Dye was recorded
m this registry. The possibility of La
mar having made n mistake occurred to
HIM aud led him to devise some curious
combination. IF letters which he thought
migib he susceptible Of ~ similar pro-
nunrintion. But his success was no bet
ter than before. Digh, Dygh. Dcy aud
similar barbcrous cxpcdicnts met with
the same dishcartening fate. Clearly
there was nothing to do hut to plunge
into Flood street and question the in.
habitants
Fortunately this was not an extensive
avenue. hut it made III IN the density Of
lts population what IL lacked in length.
There was more humanity here to the
square foot than in 10 streets ont of any
average dozen in the city. 1t was cross
street stretching between two brilliantly
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