Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-08
CHAPTER II.



"You know how such things are man.
aged in a sleepy town like Ellenville,"
continued Dr. Maidhoff. Il have been
q practicing physician here for more
than 20 years, and to is the first in
stance of a burglary that | have known.
informed the chief constable, and" he
added with smile, "hc went through
a certain investigation. looking exceed
ingly solemn and wise all the time, with
the result of declaring that the crime had
been committed by some pcrscn or per
sons unknown"
What of those supposed East Indians:"
"They We're traced to the adjoining
village of MeadmOre, arrested and sub
jected to an examination"
With what RESULT
Nil. If they were the guilty parties,
of course they were cunning enough to
hide tho ruby beyond all possibility Of
its being traced"
They certainly had every opportunity
to do So"
The interview between the detective
and physician had progressed far enough
for the former to sec that prodigious
laundering had marked every step on
fine part of the authorities, even if It
could be conceded th,E any steps at all
had been taken. Tho fact that Miss
LivermOre kept such exceedingly valu-
able jewels in safe in her own house
was standing invitation for desperate
men to make just such visit as had
been made. The wonder was that it
was delayed so long The safe might
have been sufficiently secure to resist a
regiment of soldiers, and yet so long as
she of necessity possessed the secret of
the combination it could be obtained on
demand precisely as it had been obtained.
Respecting the niece of the deceased,
! Miss Glider, where is .le?"
''She was visiting among her relatives
at Northampton when she received my
telegram summoning her to her aunt's
bedside. She responded at once, but of
course did not arrive until some hours
I after her death. She and Mr.. Fairchild
were at the funeral"
who is Mr. Fairchild?'
IA young lawyer in this place"
There must have been q good many
others at the funeral Why do you refer
to him by name:"
| at is generally considered that he will
soon become the husband Of Miss Gill
der"
do you know such to be the fact?"
81 am not honored with the confidence
of Mr.. Fairchild."
Nor with that of Miss Glider
mot to the extent that your question
would imply"
What will be done with the home
and the property left by the late Miss
Liver1Sore?"
| 1--WE shall be governed by the instruc-
tons contained in the will. That follows
as a matter of course"
Detective Manson was quick to notice
the use Of the pronoun. 1t came in the
nature of revelation to him.
Then you are one of the executors
| The physic%n inclined his head. He
was now quite cool and self possessed.
| The two gentlemen looked at each other
I from behind their respective clouds of
tobacco smoke~and talked as though they
had been acquainted for years.
"Who is the other executor"
Pardon me, Mr.. Manson, but 1t
strikes me that your questions are taking
q singular line"
"And you will pardon me, doctor, if
! they seem to be Objectionable.
81 would hardly put it as strong as
| that. The Information you ask could be
readily obtained elsewhere, and it would
be rude in me to refuse it. 1t was only
that failed to see the bearing of the
knowledge you seek. Mr.. Aaron Birchett,