The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-06-18

Cor echoed Miss Maxey In bcwil-
derment. Il do not understand you.
Where would you take me?"
II would take you to call on Miss
Stevenson, for thh purpose of seeing
whether you can identify her"
But who is Miss Stevenson"
Never mind that. You will know
her if you have seem her before; if not,
not. win you go?'' ..-..
81 will go"
The lawyer stepped into the adjoin-
ing room and spoke to an office boy. In
10 minutes carriage was at the door
Miss Maxey was driven by the gray
haired old gentleman to respectable
house in a quiet street. She followed
him up the stairs 10 the second story.
There, in a cheerful room, seated in
an easy chair her feet upon an ott,-
man, reading novel, was the pretty
girl whom Miss Mhxey had first seen in
the carriage with Mrs. Forsytho the aft
ernoon she had follbwed the somber Dye
"Well," chirpdd tho lawyer when
they were in the carriage once more.
yes or no. Do you know herr"
"She is the same girl whom 1 saw on
the bed in Mrs. Forsythe's room"
The old gentleman turned his head
for the evident purpose of coneealing
the telltale expression Of his face.
"Shall l 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 il overwhelmingly on
my side Rest assured that you shall
hear from me mole to the point before
many days have passed"
A week later Miss Maxey received
this letter:
MY DEAR Miss MASEY-Yours Of the twen-
tieth received. have carefully examined the
memoranda Of the events in Bnllayoine place
which You left for me yesterday afternoon,
and am sorry to say do not see my way at
all clear in this mattr. l am afraid we have
before us very serious task, So far as the
Stevenson case ia cbncerned, do not think
shall have n great deal Of difficulty, with your
aid, to prevent 1t tclng brought into court.
But there it drops. AS for clearing up tho
mystery of the sea road the more examine
into 1t the less satisfactory tho theory that
. broached 10 You secihs to me. can see no way
out OF this labyrinth, except by the most vi9.
lent and extreme MEASURES The failure OF the
one person who, ii my theory were correct,
would profit by theIremOval of the victim OF
that dastarlly affal to set up the claim which
he could SO easily render valid is the great and
lnsurmOuntable stumbling block. Can We ar
rest Mr.. Dye, Miss Stevenson and Mrs. For
sythe on any such iltnsy evidence OF conspiracy
as VIC poSsess5 Most certainly not though wc
might possibly ffightcn them efectually as you
suggested. But !, who know more of the For
sythe case than youdo, tell you frankly thai
seriously doubt whether any one of those three
persons is directly concerned in the matter
that interests you, and IL Is entirely possible
that 1t is absolutely unknown to them. There
fore write this letter to caution you to be su-
perlattvely discreet and careful not to say a
word to anybody Will might betrRy our sus-
picions in this matter. Our only way is to wait
patiently and watch closely. But want to say
to You, as said to ybu before, that there is one
person who without n doubt holds the key
of the whole mystery in her hands. | mean
your sistcr-in-luw. l do not know enough
about tho medical part Of the case to know
whether do not murmur against the inevita-
bic, but ii does seGm as IL all that stood be-
tween us and a most vivid ray of light is her
lack of memory of events during her sickness
in your house. Is II 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 rooin2 At any
rate, IL would do no harm TO try. Question her
cautiously, but carefully. l will write again
In a few days. Your very obcdent servant,
FREDERICK bernstein.
Alas" sighed Miss Maxey. "Alas,
he asks for the inpossiblev'